Escape Adulthood

Archives for September 2009

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Reserve Your Spot in the Adult In Your Soup Blog Tour!

Sometimes authors do expensive, multi-city tours to promote their book. We won't be doing that this time around because our private jet is in the shop. Some jerk keyed it and we need a whole new paint job. [Although in some respects, our speaking gigs serve that purpose. By the way, if you live near Green Bay, WI, Minneapolis, MN, Rochester, NY, or anywhere in New Jersey, we're gonna be in your neck of the woods in the next month or so. Contact us to get details if you're interested in attending one of our live programs.] But I digress. …

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7 Ways Fantasy Football Can Make You a Better Dad

Summer is winding down, the kids are back in school, and the long, bleak, football hiatus is almost over. If you’re a fantasy football nut, you already know that this is one of the most exciting times of the year. You know the thrill of channeling your inner Jerry Jones in order to take your shot at building a team for the ages, proving once and for all that should you be offered the opportunity, you’d have what it takes to be among the NFL’s top brass. What you may not have known, however, is that fantasy football can make you a better Dad. Even though the WAFS (Women Against Fantasy …

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Allow Chance to Change Your Life

Last week Kim and I enjoyed a much-needed date night. We went out to a nice Italian restaurant and wanted to see a movie. 500 Days of Summer and Funny Peoplewere at the top of our list, but we couldn't decide which we'd rather see. I suggested that we flip a coin and let fate choose for us. So that's what we did. I kid you not, the first flip attempt resulted in the penny landing on edge in a sidewalk crack. We had neither a head nor a tail, but an...edge. It appeared that not even Chance could make up her mind. …

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How to Keep the Adult Out of Your Soup – EA Show #40 (LIVE)

To celebrate the release of our new book, There's An Adult In My Soup, we decided it would be fun to do a live show. We weren't sure what to expect, but we ended up having a lot of people tune in and participate in the show. It was great fun! Among other things, we talked about laughing, Wolverine, Outback Steakhouse, dugongs, and how you can keep the adult out of your soup. You can watch the entire episode in its entirety below. Share Your Thoughts... Were you part of history? Were you there for our first live show? What did you think? We wanna hear what your favorite parts were and what …

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Would Anyone Want Your Autograph?

I remember practicing my autograph when I was in the seventh grade. I filled up the margins of notebooks (most of them math, I'd guess) with my official John Hancock. It looked nothing like how Mrs. Smith expected me to sign my book reports: straight with neat loops and perfectly spaced letters. I had determined early on that if it was legible, it wasn't a real autograph. I must admit that I did wonder why professional athletes couldn't do a better job of writing their name. Some of them just wrote their first and last initials followed by nothing more than lines. It seemed rather …

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