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:Visiting my parents. Admiring their original Hallmark Enterprise Christmas ornament. I ask…AmusingJames Goodwin Clonney: Mother's WatchThis painting, of two impish children ta…AestheticsAnother student matinee. So many excited kids for Frankenstein. @prime_stage BooksKirk's manly, sensitive advice to young CharlieIn…
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:The girl will be dancing as the Gold Fairy in Laurel Ballet's Sleeping Beauty tonight… PersonalMy beautiful daughter…
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’m really enjoying the embossed labels. #Blender3D (Making props for my fantasy #steampun…AestheticsThe Tribune-Review published a nice preview of Dani Girl.My daughter Carolyn, Matthew Hommel, Vin…DramaReady…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:‘Twelfth Night’ is a Shakespearean hoot, and Prime Stage actors Carolyn Jerz, Malcolm MacK…Why is Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Nigh…AestheticsReally enjoyed watching Your Name with the family. Visuals hooked me, but the story kept m…AestheticsSpring 2022 Midterm Grades: SubmittedPersonalA student just booked an appointment to discuss picking up…
#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:Had a rough day. Designing another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel doesn't fix everyt…AcademiaWest Side Story Maria MontagePersonalSignage failure at Seton Hill, c. 2008.PersonalAs I was preparing to take…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:Faculty assembling in launch tube beneath Salvitti Gym. #classof2017 @setonhilluniversityPersonalWhy typewriters beat computersThe BBC offers a pleasant bit of retroph…AestheticsThe Crucible, Geyer PAC (Scottdale, May 16-19)My wife is directing Arthur Miller’s The…CultureUshering for a…
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:Fast-paced, articulate cast shines in Viking-themed OthelloI saw my first Food for Groundlings show…CultureSTEM Needs a New LetterCreativity alone does not foster innovat…ArtWhy Study Humanities? What I Tell Engineering FreshmenScience…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:Why typewriters beat computersThe BBC offers a pleasant bit of retroph…AestheticsDo the Best Professors Get the Worst Ratings?To summarize the findings: because they …AcademiaShe doesn't have keys or a phone or an ID.…
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:And you thought your last teleconference was rough!PersonalI had to act like I knew something about golf. There I am on the right at about :15.PersonalOn Death and iPods: A RequiemI never owned a classic iPod, though I d…CultureWhen she's grown and flown, I will miss the thick…
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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:I have more to do than mark 99 assignments, but this is a nice stopping point.PersonalThat time three-year-old me spotted a Mary Cassatt painting at the Art…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:Enjoying a soul food dinner in honor of #blackhistorymonthPersonalMoonBot (from the family steampunk bedtime RPG 2007-2013) vs. a crate and lamps.https://youtu.be/h2P2Ve-oZ1U AestheticsMy student journos are meming it like bosses.PersonalMy 14yo Helps Teach a Vacation Bible School Class In character as “Pontius…
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:Sharing memes about news you don’t see is lazy. Be part of the solution!CultureIf you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will…
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…