Classic Buff Gifts

Of Mice and Men.

'Sire, your new fortress was fine for your nephew's fifth, but I fear it is set for a sterner test.'

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

Knight Golfing

Theorbo

"Scotch and water musick."

"Our focus group will butcher your focus group."

Missing You.

Giant slug attacks a city

Tonight: Wagner's Ring Tone Cycle.

May your Christmas be full of harmony

"To begin with, I would like to express my sincere thanks and deep appreciation for the opportunity to meet with you. While there are still profound differences between us, I think the very fact of my presence here today is a major breakthrough."

The Final Selfie

'Igor, quit bugging me!'

"Say! While I'm off in the Holy Land, why don't you find a little crusade of some kind that interests you?"

"Hendrickje, I feel another self-portrait coming on. Bring in the funny hats."

Knights of the Square Table.

Bram Stoker

Cello player with pencil instead of bow

"You fools! That's not the boiling oil, that's my beef casserole!"

"Never gonna give thou up -- Never gonna let thou down -- Never gonna run around and desert thouuuuuu."

'You can't recuse yourself from a war!'

"And for only $19.99 I can give you my super bowl pick."

"And now, Bach's Brandenburg Concerto, Number One, first movement."

"This is the first time you've ever planned a moat, I'm guessing?"

"One of you go see who's at the door."

"We the jury find that the murder was committed by Colonel Mustard, in the library, with the candlestick!"

"With a little luck he'll be a benevolent teenager."

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for Music ofnthe Baroque

Teddy Boys' Picnic

'I hate to tell you this, but there was a hole in my pocket, and I lost the budget surplus.'

In the eighties, Americans knew how to be Americans. Big cars. Big radios. Big hair. Everything was big. Unfortunately, I was so buff that all my huge stuff looked tiny in comparison. So I would loan my stuff to the skinniest, wimpiest kid I could find. Hold this. Let me reminisce vicariously through you. (Sigh.) Those were the days. Is it working?

Planner at work.

Claudius Monteverdi.

Memorials of The Great Exhibition - 1851. No. XIII. - The ladies and the police - the battle of the Crystal Palace