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:Pictures from opening night of @pictclassictheatre Jane Eyre. (Show runs through the rest …PersonalSkin of Evil (TNG Rewatch, Season 1 Episode 23)My rewatch reflection on the Star Trek:T…DesignMy project starts to get clunky while managing 1000 NPCs but…
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:Son took out trash w/o being asked; daughter wore papercraft tophat to grocery store. Life…I took my…
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:I've got a lot to learn, but my #blender3D #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser, and this…AestheticsLook at how many times this false claim of media conspiracy is…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:The Trouble with Tribbles: A Television Adaptation by Richard GoreyShaenon K. Garrity – New Smithson!.AestheticsAnother section of a #steampunk control panel for a texture atlas. #blender3d #blender3dar…AestheticsI am not really sure why I have kept it up this long. I have no immediate or foreseeable p……
#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:That 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…AestheticsDress rehearsal for Mamma Mia. This weekend only.PersonalYes, Duolingo…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:AP Style: try to determine, and then respect, a source's preferences when it comes to…PersonalYes Virginia the Musical coming to ConnellsvilleCarolyn Jerz may be only 11 but is alrea…Current_EventsBanned Books Week | Celebrating the…
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:Controversial Content in YA Literature: A College Professor and Homeschooling Parent Answe…I received this comment on my blog: [F]…BooksPolice raid best-selling Turkish newspaper hours after government takes it overTurkish authorities…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:The Complete Deaths: all of the Bard's 74 scripted deaths in one new play.Over the past four centuries, the brutal…AmusingSeeing a different cast. Break all the legs!CultureEmily Dickinson Manuscript for "The Chariot"A new…
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:Midterm Grades Submitted.AcademiaThe Miller of the Dee; by James Baldwin; read by Dennis JerzI showed up at the recording studio for …AestheticsAnother #neovictorian control panel for a personal #steampunk project. #design #aesthetics…AestheticsIn Which I Bow Before the Mistress of Teen SnarkThe Girl: I’m sorry I’m being so… Me:…CultureJust…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:This is the first time during the pandemic that we’ve brought this game out. Very topical.PersonalThis is Ralph. Ralph is a concept, created by you while reading this.AmusingElmo? Yes, I do mind. I learned far more from Bert.Like plenty of people my age, I grew up …AestheticsThe…
Similar:STEM Education Won't Solve the World's ProblemsI love STEM. My SAT score for math was e…AcademiaFantasy football and the cold future of robot journalismFor fantasy football players, the servic…BusinessWho cares about hyphens, commas and capital letters? You should.You’re a busy editor, fighting a deadlin…BooksAny pasta can become a pasta salad when the office microwave stops…
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:If you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show.If you like bloody, singing, punning dem…AmusingIdeology shapes our view of reality, which affects what persuades…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:Unmarked assignments. Major drafts came in over the weekend so I lost some ground but I kn…PersonalDani Girl (Oct 1-3, 2015) at the Geyer Performing Arts CenterVinnie Tresco, Carolyn Jerz, Matthew Hom…CultureRichard Scarry unfinished manuscript to be publishedSome of my happiest…
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:Looking in on the officers' wardroom (conference and dining) one deck above the main … I thought of the interior as “Missisip…AestheticsSafety…
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…