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 seemingly nondescript photo, but if you can get to those benches midway down the path, you'll be well on your way to astral- or time-travel. From Wesleyan College (Macon GA)'s 1924 yearbook.
"Don't sit up and sit, but git up and git." There only about three references to this line on the internet, one of them dubiously attributing it to Br'er Rabbit. From East Carolina's 1923 yearbook.
It's been said that "An actual size pencil is a commonplace of daily life which we look at without reaction, but a giant pencil makes us think of pencils in a new and original light" (American Stationer, 1922). From St. Patrick's 1962 yearbook.
"There were many strange happenings that week including the eerie Blood Feast." From Wesleyan College (Macon)'s 1986 yearbook. See How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.
We verified that there's a ghost on the walkway, plus the lights may be used to facilitate astral or time travel. From Indiana University of Pennsylvania's 1985 yearbook.
Our eye alighted upon a fairy standing immediately to the left of the tree trunk. We zoomed in and provided an outline to show you what we saw. From Wesleyan College (Macon GA)'s 1924 yearbook.