RT @DepressedDarth: Dear J.J. Abrams, If the new Star Wars is bad, you will forever be known as Jar Jar Abrams. Sincerely, Star Wars fans Similar:West Side Story (Aug 9-12) #somethingscomingCultureSeton Hill Hogwarts Dinner What would I get if I added powdered…AcademiaAmusing Reference to ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ Imagine a scenario in which circumstan…AestheticsThe Masterpiece Society (#StarTrek…
Because apparently I am not already nerdy enough, the universe presented me with this version of Star Wars, written in the style of a Shakespeare play. William Shakespeare’s Star Wars® | Quirk Books : Publishers & Seekers of All Things Awesome. Similar:Close Reading: Introduction to a College English SkillI’ve been meaning to create a screencast…AcademiaDaughter…
Similar:WATCH two undercover Sunday Times journalists being stung while trying to sting on TVHeidi Blake and Jonathan Calvert who run…AmusingLen Deighton’s Bomber, the first book ever written on a word processor.The talented and insightful scholar Matt…BooksCitations: Efficient In-text QuotationsWhen writing a paper in MLA style, prefe…AcademiaToday's 10 sq cm of a #steampunk control panel (background greebles…
Similar:R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) Full Play (via Zoom)All 3 acts and the epilogue to R.U.R. (R…BooksI did not bother to click on the llama story or the dress story, and now you don't have to… Now I’m going to bed.AmusingAnother delightful #blender3d #cgi #steampunk control panel. #design #aesthetics #blender3… On a busy day when I…
The New Mexico landfill or “Atari Dump” where the game console maker buried its mistakes — the biggest being the game E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial — will be dug up by game developer Fuel Industries, which hopes to make a documentary about the project. Also known as the “Atari Graveyard” or the “E.T. Dump”, the desert…
Because my beginning journalism students often use the phrase “when asked about” as a default (lazy) transition when introducing quotes, I created a scenario in which President Bush apparently expresses a desire to be a cuddly bunny. In the example, a child reporter gives him two options — would he rather be a robot or…
As a big fan of Richard Scary, I really wanted to see how postman Zip delivers Betsy bear’s birthday letter to grandma, but this is almost as good. Singularity Hub. Similar:Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, lost since 1915, is found off Antarctica An expedition that set out in search of…AwesomeThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (workshop premiere…
Nancy Grace and Ashleigh Banfield Hold Split-Screen Interview in Same Parking Lot – Dashiell Bennett and Philip Bump – The Atlantic Wire. Similar:My student journalists sport their fashionable “What Would Jerz Do?” wristbands.AcademiaThe Future of College Is Facebook Meme GroupsInteresting to see how large groups of c…AcademiaWhy teens are leaving Facebook: It’s ‘meaningless’However, there’s…
PHD Comics: It’s in the syllabus. Similar:Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreamingNeil Gaiman tells us why books matter:Wh…BooksWhat if the DC rioters had been Black? I think we know the answer | Aja Hannah This is not just an issue of a dou…Current_EventsLoved part 2 of The Importance of Being Earnest…
Similar:Completed uniforms for the officers and crew from the #neovictorian #steampunk bedtime sto… Right now I can move the player aroun…AestheticsIf I don't design the control panels for my fantasy #steampunk project, who will? #blender…AestheticsAnother section of a #neovictorian control panel for a #steampunk #blender3d project. I h…AestheticsI rather like my instructional page on writing…
Yesterday, I performed in a school matinee for Suessical, dashed back to campus to advise with students working on their 20-page term papers for Literary Criticism, served on oral exam panels for four graduating seniors, then went back to the theater for an evening performance. Somewhere along the way, I found myself chatting in an…
On a scale of 1 to 10, this definitely rates a WTF. Seriously, has no one in GE ever seen The Matrix? Literally any other robot in the history of film would have been a better choice — even RoboCop would’ve made people feel more at ease, because at least he’s a police officer. Agent…
When I had pneumonia a few years into my current job, I spent 10 days bedridden (or, having been banished to the basement, futon-ridden), and watched the extended Lord of the Rings trilogy over and over, since I needed something that would occupy my mind enough to distract me from my suffering, but I couldn’t…
Cameron’s psychological problems run even deeper. He can name every one of his beloved, imaginary Pokemon characters, but the plain realities of the actual world he inhabits are an enigma: Ask Cameron the name of the real-life city councilman sponsoring the referendum to renovate the park just across the street from his house–a park he…
I’ve been a fan of the Dodge Intrepid shows from the beginning. The voice of the daring librarian is Mike Rubino, a Seton Hill alum whom I only had in one or two classes, but who made himself known on the young Seton Hill blogosphere (and as a columnist and cartoonist for the student paper).…
Interesting glimpse into the creative process. The hero, Lucas explains, is a globe-trotting archaeologist, “a bounty hunter of antiquities.” He’s a professor, a Ph.D.—“People call him doctor.” But he’s a little “rough and tumble.” As the men hash out the Jones iconography, they refer, incessantly, to other films, invoking Eastwood, Bond, and Mifune. He will…
The administration at my small school is very productive and effective. I don’t see it showing the kind of bloat that my colleagues at other schools lament. My interest in this satirical piece is cultural, rather than personal. So if we could find a way to put administration online, to create Massive Online Open Administrations…
This is a very cute story, further illustrating the “regular guy” image that has underscored the vast majority of the coverage the new pope has received. “Seriously, it’s Jorge Bergoglio, I’m calling you from Rome,” the Pope insisted. “I was in shock, I broke down in tears and didn’t know what to say,” Del Regno…
When In Academia – WHEN A COLLEAGUE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT ‘DIGITAL HUMANITIES’:. Similar:Line breaks are really, really importantI’m sure that whoever wrote this headlin…Current_EventsWhile searching my bag for a cable, I found an unexpected wealth of food-substitute items.AmusingTwo computer screens aren't better than oneI turned off the extra screen on my desk…CybercultureThe Medium is the…
Ford Prefect kept a script of Godspell in his satchel, by the way, in order to support his cover story of being an actor. I used an image from the cover of “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish” in a slide presentation I used as a prop on stage during the “Tower of…