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.
"Down in my inner self, there passes before me, in slow and sinister review, the memories of days done with, of things for ever over, of the faces of the dead." From A Phantom from the East by Pierre Loti, 1892.
To publicize my YouTube channel, I'm giving away 777 copies of my PDF e-books. (Live large!) New or existing subscribers to my Youtube channel may message me with the top 3 books titles they're most interested in, and I'll write back with a private link to one of those titles that's still up for grabs. Available titles are listed on my Amazon page as well as on my two websites: oddities for word lovers are at OneLetterWords.com, and esoteric/spooky titles are at MysteryArts.com. Just let me know what your YouTube handle is, so I can verify your subscription, and your top 3 preferences from among my hundreds of publications.
At first glance we thought the gentleman was holding up an enormous paper crane that surprised the bartender. Reblog if you've ever mistaken something for giant origami. From Le Journal Amusant, 1905.
"'I should like—" 'You shouldn't,' said the Caterpillar, with decision." From The Westminster Alice by Hector H. Munro a.k.a. Saki and illustrated by F. Carruthers Gould, 1902.