Minding the GAP

Some people got stuck in the elevator at the Michigan Avenue GAP yesterday. The Chicago Fire Department came to rescue them.

Nine Lives, Cat's Eyes

Hyde Park. Cat's eye point of view on the backyard.

Under Wraps

5th floor Regenstein Library, a couple weeks ago.

Object

Thompson Library, Anscombe Lounge, Stuart 2nd floor.

Graduation Simulacrum

Postmodern graduation at the University of Chicago. These screens were all over campus.

The Cruiser

I took a break the other day from reading phil. language in the library and cruised down to Lake Michigan.

Then I rode back to 57th street and had a gelato.

The Everyday, vol. 2: Microwaving Coffee

I didn't have time to make a fresh pot of coffee this morning, so I microwaved some I made yesterday. This happens all the time.

The Everyday, vol. 1: Mineral Water

"Now, men and women do all sorts of things; they speak to each other from time to time, at intervals they eat, sleep, put on their clothes, say one thing and another, and so forth." (G.W.F. Hegel, Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics, p. 21, trans. Michael Inwood (New York: Penguin, 1993))

Philosophy Department BBQ

Recipe: Jay's Instant Sangria
1 cup unspeakably bad red wine
Add sprite

Summertime in Hyde Park

5th floor Regenstein Library.

History of Analytic Philosophy

Cobb 302. Exam review for Michael Kremer's History of Analytic Philosophy class.