Comments on: Temple University Med School: Skull yearbook, 1942 http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 06:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Enormo http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506627 Enormo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506627 I'm going ga ga over it. I’m going ga ga over it.

]]> By: Nona http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506635 Nona Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506635 Old yearbooks are fantastic. I'm lucky enough to work at a used bookstore where we come across them fairly often, and I'm amassing a small collection. My favorite is a cowboy-themed University of Arizona one, also from 1942-- the pictures are just stunning. Old yearbooks are fantastic. I’m lucky enough to work at a used bookstore where we come across them fairly often, and I’m amassing a small collection. My favorite is a cowboy-themed University of Arizona one, also from 1942– the pictures are just stunning.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506646 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506646 First off, as creepy as it sounds, I want to smell it. Old leather bound books smell like heaven! Secondly, is it just me or is any one else thinking of the book from evil dead? (snicker) Thirdly, there is a danger in selling old volumes of this nature; it leads, unfortunately to the looting of similar volumes in local libraries once a high price has been associated with it. Thirdly and in conclusion, the number of obituaries associated with this class has me wondering how many survivors there are, if any. A cover like that should be framed and displayed, it truly is amazing! First off, as creepy as it sounds, I want to smell it. Old leather bound books smell like heaven! Secondly, is it just me or is any one else thinking of the book from evil dead? (snicker) Thirdly, there is a danger in selling old volumes of this nature; it leads, unfortunately to the looting of similar volumes in local libraries once a high price has been associated with it. Thirdly and in conclusion, the number of obituaries associated with this class has me wondering how many survivors there are, if any. A cover like that should be framed and displayed, it truly is amazing!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506663 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506663 @JSauter It really does look like it. I caught Evil Dead 2 at a midnight showing on Friday and it blew my mind all over again. @JSauter It really does look like it. I caught Evil Dead 2 at a midnight showing on Friday and it blew my mind all over again.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-524861 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-524861 Just a quibbling on details - the credit for the Necronomicon goes to HP Lovecraft of Cthulhu fame, not Evil Dead. Evil Dead was done in homage and tribute to the mythos. In any event, yearbook looks like it could have come from Miskatonic University. Go 'Pods! Just a quibbling on details – the credit for the Necronomicon goes to HP Lovecraft of Cthulhu fame, not Evil Dead. Evil Dead was done in homage and tribute to the mythos. In any event, yearbook looks like it could have come from Miskatonic University. Go ‘Pods!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-508230 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508230 This is way cool. This is way cool.

]]> By: invictus http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506704 invictus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506704 Riu, did you seriously just self-censor the word "freaking"? Riu, did you seriously just self-censor the word “freaking”?

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506714 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506714 Invictus, I thought the same thing when I read that, but didn't want to damage the delicate sentiment behind it - with reprimands or mockery. Its just so *cute* :) Invictus,

I thought the same thing when I read that, but didn’t want to damage the delicate sentiment behind it – with reprimands or mockery.

Its just so *cute* :)

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506717 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506717 Ooh! Mockery afoot: "<i>Are Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Einstein, Amy Whinehouse or Marie Curie in it?</i>" ..not sure you understand how a <i>yearbook</i> works. Ok, that's all I've got :) Ooh! Mockery afoot:

“Are Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Einstein, Amy Whinehouse or Marie Curie in it?”

..not sure you understand how a yearbook works.

Ok, that’s all I’ve got :)

]]> By: Kyle http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506721 Kyle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506721 Temple University Med Skull Temple University Med Skull

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-706922 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706922 My grandmother was a nurse at Temple and a yearbook was dedicated to her in the 1940's. Does any one know if this book was dedicated to anyone? My grandmother was a nurse at Temple and a yearbook was dedicated to her in the 1940′s. Does any one know if this book was dedicated to anyone?

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506736 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506736 #9: <i> Riu, did you seriously just self-censor the word "freaking"? </i> He did, he really did! That's just fucking wonderful! #9: Riu, did you seriously just self-censor the word “freaking”?

He did, he really did! That’s just fucking wonderful!

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506741 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506741 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/3072722004_0566d519e0.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/3072722004_0566d519e0.jpg

]]> By: Sunny1972 http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506774 Sunny1972 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506774 Skull & crossbones society -JT <!-- jthandbook@verizon.net --> Skull & crossbones society

-JT

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506796 jimh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506796 If you were going to spend $1500 on a single book why not a good first edition of something actually valuable, like say, "To Kill a Mockingbird"? That "Buy it now" price is fre*king insane. If you were going to spend $1500 on a single book why not a good first edition of something actually valuable, like say, “To Kill a Mockingbird”? That “Buy it now” price is fre*king insane.

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506800 grimc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506800 @jsauter I wonder if it comes with a boomstick. @jsauter

I wonder if it comes with a boomstick.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506546 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506546 Temple Owls are everywhere! Go Owls! Temple Owls are everywhere! Go Owls!

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506802 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506802 fre*king.... and so it is born. fre*king…. and so it is born.

]]> By: jsauter http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506548 jsauter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506548 Kind of has the same texture as the Evil Dead necromonicon. Kind of has the same texture as the Evil Dead necromonicon.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506549 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506549 I love the vertical line of the K. Absolutely wonderful! I love the vertical line of the K. Absolutely wonderful!

]]> By: obdan http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506550 obdan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506550 It's nice, but I haven't seen the pictures yet. You can't judge a book by its cover. I'd have set the price at $1942 by the way. It’s nice, but I haven’t seen the pictures yet. You can’t judge a book by its cover.
I’d have set the price at $1942 by the way.

]]> By: Riu http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506594 Riu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506594 I'll agree that the cover is really nice and I wouldn't mind having it on a shelf, but 1500 bucks for a fre*king yearbook? Are Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Einstein, Amy Whinehouse or Marie Curie in it? I’ll agree that the cover is really nice and I wouldn’t mind having it on a shelf, but 1500 bucks for a fre*king yearbook? Are Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Einstein, Amy Whinehouse or Marie Curie in it?

]]> By: Telecustard http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506601 Telecustard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506601 With a cover design like that and the fact that it's from a 1940's school of medicine, does anyone else wonder what kind of leather it is? It would make an awesome motorcycle jacket with that on the back though. With a cover design like that and the fact that it’s from a 1940′s school of medicine, does anyone else wonder what kind of leather it is?

It would make an awesome motorcycle jacket with that on the back though.

]]> By: Riu http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506859 Riu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506859 Lol@all. That 'self-censoring' was really not on purpose, neither was the misspelling, don't know why it came out that way. Maybe it's Battlestar Galactica's 'fraggin' fault. I have no fucking problem with some gratuitous cursing and frickin' HATE censorship! ;-) As for the mockery, I'm pretty sure a yearbook is a just that: a yearbook. (unless I'm missing some special defintion here) My point was that unless this book is from a year when somebody important/special/famous was at this university or it has really special content, asking 1500$ for it is utter BS imho. Then again, like Barnum allegedly said: 'There a sucker born every minute... Lol@all.

That ‘self-censoring’ was really not on purpose, neither was the misspelling, don’t know why it came out that way. Maybe it’s Battlestar Galactica’s ‘fraggin’ fault. I have no fucking problem with some gratuitous cursing and frickin’ HATE censorship! ;-)

As for the mockery, I’m pretty sure a yearbook is a just that: a yearbook. (unless I’m missing some special defintion here)

My point was that unless this book is from a year when somebody important/special/famous was at this university or it has really special content, asking 1500$ for it is utter BS imho. Then again, like Barnum allegedly said: ‘There a sucker born every minute…

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506866 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506866 fre*king sweet! fre*king sweet!

]]> By: Tom Hale http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506874 Tom Hale Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506874 Fre*king funny! Really, any time someone uses a word in the place of an actual swear word like freaking, they may as well have used the actual word. Everyone reading the euphemism knows exactly what the word stands for and what was in the mind of the person using it. And - Cool book cover! Fre*king funny!

Really, any time someone uses a word in the place of an actual swear word like freaking, they may as well have used the actual word. Everyone reading the euphemism knows exactly what the word stands for and what was in the mind of the person using it.

And – Cool book cover!

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506876 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506876 No matter, Riu, you've given us a new toy. Thank you. But you're right about the content, which may be amusing or diverting enough, I suppose, but not worth that kind of money. The real value is with that stunning cover. It really is first-rate! What the h*ck, you don't see that kind of work these days. No matter, Riu, you’ve given us a new toy. Thank you. But you’re right about the content, which may be amusing or diverting enough, I suppose, but not worth that kind of money. The real value is with that stunning cover. It really is first-rate!

What the h*ck, you don’t see that kind of work these days.

]]> By: Tom Hale http://boingboing.net/2009/05/30/temple-university-me.html#comment-506879 Tom Hale Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506879 D*ng Buddy, Language! &lt----- Moderator!!! D*ng Buddy, Language! &lt—– Moderator!!!

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