A few years ago my grandparents told me about a startling vacation they took to Europe 40 years ago. Like most tourists they went on tours of different castles, cathedrals, and museums, but one museum in Paris stuck out from the rest. While my grandparents were viewing one of the galleries by themselves they said they felt a strong wind come through the room. Since the window was closed they guessed it must have been their imagination. A few weeks later when they were looking through the pictures they took of that room they were shocked to find a boy reaching to open the window. I did not...

While visiting some friends near Gettysburg, we visited the battlefield. I look a Diana + with some black and white 35mm film, and snapped a few shots. This, weirdly enough, was one of them.

While traveling through Brazil I stopped by a tourist town called Campos do Jordão where I visited Palácio Boa Vista - a mansion where government officials often stay. Many years ago, my grandfather worked for the Brazilian government and often took his family (including my mom) on trips to stay in this mansion. My mother has told me many stories of her times there, including ones of strange events that she witnessed while staying there. I had never witnessed any of these events and always thought my mother was just trying to frighten or intrigue me. However, when I was there going on a...

Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism was rarely realized outside of her published works in the 1930's, with the greatest example being Howard Roark of her novel *The Fountainhead*. His construction of buildings came from his purpose alone, not conforming to the desires or norms of society. Rand is back to haunt the abysmal reality of life.