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.
Reblog only if you're a recreational reader and can relate to the special joy depicted in this photograph. From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1951 yearbook.
It's as if he has taken the principles of How to Be Your Own Cat and is going full leonine. This lion-man is cartoonist Steve Gipson, from the University of North Carolina Wilmington's 1978 yearbook.
You likely detected the weirdness here right off -- the foreground is far hazier than the background. With near and far reversed, this photo may be used to initiate astral travel and time bending. From Santa Clara's 1925 yearbook.