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.
It would be more disturbing to encounter scary clowns in old yearbooks if old yearbooks didn't already frighten us so very much. From William and Mary's 1974 yearbook.
INSTRUCTIONS: Here are three ghosts. Click to see a slightly less ghostly version of the same photo that appeared on the same page. From the Washington and Lee yearbook of 1984.
You've heard the expression that someone looks like she "just stepped out of a painting." Here's the first photo we've encountered of the phenomenon in action. From Butler's 1962 yearbook.
We initially suspected the headless figure on the right to be a ghost, but our custom Uncanny Detector app posits that the abandoned boots themselves are haunted. From Salem's 1960 yearbook.
If you have already looked at this photo, you were likely put into a hypnotic trance by Jerry Posner from across the mysteries of time. From Emerson's 1974 yearbook.
The 1970s seem a world away now. Reblog if you're old enough to have been required to offer your professor a flagon and a basket of fresh fruits and baked dainties. From American University's 1974 yearbook.
This photograph may be used to orient the etheric body toward the akashic library. However, it should not be used during near-death experiences. From the Cape Cod yearbook, 1964.