2025 Issue #12 🍽️ Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where we are closely monitoring the hijinks happening in the Festival of Shenanigans. We can confirm that Adultitis is getting its butt kicked. The gauntlet had been thrown down. What choice did I have? We were on a road trip...somewhere. The details don't matter, but I'm pretty sure we were rolling up to Dairy Queen for some Blizzards. Someone in my family, probably my wife, challenged me to request extra "nipkins" at the...
12 days ago • 4 min read
2025 Issue #12 🍽️ Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where we are closely monitoring the hijinks happening in the Festival of Shenanigans. We can confirm that Adultitis is getting its butt kicked. The gauntlet had been thrown down. What choice did I have? We were on a road trip...somewhere. The details don't matter, but I'm pretty sure we were rolling up to Dairy Queen for some Blizzards. Someone in my family, probably my wife, challenged me to request extra "nipkins" at the...
12 days ago • 4 min read
Special Issue 🍋 Happy Tuesday, Reader! Sorry for the extra intrusions into your inbox this week (last one 'till Sunday, we promise 🤞), but we had a real hootenanny last night! The replay of Escape Adulthood LIVE #117 is up and here are a few highlights... We revealed our (ultra-pathetic!) green Jell-O mold containing something that gives us MAJOR Adultitis. (minute 3:12) 💚 We enjoyed some FABULOUSLY inspiring Show & Tell shares from fellow Adultitis Fighters, including Wonder & Whimsy Society...
16 days ago • 1 min read
EA Live Preview ☘️ Happy Monday, Reader! Join us tonight at 7:45 pm CT for a new episode of Escape Adulthood LIVE! On this show, we’re celebrating the fifth anniversary of the show and kicking off the first-ever Festival Shenanigans, the silliest 17 days you ever did see! Get Involved in the Show: ☘️ Come decked out in green and you could win a prize! 🎍 Bring a ridiculous object that you keep around for its sentimental value to participate in Show & Tell. 🖍️ Have paper and something to draw...
18 days ago • 1 min read
2025 Issue #11 🍎 Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where we are so curious to find out who will earn the title of "Grand Shenanigator" and win a year's worth of ice cream in the Festival of Shenanigans that kicks off tomorrow. (You're already registered, right?) Now, let's start with something controversial... Teaching is overrated. Oh, did that get your attention? Good. Now let me tell you what I mean. As parents who homeschool, Kim and I have thought a lot about our role as...
19 days ago • 4 min read
2025 Issue #10 🎸 Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where we are as giddy as gaggle of sixth-grade schoolgirls that registration for the Festival of Shenanigans is officially open! (See below for more info on this excellent opportunity to give Adultitis an atomic wedgie.) Ron Swanson, Timothée Chalamet, and my dad walked into a bar. Out came this article. Let's start with Mr. Chalamet, the brilliant young actor who received a Screen Actors Guild award for his portrayal of Bob...
26 days ago • 5 min read
2025 Issue #9 ☠️ Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where I am thrilled to be back in the studio painting after a busy (but awesome!) run of speaking engagements. Recently, I had a wonderful, tremendously productive day that felt like a failure thanks to one crucial mistake. It’s a mistake you and I make all the time. I’ll start by saying I find it incredibly helpful to plan my day the night before. As I’ve gotten older, my approach has gotten wiser. Rather than trying to squeeze...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
2025 Issue #8 🐦 Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from California, where yesterday I was speaking (and drawing) at the Lassen County Day of Play! It was as fun as you'd imagine. ;) Once you achieve a certain amount of success, it’s easy to ruin it by chasing more. Especially when you start singing someone else’s song. I have a speaker friend who, by his own admission, has a great life. He has more speaking requests than he can handle, has clients all over the world, and makes a very good...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
2025 Issue #7 🎼 Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where we've been enjoying a cozy staycation with homemade pasta, falling snow, fires in the fireplace, and watching movies under warm blankets! The other day I was minding my own business, and I was reminded of a song from my college years. I came across a video of the performance of the song “Hook” by Blues Traveler. It had been a long time since I heard the song, but it was a gift to hear it with new ears. John Popper made that...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read