Carolyn Jerz lights up the stage from her first entrance, almost literally. Dressed in bright colors and elaborately coiffed, with her face made up so pale white that it glows (think Björk meets Catherine O’Hara in Beetlejuice), Jerz imbues the role of spiritualist and yoga enthusiast Marigold with an outsider energy that is otherworldly, larger than life,…
Moments after Donald Trump was rushed to safety following a failed assassination attempt at a Saturday night rally, some of his supporters turned toward the press pen with obscenities as they fingered reporters for blame. “This is your fault!” one attendee emphatically yelled, pointing at individual journalists as he approached the fence line separating them from attendees.…
Your first attempt at a medieval gate and city walls will be your worst. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:I rather like my camera. Bought a new zoom lens a few months ago.PersonalThe chief engineer has a forward-facing station, on a platform above the technical staff c…PersonalMy daughter found where all the missing pens and pencils end…
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These buildings are so much better than my first try about a month ago, and good enough for me to move on to the next step. #blender3d #blender3dart #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:My student journos are meming it like bosses.PersonalSparkle unicorn "Winston" lends ethos to a presentation on moral agency on anima…PersonalI remember these young people. I…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:The girl as Gimli, Legolas, Aragorn and Thorin. #proudofthegirl #notentirelysurewhy #still…AestheticsTroy Sterling and the Active and Passive VerbsJerz > Writing > Grammar…AestheticsWhy Doesn’t Ancient Fiction Talk About Feelings?Not a day goes by without The Girl remin…BooksFriday night board game therapy. #startrek #monopolyPersonalThoughtful analysis of how the tension, shot…
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The writer, director, and one of the cast members talk about the play that my daughter Carolyn is getting ready to open Friday. Tickets: https://veryberrydead.bpt.me/ Similar:This is what audience members are saying about Prime Stage Theatre’s production of The Out…https://youtu.be/y_yXrOdB-oE BooksThere’s Something Off About LED BulbsWhen I’m stressed, or I feel life is spi…AestheticsWhy Is…
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I used to spend time in class teaching students about how your act of choosing to link from your blog to someone else’s blog was part of the formula Google used to rank its search results. The words you picked when you crafted your hyperlink was a way of conveying or withholding value. Tagging is…
Replica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonier Similar:Hamlet. #tobePersonal"The face of the last man on Earth." #alquist #rur #robots #capek #virtual #theater Gettin…AestheticsMy son, volunteering at the local food bank.Personal8 (Short Halloween film by Josh Reardon)My daughter and I appear in this short f…AestheticsOuttakes from “Once on This Island” promohttps://youtu.be/QlMJuogD9to AmusingSo happy to work with…
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I’m not making a serious attempt at recreating specific architecture, just trying to convey a sense of what the streets might have looked like. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #simulation Similar:I really enjoyed powering through Wilson’s Century Cycle during winter term.AwesomeWho is the more dramatic — my extroverted tween or my philosophical teen?Stoked from a morning show-choir…
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Glenda Morgan does not sound that impressed with Google’s latest promises about AI and education. [T]hus far I am unconvinced that the kinds of tutoring currently offered via AI matches the concept of watching a student’s thought processes and identifying the core issues they aren’t understanding. Instead, AI tutoring today seems to consist of breaking…
When scholars of journalism study the effects of the shrinking press corps, they usually focus on how it hurts civil society. Vast swaths of the country are at risk of becoming “news deserts,” with limited access to reliable local journalism. This state of affairs makes it harder for people to make educated decisions and is…
Not bad for a couple hours of work. #blender3d #blender3dart #steampunk #neovictorian I painstakingly created every knob and switch as a 3D object two summers ago. Now I can slap these textures anywhere. Similar:A little better all the time.A little better all the time.PersonalMove Along Home (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 10) Hopscotch Cringe…
Over the past couple of years, researchers at Jigsaw, a Google subsidiary that focuses on online politics and polarization, have been studying how Gen Zers digest and metabolize what they see online. The researchers were hoping that their work would provide one of the first in-depth, ethnographic studies of Gen Z’s “information literacy.” But the…