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.
Here's a precursor to the famous dancing ghosts that spook Disneyland's Haunted Mansion. From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1924 yearbook.
We scanned this photo with our custom Uncanny Detector app to see if it is, indeed, haunted. The reading came back "Arcane," in the sense of "impenetrable." The strange light patterns in the grass are mysterious but not indubitably ghosts. From Salve Regina's 1983 yearbook.
We hardn't need to be reminded to ask about haunted mirrors and resident ghosts -- those are the first questions we ask wherever we go! From Fodor's New Mexico.
We, too, would choose a night in a haunted house over a night with Pamela Anderson (unless she really wanted hair and makeup tips, if you get our meaning). Malcolm Robinson quoted in Harrow Times, 2000, via UFO Newsclipping Service.
Playing hide-and-seek with a haunted painting -- our favorite image of the week. "The game of trying to get out of the reach of his eyes." From Jackanapes by Juliana Horatia Ewing and illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, 1916