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.
Not only did the Greeks fake their departure from Troy (cue the Trojan Horse), but they also apparently faked the moon landing. Figures. From Susquehanna's 1999 yearbook.
"They watch with loving and gracious eyes as you flail about, because they, too, have fallen, flailed, and found new life on the other side" (Jenny Simmons, The Road to Becoming). Our photo is courtesy of the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives.
"The difference between a waving arm and signaling to a friend depends upon the possession, by an agent, of a reason to wave one's arm in that manner, namely, the desire to signal to a friend" (Handbook of International Relations). Photo courtesy of the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives.
Every writer has experienced this: "When the weight of the paper equals the weight of the room, we'll spin-up!" Astronaut training photo with speech balloon as scanned by the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives.