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.
It's rare, but there's such a thing as a phobia of etiquette. "I shuddered at their extreme politeness and amiability." From Esmeralda, Or, Every Little Bit Helps by Nina Wilcox Putnam, 1918.
"She said she would sit and drive in a silver spoon." From rThe Fairy Ring by Kate Douglas Wiggin & Nora Archibald Smith, illustrated by Elizabeth MacKinstry, 1916.
"She faced the North, glaring at that vast emptiness about her … 'Do your worst!' she shouted. 'You can't have him. He's mine!'" From Wayside Tales, 1922.