Similar:SMS Generator SMS Generator.Amusing“Thank you for being kind.” —Friday afternoon email from a student who’d been a little sal…PersonalAnime Treatment of Star WarsI am not particularly into anime, though…AestheticsI love my students enough to teach them the difference between passive voice and past tens…If a goggles-for-brains Lego character c…EducationFaculty/staff orientation begins @setonhilluniversity PersonalWe're enjoying the…
Similar:Teaching myself the #Unity3D game engine. Each step requires a lot of focused attention. I… Teaching myself the #Unity3D game engi…AestheticsI've got a lot to learn, but my #blender3D #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser, and this…AestheticsThe Penance of Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, by Edwin Austin Abbey.This painting was inspired by the scene …AestheticsMy Polish grandmother used to…
The girl plays Ti Moune in “Once on This Island” Friday at the Lamp Theatre, Irwin. Similar:Faculty assembling in launch tube beneath Salvitti Gym. #classof2017 @setonhilluniversityPersonalThey Smiled Too!Victorians had to stay still for 3 secon…AestheticsAnother sold-out Midsummer Thursday night. PersonalChapbooks — the latest assignment in my “History and Future of the Book” class.Students have already done…
Similar:Friday night. What am I doing? #partylikeaprofAcademiaImaginary vs Real Office SpaceHere’s a fantasy workspace, that I built…AcademiaTeaching myself the #Unity3D game engine. Each step requires a lot of focused attention. I… Teaching myself the #Unity3D game engi…AestheticsStage Right offers four versions of its musical 'Annie' | TribLIVELeapin‘ Lizards! There are four versions…CultureWho choked up while…
I wrote my college application essay on how I negotiated social situations by storing up an array of dumb puns on a random general topic. At a social gathering, I would sit around awkwardly until a certain topic came up — shoes (“lace be serious”), or cameras (“lens be serious”) or astronomy (“let’s be Sirius)…
Similar:This weekend! GeyerPAC.comPersonalDelighted, amused, touched, and quite frankly weirded out (so… many… puppets…) by @t…PersonalIn-home schooling popularity slipping across stateWe were on our way out the door to see A…Culture"Jewish priests do this. It's where Leonard Nimoy got the Vulcan sign," says the geekling,…CultureAfter some long-delayed recabling, these are the bits I culled from my…
Similar:Out & About: Cabaret Theatre presents its 'Cabbie Awards'You can just make out Carolyn, Leigh, an…CultureWhen Asking the Question is Part of the News Story (New Example: Clinton Supporters)I ask my journalism students to avoid us…Current_EventsPHD Comics: It's in the syllabus PHD Comics: It’s in the syllab…AcademiaWhat gives you comfort? I collect lights. Some of…
Similar:Vote for your favorite Monopoly token — or else!One of the six current game pieces will …AestheticsYellow Journalism Did Not Cause the Spanish-American War (Role of Sensationalized Headlin… When a correspondent sent to Cuba to c…AestheticsFreshman writing students present their research projects in a suitably decorous setting. … PersonalImaginary vs Real Office SpaceHere’s a fantasy workspace,…
A subsection titled “Need for Free Press and Public Trial” was removed entirely. That section, which was included in versions of the manual at least as far back as 1988, according to DOJ archives, read as follows: “Likewise, careful weight must be given in each case to the constitutional requirements of a free press and public…
In its efforts to combat the spread of false news online (whether by malicious people who knew it was propaganda, or through the wishful thinking of overly-credible sheep who saw a post as confirmation of a value they already held), Facebook experimented with flagging stories as “disputed by third-party fact-checkers.” It turns out that a…
I am not a fan of TV news, and in fact only watch a full broadcast once every two years, in order to prep for a particular unit in my intro to journalism class. In truth, I am going to have to redesign that unit, because most of my students aren’t in the habit of…
Today’s students have also lived most of their lives in the shadow of a systemic financial collapse. Some of us can still remember the extent to which the worldview of our parents or grandparents was shaped by having grown up during the Great Depression. While the Great Recession was objectively not as severe, it has…
I used to print a lot. I have enough tote bags. I found more stuff for my box of once-loved tools. It felt so good throwing away all the papers having to do with that one thing. If spiders had to crawl into one box and die, I can forgive them for choosing that other…
Similar:Night Terrors (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 17) Trapped crew grows paranoi…Rewatching ST:TNG After discovering t…PersonalI rather like my camera. Bought a new zoom lens a few months ago.PersonalMore glorious #steampunk control panels, created for no practical purpose. #blender3d #ble…AestheticsMore details in the powder room of my villain's lair. #Blender3DAestheticsChess with my son. As…
Similar:Okay, a lot of the world is pretty awful right now, but here's an uplifting video about th…https://youtu.be/umW4koJU3e0AmusingI came of age playing too many CD-ROM point-and-click adventure games to ignore these stee…I came of age playing too many CD-ROM po…AestheticsThe Whole Internet Hates MeAmusingUnity3D Maze Game TutorialWorkspace for an in-progress Unity3D tut…AcademiaNerd-buddies”He likes Lord of…
Similar:Rubric for the Rubric Concerning Students’ Core Educational Competency In Reading Things I…Sadly, this only barely counts as satire…AcademiaWhy I Was Wrong About Liberal-Arts MajorsIt’s a little bit shallow and solipsisti…AcademiaThe Trouble With Online EducationI’ve taught an online “Video Game Cultur…AcademiaDid you share Russian fake news? Facebook, apparently unable to insert items directly in o…Did…
Similar:My 10yo Sings "Hopelessly Devoted to You"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq81GeqAY…PersonalMore rehearsing. More dancing. PersonalKeeping it classy. My 20yo son encounters the fruit-eating scene from the 1996 point-and-c…PersonalProcession #classof2017PersonalNot a #carguy but I pried open the hatch of the van to change 4 bulbs. #adulting Personal8 (Short Halloween film by Josh Reardon)My daughter and I appear in this short f…Aesthetics
While cleaning out my desk at home I added to the big box of “tools I used to use all the time and now hang onto them for sentimental reasons.” The brass lantern is a memento I keep in my office, not a tool I used to use all the time; nevertheless, I thought it…
During a February press conference in London, where Murray was promoting “The Monuments Men,” he said: “I thought, ‘Well there’s a girl who doesn’t have a whole lot of prospects, but the sun’s coming up anyway and she’s got another chance at it.’ So I think that gave me some sort of feeling that I too am…
Similar:A pleasant Independence Day photo shoot with the daughter.AestheticsUntil next term, I have zero more unmarked assignments. #fistpumpUntil next term, I have zero more unmark…AcademiaA colleague bakes Irish soda bread to share on the Humanities floor every St Patrick's DayPersonalStar Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch I was in college and grad school dur…CultureMe, contemplating the…