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:Every few years, I Google the name of the kid who saw "The Empire Strikes Back" the night …HistoryThe daughter is working hard as a dancer and Flaemchen understudy. @frontporchtheatricalsCultureOn the way to the theater for the show!…
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:A #neovictorian master status display board for a #steampunk #blender3d project. Inspired …AestheticsMy students were awesome. So…
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:Parent: "Why don't you use one of your stress balls?" The girl: "They don't like me."PersonalAP Style: try to determine, and then respect, a source's…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:Tales from the Antiquities Theft Task ForceA shot of Kim Kardashian leaning ag…AestheticsThe girl got picked for an audience participation bit as the muse of comedy in Xanadu. Gre…CultureMore #blender3d #steampunk #design. #blender3dart #aesthetics The officers’ conference roo…AestheticsBusy with Midterm GradesPosted midterm grades for the most labor…AcademiaGo…
#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:Star Trek: "Wink Of An Eye"/"The Empath"Amusing, if cynical, reaction to some of…AmusingAnd now that June’s almost over, it’s time to start prepping for the fall term. (Sigh.)PersonalAlas for You (Godspell,…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:The Interactive Fiction CompetitionDownload and Play The Games of the 2014 …Current_EventsThe girl was cast as Luciana (the younger sister) in The Comedy of Errors in the PPT's sum…Show is July 28 at 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:The insect apocalypse: ‘Our world will grind to a halt without them’It is 50 years since I first collected t…CultureC.S. Lewis: "On the Reading of Old Books"Gearing up for teaching…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:Alike (2015)This short film reminds us why art matte…AestheticsWhat You Read Matters More Than You Might ThinkSeton Hill is revamping its freshman wri…AcademiaTime Might Only Exist in Your Head. And Everyone Else'sTired brain…
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:The girl is rehearsing for Hello DollyPersonalFormer student: "I remember sometimes being annoyed with all of our blogging assignments, …A third alum in the last few weeks has c…AcademiaBlank template details and a wider view of a 30cm x 30cm grid of brass and glass #neovicto…PersonalAdded a pilot and cockpit…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:The girl will be performing as the Dew Drop Fairy in the Dec 8 evening performance of The …AestheticsAnnie 2012 with Annie 2017. Annie 2012 with her Warbucks. "Together at last. Together …PersonalMany things in the world are awful right now but my latest section of a…
Similar:A Career-Aligned Major Isn’t EnoughI’ve taken over teaching the English dep…AcademiaWhat the ‘Grievance Studies’ Hoax Means As the hoaxers explained in Areo, they …AcademiaStar Wars: The Last Jedi abuse blamed on Russian trolls and 'political agendas'More than half of the hostile responses …CultureIn January, 2002 I was blogging about… A 20-something former CEO takes a fa…BooksNYC sent non-police teams to…
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:Chess tournament in Monroeville.PersonalOh that sweet, sweet feeling of progress.PersonalShort-range #neovictorian excursion craft, now with glowing power orbs! Over the past year…https://youtu.be/-cJp-kelrL8 AestheticsParty Like a Jerz My dad…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:In Which I Bow Before the Mistress of Teen SnarkThe Girl: I’m sorry I’m being so… Me:…CultureAnother chess tournament with the boy.GamesHad a blast watching all the amazing entries in Pittsburgh's 48 Hour Film Festival, b…PersonalI played Pseudolus freshman year 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:Out & About: Stage Right holds its annual Heart of the Arts Gala Source: Out & About: Stage Right…CultureTake a moment to…
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…