Boxes and Booze 1/23/21 Boxes and Booze 1/23/21

There Goes Bill!

“Oh! So Bill’s got to come down the chimney, has he?” said Alice to herself. “Shy, they seem to put everything upon Bill! I wouldn’t be in Bill’s place for a good deal: this fireplace is narrow, to be sure; but I think I can kick a little!” - Lewis Carroll

Boxes and Booze 1/9/21 Boxes and Booze 1/9/21

Rose Tree

A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the garden: the roses growing on it were white, but there were three gardeners at it, busily painting them red. Alice thought this a very curious thing, and she went nearer to watch them, and just as she came up to them she heard one of them say, `Look out now, Five! Don't go splashing paint over me like that!’

Boxes and Booze 12/12/20 Boxes and Booze 12/12/20

Father William

‘I have answered three questions, and that is enough’

Said his father: ‘Don’t give yourself airs!

Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?

Be off, or I’ll kick you down-stairs!’

Boxes and Booze 11/7/20 Boxes and Booze 11/7/20

Reptile Box (Free Me 8)

Joe Turner comes from a big family – eight brothers and three sisters - and Christmas was always a challenge.

Boxes and Booze 10/17/20 Boxes and Booze 10/17/20

Champion

I’m unlocking a new edition of “Locks and Libations” this week to feature another fantastic creation from magician and inventor Eric Stevens. Let’s look at another one of his unusual, innovative and original ideas – a puzzle lock made entirely from playing cards.

Boxes and Booze 10/10/20 Boxes and Booze 10/10/20

Turtle Trip

Sometimes you get invited to the party, but you just can’t find your pants. So begins the premise for one of the most surprising (and good) puzzles of what has been one of the most surprising (and bad) years in recent memory. This puzzle is so good it will make you forget about 2020, for a little while. It’s a trip worth taking.

Boxes and Booze 9/18/20 Boxes and Booze 9/18/20

Sea Chest

Neverfear! I’ve just the thing for you, my boisterous Buccaneers, a treasure chest plundered by the Corsairs straight from Davey Jones Locker. How they came to acquire it, we shall never know, as dead men tell no tales.