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.
"Marriage is not to be considered seriously except when a gold mine with digging facilities appears on the horizon." From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1944. See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.
"He liked to tow something that would cause the Oyster Forks to pause in midair and the Catty Ones to reach for their Hardware." From Ade's Fables by George Ade, 1914.
"Horse dons a tiara. Rings entangled in a mane. For the first time a horse has been seen in a London street adorned with jewels like a fashionable woman." From The Children's Newspaper, 1922.