Christmas Sweater #23 is all about the love that we experience during this holiday season. Shown here is Santa giving Mrs. Claus an eskimo kiss (it’s cold up there, no?) before he heads out to spread cheer among all the naughty and nice children of the earth. Mrs. Claus is holding a baby reindeer answering [...]

Christmas Sweater #22 is another subtle piece, this time a fleece job. The zipper is shaped like holly leaves and if you’re not careful you’ll miss the holly leaves, berries and a couple swirls marking up the sweater. I’ve included an inset upclose for you to witness the majesty. How You Can Contribute to Goodwill [...]

Christmas Sweater #21 is a subtle piece whose festivity is only apparent if you stare at it for a second. Which could be creepy so exercise your peripheral vision when doing so. At first glance you might think this sweater is all about games, chess, checkers and some dangly triangles perfect to swing on in [...]

Sweater #20 is a comfortable affair, something that could be worn to a Christmas party or function as sleep wear. A cadre of delightful penguins clad in hats and scarves sled down the snow covered fleece. More Happy Feet than March of the Penguins, these flightless birds know how to have a good time. Goodwill’s [...]

This sweater session is now called to order. #19 is a beautiful pimp-my-christmas-sweater job. View the full size to witness the craftiness of the work. Because anyone can whip out an iron-on with little difficulty, the crafter had the stamina to dive into the onerous task of highlighting every wisp of Saint Nick’s beard with [...]

This is a glorious Christmas sweater. Notice the rocking horse which makes it kid friendly. The designer also had the foresight to include a “NOEL” on the sweater lest you jump to conclusions and think this was an ordinary red sweater.  (Best caption in the comments section wins some sort of prize). QUESTION: What’s better [...]

I don’t really remember exactly how it started, only that it was last year during Mustaches for Kids and I was growing a mustache to raise money for Texas Children’s Hospital. By that point my mustache was looking like a glorious piece of artwork on the facial front, something the Big Lebowski’s Sam Elliot would [...]

This year has been the most tumultous and transitional of my life. It began with a marathon writing session on the first draft of my PhD thesis. From there it was directly into teaching a semester long laboratory course, with a mid-semester pause to run a scientific conference, immediately followed by the mid March breakneck [...]