Archive for December 2008
Insert Flying Pun Here!
As I totally like to remind everyone I know, I work in a physics department. I like saying that because it makes me sound impossibly bright and brainy. However, it can be a little intimidating* to some males, particularly those of the Big Dumb Lunk variety with whom I am so fond of, er, canoodling.…
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Today’s Hambox Advent Calendar Window: December 16, 2008 — Let’s Make! Let’s Do! Let’s Make Do! It’s a crafty crafty window, this advent window. You’ll receive step-by-step instructions on making the most fantastical ornaments ever, the best dessert ever, the weirdest 70s food ever — plus we’ll take a break in front of the most…
Read MoreFlickr Pro Account Giveaway — the Winnah!
The Ukulady picks the winner of the Flickr Pro Account, kindly offered up by Regina Rivera! Totally fairly, no peeking! And the winner is: Toni with an i! I told Regina that Toni is a wonderful person to win this prize; we taught improv together for a few years in San Francisco, and she is…
Read MoreTucker sends his love as well
Today’s Hambox Advent Calendar Window: December 15, 2008 — A fine lady will open a window (briefly, as to not let the ill winds into the manor) to show how the other half lives — the well-moisturized, preternaturally-firmed, expresso-leathered set! Violet White will toss bon mots our way like farthings to orphans — and we…
Read MoreAnd there’s a tinsel story, too
Update: Something happened, eek! Somehow some behind-the-scenes coding shenigans caused today’s Hambox Advent window to open late, late, late! Sorry, Sam, and sorry devoted advent friends! Today’s Hambox Advent Calendar Window: December 14, 2008 — What does Saddam Hussein, the moon, and the Pole of Relative Inaccessibility have in common? Sam Shaw will tell you…
Read MoreRob Roys AND Manhattans, that is
Today’s Hambox Advent Calendar Window: December 13, 2008 — My good chum to the east, Chris Enright, offers up a lollapalooza of a holiday memory, which includes Rob Roys, a relative named Peggy, and “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.” A bonus memory includes an Incident with a Chevelle. As is that weren’t enough,…
Read MoreWinter Tea and a Giveaway!
Today’s Hambox Advent Calendar Day is extra-special. First, let’s start with the beautiful art conceived and executed exclusively for the Hambox Advent Calendar by Regina Rivera. And she’s kindly converted it to desktop wallpaper so you can have an electronic canvas of pure magic blessing your eyes! Look at those dear fancy deer! Oh, but…
Read MoreHappy Kwanchanchrispaganiday!
Today’s Hambox Advent Calendar Window: December 11, 2008 — OK, enough with this traditional Christmas madness. On Monday I saw a big “Happy Birthday Jesus!” emblazoned in lights across a roof. That was a couple minutes before I saw a living creche — Joseph, Mary (wearing Uggs) and a lil plastic baby J. Not that…
Read MoreGotta Dance!
Today’s Hambox Advent Calendar Window: December 10, 2008 — Musical, the Musical! Limber up those jazz hands, because holiday numbers from the Great White Way are a-tapping their way into your heart! Lie back, imagine Busby Berkeley is barking commands at you from the ceiling, and dance like a chorus girl! We’ve got Hambox, we’ve…
Read MoreToday’s Hambox Advent Calendar Window: December 9, 2008 — Contemplation.
Moody and mysterious, images and sound rise from a dreamstate of swirling greys and a plaintive clarinet. Darling Andrew sets the stage for a quiet respite before the holidays rise up and consume us, again. Go to the Advent Calendar.
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