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.
Here's a precursor to the fake news phenomenon. "The next thing the daily papers will have will be the sea-serpent on the ice, skating for dear life." From Judge's Library, 1891.
From our unpublished guide on How to Write a Blank Book:
"It is sometimes necessary to leave a page blank in order that the preface, contents, introduction, first page of the text, appendix, and index may begin on a recto page."
—United States Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1954.
Meanwhile, here's our twist (two twists, in fact) on blank books: Let's Do and Say We Didn't and What Happened in Vegas. Why is one more expensive than the other? Is the more expensive one better? You'll be able to judge for yourself.
"Slowly the spell began to work upon Inex' brain. She was no longer in the present—she was a woman of Italy of four centuries back." From The Spell by William Dana Orcutt, 1909.