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:Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice is my literary crush.)PersonalSynergistic Synthesis XVII Sub B1 Chair by Kenneth SmytheAfter my daughter’s theater workshop, I …AestheticsNo filter October mist as I walked up from the parking lot. Not a bad view.…
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:Support the arts in your community! #augustwilson #radiogolfSupport the arts in your community! #aug…CultureWork-Life Balance, from 11(!)…
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 wish I could credit the designer. This is brilliant.PersonalElevator shaft on a #steampunk #blender3d cruiser, just because. #design #aesthetics #blen… AestheticsScience Fair VictoryIn this…
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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:My meeting was cancelled, so I spent the morning assembling a cabinet for a Little Free Li…AcademiaSubtle Stylesheet Tweaks for Mobile SiteOn the mobile version of my WordPress we…AestheticsParent: "Why don't…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:The Perfect Mate (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 5, Episode 21) Picard fails to bore an em…Rewatching ST:TNG A fussy ambassa…Amusing'Fontgate': Microsoft, Wikipedia and the scandal threatening the Pakistani PMI would call this “typefacegate,” but…
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:Blog ten-beat lines of verse, like Shakespeare wrote. Blog ten-beat lines of verse, like Sha…AcademiaWriting for the Godless: Flannery O’Connor on Dogma, Belief, and the Difference Between Re…I’m not teaching her…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:Advice for My Conservative StudentsA professor who had been a conservative …AcademiaThe Onion's Supreme Court Briefing on Satire Is StunningFrom October: A man who was arrested ov…AmusingShakespeare-themed Math PuzzlesI didn’t know I had…
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:Owner of former Latrobe Athletic Club continues pursuit to transform it into a theater The lead roles in “A Midsummer Night’s…CultureI broke the garage door when I left for work this morning. Fixed it when I got home.PersonalRehearsing for Little Women Tuesday (Carolyn plays Amy)PersonalIn a hole in…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:I baked pools of light into the wallpaper, so I can quickly suggest background lighting, s…AestheticsThe Miracle Worker opens tomorrow.PersonalWhat a great time everyone had at the "Cabbies."CultureThe last submissions of this o'er ripe term, Ungraded, mock me though this app. And thus,…AcademiaLook at the adorable little…
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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:Confessions of a Nerdy Homeschooling DadAre you unexpectedly home-schooling your…CultureThe Miracle Worker opens tomorrow.PersonalThe other day I did a socialize with some of my Humanities colleagues. (I…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:If you care about things like acting, or people, go see "Orphans." I'm over…PersonalWhen You've Already Got a Major, But You Love Books (Seton Hill English) When committee work is fun… making…AcademiaA stranger approached me today.A stranger approached me today. I…
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:Now I can relax a bit. (But just a bit.)PersonalRecording my lines for a student escape room project.PersonalSummer photos of the daughter.Personal1,000-pound…
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…