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.
"Hervy fixed his eyes upon the one remaining light and ran with utter desperation." From Tom Slade's Double Dare by Percy Keese Fitzhugh and illustrated by R. Emmett Owen, 1922.
"I blow because it is so cold. / I blow because it is so hot." From The Fables of Æsop by Joseph Jacobs, 1894. Speaking of which, what exactly are a snowball's chances in hell? See A Snowball's Chance in Hell.