"What I have done renders everything they have junk."

Bold words when the "they" you're referencing is Houston's Museum of Fine Art, arguably one of the best art museums in the country. But local surgeon Anthony Walter feels that the baroque masterpiece he's created in the great hall of his Southhampton home (built in 2004, natch) rivals -- nay, obliterates -- the MFA's grand collection. Included in his 2,500 square foot masterpiece are gilded murals depicting his wife and various Biblical scenes, coffered ceilings, mother-of-pearl inlays and exactly 48,762 cubic zirconias. Museum-worthy? You can judge for yourself in this slideshow of Dr. Walter's work. (NY Times, via Swamplot)