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:An important day to remember.Never again.PersonalDaily 10sq cm of control panel eye candy. #blender3d #blender3dart #steampunkAestheticsMy precious is fifteen. PersonalAll the Classroom’s a StageSome good observations in this essay. As…AcademiaThe girl will be Mrs Lovett in Stage Right's Sweeney…
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:Introduction to The Skin of Our Teeth (optimistic, absurdist metatheater; Thornton Wilder,…https://youtu.be/1okt8MIVTtsAcademiaLego goes steampunkBe still, my nerdy…
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:Look what mysteriously appeared outside my office door!Personal45m into a game against a player ranked 400pts higher than him. In a frilly shirt for the…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:Medea at Seton Hill University.CultureOver the years I have leveled up my Blender3D skills.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNLArSlF…AestheticsEnjoying a peaceful fall moment while it's possible. Taking these moments as they come. AestheticsSpotted: the North American tree daughter.NatureBackstage opening night.PersonalEditorial: Video Games and The Great Train Robbery Through the development of…
#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:Headphones, Croutons and RhetoricME (with crouton tongs in one hand and s…CultureA gangway, flanked by still more #steampunk control panels, leads forward from the chief e…AestheticsAirlock for a #steampunk #blender3d project…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:West Side Story — 50 Years AgoWhen West Side Story opened on Broadway …CultureBlade Runner | Typeset In The FutureThis is nerd heaven — a deep analysis o…AestheticsFather-daughter bonding between takes.That’s a prop knife…
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:I think I smelled a hint of my mint toothpaste just now. Wishful thinking, or another sign…For the past 2 weeks I have slept a lot,…AcademiaThe Most Unexpected Workplace Trend…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:If you think I'm wrong that the media fairly covered the Cannon Hinnant murder, but you're…Plenty of news organizations have report…Current_EventsCollegewide game encourages small interactions around campusI confess I often check my messages…
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:My daughter who sometimes does things will be singing & swinging August 16 – 25 with @fron…My daughter who sometimes does things wi…CultureFor God's sake John, sit down!CulturePictures only hint at her passion and can't capture how smart she is. I love you, daughter… Current_EventsOkay, freshly downloaded app…Okay,…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:Ugh. Unmarked items waiting for me as I start to recover from an illness.PersonalRecording my lines for a student escape room project.PersonalAnother section of a #neovictorian control panel for a #steampunk #blender3d project. I h…AestheticsRichard Scarry unfinished manuscript to be publishedSome of my happiest memories of fatherho…AestheticsYes,…
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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:Another delightful caricature by Rebecca ScassellatiAestheticsI created about a dozen basic building shapes, with textures to add variety. #goodenough #…I created about a dozen basic building s…AestheticsComing…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:Stage Right's Alice in WonderlandMy daughter shared the role of Alice thi…CultureNature walks 2012 and 2018.AestheticsLast event of a busy day downtown. #AgathieChristie #murderontheorientexpressAestheticsCharming solar system scale installation on Baltimore St. in Kansas City.PersonalStage Right offers four versions of its musical…
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:JANE EYRE Steps In and Out of Darkness at PICTJane Eyre is not a two-person show, and …AestheticsThe Out-of-Control AuthorWhen you’re writing just…
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…