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.
From Le Rire, 1907. We actually wrote a detailed guide to setting up a seance parlor according to the ancient wisdom of feng shui. You already guessed the title: Seance Parlor Feng Shui.
"It brought me closest to the ground I needed to root in — closest to my deep self, and perhaps to what I now know were truths my family never told, secrets renewed down through generations."
It's been said that one can play notes correctly and still not feel or understand the spirit of the composer. Here's what it looks like. From Fliegende Blätter, 1931.