Sleepwalk: The Sandman can be a pretty crafty fellow. You’ll have experienced his chicanery if you’ve ever answered your bedside phone while asleep, or worse, gotten to school or work late because you’ve turned off your alarm clock in your sleep! The Pattern Clock, designed as a test of semi-conscious dexterity, forces you to repeat back a random pattern of flashing lights in order to shut it off, kind of like the game Simon. By the time you figure it out, you’re awake, or the clock is out the window. Snooze button not included at www.patternclock.com.

Holy Jeez! When people talk about how Jesus is with them during their daily lives, they generally mean it in a figurative way. Not golden-aged Floridian artist Larry Van Pelt, whose heartfelt charcoal drawings make the son of God appear to be some kind of an intern, consulting blueprints with a draftsman, impatiently watching a golfer putt, spotting hunky body-builders and giving a be-pompadoured truck driver a life-affirming, holy shoulder massage. This vision of Jesus seems like he’d be a lot of help around the office at members.aol.com/JesusImages/.

Comments? Michael Citrome