(another one for you, Jennifer)

“There is only one difference between a madman and me.
I am not mad.” —Salvador Dali

(and a bit of passive-aggressive humour for you, Nicole… more here)

Camden Town, London (UK)

The renowned street artist’s latest(?) intervention, as seen along the Regent’s Canal…

New York, New York

The images above are but a few from a lovely post that I stumbled across by ephemera-nut Eric Baker on Design Observer.

Twas the night before Christmas…

(Acoustic listening devices developed for the Dutch army as part of air defense systems research between World War l and World War ll… )

Toronto, Ontario

Tired of weeding through rows and rows of cards, looking for just the right one? Say goodbye to that! And say hello to Overly Generic Greeting Cards. They say just enough to apply to all situations. Nothing else says, “I care… but not quite enough to find the perfect card” like Overly Generic Greeting Cards.

We go to great lengths to be as overly generic as possible. But sometimes, it’s not quite enough. That’s why we’re giving you the chance to create your own Overly Generic Greeting Card. Go ahead, leave out the details. Be vague and non-committal about how you feel. This is truly the art of omission… (more here).

(A somewhat tongue-in-cheek “thanks” to Bob Roach for this link).

Calgary, Alberta

My “X-mas present” just arrived by e-mail from friends Gregor & Janice… four more down-loadable clock screen-savers to choose from. (I’ve expressed my enthusiasm for clocks like this previously here, here, and here, so that made shopping easy, eh?) Thanks!

All this to-do about clocks and time does however bring to mind this cautionary old maxim: A person with a watch always knows what time it is; a person with two watches is never sure.