This is how the President of the United States spends a day when flags are flying at half mast to honor journalists murdered by a white male citizen with a legally purchased shotgun. Similar:Eclipse!Personal#blender3d is teaching me more than I ever thought I’d need to know about roof geometry. E…#blender3d is teaching me more than…
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Nick Anderson reflects on the recent firing of former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette staff cartoonist Rob Rogers. Getting a string of cartoons killed is generally not a good harbinger of things to come, and going public with it is a risky gambit. But, there is absolutely no reason to be an editorial cartoonist if…
At the Geyer Peforming Arts Center in Scottdale, Aug 9-12. Similar:Another homeschool year ends successfully. Here are the kids with their external evaluator…PersonalI may have mentioned that I have a daughter who does things. Her next is "To Battle: A Fig…Tickets for To Battle: A Fight Play AmusingFeature: History Lesson: the treasured past of LucasArts…
For my summer project, teaching myself the Unity Game Engine, I’m updating the texture atlas I created for control consoles for the flagship of the steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell my kids. My designs are now a lot less blocky and more visually interesting. When I showed the girl, she was impressed. Then…
Similar:The Cover Letter That Led to Awesome InterviewsWhen I do a career planning unit, I am o…BusinessWeird History offers a good debunking of this persistent myth.PersonalScientists thought only male birds sang – until women joined the researchFor more than 150 years, scientists have…AcademiaBeam me up, Chewie. Amusing13: The Musical Promohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40MbeApiX…CultureGeorge Joseph Jerz (1933-2023)George Joseph Jerz, born…
Similar:The Daughter's 21st Birthday Current_EventsFinally — the pace at work subsides a bit.PersonalWhy scientists should care about artMy artsy daughter loves stories about sc…Art#Blender3D practice: #Steampunk control panel #trimsheethttps://youtu.be/4j7qAzaDg3w …AestheticsHow Not to Be a Jackass at Your Next Academic ConferenceOkay, I confess, I was once in the audie…AcademiaAuditioning in Pittsbugh (flanked by shots from…
Democrats wildly over-estimate the percentage of Republicans who make over 250k a year (estimated: 44%; actual: 2%). Republicans are almost as bad when it comes to predicting the percentage of Democrats who are LBG (estimated: 38%; actual: 6%) and atheist/agnostic (estimated: 36%; actual: 9%). Both groups were a little closer to the mark when asked…
Similar:Soldiers and Sailors Memorial and Museum Another visit to Pittsburgh with my his…CultureMerry Christmas 2017 PersonalSo peaceful and majestic. Another outing with my son.PersonalWe were a Neilsen ratings family during the pandemicIn March 2020, just as the lockdown clos…BusinessDress rehearsal for The Nutcracker.AestheticsGreebles make me happy.Before CGI, filming a science-fiction st…Aesthetics
Similar:My colleague Dr. Cusick bakes Irish soda bread every year to honor Saint Patrick's Day.AcademiaThe Anatomy of a Shakespeare Play: King Lear (Free video lecture from Pict, 2pm Friday)PersonalThis is about half of the #steampunk control panel details I've created in the past m…AestheticsHow to Annoy Your Parents (Smurfs, Tweety, Jar-Jar and Ewoks) http://www.youtube.com/wat…AmusingI'd…
Like all successful demagogues, Trump has a talent for identifying scapegoats. It is not hyperbole to say that he speaks of Latino immigrants in much the same way that European monsters once spoke of Jews. It is equally foolish, however, to look past a sign that all is not well in Trumpland and that the…
Similar:Added a pilot and cockpit details to my flyby of a #steampunk scout ship. Costume is a pr…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyvR90jm…AestheticsI had a blue checked shirt in my hand this morning, but she nailed the khaki pants.PersonalMore #blender3d #cgi practice. Added workstations underneath the chief engineer's sta…PersonalEach of these #retro #neovictorian #steampunk control panels takes me about an…
Similar:The School of Humanities honors me and my colleagues @mikearnzen and Dan Martino as we com…The School of Humanities honors me and m…PersonalYesterday my stack of unmarked assignments was about 120, so this is not bad.Nothing in this stack is pressing, but t…AcademiaAnother homeschool year ends successfully. Here are the kids with their external evaluator…PersonalEaster…
Similar:Carolyn as Hodel and Peter as Lazar in the Stage Right homeschool Fiddler on the Roof.PersonalGetting in the Christmas spirit.PersonalAt the Stage Right Gala.PersonalMy third time seeing @shu.pippin. I'll be back tomorrow for closing night.PersonalThe Penance of Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, by Edwin Austin Abbey.This painting was inspired by the scene …AestheticsBryan A. Louiselle, 1966-2022…
Similar:I have a daughter who does things. If demon curses and buckets of stage blood are your thi…I have a daughter who does things. If de…AmusingAnother 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dart #relaxing #aestheti…AestheticsThe girl got picked for an audience participation bit as the muse of comedy in Xanadu. Gre…CultureWe found a…
The more you identify with a particular point of view, the harder it is to recognize the difference between facts and opinions, and the easier it becomes to accept as “fact” an opinion that aligns with and affirms your world view. This is not something that only the “Liberal Elite Media” or the “Deplorable Right”…
We learned that though a degree made a big difference in the success of an entrepreneur, the field it was in and the school that it was from were not significant factors. YouTube chief executive Susan Wojcicki, for instance, majored in history and literature; Slack founder Stewart Butterfield in English; Airbnb founder Brian Chesky in the…
The original was a stunning image, which has been used to criticize ICE’s policy of separating children from parents attempting to immigrate at the border — a policy which Trump says he dislikes. The animated version of the Time cover makes it clear that this is a composite picture, though of course the emotional power…
No fake news here. This is why journalism matters. It wasn’t the moral consequences of his own immigration crackdown that caused Trump to act — it was “the sight of” those consequences. What happens to those families after they have been detained for over 20 days remains to be seen. Very glad to hear that…
One bedtime about 11 years ago, my 5yo daughter did not want to go to bed, so she asked me to tell her a story. Not to read one from a book — but to make one up for her. She and her brother would often spend time on long car rides telling stories together.…
One of the benefits of working at Seton Hill is they provide me with a MacBook Air and an iPad. I turn them in every few years for an upgrade. The computer the kids use for gaming is a Mac Mini that I bought in 2011, with a virtual machine that runs Windows. It has served…