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.
"A Transfusion of Souls": an illustration from an 1890 issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly magazine. The caption reads: "We seated ourselves by the table facing each other, and clasped our right hands together."This should be of interest:Seance Parlor Feng Shui.
An illustration from a 1915 issue of Harper's magazine. The caption reads: "As he got up and stepped toward a bell, I discovered that he had been sitting on Filber!"