gerisullivan | The night before Ig Night!

The 19th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony is Thursday evening, October 1st, at Harvard's Sanders Theatre.

If you're in the Boston area, oh, do come. It's going to be amazing. Ten (count 'em 10) Nobel Laureates on stage to give this year's Ig Nobel winners their awards. Keynote address by Benoit Mandelbrot (who likes

debgeisler's cookies). Paper airplanes and other amusements.

Although tickets for the Ig Nobel ceremony are almost sold out, there are a few “imperfect view” seats left. They’re not available through the Harvard Box Office web site, though — only in person or by phone 617-496-2222.

If you're not in the Boston area and won't be flying here Thursday, watch the live webcast starting at 7:15 pm Tuesday. Or maybe even 7:14 pm.

I've been eyes-deep in rehearsals since last Saturday. I'm not in the Risk Cabaret Concert or The Big Bank Opera, but I will be running the slides showing the lyrics as they are being sung. Knowing the material and how it's being performed comes in really handy. Hence, the rehearsals.

There's quite a bit of other Ig-related excitement in my life right now. All will be revealed about it after tomorrow night's show.

Edited to reflect a better coherence with the days of the week on this planet...and again.