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.