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, 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.
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March 15, 2012 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"Tomorrow you meet me and explain what's going on." —Kat Martin, The Bride's Necklace

February 16, 2012 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"Our relationship will be platonic from here on in." —Robyn Grady, Fired Waitress, Hired Mistress

January 19, 2012 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"That you give all your heart and soul to the training."  —Rami Kivisalo, The Red Scorpion

December 30, 2011 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"That you don't run off." —Heidi Rice, Unfinished Business with the Duke

December 15, 2011 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"I don't get shot." —Britny Coker, Western Romance

November 17, 2011 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"That you forgive yourself."  —Roxanne St. Claire, Edge of Sight

October 23, 2011 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"that we do not automatically subsume all of the realities that we label 'individual memory' under the name of 'collective memory.'" —Jeffrey K. Olick, et al., The Collective Memory Reader (2011)

October 12, 2011 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"that you give me my money first." —Sam Mphuthi, Coming Back Home

September 15, 2011 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"You take one first."  —Noah Boyd, The Bricklayer

August 10, 2011 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"You admit that you know where you met me."  —Maria Geraci, The Boyfriend of the Month Club

July 28, 2011 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"That you don't say a single word."  —Angelique Lacroix, Andrea's Diary

June 24, 2011 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"that it be delayed for one year." —Christiane Bird, The Sultan's Shadow

June 14, 2011 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"I would like for you to have your cell phone on you at all times, so that if anything goes wrong, you can call someone."  —Erin Sankey, Nalee

May 31, 2011 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"You sit on the other side of the booth." —Teresa Southwick, Taming the Montana Millionaire

May 18, 2011 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"to keep it a small."  —Jenny Ripatti, When Love & Culture Collide

May 1, 2011 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"You reveal the secret of the box." —Ronald Gowrie, Anamorphous

September 26, 2010 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"You must promise me a favour in return." —C. N. Williamson, "The Adventure of Monica," 1905

July 21, 2010 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"Dinner and drinks on me." —Kathy Reichs, Grave Secrets, 2002

June 24, 2010 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"I'll do all the cooking." —Bill Berkowitz, Local Heroes, 1990

May 5, 2010 (permalink)

Yes, you may . . . on one condition:

"that there are no pre-conditions." —Golda Meir, International Documents on Palestine, 1974


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