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An Open Letter to 2014 HEAD HONCHO HELLO FOR JANUARY 2014

Posted by Jen Bilik on January 1, 2014April 15, 2016Add a Comment

Most people would have had the rear-facing Janus wearing 2013 novelty sunglasses, but I prefer to focus exclusively on 2014.

Welcome, January! Welcome, 2014! So far, you feel exactly the same to me as December 2013 did. Okay, I’m a lot closer to having to go back to work than I was in December, mere days ago, and I’m going to be at work for the majority of you, January, but I honor you despite the fact that you mark …

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Thanksgivukkah and deck the parking lot HEAD HONCHO HELLO FOR DECEMBER 2013

Posted by Jen Bilik on December 1, 2013April 15, 2016Add a Comment

Thanksgivukkah art, courtesy of its popularizers.

This last Thursday, as you no doubt already know, constituted the only Thanksgiving for quite a while in which the holiday coincided with Chanukah. Here’s the Wikipedia lowdown: Thanksgivukkah is a portmanteau neologism given to the convergence of the American holiday of Thanksgiving and the first day of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah on Thursday, November 28, 2013. It was the …

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TO SLEEP, PERCHANCE TO KNOCK HEAD HONCHO HELLO FOR OCTOBER 2013

Posted by Jen Bilik on October 1, 2013April 15, 2016Add a Comment

I was tagged on Facebook in this picture from high school (I’m the person I circled in red). I will have you know that I was likely up late studying (note the open book on my lap), not partying, which I confined primarily to weekends. FAQ: Berkeley High School; Berkeley, CA; senior year, 1986/87.

I’m a so-so sleeper. Sleeping and regular digestion are two real human superpowers with which some are blessed and not others. I know many people (mostly men) who are able to fall asleep anytime, any place, on command. They don’t even have reading lights by their beds because they turn off the overhead before they climb under the covers, asleep …

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Box It Up Head Honcho Hello for September 2013

Posted by Jen Bilik on September 1, 2013April 15, 2016Add a Comment

What do we put in boxes but our crap? Here at Knock Knock, we like to call it as we see it.

I love a box. I love a big box, a small box, a decorative box, a utilitarian box. I love boxes with words, and if they don’t have words, I adorn them with my own, often with my fetishized P-Touch label maker. If there’s a metal label holder, however, I just about plotz and then I create a computer template …

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