Month: December 2009
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Day 345 – Last Day of Classes
Read more…: Day 345 – Last Day of ClassesToday was the last day of classes. Thankfully, all of my papers are turned in now, so all I have to worry about is finals. I’ve really enjoyed this semester and all of the wonderful things that have happened. I am really looking forward to next semester’s classes. Now, onward to finals! (I will be…
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Day 344 – Be A Number
Read more…: Day 344 – Be A Number“Senior Kevin Hershock keeps careful count of his T-shirts. As the president of Be A Number, every $20 shirt he sells has a twin that will become the property of an underprivileged child in America or a third world country.” Read the rest of the articleArchived Link. Oh, and all bagels I eat from now…
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Day 343 – Braving the Winter Storm
Read more…: Day 343 – Braving the Winter StormTwo statues of great Americans braving the harsh winter while their ideas do the same. Click on the photos to view them at a larger size. (Weather note: The windchill was -4 degrees while I was taking these photos.)
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Day 342 – Charger Basketball
Read more…: Day 342 – Charger BasketballI took some photos of the men’s basketball team practicing today: A little over 3 inches of snow was dumped on Hillsdale in the last few hours! Hopefully I will have some time to take a few photos of it tomorrow.
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Day 341 – A Year Ago Yesterday…
Read more…: Day 341 – A Year Ago Yesterday…As I was looking through my photo library tonight, I realized that it was exactly a year ago yesterday that I saw Handel’s Messiah performed at Hillsdale. (If you didn’t read yesterday’s post, I went to see it performed in Detroit yesterday.) I saw the performances exactly a year apart! I thought that was pretty…
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Day 340 – Handel’s Messiah
Read more…: Day 340 – Handel’s MessiahToday, Amanda and I drove to Detroit to see Handel’s Messiah performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (I bought her tickets for her birthday). We had a wonderful time! The performance was excellent, we had great seats, and we ate good food afterwards at Union StreetArchived Link. Overall, today was a great day! Here are…
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Day 339 – Logic Puzzle Answer
Read more…: Day 339 – Logic Puzzle AnswerHere is the answer to the Blue Eyes Logic Puzzle I posted. This answer comes from mathematician Terence Tao, and has to do with common knowledge. — 100 days after the Guru’s comment, all the blue eyed people will leave. This is proven as a special case of Proposition. Suppose that the tribe had n…
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Day 338 – CCA Papers
Read more…: Day 338 – CCA PapersI shot this photo of a few CCA papers for a Collegian article that was featured on page A1. Read the corresponding story at HillsdaleCollegian.com. (I had two A1 photos this week!)
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Day 337 – “Cash for Caulkers” ??
Read more…: Day 337 – “Cash for Caulkers” ??When I first heard of this, I thought someone misspelled “Clunkers”… then I read on and realized this is another CfC-named program the government is putting on. I am sure you remember Cash for Clunkers, the $3 billion transfer program that destroyed wealth, right? Well, here is a new one- Cash for Caulkers, a “stimulus”…
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Day 336 – My Halloween Costume
Read more…: Day 336 – My Halloween CostumeLet’s turn back the clock back a little bit to halloween (and no, I am not talking about retrodating this post…) I never showed a photo of my halloween costume, so I am posting two now (photos courtesy of Liz Essley.) Sitting in a chair: Dancing: What was it? A duck mask, hoodie, and shirt…
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Day 335 – Deck the Halls
Read more…: Day 335 – Deck the HallsAs soon as everyone returned from Thanksgiving break, they got in the Christmas spirit! Here are two quick and rough shots I took of areas around Simpson dorm: First Floor North (note: the stuff in the hall is wrapping paper, as they just finished wrapping the doors before this shot) James and PG’s room