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 ….

This holiday episode of Stream of Consciousness is brought to you by our sponsor, Doog Menzies of Doogaloo Games.

We are celebrating our collective love of the TV with a limited series on the B&B Network. Tune in!

For those of you following along with the robot wars saga (aka the “robopocalypse”), there has been a development.

Hideaki Kawashima, a member of the Karakuri Creation Group of puzzle box artists located in Hakone, Japan, loves cameras. He is an accomplished amateur photographer, and has a fondness for vintage film cameras. He has even let his passion influence a few of his puzzle box designs.

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. – Ansel Adams

Brian is at it again with the “SMS Telephone” puzzle.  I thought I would feature it this week in honor of that gathering I mentioned.  You know, those “interesting, polite pals” of mine.  It seems like as good a time as any to mention it, since it’s an “impossible, painful piece”.