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.
You knew that the press was moribund, but here's a 1978 newspaper that committed suicide and then reported on its own death. It's The [Late] Clarion Call, 1978.
There were once so many Shakespearean actors that the news catered to them. This is true in at least one parallel universe. The headline reads, "Former courting customs should interest 'Romeos.'" From The Kentucky Kernel, 1953.
"Mirror's magic reflects moods, many meanings." Of course this is continued from page 2, because a mirror has two faces. From The Rotunda newspaper of Longwood College, 1961.