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:Audisee Presents: The War of the WorldsAs new age synthesizer music, a rich bar…BooksColossal Cave: The Board Game by Arthur O'DwyerThe kids and I enjoy nerdy board games. …CultureAs a student journo, naturally I covered the visit from…
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:Oh , potatoes and molasses. If you want some, you can ask us. PersonalYes Virginia the Musical coming…
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:Same photo, two different interpretations.This is why I spend time teaching my jou…PersonalIt's exam week, and at the moment I have exactly one unmarked assignment…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:The Boat (Graphic Novel)My mother had a cousin who served in Vie…AestheticsHidden Spaces, New Possibilities I’ve often had dreams about returning …CultureWeaving: Breathing: Thinking: The poetics of Emerson's NatureText derives from texere, which means “t…AestheticsA rare win for Dad. CultureA student who is writing her research paper…
#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:What about Socialization?Sometimes, I worry that by homeschooling…Current_EventsOut & About: Cabaret Theatre presents its 'Cabbie Awards'You can just make out Carolyn, Leigh, an…CultureNot bad for a couple hours of work. #blender3d…
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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:The Out-of-Control AuthorWhen you’re writing just for yourself, y…BooksI just caught myself thinking, “This doesn’t suck.” #medievalyork #mysteryplay #blender3d …I just caught myself thinking, “This doe…AestheticsSorry, not sorry. I don't…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:What do students need to know about rhetoric?I love giving the “what is rhetoric” lec…AcademiaAn Hour of Monastic Silence in Media Studies Class (plus an awesome drum solo)I announced that my 300-level Media…
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:No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a me…No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta st…AestheticsThe daughter was invited back to perform at this year’s Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Co… The daughter was invited back to perfo…AwesomeThe chief engineer of a fantasy #steampunk flagship…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:Seton Hill students Emily Vohs, Elizabeth Burns, Jake Carnahan-Curcio and Carolyn Jerz in …Seton Hill students Emily Vohs, Elizabet…AcademiaMore world-building props for a fantasy #steampunk #Blender3D project.DesignSpring 2025 Final Grades Submitted!AcademiaInterior Detail of Steampunk Convertible Gazebo Spent much of Tuesday wrestling with co…AestheticsAnother 10 sq cm section…
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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:On Office Hours and Student Contact at the Small Liberal Arts College I don’t expect students to be constantl…AcademiaFie upon your multi-page, ad-stuffed crapfest of shame. (Don't…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:Charlie Brown has his kite-eating tree. I have my keys-eating chair. #foundthem PersonalBryan A. Louiselle, 1966-2022 (musician, composer, orchestrator, musical director)I was Mayor Shinn to Bryan’s Harold Hill…CultureDress rehearsal of The NutcrackerPersonalRandom sibling selfie.PersonalHollow Pursuits (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 21)…
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:Frozen (Greensburg Civic Theatre, Greasepaint Players)DramaWhat Do People Do on Mobile Devices? (Infographic)A handful of vignettes communicating the…BusinessProgress on a customizable "[E]…
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…