Yeet with Emily Dickinson (according to my auto-correct}

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She was a musical ingenue Sunday, filmed a slasher movie past midnight Monday, and was prepared for dance kinesiology class Tuesday morning. #youshallprevail

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Faces the girl makes during her Luisa monologue. (Four more chances to see The Fantasticks.)

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And again I ush.

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My big brother and my son facing off in chess. I am totally outclassed here.

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Support the arts in your community!

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The Fantasticks (Oct 18-27)

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Come see Carolyn and her talented castmates in The Fantasticks (Theatre Factory, Trafford Pa.)

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Finally — the pace at work subsides a bit.

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Hearing "Godzilla on My Mind" author Wiliam Tsutsui

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Facebook just dealt another potentially lethal blow to local journalism

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Dennis G. Jerz | Associate Professor of English -- New Media Journalism, Seton Hill University | jerz.setonhill.edu Logo

In October, 1999 I was blogging about college application essays, Willie Crowther, and Elizabethan English for RenFest workers

Jessica found herself wishing that somebody — anybody — in her family had died: ”Because then I could write about it.” — College application essays. >As a young man I needed someone to look up to, someone to emulate. I was something of a nerd: I needed someone who’d integrated highly technical talents with the…

She was a musical ingenue Sunday, filmed a slasher movie past midnight Monday, and was prepared for dance kinesiology class Tuesday morning.

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