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:Work / Life Balance: UnlockedI think I must be doing something right …AcademiaAlas for You (Godspell, Stage Right)Three weeks ago tonight, I got an email …DramaOpening night. They've got magic to do! CultureIt’s that time again.PersonalReally enjoyed Prime…
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:Zagg Rugged iPad Air2 keyboard case — USB mini socket came right out with the plug. Grr!I…
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:If you care about things like acting, or people, go see "Orphans." I'm over…PersonalUnmarked assignments. Major drafts came in over the weekend so I lost…
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#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:Find yourself someone who makes you plomeek soup like Nurse Chapel makes for Spock.PersonalPfully Pfizered and pfeeling pfine so pfar. Current_EventsStill shot from a flyover video that's been taking about 3…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:Robots Are Coming for Our PoemsThe robots are quickly and surely coming…AestheticsWhat can you do with an English Major?AcademiaThe daughter is working hard as a dancer and Flaemchen understudy. @frontporchtheatricalsCultureThe karyotype of Pimelodella cristata…
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:Where Silence Has Lease (TNG Rewatch: Season 2, Episode 2)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…CultureMotivation Amid Crisis (Autotrophic Bat)As part of an independent study project,…BooksPippin! Last show today at 2pm.CultureAdam…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:Dozens of Plagiarism Incidents Are Reported in Coursera's Free Online Courses”If we really are trying to teach the wo…AcademiaHe couldn’t get over his fiancee’s death. So he brought her back as an A.I.…
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:If I am not a pedagogical god, at least my marking app has no ungraded submissions. PersonalStill in her make-up from her scene as Marley's ghost, with script in hand standing i…PersonalOk, never mind Dusgcxms2… buddy, you can keep your first place as far as I’m concerned. Ok, never…
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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:Excited for Annette Vee’s visit. My journalism students have to submit a story by midnight…PersonalSHU Community Lines Up to Honor JoAnne Boyle's Final Trip Up the HillJoAnne…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:National Dance DayIn the restaurant parking lot after dinn…CultureDaughter Carolyn plays Cherry in Prime Stage's production of The Outsiders (Mar 6-15)My daughter Carolyn plays Cherry in Prim…BooksOverflow seating for the 50th anniversary of the canonization of #elizabethannseton @seton…PersonalAdded a splash of…
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:LEGO turned itself around by analyzing overbearing parents[C]hildren play to get oxygen, to unders…CulturePop Culture Showdown with My Retro DaughterThe girl tried…
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…