When you're a little company, you have to do things differently than the big guys. Trying to compete with Wal-Mart on price is about as smart as licking a hot waffle iron. I like being the little guy. I've always been a sucker for underdogs... There's no need to fear! Underdog is here! when criminals in this world appear and break the laws that they should fear and frighten all who see or hear the cry goes up both far and near for Underdog! Underdog! Underdog! Underdog! (listen to the whole theme song) Ahem. I digress. …
Jason's Random Musings
Escape Plan: Colorado
Kim and I created The Escape Plan to work for anyone, no matter where they happen to be. While it was originally created to be a 40-consecutive-day program, you'll feel a little less Adultitis-stricken anytime you do a challenge or two. We've been in the Denver/Colorado Springs area this week, and in between some speaking engagements, we've had some time to do a few challenges ourselves. In the tradition of the CSI: franchise, I give you Escape Plan: Colorado. What follows are examples of how someone might solve a few Escape Plan challenges if they were living in or visiting this part of …
Save the Candy Corn
I love this painting by Dan Goodsell. Found it over at Sugar Frosted Goodness. Also, feel free to weigh in on the worst Hallloween candy ever. …
Look Who’s Talking About Algebraic Number Theories
Here I am sitting with the newest Cabbage Patch Kid prototype...David Letterman's future sidekick...the offspring of Yoda and Elton John...actually, it's John, the son of some good friends and my nephew by proxy. If nothing else, he looks like the world's smartest baby. Cute, ain't he? …
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Sincerest Form of Flattery
A few days ago, I received an e-mail containing a photo that represents one of the top highlights of my cartooning career to date. It is a photo of a little boy -- and die-hard Kim & Jason fan -- who has decided to be Frankenstein this Halloween. Joey modeled his look after the costume Jason (the cartoon character) wore in an episode back in 2004. How cool is that? While I can't guarantee a record setting candy intake for Joey, I can say with certainty that he made my October.P.S. By the way, this isn't the first time Joey has been featured in this blog...[tags]Halloween, Halloween …
Lizard Pancake
We arrived in West Palm Beach yesterday for a duo of speaking gigs; one last night, another one this evening. I had heard stories, but I finally experienced this fact firsthand: Wisconsin has chipmunks, Florida has lizards. To my boyish delight, I spotted one scurry across the sidewalk as we were unloading our stuff from the car. Sadly, he ducked into a crack, preventing me from taking a good look at the little guy. I secretly hoped I'd get another chance later, but next time I'd approach him (or her?) a bit more carefully. So I helped Kim set up the product table -- this just in: books are …
Who’s The Idiot Writing this Blog?
My friend Jesse pointed me to this direct quote in a recent post: Last week I took a day and a half to get away. I ventured west to Milwaukee; just me, myself and I. Considering I live in Madison, and Milwaukee is on the eastern side of Wisconsin, nestled along Lake Michigan, he wondered if started by sailing in Lake Michigan. I must have failed to mention that I DID go west, and I actually circumnavigated the world in order to get to Milwaukee. My bad. …
Milwaukee, Up Close and Personal
Here are a few photos from a recent photo safari in downtown Milwaukee. It was a gloomy day, but I was able to avoid the rain. It was kind of fun just to go exploring the city, looking at it from a new perspective and being creative just for the sake of being creative. …
How-To Heaven
The How To Have a Mental Breakdown post was a part of The Biggest List of ‘How To’ Blog Posts Ever Assembled over at Problogger.net. It's pretty much a treasure chest of some really good -- and sometimes funny -- information. Here are a few good ones that I thought might be of interest to readers of this blog: How to Survive Your Young Husband’s First (Unexpected) Heart Attack by Olivia Goal Crisis: How to Feel Good in a Bad Situation by Jeff How to Be a Parent and Still Have Fun by Mama Duck How to Keep Your Relationship Healthy With your Wife by MattHow To Make Meetings …
Charlie Brown and the Free Prize at the Art Museum
Today was a swell day. After much anticipation, Kim and I finally had a chance to head to Milwaukee to check out the Masters of American Comics exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum. It showcased the original artwork of comic legends like E.C. Segar (the creator of Popeye), Chester Gould (creator of Dick Tracy), Jack Kirby (Captain America and The Fantastic Four), and the guy who brought us Charlie Brown, Charles Schulz. If you're a cartoonist, and you go to an exhibit like this, I'm pretty sure you're bound to come away with two distinct thoughts. The first is, "I completely suck." And the …
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