Last Year's New Year

In Frank Lloyd Wright's Seth Peterson cabin in Wisconsin. Talking Heads and the sounds of washing dishes play in the background.

Self Portrait in Frosting

Frosting on gingerbread.

Bridge No. 42-0406

Near my parents' place, Clovis, CA.

Safe

PJ told me about this safe in the basement of Rosenwald. I wonder what's inside.

How the University of Chicago Stays Warm

In the basement of Rosenwald.

Oriental Institute Library

D.G. told me about this place in a comment on the previous post. The library is up on the second floor of the Oriental Institute. There's an Indiana Jones vibe up there--I walked past a couple of open offices stuffed with weird fetishes and piles of musty books. Maybe the Ark of the Covenant was up there.

The library was very pleasant. Quieter than the Div school library, with almost no traffic noise. The chairs were big wooden affairs, less comfy than the Div school but still conducive to study. I had a pleasant afternoon reading a couple chapters of Burtt's Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science in here.

Div School Library

When I was an undergrad, I thoroughly explored my college campus, in search of secluded places to study. I did find a cool library, the Kennedy Bioethics Library, in the Healy building. For whatever reason, I haven't really looked around Chicago for a similar spot, even though I've been here for five years. Last night, I was walking around campus without anything to do. I walked into the Seminary Co-op building, and decided to climb the stairs leading up the chapel. The chapel was closed, but down a paneled hallway, lined with portraits, I could see a spiral staircase and what looked like a library. I asked the girls working at the desk of the co-op what was upstairs. They said that it was the Div School library. Maybe a good place to get some thinking done?

Regenstein and Max Palevsky

More Gothic Gloom

More from the drizzly walk to campus yesterday.

Winter Break at U of C

I walked to campus today to pick up my CAS check. It has been raining, and all the snow has melted. No one was around, and campus looked especially gloomy.

Spiritual Exercises

Philosophy department, University of Chicago. Final paper drop box for Prof. Arnold Davidson's Spiritual Exercises and Moral Perfectionism class.

Rally Against the Common Application

Students rally against the common application at the University of Chicago. They are chanting: "Who are we not? BROWN! Who are we not? HARVARD! Who are we? CHICAGO! What are we? UNCOMMON!" Etc. As you can see, we got the first real snow of the year a couple days ago.