Happy Halloween! I found this picture over at BigPinkCookie.com and it inspired me to write the following post: Mounds. Popcorn balls. Good N Plenty. Circus peanuts. Black licorice.That's my vote for the top five worst Halloween candy (candies?) of all time. And candy corn, you just missed the cut. What are yours? …
Archives for October 2005
Pie Anyone?
I had a very miserable piece of pie the other day. You may have heard of the flavor: humble pie. Yes, I was looking through pictures of our Seattle trip with some friends when I realized that I, too, am struggling with a case of Adultitis. Admittance is the first step, right? The picture I shared a few blogs ago with me holding the large fish from the Pike Place Fish Market struck a chord with me. I’ve seen that face before. Who does that remind me of? It's someone very familiar. Then it hit me. …
Adults are Ruining Everything
They say misery loves company. That must be the reason why grown-ups suffering from full-blown cases of Adultitis are working so hard to ruin Halloween for kids. My three-year-old niece is going Trick or Treating as Darth Vader this year. (Yes, I did say niece.) She already has the next three years worth of costumes planned out. Next year, it's Luke Skywalker, then Darth Maul, then...a bunny. The other day on the radio, I heard the superintendent from the Madison School District mention that they don't encourage schools to have costume parties. They don't ban them; they just strongly …
What’s So Great About The Great Outdoors?
When I was a kid, I remember heading out back to the ravine behind our house. It was only a few steps from the front door, but it might as well been a million miles away, in some godforsaken, unexplored jungle. I'd pretend to be Han Solo, exploring a far off planet, or an archaeologist, digging for clues about ancient years -- like the early seventies. My friend Jenna often tells stories about sitting in a tree in her yard, enveloped by branches, equipped with books and sandwiches. In fact, many people I know, when asked to name their favorite place to play as a child, would mention somewhere …
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Silly Ideas
Maria pointed me to a post on the Kat's Paws blog about an article that ran in The Boston Globe. It's about a 45-year-old guy named Peter Lewis who built a treehouse in his backyard. A glorious, wonderful, 250 square foot, two-story treehouse featuring a wood stove and retractable staircase "to keep the girls out." Lewis, a writer, uses the getaway as a place to get some work done. And sneak in a few naps. As I travel around the country encouraging people to escape adulthood, I am always mindful of the people with suspicious looks. The ones who think that "escaping adulthood" is marked by …
It’s Official
We've batted the idea for a paid subscription around for a long time here at Kim & Jason Headquarters. We finally and officially launched the new Club K&J last week, and I'm pretty excited about it. I've always wanted to keep the daily strip free. I think that's very important, not only to help spread the word about Kim & Jason, but also for the kids and other folks who don't have any money to shell out to read the strip (even though it IS only seven cents a day.) But as the web site has continued to grow, it's become pretty cost prohibitive to keep it all going. So we've come out …
Pockets in my Pockets
I was in first grade. It was the first time I would eat dinner at a friend's house. I was excited. Being the youngest I always longed to be 'old enough' to do all of the cool things my three older sisters could do...going to a friend's house for dinner was one of those many things. Julie and I played all afternoon and had a blast. Then supper came. We sat down with her parents and older brother. Julie was excited about what was for supper. I, on the other hand, was in pure panic mode. …
Age Appropriate
A phrase that I often heard and used while teaching Kindergarten was ‘age appropriate.’ You knew right away when something was NOT age appropriate in a room full of twenty-plus five and six year olds. For instance, the well-intended volunteer who proceeds to tell a story to the wiggly rug-rats that is way over their little heads, which then leads to chaos ensuing when the bored kiddos simultaneously decide they are done listening. Recipe for disaster. …
Crabs and Coffee: View from a Camera
I finally got around to posting some pictures from the Seattle trip. (Check out my Escape Adulthood photo album) It's hard to sum up the whole experience in photos. I think that when people go to visit new places, they try and take a million pictures of everything they see and do. And they end up taking the same standard shots that everybody else takes. In most cases, the pictures never do the place justice, and you're always a little disappointed that you weren't able to capture the "feel" of the place. Somehow, your photos never end up as good as the postcards you bought in the hotel gift …
Scrapbook Away Adultitis
Attention scrapbooking aficionados! Michelle Thompson at Scrapability has taken the 8 Secrets from Childhood from my ChangeThis manifesto (free download) and applied them to the art of scrapbooking. She correctly (and wittily) states, "The link into any seri-arse scrapper’s identity -- the ability, just for a bit, to escape adulthood, remember your childhood and simply 'to play'." I think scrapbooking is indeed a great way to tap into that childlike creative spirit in a "grown-up" way. Definitely more productive than sitting in front of the boob tube. Here's Michelle's scrapbooking slant …