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.
Isn't it hilarious that the Weather Channel is listed in TV Guide? As if anyone could predict what's coming up!
Here's a watch that depicts a three-day weather forecast. I prefer my own system of throwing jumping beans onto an ancient map of the cosmos drawn by St. Isidore, Bishop of Seville. Then I look out the window and dress accordingly. But that's just me.
(Apologies to my meteorologist friends, but who are we kidding?)
Boatswain: "What did you think of Cap'n Ahab's account of his quest for the Great White Whale?" Swabbie: "I'd've followed it better had he told it in chromonautical* order."
*Thanks to Codename Gimmick for coining this word and inspiring the pun.
Museum goer studying map with docent: "I've been through Impressionism, Expressionism, Deco, Nouveau, Bauhaus, Rococo, Byzantine, Renaissance, Cubism, Gothic, Minimalism, Greek, and Neo-Plasticism. But where do you house the Timeless art?"