Random

1. Proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.

2. Statistics. of or characterizing a process of selection in which each item of a set has an equal probability of being chosen.

3. Building Trades.

a. (of building materials) lacking uniformity of dimensions: random shingles.

b. (of ashlar) laid without continuous courses.

c. constructed or applied without regularity: random bond.

It doesn't mean quirky, strange, or vaguely unlikeable. Just to clear that up.

I know a lot of people have a problem with the word "nice", I don't mind it, when it's not overused, and it's a lot less annoying and offensive than "random". I'd pretty much ban the word "random" if I could, for a while at least, so it could have a little cooling off period. People just insert it anywhere, as an exclamation or as a totally irrelevant adjective. It's pretty irritating, especially when people do it in my classes:

Lecturer: "Has anyone seen all of these poems?"

Person who never says anything vaguely interesting or useful: "Yeah... I have."

L: "OK, so what did you think of them?"

P.W.N.S.A.V.I.O.U: "I dunno... they were a bit random..."

Sigh...

This is good:

babel and escha - Urbanalities

I especially like the clock part, and the strange flowing shape inside the red clock face that follows it.