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.
What the recipe books never admit: any one confection can give rise to worry, accusation, joy, anger, and questioning (as depicted here). The larger the baked good, the wider the range of emotions it engenders. From Mansfield's 1919 yearbook.
This tiny jester with a shoulder ladder, looking very happy to have reached an ear, is from Lebanon Valley's 1921 yearbook. (Our restoration, as per usual.)
This says that situations may seem worse than they actually are, based upon one's attitude. However, unlike in this illustration, chairs tend not to be as big as they once were, likely due to cost-cutting on the manufacturer's part. From Making and Keeping Friends by William Menninger, 1952.