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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 ….

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Cloak of Invisibility

The Ninja, and related Shinobi warriors, were prominent in 15th century Japan during the Sengoku period.

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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.

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Shark Bait

Nothing gets the heart pounding, the people running, and the imagination spiraling quite like the sight of a dorsal fin gliding its way along the waves.

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Surprising Drawer

So how does one create something actually surprising in a puzzling object? A set of drawers, for example. What is surprising about that? A plain set of three drawers, like this one, beautifully crafted and ordinary. No one would think twice about them, except for the fact that they come from the Karakuri Creation Group of puzzle box artisans.

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Something or Nothing

Popular opinions about the possibility of alien life suggests that our mysterious Universe-mates are either omniscient and wise, intent on contacting us to provide enlightenment, or just the opposite, hostile and violent, hell bent on killing us and taking our planet for their own.

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Whale

“It is the easiest thing in the world for a man to look as if he had a great secret in him.” - Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

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Ripple Out

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” – Mother Teresa

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Trike

I’m on a transportation kick it seems, following up the Slammed Car puzzle box with an offering from Karakuri Creation Group artist Osamu Kasho. This little baby goes from zero to twenty in two minutes!

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Sleep Lion

I’ll never get tired of the whimsical, adorable creations of Japanese artist Osamu Kasho. As he admits in his brief bio on the Karakuri Creation Group site, he embraces and cherishes playfulness in his work.

A spirited journey through the world of collectible artisan puzzles