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Story Time: Dad’s Book of Awesome Projects

Posted by on May 15th, 2013, under EQUIPMENT

We have been talking about books so much lately that we finally realized: there are an insane amount of great books out there! Not the boring, frumpy kind of books. THE BUTT-KICKING AWESOME KIND! So, we decided to start sharing them with you. Today’s book is by a gentleman who deserves both praise and a [...]

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Thank You!

Posted by on April 17th, 2013, under NOTEBOOK

It has been two weeks since our book came out and we are still getting so much love from you all. It makes our insides bubbly. In the nice way. We thought it would be a good idea to show off some of the awesome articles, photos and videos we’ve received, and humbly say thank [...]

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Guide to Baby Sleep Positions Is Born!

Posted by on April 2nd, 2013, under NOTEBOOK

It’s time. Our baby has been born. To celebrate, we’re giving away a HUGE PRIZE here AND you can win prizes at a whole separate Twitter party tonight! Buy our book today so Finn and Lucas don’t starve this week! After more than a year and 17 gallons of coffee, our book is finally on [...]

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Take a Page… (Sneak Preview)

Posted by on March 28th, 2013, under NOTEBOOK

I know what you’re thinking. PLEASE STOP TALKING ABOUT YOUR BOOK. My gosh I need to buy their book! Well, we understand. It’s pretty awesome. AND IT COMES OUT ON TUESDAY. WAIT, WE’RE ALSO GIVING AWAY A $1200 MATTRESS!!! I know. Crazy. Anyway, we wanted to make one last plea before the big day. So, [...]

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Poop Cats Are Raving About “Parenting: Illustrated with Crappy Pictures”

Posted by on March 27th, 2013, under EQUIPMENT

We’ve been talking about our book a whole bunch leading up to April 2nd’s release date, but we want you to know that, despite popular opinion, we can read, and that we do read things without our names on them. So, bring your blankies, flashlights & juice boxes. We’re gonna do story time about books [...]

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How Do We Do It?

Posted by on March 19th, 2013, under VIDEOTAPE

People often ask us about our creative process. Questions like: “Are you as annoying in real life as you are in person?” “Do you involve hand-to-hand combat in your decision-making?” “Who really writes this stuff?” Well, the answer to all of those questions is, ultimately, “42″ and “sometimes.” But, for the first time ever, we’re [...]

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Bushes Here and There and Everywhere (By Dr. Heuss)

Posted by on March 4th, 2013, under INSTRUCTIONAL DIAGRAMS

  I have fur on my head and fuzz on my toes, Now I have bushes where nobody knows. One bush, two bushes, three bushes… more!?! What are these bushes that weren’t before?   I have seen bushes here and there and everywhere; Around people’s houses and at the town fair. There are bushes on [...]

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The Living Tree

Posted by on October 2nd, 2012, under NOTEBOOK

Last night I was reading with my son during our nightly pre-bedtime read marathon. This guy gets bossy in his marshmallow chair. We sat critiquing the various characters and their behavior. There were the obvious socio-environmental questions about The Lorax, the revelation that The Goldbug in Richard Scarry’s books was actually a metaphor for racism and [...]

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Single Dad Vader

Posted by on April 12th, 2012, under EXTERNAL USE ONLY

Sometimes, an author/creative-type comes along and shows you that you suck. At everything. Ever. Jeffrey Brown is that man to me right now. Jeff (you know, since we’re friends now) made a little book titled “Darth Vader and Son” which follows Vader, as if he were the engaged father we all wanted him to be, [...]

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