Summer Salamander

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1970. It's easy to spot Salamander Glacier.

(Here, the salamander is a backdrop for the gecko.)

Did you notice "Scarf Guy"?

If you did, then do you think he's the most interesting thing about yesterday's Apple launch?

"Dubbed" Knitting?

Knitters have noticed this commercial:

Christopher Walken looks like he's knitting. The position of the needles is not incorrect, and he holds the yarn the way I do—"Continental" style. Like an accomplished knitter, Walken stitches without looking at his work. He naturally moves the piece down the needle as the row progresses. His speed is fast, but not impossible.

But the knitter's hands appear younger than Walken's face. I think someone else is stitching here.

Olympic Sweaters, in Three Takes

Ralph Lauren again produced uniforms for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. This time, the garments are American made (recall the controversy that erupted during the London Olympics).
 
Wouldn't the sweaters be more attractive without the "Polo" centered on the pieces? Compare the sweaters Dale of Norway created for the Norwegian and American ski teams.

Dale of Norway also published its Olympic sweaters as knitting patterns. I've knitted variations of "Albertville" several times:

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"Pink washing" sparks "National No Bra Day."

"[P]lease put your bra back on, put down those pink garbage bags (unless you really like pink that much!), that pink "awareness" pepper spray keychain, and that pink breast cancer "awareness" vibrator and dildo (yes, I'm blushing and yes, these are real things that their merchandisers say will "help you raise breast cancer awareness" — though they are shipped discretely in plain, unmarked boxes so no one knows what you purchased) and send a few dollars to an organization that devotes their fundraising dollars to research."

ADDED: "People need to think outside the bra."

Station Master

Ontario, Canada, Spring 1963. My Toronto Cousin meets the guard dog.

"I've been going online looking for places for us in Klaipeda. Klaipeda?!"

A bank releases a Lithuanian commercial featuring George Clooney: "Some people get lucky. Everyone else should save. Start now."

(It originally ran as a Norwegian ad promoting a Norwegian bank.)

Political Advertising

Eeew.

Advertising Snapshots from the 1890s

"Banner Women."

"Scotch" Hair Set Tape

Do you remember the product?

(Via Retronaut.)