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		<title>Got Adultitis?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim and Jason</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We want to rid the world of Adultitis. We can&#8217;t afford to set up a research team to develop a vaccine. We don&#8217;t have the stamina to attempt a triathalon to raise funds. And when it comes to those little ribbons, all of the colors have already been taken. But we do have a plan.
Welcome [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Welcome to The Escape Plan, a 40-day program designed to help you safely and effectively treat Adultitis.</strong> </p>
<p>If you feel like you have symptoms of Adultitis and are ready to do something about it, we invite you to become a Voyager and <a target="_self" href="http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/challenges/">take the 40-day challenge</a> to rid your life of this silent disease.</p>
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		<title>Escape Plan TV #7: Pinnacle Peak Patio</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim and Jason</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of Escape Plan TV, filmed in Scottsdale, Arizona, Kim and Jason demonstrate several fun and exciting ways to annihilate the Adultitis in your life. The ideas are all based on the world-famous Escape Plan.
The duo goes on a photo safari to find the most childlike place in town and end up at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img border="0" align="right" alt="eptv_07b.jpg" title="eptv_07b.jpg" src="http://kimandjason.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/eptv_07b.jpg" />In this episode of Escape Plan TV, filmed in Scottsdale, Arizona, Kim and Jason demonstrate several fun and exciting ways to annihilate the <a href="http://www.adultitis.org/">Adultitis</a> in your life. The ideas are all based on the world-famous <a href="http://www.kimandjason.com/escapeplan/">Escape Plan</a>.</p>
<p>The duo goes on a photo safari to find the most childlike place in town and end up at the Pinnacle Peak Patio, a place where neckties are never safe!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.kimandjason.com/kjhome.html">Become a K&amp;J Insider</a> and we&#8217;ll let you know when new episodes are released!</p>
<a href="http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/?p=66"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
<p align="center">Learn how to <a href="http://www.kimandjason.com/pages/speaking/index.html">bring Kim &amp; Jason in to speak</a> to your group<br /> for a dynamic, entertaining presentation about living life with less stress<br /> and more fun that won&#8217;t soon be forgotten!</p>
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		<title>Escape Plan TV #6: San Diego Zoo</title>
		<link>http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/?p=65</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim and Jason</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img border="0" align="right" alt="San Diego Zoo Panda" title="San Diego Zoo Panda" src="http://www.kimandjason.com/media/tools/tv/eptv_06.jpg" />In this episode of Escape Plan TV, filmed in San Diego, California, Kim and Jason demonstrate several fun and exciting ways to annihilate the <a href="http://www.adultitis.org/">Adultitis</a> in your life. The ideas are all based on the world-famous <a href="http://www.kimandjason.com/escapeplan/">Escape Plan</a>.</p>
<p>In this installment of Escape Plan TV, the duo visits the San Diego Zoo. After meeting some pandas and interviewing their keeper, Kim and Jason try some fish tacos and look for the perfect childlike souvenir.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.kimandjason.com/kjhome.html">Become a K&#038;J Insider</a> and we&#8217;ll let you know when new episodes are released!</p>
<a href="http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/?p=65"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
<p align="center">Learn how to <a href="http://www.kimandjason.com/pages/speaking/index.html">bring Kim &#038; Jason in to speak</a> to your group<br /> for a dynamic, entertaining presentation about living life with less stress<br /> and more fun that won&#8217;t soon be forgotten!</p>
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		<title>Escape Plan TV #5: Madison</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim and Jason</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of Escape Plan TV, filmed in Madison, Wisconsin, Kim and Jason demonstrate several fun and exciting ways to annihilate the Adultitis in your life. The ideas are all based on the world-famous Escape Plan.
So here&#8217;s what happens in this installment of Escape Plan TV: The duo takes a tour of an ice [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img border="0" align="right" alt="eptv_05b.jpg" title="eptv_05b.jpg" src="http://www.kimandjason.com/media/tools/tv/eptv_05.jpg" />In this episode of Escape Plan TV, filmed in Madison, Wisconsin, Kim and Jason demonstrate several fun and exciting ways to annihilate the <a href="http://www.adultitis.org/">Adultitis</a> in your life. The ideas are all based on the world-famous <a href="http://www.kimandjason.com/escapeplan/">Escape Plan</a>.</p>
<p>So here&#8217;s what happens in this installment of Escape Plan TV: The duo takes a tour of an ice cream plant, goes shopping on State Street, tries on some, um, cheese, and spends some time lounging by Lake Mendota.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.kimandjason.com/kjhome.html">Become a K&#038;J Insider</a> and we&#8217;ll let you know when new episodes are released!</p>
<a href="http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/?p=64"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
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		<title>Escape Plan TV #4: Northern California</title>
		<link>http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/?p=63</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim and Jason</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of Escape Plan TV, filmed in various locations throughout Northern California, Kim and Jason demonstrate several fun and exciting ways to annihilate the Adultitis in your life. The ideas are all based on the world-famous Escape Plan.
So here&#8217;s what happens in this installment of Escape Plan TV: The duo walks across the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img border="0" align="right" alt="EPTV #4" title="EPTV #4" src="http://www.kimandjason.com/media/tools/tv/eptv_04.jpg" />In this episode of Escape Plan TV, filmed in various locations throughout Northern California, Kim and Jason demonstrate several fun and exciting ways to annihilate the <a href="http://www.adultitis.org/">Adultitis</a> in your life. The ideas are all based on the world-famous <a href="http://www.kimandjason.com/escapeplan/">Escape Plan</a>.</p>
<p>So here&#8217;s what happens in this installment of Escape Plan TV: The duo walks across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, visits the Charles Schulz museum, and stops to say hi to some cows on the way to the Point Reyes lighthouse. Featuring music by <a href="http://www.ethanelkind.com/">Ethan Elkind</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.kimandjason.com/kjhome.html">Become a K&#038;J Insider</a> and we&#8217;ll let you know when new episodes are released!</p>
<a href="http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/?p=63"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
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		<title>Escape Plan TV #3: Colorado Springs</title>
		<link>http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/?p=62</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 21:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim and Jason</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of Escape Plan TV, filmed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Kim and Jason demonstrate several fun and exciting ways to annihilate the Adultitis in your life. The ideas are all based on the world-famous Escape Plan.
In this installment of Escape Plan TV, the duo gets fresh with a herd of giraffes (they have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img border="0" align="right" alt="Eplan TV 3" title="Eplan TV 3" src="http://www.kimandjason.com/media/tools/tv/eptv_03.jpg" />In this episode of Escape Plan TV, filmed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Kim and Jason demonstrate several fun and exciting ways to annihilate the Adultitis in your life. The ideas are all based on the world-famous <a href="http://www.kimandjason.com/escapeplan/">Escape Plan</a>.</p>
<p>In this installment of Escape Plan TV, the duo gets fresh with a herd of giraffes (they have some crazy long tongues!), become rebels for a cause, and climb a <em>really</em> big mountain.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.kimandjason.com/kjhome.html">Become a K&#038;J Insider</a> and we&#8217;ll let you know when new episodes are released!</p>
<a href="http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/?p=62"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
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		<title>Escape Plan TV #2: Clearwater</title>
		<link>http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/?p=61</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim and Jason</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of Escape Plan TV, filmed in Clearwater, Florida, Kim and Jason demonstrate several fun and exciting ways to annihilate the Adultitis in your life. The ideas are all based on the world-famous Escape Plan.
In this installment of Escape Plan TV, the duo conducts a silly experiment, tries to fly a kite, and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img border="0" align="right" alt="eptv_02b.jpg" title="eptv_02b.jpg" src="http://www.kimandjason.com/media/tools/tv/eptv_02.jpg" />In this episode of Escape Plan TV, filmed in Clearwater, Florida, Kim and Jason demonstrate several fun and exciting ways to annihilate the Adultitis in your life. The ideas are all based on the world-famous <a href="http://www.kimandjason.com/escapeplan/">Escape Plan</a>.</p>
<p>In this installment of Escape Plan TV, the duo conducts a silly experiment, tries to fly a kite, and throws a spontaneous party.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.kimandjason.com/kjhome.html">Become a K&#038;J Insider</a> and we&#8217;ll let you know when new episodes are released!</p>
<a href="http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/?p=61"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
<p align="center">Learn how to <a href="http://www.kimandjason.com/pages/speaking/index.html">bring Kim &#038; Jason in to speak</a> to your group about<br /> living life with less stress and more fun!</p>
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		<title>Escape Plan TV #1: San Francisco</title>
		<link>http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/?p=60</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim and Jason</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s finally here: the first ever episode of Escape Plan TV! In this inaugural installment, Kim and I explore San Francisco, California to bring you real-world tips and techniques to help you annihilate Adultitis and escape adulthood, creating a life that is less stressed and more fun! The challenges we undertake are based on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, it&#8217;s finally here: the first ever episode of Escape Plan TV! In this inaugural installment, Kim and I explore San Francisco, California to bring you real-world tips and techniques to help you annihilate <a href="http://www.adultitis.org/" target="_self">Adultitis</a> and escape adulthood, creating a life that is less stressed and more fun! The challenges we undertake are based on <a href="http://www.escapeplanblog.com/" target="_self">The Escape Plan</a> we created last year. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as we did making it!</p>
<p><a href="http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/?p=60"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Escape Plan TV Trailer</title>
		<link>http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/?p=59</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim and Jason</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Kim Wins Escape Plan Challenge</title>
		<link>http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/?p=57</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim and Jason</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The official tallies are in! Kim is the winner of the Escape Plan Challenge, claiming victory by a slim margin. Out of 39 total challenges (the 40th challenge was a joint effort) Kim won 21 challenges, and Jason won 18. The entire competition was neck-and-neck all along. Six challenges were decided by one vote. Of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="200" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="122" border="0" align="right" src="http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/images/arm_wrestling.jpg" alt="arm_wrestling.jpg" title="arm_wrestling.jpg" />The official tallies are in! Kim is the winner of the Escape Plan Challenge, claiming victory by a slim margin. Out of 39 total challenges (the 40th challenge was a joint effort) Kim won 21 challenges, and Jason won 18. The entire competition was neck-and-neck all along. Six challenges were decided by one vote. Of those, Kim won 4 and Jason won 2. Kim also won the &quot;popular vote&quot; capturing 51% of the total votes cast.</p>
<p>Thank you to everyone who followed along. Now it&#8217;s YOUR turn! Pick out any of the challenges and put your own slant on it. Share your solution in the comments section of the challenge. Or get some friends together and see if you have what it takes to make it through all 40 challenges!</p>
<p>Good luck &#8212; an Adultitis-free existence awaits!&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>#40: Sick Of It Day</title>
		<link>http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/?p=54</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim and Jason</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Challenge: Congratulations on making it to the end. Your final test is to take tomorrow off. Spend today making any necessary adjustments. Do anything you want, but no work and no chores. Consider it a sick day or at least a “sick of it” day. (Remember, Adultitis is a serious affliction.)

Kim:
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Challenge:</strong> <em>Congratulations on making it to the end. Your final test is to take tomorrow off. Spend today making any necessary adjustments. Do anything you want, but no work and no chores. Consider it a sick day or at least a “sick of it” day. (Remember, Adultitis is a serious affliction.)<br />
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<strong>Kim:</strong><br />
For us, challenge fell on February 11th &#8212; Jason&#8217;s 30th birthday. It was also a Saturday. We did have some fun celebrating the occasion, but figured we wouldn&#8217;t live up to the true spirit of this challenge if we did it on a weekend. So we set Tuesday as our &#8220;Sick Of It&#8221; day. It&#8217;s a day we probably <em>shouldn&#8217;t</em> have taken off because it&#8217;s a pretty busy week. However, it IS Valentine&#8217;s Day, and it IS our 11th anniversary of when we started officially dating.</p>
<p><img title="breakfast.jpg" src="http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/images/breakfast.jpg" border="0" alt="breakfast.jpg" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="250" height="166" align="right" />My day started when I rolled out of bed at 10 am. One of my guilty pleasures in life is sleeping in. I made a point to turn off the ringers on the phones before we went to bed, so they would not interfere with my plans to snooze later. As I just started to wake up I turned on the TV and Jason came bouncing in (he heard the TV) and asked if I wanted to be spontaneous. So I put on my Dr. Seuss hat and off we drove to a neighboring town to get some breakfast at one of our favorite spots. We rarely go out to breakfast, so this was a fun treat. The rest of the day was filled with bumming around town at a couple stores, lunch with a friend, a walk in the long overdue mild weather, a nap, and finally dinner at one of our favorite joints, Outback Steakhouse. Yummy! It was a great day. So many times our weekends end of being injected with paying the bills, laundry, straightening up, etc. It was so nice to have a day to enjoy and relax. I wish my boss would let me do this once a week.  </p>
<p><strong>Jason:</strong><br />
Kim did a great job of covering the highlights from the day, so I thought I&#8217;d add my random two cents. Most people automatically assume that they could never take a &#8220;Sick of it Day.&#8221; I think that in most cases, that&#8217;s a big fat cop-out. What would happen if you came down with a terrible case of pneumonia this evening? Would you be forced to go to work anyway? What if you got seriously injured or &#8212; gasp! &#8212; killed on your way home from work tomorrow? Would you think to yourself, &#8220;Boy, am I sure glad I put in that full day of work today.&#8221; Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I&#8217;m not advocating a complete and utter disregard for all personal responsibility. I&#8217;m talking about ONE day.</p>
<p><img title="canoe.jpg" src="http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/images/canoe.jpg" border="0" alt="canoe.jpg" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="126" height="200" align="left" />To me, the ones who can&#8217;t get themselves to take a &#8220;Sick of it Day&#8221; &#8212; I&#8217;m talking maybe one or three a year &#8212; are only proving that they&#8217;re not really in control of their life. They let life dictate the terms while they act passively, missing the best of what life has to offer. They&#8217;re the ones who wake up one day wondering why life didn&#8217;t treat them better, why it didn&#8217;t turn out the way they hoped. I heard a speaker &#8212; a bishop, in fact &#8212; who talked about life being like a stream. You&#8217;re in a canoe. If you do nothing more than just sit in your canoe, you <em>will</em> move. The current will take you <em>somewhere</em>. But if you care about where you end up, you have to put a little muscle into it. You have to paddle. Sometimes the current will be on your side, and the paddling will be easy. Sometimes you&#8217;ll be rowing against the current, and your path will be difficult. To me that&#8217;s what the Escape Plan is all about: changing the way you think and act. There are a million and one reasons to stay still in that boat. Change is never easy. But if you want to end up somewhere that gives you a feeling of peace, happiness and true fulfillment, it&#8217;ll take a little effort. One thing that I&#8217;ve learned from this whole thing is that the effort is SO worth it.</p>
<p><strong>Dark Room Confessionals:</strong><br />
Bonus Video: <a href="http://www.kimandjason.com/escapeplan/video/challenge_40.mov" target="_blank">Kim and Jason</a></p>
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		<title>#39: Court Jester</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2006 03:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim and Jason</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Challenge: Play a practical joke on someone.

Kim:
As I was thinking about this challenge in the shower this morning the perfect idea fell from the sky, or at least from over the shower curtain. As part of Jason’s practical joke on me, he threw marshmallows over the curtain at me. I was not expecting that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Challenge:</strong> <em>Play a practical joke on someone.<br />
</em><br />
<strong>Kim:</strong><br />
<img title="pennies.jpg" src="http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/images/pennies.jpg" border="0" alt="pennies.jpg" hspace="5" vspace="0" width="180" height="144" align="left" />As I was thinking about this challenge in the shower this morning the perfect idea fell from the sky, or at least from over the shower curtain. As part of Jason’s practical joke on me, he threw marshmallows over the curtain at me. I was not expecting that at all. This did inspire me to seek revenge as the motivation for the practical joke I would soon play him. As more marshmallows showed up throughout the day, I was more and more excited to get to lunch where the joke would take place. I decided to take one of the many marshmallows that Jason threw at me and I hid it at the bottom of his cup of milk. In order to get it heavy enough to keep it at the bottom of the cup I stuffed the marble from <a href="http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/?p=15" target="_self">Challenge 5</a> in the center, along with about six pennies. Jason drank almost all of his milk until he got to the very end and saw the nasty mushy marshmallow at the bottom. He was pretty surprised and grossed out.</p>
<p><strong>Jason:</strong><br />
<img title="marshmallows.jpg" src="http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/images/marshmallows.jpg" border="0" alt="marshmallows.jpg" hspace="5" vspace="0" width="200" height="168" align="right" /> I&#8217;m not a practical joker by nature, and I&#8217;m not especially fond of the really cruel ones. (Maybe I&#8217;m afraid of karma exacting revenge.) It took me a while to get into the spirit, but once I did, I had fun with it. I took a playful approach on my target, who happened to be some girl named Kim.</p>
<p>I marshmallowed her.</p>
<p>We had a stale bag of jumbo marshmallows in the cupboard so I decided to put them to good use. I threw a couple into her shower this morning. I hid some in her shoes, her stocking hat, her glove, her purse, the dashboard of the car, and in each of her coat pockets. She&#8217;s been discovering marshmallows all day long.It was so cool to watch in anticipation as she found each one. And as of this writing, there are even some hiding spots she hasn&#8217;t found yet ;)  Of a better use for stale marshmallows I cannot think.</p>
<p><strong>Dark Room Confessionals:</strong><br />
Bonus Video: <a title="Kim's Video" href="http://www.kimandjason.com/escapeplan/video/clubkj/challenge_39_kim.mov" target="_blank">Kim</a> | <a title="Jason's Video" href="http://www.kimandjason.com/escapeplan/video/clubkj/challenge_39_jason.mov" target="_blank">Jason</a></p>
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<p><strong>Tomorrow&#8217;s Challenge:</strong> <a title="Tomorrow's Challenge" href="http://www.kimandjason.com/escapeplan/audio/40.mp3" target="_blank">Audio Sneak Peek</a></p>
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