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.
"Many think that Egypt is upside down [because the Nile flows from south to north]" (Marci Haines, Ancient Egypt). And it's true. Our photographic proof is courtesy of the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives.
Aviator Amelia Earhart has been suspected of being a spy, a lesbian, and even a fish, but we can now reveal that she was a mannequin sculpted by Dorothy Fox. Our photographic evidence is courtesy of the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives.
Dontcallmeshoe writes, "Everyone needs to see this. Why have we never been shown the truth?"
"The sky is an umbrella to the earth" (Sri Venkateswara University's Oriental Journal, 1981). Photo courtesy of the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives.
Clive Bell suggested that "Art transports us from the world of man's activity to a world of aesthetic exaltation. For a moment we are shut off from human interests; our anticipations and memories are arrested; we are lifted above the stream of life" (Art, 1914). Our photo is courtesy of the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives.
"We must make the best of that which is, and must believe it best for the present, and accommodate ourselves to it" (Matthew Henry, An Exposition of the Old and New Testament, 1839). (Photo courtesy of the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives.)
You've heard of Lindbergh's so-called monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis, but which one? Indeed, "Spirit is not singular" (Glenn Poveromo, The Spirit's Self-Help Book). Our photo is courtesy of the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives.