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.
The coins aren't falling neatly into the money bags -- that would be preposterous. No, this is how money evaporates, later to form the famed "pennies from heaven." From Lustige Blätter, 1915. You may recall our diagrammatical proof of the "diamond cycle," showing how diamonds form in the atmosphere. Speaking of pouring coins, can you guess how many rare coins cascaded out of the vintage weight scale I acquired? The surprising details are revealed in this video, along with some mind-bending esoteric secrets of copper pennies.