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.
At first glance, we assumed that this was a hyper-realistic art installation, the faces left unfinished perhaps as an artistic statement on how every man is a work in progress. From Kent State's 1951 yearbook.
You knew that the Bible is the best-selling book in history, but did you know that the No Bible is the least sold book in history? (Negative five billion No Bible sales to date, and subtracting by the day.) From Bible or No Bible, 1904.
Midway through this book, the reader must make a choice: believe in fairies or stop reading and leave the characters to seek their fortunes alone. From Puck's Broom by E. Gordon Browne and illustrated by Kathleen I. Nixon, 1923.