CRAIG CONLEY (Prof. Oddfellow) is recognized by Encarta as “America’s most creative and diligent scholar of letters, words and punctuation.” He has been called a “language fanatic” by Page Six gossip columnist Cindy Adams, a “cult hero” by Publisher’s Weekly, a “monk for the modern age” by George Parker, and “a true Renaissance man of the modern era, diving headfirst into comprehensive, open-minded study of realms obscured or merely obscure” by Clint Marsh. An eccentric scholar, Conley’s ideas are often decades ahead of their time. He invented the concept of the “virtual pet” in 1980, fifteen years before the debut of the popular “Tamagotchi” in Japan. His virtual pet, actually a rare flower, still thrives and has reached an incomprehensible size. Conley’s website is OneLetterWords.com.
Temporal anomaly investigator Plbmak spotted this time warp at the Majestic cinema in Kings Lynn, England. The anomaly, of course, is courtesy of the timelessness of film. As film critic Vertigo's Psycho has said, "due to the timelessness of film, I can still pass many hours transfixed."
Temporal anomaly investigator ML Ayers shares these mismatched clocks from Malta, designed to confuse the Devil but with the bonus of telling the day of the week and day of the month.
We tracked down a temporal anomaly in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and were reminded of how John Steinbeck wrote of "the hour of the pearl ... when time stops and examines itself" (Cannery Row).
Temporal anomaly investigator Linda De Volder reports that "many of the Maltese churches [like this one, St Joseph's] have two clocks, showing different times. We were told one shows the correct time for the religious locals, while the other shows the wrong time to confuse Satan from disturbing the mass. Sometimes the second clock is not even real but a very good likeness painted on the church. Or the hands on the fake clock are missing."
Temporal anomaly investigator Ewan Nicholas spotted these mismatched clocks in Aberdeen. He determined that the clocks aren't wrong. Rather, "time takes five minutes to travel between them."
Temporal anomaly investigator William Murphy shares this photo of a famous clock in the Shandon area of Cork City, known to Corkonians as "The Four Faced Liar" on account of the time being slightly different on each face during the hour.
Temporal anomaly investigator William Murphy notes that he 1867 Tait clock tower in Limerick does not keep time ... but we might prefer to say that the clock is "stuck" on an eternal four thirty and that it is indeed correct twice a day.
Temporal anomaly investigator Nat Hudson shares these mismatched clocks in Malta, designed to confuse evil spirits. Note also that the weathervanes don't match, either.
Temporal anomaly investigator Ambernectar 13 spotted this rift in time in the Bishopsgate district of London. Don't be fooled by the bright sky -- the clock on the right is displaying midnight, not noon.
Temporal anomaly investigator Shelmac spotted this ancient-looking clock that tells the wrong time at a Seattle bus stop (the photo having been snapped at 7:16 p.m.). We like how Shelmac included this photo in a gallery of Thailand/Cambodia imagery, in keeping with the rift in the fabric of space/time.