Booby Prize

"Oh, what a Nobel Prize is here o'erthrown!"
Or so says Ophelia in Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1

"Oh, what a Nobel Prize is here o'erthrown!"
Or so says Ophelia in Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1

What? Only 95 theses?
(The original painting, I know not by whom, of Martin Luther nailing his "95 Theses" to the Wittenberg door can be viewed by clicking on the memorable words HA HA! HERE I STAND! It opens in a new window so you can compare and contrast to your heart's content.)
Actually, we are kind of amused.
(Note: iPods were heftier in Victorian times. Also they were called "egoSiliquae.")
Another one of those Eminent Victorians has something to say about current fads HERE.
Apply Timothy Leary's advice to Earth Hour:
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out.
(Another of one of those Eminent Victorians confronts current fadism IN THIS SPOT.)
A rare daguerreotype (1864 or 1865) of Lincoln assassin, John Wilkes Booth, shown displaying his Italian rifle, a Modelo91 52mm, in an unidentified backyard setting, possibly Mary Surratt's Washington D.C. boarding house.
And now for some fine imprecatory psalms.
Please share this lovely picture with your fellowship.
Out of the mouths of babes comes wisdom.
Please copy this sweet engraving.