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:The School of Humanities honors me and my colleagues @mikearnzen and Dan Martino as we com…The School of Humanities honors me and m…PersonalRemembering James Doohan on his 100th Birthday (found on the Star Trek Wholesomeposting Fa…When I was…
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:Three different sized buildings. Still working on variations for the biggest one. #blender…Three different sized buildings. Still…
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:Jesus Christ SuperstarI have a daughter who does things. Her n…CultureAudisee Presents: The War of the WorldsAs new age synthesizer music, a rich bar…BooksLaying out…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:Modular components to mix and match. The upper storeys are next. #blender3d #medievalyork …Modular components to mix and match. The…AestheticsThe heir to the throne of Gondor and and a scruffy looking nerf herder are handing out can… PersonalI just finished recalibrating the port scanner station and lookout…
#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:The film Carolyn was in is a finalist. The screening will start soon. #48hrfilmproject Sup…PersonalSettling in for a jukebox show (not my favorite genre but the Go-Gos are fun).PersonalMy brother set…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:This 8-Year-Old Chess Champion Will Make You SmileIn a homeless shelter in Manhattan, an 8…CultureFall 2023 Grades: Submitted! AcademiaAfter I noticed an overnight traffic spike to a classic handout, I touched it up and…
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 am shocked — SHOCKED — to find that TV journalism is scripted, shallow eye candy. Don’t trust the scary bad interweb. Do…BusinessBattle Lines (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:Cameras and Masks: Sustaining Emotional Connections with Your Students in an Age of COVID1…There are some sound pedagogical reasons…AcademiaBBC News – TS Eliot's widow Valerie dies aged 86 She guarded her late husband’s…
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:Checking out of @frontporchtheatricals Grand Hotel. What an experience!My brother had already planned to visit …AestheticsFall colors are past their peak but it's still a beautiful late October day.PersonalMaking a villain's lair in #Blender3D (this weekend's relaxation)AestheticsIt’s something to do.PersonalI know that look.This was my 9yo today. She…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:After lights out, the girl is knitting.PersonalSpring office cleaning thoughts: 1) I used to print a lot. 2) I have enough tote bags. I used to print a lot. I have e…AcademiaYesterday my wife took this last known picture of our two teenagers. The boy is 20…
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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:SportsWorks Adventure at the Carnegie Science CenterI confess that I have never been all tha…CultureStudents whom I haven't met yet… Students whom I haven’t met yet, I’l…AcademiaI…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:My 13yo homeschooler had no idea how to open a little milk carton. I had to show her.CultureFULL BLOOM at Latrobe’s Olde Main, Aug 30-Sep 2.CultureFall 2025 Grades Submitted!PersonalI just installed the "Old Layout for Facebook" plugin for Chrome.I just installed…
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:Before the haircut. PersonalA.I. 'Completes' Keith Haring's Intentionally Unfinished Painting After learning of his AIDS diagnosis…AestheticsWhen the Bough Breaks (TNG Rewatch: Season 1,…
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…