Archive for December 2008
rhinestones and carbs
Today’s Hambox Advent Calendar Window: December 7, 2008 Today’s Hambox Advent Calendar Window: December 8, 2008 — Fashion and Function! And Lard! We’ll inject a little glamour into the proceedings here by showcasing two fab girlies who will examine glittering Christmases past and present! Dash to the Advent Calendar! Photo: baubles by flickruser @ly$ in…
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Today’s Hambox Advent Calendar Window: December 7, 2008 Happy Christmas! We’ll take a little tour of our friendly land way to the east, Jolly Olde England. Chips are called crisps and fries are called chips! Enjoy some fun links, pretty pictures, and a Christmas reminiscence from a real-live English person! And off we go, gov!…
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Today’s Hambox Advent Calendar Window: December 6, 2008 Fun and Games! Online or offline or out in the wet, snowy world, let’s blow off some steam with a delicious candy pile of distraction! Hambox is proud to reduce your work productivity by that much more. Go. Go! GO! Photo: Sledding and Fun by flickruser coolnalu.…
Read MoreTonight, We Krampus
Today’s Hambox Advent Calendar Window: December 5, 2008 Stacy Martin takes us on a dark tour of the scariest alpine holiday tradition ever! Santa’s incubus friends roam the streets and terrify children in a heartwarming display of wintertime fun and frolic! Hurry — there may be time to send out your devil-goat Krampus greetings …
Read MorePhilo Taylor Farnsworth Admiration Society
Today’s Hambox Advent Calendar Window: December 4, 2008 — Let’s Watch Some TV! Yay, it’s the heartwarming yearly tradition of Rudolph and Peanuts and … wait a minute … those don’t look right. That’s right, baby — it’s rude parody day! Sit back and watch, my little couch potato, my deepfried delicious potato. Warning: not…
Read MoreLying is, well, bad and stuff.
Hambox Advent Calendar Window for December 3, 2008 Oh, teenagers. How dramatic you are, how passionate. And amazing is the ability you have to suck the joy right out of the holiday season! Our first Hambox Advent Calendar Guest is the wonderful Kerri O’Connor, who shares some real live Teenage Holiday Angst with us. And…
Read Moreshop till you drop — dead from the trampling!
Right now, I’m kind of viewing these blog entries as accompaniment to the Hambox Advent Calendar. An in-depth view of the theme for the day, maybe. Perhaps a darker view! That applies to today, at least. Today’s Hambox Advent Calendar Window: December 2, 2008 — Start Your Shopping! Now that the Season of Consumerism is…
Read MoreHambox Us Every One
The 2008 Hambox Advent Calendar is now online! www.beckyhaycox.com/advent2008 This is an exciting year — the Hambox Advent Calendar has gone collaborative. Friends and family will take over certain dates of this calendar, and will bring you exciting treats throughout the month. You can subscribe to the Hambox Advent Calendar’s RSS feed. Today’s Advent Deliciousness…
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