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.
"Satan is pleased to keep the young in a whirl of amusements and thus lead them to forget their souls' salvation." From Satan, His Origin, Work, and Destiny by Carlyle B. Haynes, 1920.
Here's a precursor to Where's Waldo. There are actually two figures wearing red-striped shirts hidden within the image. Also don't miss the giant cat on skiis, the lady with a "no parking" sign on her derrière, the angel on a hobby horse, the sun itself on skiis, as well as the two knights in armor and the frog skiing. Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie is in there, too. From Fliegende Blätter, 1938.