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 if there's terror in your heart but invitation in your eyes. The text reads, "Terror in her heart, invitation in her eyes." From The Film Daily, 1933.
"Terror stricken, I leapt toward the sinister shape!" If you've read The Tibetan Book of the Dead, you may know why we thought of it when we encountered this headline.
"She stopped, paralyzed with fear, staring into two terrifying eyes. She could not move a limb, or scream in that first instant of horror." From Wayside Tales, 1922.
Here's a precursor to the poster for the Anthony Hopkins film Magic. "There was a concentration of terror in his eyes." From English Illustrated, 1901.