Watching a National Guard helicopter lift off after an EMS display

Just spending an August evening with the boy. Similar:Safety is a good thing.PersonalLounge area of a steampunk villain’s lair. Still needs a light fixture or two. #blender3dAestheticsHow long has Google Docs let you pop up a window with your current word count? Why wasn’t …PersonalI remember these young people. I remember these young people. PersonalThey're…

Marching in a parade and watching a patriotic musical

Happy Independence Day, fellow Americans. “Saltpeter, John!!!” Similar:Each of these #retro #neovictorian #steampunk control panels takes me about an hour. #gree…AestheticsSuch A Good Feeling: The Affectionate Documentary 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?'My son and I saw “Won’t You Be Ny Neighb…CulturePhotos inspired by Wuthering HeightsA photographer blogged about taking phot…AestheticsConsciousness: Where Are Words?Words, words, words.…

The Declaration of Independence (Dramatic Reading)

I rather enjoyed recording this oral interpretation of the Declaration of Independence for WAOB Audio Theatre. Similar:Lego signs multi-million-pound deal with BBC to create Dr Who setThe concept for a Doctor Who set came fr…BusinessResources for combating sexual harassment in the newsroom — Society of Professional Journ…The Society of Professional Journalists …CultureWhere is the tipping…

Solitaire Chess

Spent a relaxing evening in playing solitaire chess puzzles with the boy. Similar:Above the Forward Ops conference platform we see the chief engineer's station and a glimps…Aestheticslittle drops — Why Dove's "Real Beauty Sketches" Video Makes Me Uncomfortable… and Kind …Very insightful…. A reminder that even…AestheticsThe world's oldest story? Astronomers say global myths about 'seven…

Unity3D Maze Game Tutorial

Workspace for an in-progress Unity3D tutorial. Installing the Unity Hub. (Unity.com documentation) Tutorial Assets <- Download, unzip Place in [YourUnityProject]/Assets Video Tutorials: Unity3D Game Spaces for Beginners (#CWCON 2019 #e11)   Similar:CEO’s brutalist office, for a Zoom-based production of R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)….AestheticsLies about history in Texas can be traced to the Lone Star State's…

Back in the MLA

As the humanities decline in the United States, the country is losing the craft of understanding, losing its capacity for citizenship. Even educated people are increasingly unable and unwilling to distinguish between fake and real information, becoming a community that cannot understand itself as anything more than a circulation of figures. Self-righteousness takes the place…

The Righteous Mind

I just finished “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion,” a very accessible mainstream (non-academic) book by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. Takeaways: Our rational minds are to our emotional/instinctual selves like riders on an elephant. When the elephant leans even slightly to one side, the riders look in that direction…

Skin of Evil (TNG Rewatch, Season 1 Episode 23)

My rewatch reflection on the Star Trek:TNG episode “Skin of Evil,” in which the crew encounters a malignant oil slick. Some good character moments with Worf and Yar, and some good solo acting from Marina Sirtis as Troi psychoanalyzes a disembodied voice. While I appreciate the Roddenberrian argument against playing along with a power-mad enemy’s sick games, dramatizing a that philosophical concept is not enough to carry a full episode. If you’re a fan the final holodeck send-off scene is worth watching but overall it’s a weak episode.

The Crucible, Geyer PAC (Scottdale, May 16-19)

My wife is directing Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Opening night is tonight. Geyer Performing Arts Center.   Similar:Sweet Lenten RegretsThis Lenten evening / Your orphaned feas…AestheticsGoogle Autocomplete Still Makes Hateful Autocorrect SuggestionsThe top suggestion for a Holocaust searc…BusinessFrodo Baggins, A.B.D.When I had pneumonia a few years into my…AcademiaCarolyn will portray Cosette Saturday at 2pm with…

Laughter and Light Abound in Prime Stage’s “Twelfth Night”

Kudos to Prime Stage for a Twelfth Night that truly sings. Stage director Andy Kirtland has created a lovely adaptation of Shakespeare’s 1601 comedy. A vibrant intimacy connects the players and audience, supporting a wonderful production that’s superbly enjoyable for both those who know this play and for anyone experiencing Shakespeare for the first time. Kirtland transports an ensemble…