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.
At first glance, we thought an expectant mother was standing behind a transparent Date Due slip, perhaps to find out her due date. From Eastern Kentucky's 1973 yearbook.
Many, but crucially not all girls are less attractive when thet twist their feet awkwardly. From The Business of Life by A. B. ZuTavern and A. E. Bullock and illustrated by Leo Thiele, 1936.
We hear talk about how technology is ruining our posture, but people have been hurting their backs staring at windows since the invention of windows. Our illustration (one among innumerable examples) appears in Cassell's, 1896.