October 2025 ⁂ Do not pass, pass with care
I’m Chad Comello and this is Chadabout, a monthly update about what I've been writing and reading.
Hey all,
This is a few days late because it’s been a busy week for a variety of reasons, not least of which was a very fun Halloween going trick-or-treating with friends and introducing the two year old to all the glories of the holiday.
On to the links!
✍️ My recent posts
Do Not Pass, Pass With Care - Signspotting in the Michigan countryside.
Against future-proofing - The storm always comes, but it never looks like the forecast.
Recent Views - Wooden hearts, rock piles, and more.
My sons’ media of the moment - Long live Daniel Tiger.
Three layers of focus - Metaphor alert from Johann Hari’s book Stolen Focus.
🔗 From the interwebs
As a Class of 2010 graduate, I can confirm: the best time to be in college was 2006-2010.
Approaching our work as art can change our worlds.
Cards Against Humanity Explains the Joke is an “incredible informational product that is 100% EXEMPT FROM DONALD TRUMP’S STUPID TARIFFS!”
A dad turned his favorite albums into playable trading cards for his kids. (Related from The Onion: Cool Dad Raising Daughter On Media That Will Put Her Entirely Out Of Touch With Her Generation)
Photo: The six year old, glowstick in hand and backlit by the pickleball court lights, enjoying his final moments at the playground before heading home in the darkening dusk.