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:A Grave Tale (a short story I narrated for WAOB Audio Theatre)A Grave Tale (WAOB Audio Theatre) Wri…LiteratureMore #Blender3D practice. Making many objects to liven up a #steampunk environment.PersonalCarolyn performed as Ariel yesterday in the New Renaissance Theatre…
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:Imagine a world…Personal#blender3d is teaching me more than I ever thought I’d need to know about roof…
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:My big acting moment in this scene is declining a drink. #indie #filmAmusingFall 2025 Grades Submitted!PersonalMe, contemplating the implications of maybe doing a socialize this…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:Snape and Ginny at the Hogwarts Club event.PersonalAnother 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #aesthetics #designOne of many steampunk control panels I’v…AestheticsI had to act like I knew something about golf. There I am on the right at about :15.PersonalI am at that stage…
#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:Reliving memories and saying goodbye to my late colleague Sr. Ann Infanger.Reliving memories and saying goodbye to …PersonalI haven't seen this show since freshman year at Bishop Denis J O'Connell High…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:Mariah Carey meets William Carlos Williams AmusingA Simple Investigation #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 17) Odo falls for a femme…Rewatching ST:DS9 A duo of knobby-fac…AmusingDr. David von Schlichten honors the spectrum of motivations…
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:Why We Fall for Fake News and How to Bust ItMeasuring the impact of fake news spread…AcademiaThe Distracted Classroom: Transparency, Autonomy, and PedagogyI don’t ban technology in my classroom, …AcademiaSeven…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:Narrative, Creativity, and EvolutionMy students are finishing up Hayles, My …AcademiaThe woman and the car: a chatty little handbook for all women who motor or want to motor (…Great piece of history, from…
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:Now that I have polished so many details, I'm working on more selective lighting. #steampu… AestheticsIdentity Crisis (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 4 Episode 18) The Case of LaForge’s Disapp… Rewatching ST:TNG An enjoyable …MediaLooking forward to this! @thepublicpghLooking forward to this! @thepublicpghDramaA full minute standing ovation after that…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:Faculty Senate meet & greet. With food. In the parlors till 6. AcademiaI pulled out a shelf on my teaching station and was greeted by this lovingly arrayed arsen…PersonalRespect the Text: Teaching Textual Primacy to Non-English MajorsIn the past, I have used the first day o…AcademiaMy wonderful…
Similar:Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening – By Donald J TrumpI have a pretty good idea whose woods th…AmusingRapture #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 10) Sisko's "visions" complicate politic…Rewatching ST:DS9 Kira is moved by th…DramaMade it to the closing performance @quantumtheatreDramaMcCain's 2008 Concession Speech: Republicans interrupt their candidate's concession speech…That moment during…
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:Star Wars, Star Trek And V Author Ann Crispin Passes AwayAs a high school student, I wrote a fan …BooksThe Scarlet Letter (Prime Stage)PersonalUnder my academic robes……
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:Simulated iceberg, preserved artifacts and re-creations at the Titanic installation. …CultureBusy with Midterm GradesPosted midterm grades for the most labor…AcademiaYahoo, You Nagged Me Too Many Times; Bye!I have a Yahoo account that I use when a…BusinessJournalists play a vital role in…
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:This was a rough term. Still have a winter term course to publish before midnight but time…AcademiaRivals (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2,…
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…