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.
The way a cat's pupils are oriented, it can stare you down through the mists of time. This cat, for example, is indubitably looking directly at you from all the way back in 1971. From Emerson's 1971 yearbook.
The world beyond the looking glass: "I feel that this is right for me; I know that this is wrong." From Boston College's 1998 yearbook, indexed as being published in 1913 over at Archive.org, thus proving that the book bends time.
Reblog if you belong in the Nut Section. From the University of Washington's 1923 yearbook. Whether for payback or peace of mind, see How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.
Talking fish like "Billy Bass" are nothing new. This one, for example, ran a university in 1977. When these types retire, they go on lucrative speaking tours. Hence, the "Billy Bass" phenomenon. From Pembroke's 1977 yearbook.