Springbok puzzles. Yes please!

About a week ago I posted a little something about wanting to build a pizzle puzzle. (I thought I'd leave that typo there because it's half pizza, half puzzle...which you'll see in a moment!) Anyway, a rad reader named Lindsay Bean commented and told me to look up Springbok puzzles, because they are the best. And boy was she right!

The company has been around since the mid-'60s from what I can tell, and you can find some radical vintage puzzles on Ebay. Check out some of my favorites...

How cool are these? I mean seriously. Oh yeah, here's the pizzle:

silly hobbies and puzzles and thought experiments

Recently Diana of Our City Lights wrote about how she sometimes thinks she has silly hobbies for a 30 year old, like toy cameras and playing guitar. I, at a youthful 29, have never thought that cameras and guitars were silly. In fact, I am under the impression they are cool. What do you think?

Anyway I commented on that post something like "what would you rather be doing, building a puzzle or something? LOL" and then it hit me: I would rather be building a puzzle! Any of you have any recommendations for good um, puzzle brands? Or something? Is there such a thing as a better quality one? I know nothing about them except it's easier if you start with the corner pieces and I haven't done one since I was about twelve years old.

***here comes a famous Nova segue***

Speaking of puzzles, check out these illustrated videos of famous thought experiments! I found these via Yes and Yes, which you all should be reading for so many reasons if you aren't already.