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.
"By means of her Ouija board Miss Thill has worked her way right into the highest intellectual circles of spirit society." An illustration by M. L. Blumenthal for The Saturday Evening Post, 1920.This should be of interest:The Care & Feeding of a Spirit Board.
"No! no! don't come down please, your Majesty. You've done quite enough mischief where you are." From Judy, Or The London Serio-Comic Journal, 1872. Previously, we found another vintage example of the Queen of Hearts stepping out of her card: https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=10579