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.
Reblog if you, too, have ever been accosted by talking rabbits on one side and an assortment of anthropomorphized melting cheeses on the other. From Le Journal Amusant, 1921.
"Even when you think they are not watching or listening, believe me, they are watching and listening" (Silvia Elena Calzadilla). From The Tale of Mr. Tod by Beatrix Potter, 1918.
We get goosebumps and are filled with a humbling sense of wonder no matter how many times we witness the miracle of the birth of an Easter egg. This is a special illustration because it also shows the magic hat from which the bunny appeared. From Fliegende Blätter, 1928.