Month: January 2009
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Day 11 – Back at Hillsdale
Read more…: Day 11 – Back at HillsdaleToday I drove back to Hillsdale after a nice break at home. The new semester starts on Wednesday. Here is my schedule for this coming semester: MWF, 9:00-9:50, Intro to Political Economy with Dr. Wolfram MTWF, 10:00-10:50, Calculus 2 with Dr. Treloar MWF, 2:00-2:50, American Heritage (H) with Dr. Birzer T TH, 11:00-12:15, Rhetoric…
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Day 10 – Snowstorm
Read more…: Day 10 – SnowstormThe large snowstorm that hit the midwest and northeast dumped 10 inches on Amherst, Ohio from 1 p.m. on Friday through 1 p.m. on Saturday (when that photo was taken) and the snow continues to fall. I measured at multiple points in the backyard and found an average of 10 inches everywhere. I…
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Day 9 – I, Pencil
Read more…: Day 9 – I, PencilThe Foundation for Economic Education released the 50th Anniversary Edition of I, Pencil in late 2008. Written by Leonard E. Read in 1958, I, Pencil illustrates the importance of markets and dispersed knowledge and shows why centralized economic planning cannot work. In the afterword, Milton Friedman writes: Leonard E. Read’s delightful story, “I, Pencil,”…
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Day 8 – Vibram FiveFingers
Read more…: Day 8 – Vibram FiveFingersArchived Link Today I decided to order these awesome shoes made by Vibram. In addition to looking cool, these unique shoes provide health benefits, including improved balance, stronger foot muscles, and reduced back pain. They have a neoprene body and rubber sole; and yes, they have individual toes. ÃÂ Check out Vibram’s seven reasons to wear…
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Day 7 – Mom’s Birthday
Read more…: Day 7 – Mom’s BirthdayToday is my Mom’s birthday! Happy Birthday, Mom! (Most of you reading this are probably reading it on Thursday, Jan. 8. If so, my Mom’s birthday was yesterday, Jan. 7.) I have very few pictures of just Mom, so I posted this photo of my parents that I took in December 2007 while…
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Day 6 – Long Exposures in Oberlin
Read more…: Day 6 – Long Exposures in OberlinLast night around 8:30, I decided to drive down to Oberlin and take a few long exposures. This is kind of new ground for me since the only type of long exposures I have done are the Illum light art photos. Even though it was pretty cold and kind of windy, I stayed…
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Day 5 – “Free” Country
Read more…: Day 5 – “Free” CountryThank goodness we live in a free country where we can live the way we want and the government does not control us! …yeah right. Don Cooper, an economist in Atlanta, Georgia, gets it right. In an article at LRC, he explains a normal day in statist America. I suggest reading it. (I…
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Day 4 – Spring Schedule
Read more…: Day 4 – Spring ScheduleI took this photo at Barber Lake, outside of Hillsdale on State Street. It looked like they were swimming across the sky! Here is my schedule for this coming semester: MWF, 9:00-9:50, Intro to Political Economy with Dr. Wolfram MTWF, 10:00-10:50, Calculus 2 with Dr. Treloar MWF, 2:00-2:50, American Heritage (H) with Dr.…
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Day 3 – Dr. Freeh
Read more…: Day 3 – Dr. FreehThis is a photo that I took on Guy Fawkes Day when my English class had its lecture in the amphitheater. I like this shot of Dr. Freeh. I really enjoyed his English class. In other news, I had a great day today. I had lunch with a long-time friend, edited some photos of…
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Day 2 – Illum in 2008
Read more…: Day 2 – Illum in 2008Â I was thinking about 2008 today. Among other things like graduating from high school and starting college, 2008 was a big year for Illum, Sean Nelson and my long exposure project. Some of our achievements: Two of our photos were selected to appear in the New Internationalist 2010 planner, some of our photos were…
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Day 1 – Lorain Lighthouse
Read more…: Day 1 – Lorain LighthouseThis is the first post of my 365! I took this photo on Christmas Day. The sun was shining and I wanted to go out and take a few photos. I drove up to Lake Erie and took some photos of various places. This picture of the Lorain Lighthouse is a sample of what…