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:Another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel goodness. #blender3dart #blender3dAestheticsCan you really say you’ve designed #neovictorian uniforms for a fantasy #steampunk cruiser…Aesthetics"I don't view Shakespeare's work as intimidating anymore." — midterm reflection from coll… “It has made…
Sold out opening night of Mamet’s Oleanna. Chilling. Gasps from the audience. Office furniture may be a bit too fancy for an untenured prof, but multiple copies of the prof’s book on the shelves was a realistic touch. Similar:In September, 2000, I was blogging about PICK UP AX, Bellamy's Looking Backward, WB Yeats,…In September 2000,…
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:In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. @thepublicpghIn a hole in the ground there lived a ho…BooksIntroduction to The Skin of Our…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:This 1960s teenager knew the neighborhood that inspired August Wilson’s plays“Aw, man, you know the brother um takin’…AestheticsOn my fantasy #steampunk capital ship, every uniform is a full dress uniform. #blender3d #…AestheticsCaptain Gearheart inspects progress on his #neovictorian #steampunk æther cruiser. Now fea…https://youtu.be/VXz7kspFimM AestheticsAmazing birthday cake,…
#blender3d is teaching me more than I ever thought I’d need to know about roof geometry. Enjoying free WiFi in a shady courtyard downtown. Similar:Reading a Classic American Play to My Daughter BooksHaving a rough day. But in a span of about 24 hours, three former students reached out to …One former student said I’m…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:For News Outlets Squeezed From the Middle, It’s Bend or BustHundreds of thousands of people on Faceb…BusinessNational Headline Contest 2011Great headlines from winner David Bowman…AestheticsDesk blotters, with procedural leather and wood materials by Blendermada.…
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:Looking forward to Part 2 of #PPTPlaytime’s production “The Rivals” (live… now!)CultureDani Girl (Geyer/13Players)https://youtu.be/5k06Z1_azMo Dani Gir…CultureYork Corpus Christi Play Simulator Screencast (PSim 2.1; D.G. Jerz)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwNv1lx3…AcademiaResearch Poetry (communicating research results and…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:Love Online”The exchange of love letters was centra…CultureBackground for Trump's remarkable pivot to a pro-mask stance; via right-leaning Forbes and…Background for Trump’s remarkable pivot …CultureThe girl as the Spanish Soloist in @laurelballettheater &…
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:Coming up for the girl is another classic show: The Fantasticks.So looking forward to seeing her in this…CultureThe last submissions of this o'er ripe term, Ungraded, mock me though this app. And thus,…AcademiaI don't expect any but the largest text will be legible in my #steampunk project, but…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:So peaceful and majestic. Another outing with my son.PersonalMidterm Grades Spring 2025: Posted!I planned ahead pretty well this term. I…AcademiaSo glad to be attending another live theatrical production. @quantumtheatre never disappoi…Projections, live music, sounds, props, …BusinessClues (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 14) Data's faslehoods nonpluss and…
Similar:Rossum's Universal Robots (Act 2)https://youtu.be/XfOONrGsf2I For my b…CultureAbout the Sinkhole in the Adjunct Faculty Lounge, and Other Mid-Semester AnnouncementsI recently spoke with the Sarah Sutton, …AcademiaDiaper Money Camaro Comes Home Four Decades Later“While my dad has always spoken lovingly…AwesomeStudent Journalists Are Our Future—We Should Start Treating Them Like ItCatherine Palmer was already a seasoned …CultureThank…
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:Desk trays, with procedural wood materials by Blendermada. #blender3dAestheticsLaying out our anti-socialization defenses & cleaning out the penitence shack for anot…Visiting Fort Ligonier. When the girl…CultureStage Right's…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:Tom Wayman's FAQ on "Did I Miss Anything?"I’ve long been a fan of Tom Wayman’s poe…AcademiaMaking movie magic with my dueling gut-shot daughterAesthetics"It's called an amphora," the artist says.AestheticsMake a date with #HeartOurArt at The Westmoreland Museum of American ArtWhile our…
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:My students were awesome. So many thoughtful final projects. So much growth. A stressful, …PersonalEdward Gorey illustrates H. G. Wells's The War…
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…