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:He checkmates me in two moves. I lasted about a half hour, and went down fighting.PersonalA serious summer activity.Once classes start again, we will all ha…CultureUnmarked papers today. How it started, how it's going.PersonalGeometry and color maps for…
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:@shu.pippin was great. Four more chances to see it!PersonalHeadphones, Croutons and RhetoricME (with crouton tongs in one…
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:The Geekling Worked a Shatner/Nimoy Tribute into GodspellMy geekling daughter, who in Willy Wonka…AmusingAgain with the chess.I try to go to Planet Fitness or chess…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:Unnatural Selection (ST:TNG Rewatch Season 2, Episode 7)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…MediaLecturing is So Much Easier than Leading a DiscussionLecturing is So Much Easier than Leading…AcademiaThe Cosmic Brownie fairy has visited my office. Is “brownie fairy” redundant? Thank you an…PersonalSports Meant So Much to Me.…
#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:It was Mrs. White with the revolver in the ballroom. #winning GamesAs Twinkle Twinkle is to Suzuki musicians, so is a wooden shipping crate to CGI modelers. …https://youtu.be/diQF9buONqY I ha…AestheticsI just…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:Audisee Presents: The War of the WorldsAs new age synthesizer music, a rich bar…BooksThe Chase (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 20) Planet-hopping archaeological DNA…Rewatching ST:TNG A well-done mystery…CultureI have a daughter who does…
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:Unpopular grammar rulesLanguage is a fluid, living social const…Culture‘This is no longer a debate’: Florida sheriff bans deputies, visitors from wearing masks On Tuesday, as Florida set…CultureAnalysis | The fake…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:William Zinsser: What Is Good Writing? (Clarity, Simplicity, Brevity, and Humanity.)Most of the students in my “News Writing…CultureStop Using 'Poet Voice'This article analyzes (and skewers) that…AestheticsWearable Tech: Rest in Peace, Google Glass: 2012-2014I…
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:It appears there may be some audience participation in this outdoor production of Richard …PersonalEvery family has one.PersonalFallout Monopoly with the boy. PersonalFie upon your multi-page, ad-stuffed crapfest of shame. (Don't click!)What I wrote is not actually a list, jus…DesignMore #blender3d #steampunk control panel details. #blender3dartAestheticsStar Wars, Star Trek…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:Easter 2022PersonalThe choreographer daughter is doing a thing.The choreographer daughter is doing a th…PersonalAnd you thought your last teleconference was rough!PersonalNo I didn’t exactly *plan* to spend my Sunday evening tweaking the pedestrian access to th…AestheticsMy daughter found where all the missing pens and pencils end upAmusingIs…
Similar:Frame of Mind (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 21) Riker is an asylum inmate who…Rewatching ST:TNG Riker overprepares …DramaThank you, anonymous donor of Mardi Gras candy.Okay, on closer inspection I see the red…AestheticsOh No, Performers Coming Into AudiencePITTSBURGH—Audience members at the Bened…AmusingTheory Trading CardsThis set of 21 Theory Trading Cards, pub…AcademiaAn Hour of Monastic…
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:So glad to be attending another live theatrical production. @quantumtheatre never disappoi…Projections, live music, sounds, props, …BusinessA pie slice from the ring surrounding the ballroom, from the…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:The Fantasticks closes today at 2.PersonalCarolyn appears as homeschooled teenager "Carolyn." Free holiday show Tuesday at 7. PersonalThat time three-year-old me spotted a Mary Cassatt painting at the Art Institute of Chicag…My mother had a framed print of Mary Cas…AestheticsJust in case…
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:Enjoying a soul food dinner in honor of #blackhistorymonthPersonalDownloading Great ExpectationsA few weeks ago, I bought an audio recor…BooksWe'll Always Have Paris…
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…