John Stubbs reviews Stephen Grenblatt’s Tyrant: Shakespeare on Power The psychology and spectacle of villainy and the intoxicating nature of power clearly preoccupied Shakespeare. The grandeur, amoral freedom of action and sheer theatrical potential of tyrants must have moved and excited him. The case of a confirmed murderous dictator, after all, especially one with the…
“Parents normally set these rules to promote their children’s scholastic development and to make sure that they invest enough time in schoolwork. But that evidently can also backfire,” commented Hargittai. But why exactly? The study can’t say definitively, but I emailed Hargattai to see what hypotheses she might have. “One possibility would be that such…
A few years ago, I told myself I would start making a bigger deal about such things. It’s too easy to obsess over the students who don’t care, don’t like how I teach X, stopped submitting the assignments, didn’t apply my feedback, etc. I do wish I could get more students to feel grateful before…
My son and I saw “Won’t You Be Ny Neighbor” at a special showing in Greensburg (not far from Fred Rodgers’ hometown of Latrobe). My daughter performed PICT’s Jane Eyre in the Fred Rogers Studio at WQED (where part of the floor is still painted like the path in the Neighborhood of Make Believe. …
I tell this old newsroom tale to my students: An angry editor sees a cub reporter coming into work. “I sent you to cover a concert,” says the editor. “Why didn’t you file the story?” The cub reporter says, “The concert hall burned down.” Sometimes the story you set out to cover is not the…
Similar:The girl enjoyed seeing Alex Noble and the rest of the cast of Sive. (Last shows, 2 & 8 to…CultureSeeing the premiere of a play based on the life of a Holocaust survivor who ended up as a …PersonalDelightful #steampunk #neovictorian control panel. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aesth…One of many steampunk control panels I’v…AestheticsPart of my…
Similar:Another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dart #relaxing #aestheti…AestheticsMy wife Leigh will direct the small-cast drama "Full Bloom" Aug 30-Sep 2My wife Leigh received a Pennsylvania Co…ArtYes, I spent the last hour designing this brutalist pen holder for a virtual production of…AestheticsA merry look at journalism in the classic "The Year without…
Similar:A serious summer activity.Once classes start again, we will all ha…CultureJust a #steampunk captain inspecting the æther power orbs. #Blender3D #Unity3D #design #ae…AestheticsThe Fantasticks closes today at 2.PersonalCarolyn and Nick in Beauty and the BeastAestheticsThe Penance of Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, by Edwin Austin Abbey.This painting was inspired by the scene …AestheticsReally enjoyed Prime Stage…
Similar:On a little afternoon walk with my son.HealthDelighted, amused, touched, and quite frankly weirded out (so… many… puppets…) by @t…PersonalThe YouTube "Blender3D to Unity UMA" tutorials blow through all the steps in a h…PersonalAnime Treatment of Star WarsI am not particularly into anime, though…AestheticsA full minute standing ovation after that rousing final “Alleluia.” Thrilling!PersonalMore #steampunk…
Similar:My colleague @crissycp offers warm soda bread and tea every year, as part of her authentic…AcademiaSix rainbow-colored objects, arranged like THIS?These are shoe-holding racks at a local …AestheticsOnce on This Island (Stage Right! Greensburg; May 11 & 12 Promo Video)The girl plays Ti Moune in “Once on This…CultureAfter your shift at the protocol station, join…
Similar:She’s wearing a shirt with a frog. We are in town to see the Frog and Toad musical. This s…She’s wearing a shirt with a frog. We ar…AmusingOn Death and iPods: A RequiemI never owned a classic iPod, though I d…CultureI've spent 8 hours with 24 different Verizon agents who keep transferring me back and…
Context matters. Good journalists should go out of their way to avoid creating a mistaken impression. Fox News apologized Tuesday after receiving a torrent of criticism over the network’s use of photos of various players for the Philadelphia Eagles kneeling in prayer, creating the misleading impression that they were demonstrating during the national anthem. The…
He could have built, you know, a junkyard mechanic droid, or a general manual labor droid, or a Bitcoin-mining droid, or a freedom-fighter droid? No, he builds a fussy butler. The silliness of this just hit me. Similar:A tiny bit of rogue news leaked through the ads.Hey, Newsweek, alert your webmaster. I c…BusinessExplore – Laconic…
Similar:When we play Star Trek Monopoly, I am the Captain’s chair. GamesIf I don’t stock the officers’ pub on my #steampunk #fantasy #CGI flagship, who will? (All…PersonalThere’s Something Off About LED BulbsWhen I’m stressed, or I feel life is spi…AestheticsMy English major skills crushed the girl in Bananagrams.Wildcard? You mean quitter tile! GamesThe Most Toys (#StarTrek…
Similar:Who's ready for some free outdoor Hamlet?PersonalMore #blender3d #steampunk control panel details. #blender3dartAestheticsSupport the arts in your community! #augustwilson #radiogolfSupport the arts in your community! #aug…CultureMy big brother and my son facing off at chess. I am outclassed! GamesI'm honestly not sure where that came from.For my summer project, teaching myself t…AestheticsPictures from opening night…
This story offers evidence to challenge the stereotype that under employed humanities majors are stuck working in service jobs years after graduation. STEM jobs are indeed the most marketable, but a recent study found that after five years, business, health professions, education and psychology make up far more of the underemployed graduates than English or…
Facebook is discontinuing the “trending” list. After the employees hired by Facebook to curate the trending news items were found to bury news they didn’t like, Facebook fired them all and tried to automate the process. If it matters to you whether their bias was liberal or conservative you can look it up, but my…
As an American studying in Toronto during the Clinton administration, I encountered some non-negligible anti-American bias. I learned to pronounce the last letter of the alphabet “zed” when I was spelling my name. When I sang “ahh-men” in a church choir, the music director stopped the rehearsal to express his surprise that I hadn’t sung…
Don’t blame “the media” for using this photo, often identified as immigrant children separated from their parents and placed in a cage. I saw this image in my social media feed numerous times over the weekend; it wasn’t journalists who kept sharing it, it was random people (and probably a non-trivial number of bots) on…
Similar:Little Women (the daughter plays Amy, the youngest sister)PersonalIt's exam week, and at the moment I have exactly one unmarked assignment (for a paper due …It’s exam week, and at the moment I have…AcademiaOh that sweet, sweet feeling of progress.PersonalI've completed my second set of 25 #neovictorian control panels, which I'll eventually use… AestheticsMidterm Grades…