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.
The stress of being on television can make a person blink a staggering 176 times a minute. But as proven here, one blinks only on television, not off of it. It's a weird phenomenon. From Washington College's 1974 yearbook.
UPDATED. Interesting how often the people in old yearbooks all look alike, given clothing and hairstyle trends ... even fads like taking your own chair everywhere you go. The fad endured through the 1980s. From Manhattanville's 1944 yearbook (top) and Swarthmore's 1980 yearbook (bottom).
Reblog if you, too, are making something out of fleeting laughter and passing adventure and all things pleasant and perishable. From Barnard's 1924 yearbook.
Though a powerful tool for astral travel, this hallway should not be used by those susceptible to near-death experiences. From Tri-State's 1969 yearbook.
"Half of the world is transparent; the other half, opaque" (Carlos Fuentes). That means this transparent globe is half inaccurate. Then again, no map is wholly accurate. From Northeastern Illinois' yearbook of 1971.
This photograph may be used to make contact with a shadowy figure distant from you; the photograph may also facilitate astral travel. From the North Adams State College yearbook, 1966.