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.
This is a Googlewhack as of this posting: "We hear a tuneful murmur, dawn divine, beyond where matchlocks clank your passing knells." From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1939.
"Pleasant. There's nothing the matter with Christmas! It's the presents, the element of surprises, and the spirit that make the great day glamorous." From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1938.
Here's proof that it's cool to wear tin-foil hats. "Aluminum hats. Its use as lining is said to induce coolness." From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1935.