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.
We're extraordinarily excited to finally reveal an audio track inspired by our Field Guide to Identifying Unicorns by Sound. It's a collaboration between us and the recording artist and remixer Fear of Tigers. Truth be told, for about eight whole years Mr. Tigers led us down the garden path (in all fairness, unicorn trackers are going to be led down a garden path, one way or another). We finally asked ourselves, "Why are we still keeping this track under wraps?" So here it is -- and if you're new at this, may it assist you to hear your first unicorn. Do tell us about your adventures!