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April 20: Thank you note from altitude 30000 feet

label it this wrote 3 weeks ago: Due to my leaving the US for Cambridge only a few days before my birthday, I got all of my presents … more →

Tags: Music, Photography, Family, Music 2, Photography (2), airplane, Birthday, earphones, Grandparents

Procrastination Steampunk-style2 comments

label it this wrote 1 month ago: All the studying made me want to make something with my hands–yes, like middle school arts-and … more →

Tags: Photography, art 2, Photography (2), Watch, Arts and Crafts, Steampunk, Jewelry

Hong Kong: where the wild things are

label it this wrote 1 month ago: Even in such a densely built city as Hong Kong, there are parks, pockets of greenery, and “wil … more →

Tags: Photography, Nature, park, Photography (2), Tree, Hong Kong, nature, Flower, Parrot

Hong Kong: my eyes are bigger than my stomach1 comment

label it this wrote 1 month ago: The amount of food I consumed during the five days is embarrassing.   But not enough to not put the … more →

Tags: Photography, Food, Photography (2), food, bubble tea, Hong Kong, abalone, Pescatarian, Rakuen

Hong Kong: urban jungle

label it this wrote 1 month ago: Belated by about a week, I’ve finally processed my photos from travel to Hong Kong.  (Since th … more →

Tags: Photography, Architecture 2, Photography (2), Architecture, Buildings, Hong Kong, Symphony of Light, Reflections, cityscape

But February made me shiver...

label it this wrote 2 months ago: Finding some time for walks around Cambridge.  (Though, admittedly, the pictures below are from a wa … more →

Tags: Photography, Nature, Cambridge, Photography (2), Moon, River Cam, cemetary, church

Keeping myself sane...1 comment

label it this wrote 2 months ago: Term goes on, and stress levels continue to rise.  So it’s nice that I have my sketchbook to k … more →

Tags: art 2, Art, Drawing, sketchbook, Headphones, Portrait, Melancholia, Across the Universe

It's pages so yellow and old2 comments

label it this wrote 3 months ago: I bought a book today.  It was on a shelf outside a book-shop, no author, no price-tag, old and irre … more →

Tags: Photography, Books, An Old Man's Thoughts About Many Things; George Long; M

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label it this wrote 3 months ago: Reblogged from XIX век: И скучно и грустно, и некому руку подать В минуту душевной невзгоды... Желан … more →

The Physics of the Universe?

label it this wrote 3 months ago: Just back from an excellent talk by Sir Roger Penrose.  Made me wish for the opportunity to study mo … more →

Tags: Physics, union, Consciousness, Roger Penrose, universe, Thermodynamics

Debates and Drawings3 comments

label it this wrote 3 months ago: Just over a week ago, I went to the Union, where organized religion’s harm to society was deba … more →

Tags: art 2, Art, union, Religion, RIchard Dawkins, Sociology

Is your glass half empty? Or is it half full?2 comments

label it this wrote 3 months ago: It’s been a while since I had the time or energy to write, or take pictures, or draw–I … more →

Tags: Photography, Food, art 2, University, Cambridge, Photography (2), camera, Halfway Hall, College

Pumpkin Faces in the Night

label it this wrote 6 months ago: Have been too busy to write anything, but here are some Halloween formal photos that prove that I … more →

Tags: Photography, Food, Cambridge, formal hall, Kings, Halloween

Mirrors :: J. L. Borges2 comments

label it this wrote 8 months ago: Mirrors :: J. L. Borges. I found this poem by Jorge Luis Borges, and loved it! I, who felt the horro … more →

Tags: Jorge Luis Borges, Poem, Mirrors

White Ravens, Green Centaurs, and the Curious Case of the Loch Ness Monster

label it this wrote 8 months ago: If you think that none of these have anything to do with each other, you’re not thinking like a phil … more →

Tags: Philosophy, ravens, Paradox, Hempel, Loch Ness Monster, Centaur, logic

Good For You! (Unless It's Bad...)1 comment

label it this wrote 8 months ago: Coffee “You’ve already had a cup of coffee today.  You can’t have any more.” … more →

Tags: Food, Coffee, Alcohol, Chocolate, headaches, Cough, Parkinson's, reservetol, Antioxidants

Get Prepared, There's Gonna be a Party Tonight

label it this wrote 10 months ago: On Thursday, July 19, a friend of mine and I got in a car to drive to Thornville, OH (i.e. the middl … more →

Tags: Music, dancing, Photography, art 2, Camping, Music 2, all good, Flaming Lips, Grateful Dead

There's No Wall in Front of You 1 comment

label it this wrote 10 months ago: When we woke up on Thursday morning, it was nearly noon, and we had to hurry if we wanted to get to … more →

Tags: Photography, art 2, Photography (2), graffiti, Street Art, Berlin, Germany, Tacheles, ALIAS

Dance, til the night is done

label it this wrote 10 months ago: A day well spent in Prenzlaur Berg.  Though our first attempt at walking through the suburb was cut … more →

Tags: Photography, Food, art 2


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