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Jason’s Random Musings

An Expectant Dad’s Reflections on Registering (Part 2)

by Jason 07.30.2008 Jason's Random Musings

I had just a few more thoughts to share expounding on the recent post regarding our adventure registering for the essential baby gear needed to parent effectively in the 21st century. Contrary to the popular instant gratification trend of our society, Kim and I have decided to keep the baby’s sex a secret. (In fact, [...]

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1,000 Posts and 5 Lessons in Dreaming

by Jason 07.21.2008 Jason's Random Musings

It’s true: This is the 1,000th post. Maybe by the time we get to 2,000, they’ll have developed the technology that will allow me to make confetti and streamers shoot out of your computer. Someday. I can’t even begin to take credit for all 1,000 posts. Kim started up her own blog during the summer [...]

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An Expectant Dad’s Reflections on Registering (Part 1)

by Jason 07.14.2008 Jason's Random Musings

Kim and I finally had a chance to officially “register” for this new little freeloader we’ll be welcoming into the home in around four months. Thanks, dear readers, for all of the helpful tips and suggestions. Now I’m not sure if you know this or not, but there is kind of an entire industry that [...]

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My Mom Is SO Unpatriotic

by Jason 07.04.2008 Delight in the Little Things

A little 4th of July fun for you out there in cyberspace. Oh, and you might also like this post about kids and fireworks and delighting in the little things: I’ll Have What They’re Having. (Click the comic to see it bigger.)

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What Are the Baby Care Essentials?

by Jason 07.01.2008 Jason's Random Musings

This weekend, Kim and I are planning to visit stores like Target, Babies ‘R Us, and Just Leave Your Wallet at the Door It’ll Be Easier in order to register for upcoming baby showers. (Raining babies, what a concept!) In preparation, I, the dutiful father, have come up with an idea. This could be one [...]

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Friendly Confines

by Jason 06.11.2008 Jason's Random Musings

A friend treated Kim and me to a Cubs game last night. (Thanks Teresa!) It’s been forever since I’d been to good ol’ Wrigley and it brought back a lot of childhood memories. Things like the glow of the emerald green grass, the barking beer vendors, and the skewed perspective that causes certain “home runs” [...]

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A Manifesto for the Childlike

by Jason 05.28.2008 Jason's Random Musings

When Club K&J was first conceived, it was pretty much a modest fan club for people who liked my comic strip, “Kim & Jason.” Little did I know that it was the seed for something much greater, and much more important. Over the past several years, as Kim and I have criss-crossed the country to [...]

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Strangers in Your Kid’s Bedroom

by Jason 05.20.2008 Adults Are Ruining Everything

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. I’m sure I’ll make a bunch of people angry, but I’m sorry. That’s about the only word I can think of to describe what I think about parents who let their kids have televisions in their bedroom. With our blue collar jobs being outsourced overseas, the main thing that keeps America humming [...]

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My New Favorite Word

by Jason 04.30.2008 Jason's Random Musings

I’ve got a new favorite word. Unadulterated. I used it in a post recently and it struck me that “adult” is smack dab in the middle of the word. (Call me slow to catch on.) Of course, I always knew that “adult” was in the word “unadulterated,” but I never took the time to consider [...]

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Traumatizing Your Child

by Jason 02.19.2008 Jason's Random Musings

It seems an inevitability that every parent comes to a point where they risk traumatizing their child with the hope of achieving a small sliver of sanity. I have a friend who told her daughter that bees like sticky, sweet things so if she didn’t get her hands washed after meals they might come in [...]

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Say Cheese

by Jason 01.09.2008 Jason's Random Musings

I found this picture on the blog of my buddy John. Hilarious, in a sick and twisted sort of way. People in Wisconsin take cheese very seriously, but I have yet to see any playgrounds featuring this particular piece of equipment. Notice I said yet.

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You’ll Shoot Yer Eye Out

by Jason 12.24.2007 Jason's Random Musings

Anyone out there who doesn’t love the classic 1983 movie A Christmas Story? Not sure it needs to be played in a continues loop on Christmas, but still. Did you know that you can actually visit the house where the movie was filmed (not sure if the furnace ever got fixed) and buy your very [...]

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