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.
"And after I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to myself, so that you will be where I am" (John 14.3). From Concordia's 1978 yearbook.
In 1977, George Burns played God in the film Oh, God! Here he is, apparently, five years later, though strangely smaller and transparent. From The Lighted Pathway, 1982.
As if reading our minds that the story of David and Goliath has nothing to do with athletics, the yearbook editor came up with a fairly decent explanation for the caption. From Florida Southern's 1933 yearbook.
This is the only peppermint Bible mentioned on the web, not including false hits for peppermint tea bags that come with Bible verses. From Together, 1970.
We're more a prisoner of "didsts," but we hope that won't make you leavest. The headline reads, "Help! I'm a prisoner of the wasts and dosts." From Together, 1967.