These chairs were cheap, but it really annoys me how the design collects water.

Similar:Attending Religious Perspectives on the War in Gaza. Attending Religious Perspectives on the…PersonalMasked, vaxxed, and settling in to watch live theaterBarebones is a little black box theater,…BooksFrozen (Greensburg Civic Theatre, Greasepaint Players)DramaThis winter I changed my weekday alarm tone to chirping birds. This winter I changed my weekday ala…AestheticsOne strategic twist-tie, and my bedside cable-tangles…

Viral Video Vilifies Foul-ball Fan

Similar:Why I Like Papers, PleaseAt a certain point, the transit papers w…AestheticsBREAKING: British Burn Washington … 2 Centuries AgoTwo hundred years ago this week, during …AmusingA spooooooky post about predatory journals for this Halloween season.Predatory publications are not concerned…AcademiaQuidditch Comes to Seton HillwartsVisitors often remark the campus reminds…AcademiaFacets #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 3, Episode 21)…

Viral Video Vilifies Foul-ball Fan

A recent video that shows a kid in the bleachers bobbling a foul ball, and a man picking up the ball and presenting it to the woman next to him, doesn’t show what it seems to show. Julian Green of the Cubs said in a statement, “Unfortunately, a video that was quickly posted and unverified…

President Trump speaking at a political rally in Florida. He is pointing his finger in the direction of the camera.

‘Not good, not nice’: At Florida rally, Trump says China has ‘targeted our farmers’

They weren’t the most newsworthy part of Trump’s Florida rally yesterday, but I’m just taking a moment to acknowledge a journalist who is using muted language, in keeping with the charge of journalists to report objectively.  It’s perfectly neutral to place, deep in the body of the article, a note about the president’s claim that…

The girl as Mrs Lovett with Ben Federico as Sweeney Todd.

16yo Carolyn Jerz performs “A Little Priest” with 14yo Ben Federico. A video clip can capture only part of the magic created by a huge, committed cast, live musicians, and an attentive audience. (Support the arts in your community!) Similar:Journey's End (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 7, Episode 20) Picard must relocate a North … Rewatching…

A screen shot from ThoughtCagalog.com, showing that an article has been split into 40 separate chunks.

If You Ever Find a Link to ThoughtCatalog, I’m Begging You Not to Click It

Here’s a thought… nothing you can write can possibly encourage me to click through 40 separate chunks of text. Bye. Similar:Ethics of standardized testingA blogger who had a much worse day than …AcademiaContagion (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 11)Picard faces aggressive Romulans and an …DesignTricking the eye to see 3D details in geometrically flat surfaces…

Picture of President Trump speaking at a Veterans of Foreign Wars event.

Just remember: what you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.

Words apparently spoken by the President of the United States. If you trust the news organization that reported what he said. But the President has no reason to mislead the public. He loves the public probably more than anybody. Believe me.   Similar:In August 1999 I was blogging about Poohsticks Bridge, penmanship, Archimedes, and ebooksIn…

Alice E. Marwick (headsnot)

Why Do People Share Fake News? A Sociotechnical Model of Media Effects

Verrit, like Snopes, Politifact, and a host of other fact-checking sites, reflect fundamental misunderstandings about how information circulates online, what function political information plays in social contexts, and how and why people change their political opinions. Fact-checking is in many ways a response to the rapidly changing norms and practices of journalism, news gathering, and…

Closeup of a person's hand pulling a book off of a shelf.

How Common Core Testing Damaged High School English Classes

Helping my students understand how my role as a college literature teacher differs from the role of a high school English teacher is a sometimes daunting task. Preparing students for a standardized reading test is completely unlike teaching them about a work of classic literature. In an English class addressing The Great Gatsby, depending on student ability…

I haven't seen this show since freshman year at Bishop Denis J O'Connell High School.

Similar:Pippin! Last show today at 2pm.CultureAlex and Carolyn rehearse for “The King and I” Saturday nightPersonalRehearsing for Little Women Tuesday (Carolyn plays Amy)PersonalI'm in the timeline where the Borg are everywhere and Riker doesn't want to go b…Personal"I think the Exposition Officer's bridge station might have too many control pan…PersonalChess with my son. As usual,…

Attending the Texture Contemporary Ballet.

Similar:A few Dwarven Moments in Stage Right's Snow WhiteThe dwarf scenes were a real hoot. …DramaI am a dog and I am a good boy and I am prepping my Spring courses.AcademiaRemembering James Doohan on his 100th Birthday (found on the Star Trek Wholesomeposting Fa…When I was a kid watching the reruns aft…HistoryMy brother, in…

On this date in 1999 I first added a date to the list of web links I had been curating. (The image has long since broken.)

On this date in 1999, I first dated an entry in the collection of web links I had been curating since at least that January. Similar:David "Mr. McFeely" Newell Still Delivering at Seton Hill TEDxDavid Newell is one of the speakers at t…CultureEven in the U.S., Chinese Students May Have Tiananmen ‘Amnesia’But now that he…