Moonraker Athletic Center: Men's Locker Room

The men's locker room at the Moonraker Athletic Center at The Sea Ranch is decorated with fantastically bold graphics.

Some Essays on Art and Other Things

Because of its intriguing title, this is the most discussed dissertation in the neo-Anscombe Lounge/Manley Thompson Library.

Photo by Wyeth.

Scopes

Through the rightmost scope I saw a vulture sunning itself in the top of a tree and two peregrine falcons sitting on a branch sticking out of the lagoon.

View from the Houseboat

Bolinas, Oct 18, 2008, originally uploaded by Nat Hansen.

Bolinas, California.

Philosophy Department Party

Another pleasant philosophy department party in the Smart Museum of Art.

Last year's party, from a different angle.

Hydrants

Chicago Marathon, originally uploaded by Nat Hansen.

Water hydrants around downtown were blasting water this afternoon for the Chicago marathon.

Just seconds before I took this picture, a cab drove through the spray with its rear passenger window open, soaking the backseat.

Architectural Representations?

Christ Church Dining Hall, originally uploaded by witaman.

Is it possible for one building to represent another? The University of Chicago's Hutchinson dining hall is a replica of Christ Church dining hall, pictured above.

Wikipedia claims that Cornell also has a replica of Christ Church's dining hall, in the form of Risley Hall, but the photographic evidence depicts an inferior copy. I'm inclined to say that Chicago's replica is a more realistic representation than Cornell's.

The question of whether Hutchinson represents Christ Church dining hall was prompted by a remark that PJ made about Hutchinson and Christ Church almost two years ago.

The Great University of Chicago Press Booksale

University of Chicago Press is selling off a bunch of its surplus stock. I was hoping to find big stacks of Midway Reprints of Carnap, but no luck. The best thing there was a box filled with Ted Cohen's Jokes book.

Clover

Fort Dearborn Addition, Oct 3, 2008, originally uploaded by Nat Hansen.

This is a cup of coffee brewed with Intelligentsia's Clover.

Chemosphere

Westwood, Sep 4, 2008, originally uploaded by Nat Hansen.

A cross-sectioned model of the Chemosphere.