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.
There's a sea monster headed toward Florida. Here's why sea serpents and dragons should never be missing from a map. From the United States Naval Academy's 1930 yearbook.
We almost missed it, but there's a sea monster headed toward Norfolk. Here's why sea serpents and dragons should never be missing from a map. From the United States Naval Academy's 1930 yearbook.
Here's a map of the fictional town of Tutter, Illinois (inspired by the author's childhood in Utica). From the endpapers of Jerry Todd, Editor-In-Grief by Leo Edwards, 1930.
You've heard that Australia is upside down. Even if the earth isn't a globe, Australia is still upside down, as proven by this flat earth map from 1893. Here's a larger view of the map over at Wikimedia.