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Ig Nobel Prize ceremony online

By Robin Abrahams
09:42 AM

The tickets to the Igs have sold out, but if you want to watch the ceremony online tonight, you can do so here. The live webcast begins at 7:15 and the show proper (such as it is) begins at 7:30. I'm not one of the winners, presenters, opera singers (for which we should all give thanks), or Nobel laureates, but I am one of the show's photographers, so look for the woman in a black evening gown with a digital camera hovering on the edges and snapping all the photos she can.

Or should I wear the leopard-print evening gown this year? I can never decide ...