A spirited journey through the world of collectible artisan puzzles
Pairing craft cocktails with crafty puzzles
Stream of Consciousness
The Hollywood writer’s strike is over! We can now proceed with our regularly scheduled programming and bring you the next episode of idiot Boxes and Boob tubes ….
Keeping Cool
The record heat wave we are experiencing in Texas has a lot of folks reaching for an ice cold refreshment. I reached for an entire refrigerator and freezer unit.
Cloak of Invisibility
The Ninja, and related Shinobi warriors, were prominent in 15th century Japan during the Sengoku period.
Bread and Butter
Milkfat (also known as butter fat) is present in milk as microscopic globules kept separate by their phospholipid and protein membranes.
A Spirited Way
The Karakuri Creation Research Group of puzzle box artisans are beloved for their fanciful secret opening boxes, which are often quite magical.
Creature Feature
Three Hundred Sixty Five Million years ago, give or take, during a brief sixty million year stint known as the Devonian period (between the Silurian and Carboniferous periods) of the Paleozoic era, the first amphibious tetrapods made their appearance on Earth.
Horsing Around
One of the most famous stories from the Trojan War mythology is the crafty ruse devised by Odysseus, after ten exhausting years and the death of Achilles, to win the war, by hiding their soldiers inside a massive wooden horse.
Why the Long Face?
The famous monolithic statues of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) are instantly recognizable for their strikingly simple features that evoke mystery and mysticism.
Good AdVice
“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues” - Abraham Lincoln