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.
God robes go pretty well with ... all of creation, actually. Not rainproof, though, so you'd literally better be able to walk on water. From the Phantasie handbook.
Takarabune, the treasure ship piloted through the heavens by the Seven Lucky Gods during the first three days of the Japanese New Year. From Rockford's 1929 yearbook.
Here's a precursor to Philip K. Dick's A Maze of Death, in which prayers are heard and answered if and only if they are received through the proper technological channels.