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 text here says that majoring in philosophy creates mystic thinkers but seldom leads to employment. From the University of North Carolina at Asheville's 1977 yearbook.
We always hear of musicians selling their souls, but it's also conductors, recording engineers, even album cover artists. From Witchcraft and Sorcery, 1973.
"Love (a beautiful four letter word)." (We noticed several less-beautiful four-letter words hidden within those letters, too. How many can you spot? Also, did you notice that this alphanet has two e's and two v's?) From B.A.R., 1971.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
A messiah complex is also known as a Christ complex or savior complex. Be that as it may, this is Mr. Burkholder's official yearbook portrait, from Washington College's 1972 yearbook.
"Sometimes, I’m like a cracked mirror reflecting her own image back at Alice. Usually, this is on her fifth or sixth drink. There is a crack in everything, I realize fleetingly" (Michael Dickel). Photo from Washington College's 1972 yearbook.
This is the same model of hat we wear while preparing our posts, to ensure that we remain your favorite blogger on the internet. From UNC Asheville's 1974 yearbook.