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:It was Mrs. White with the revolver in the ballroom. #winning GamesChecking out of @frontporchtheatricals Grand Hotel. What an experience!My brother had already planned to visit …AestheticsMe loving my birthday truck, c. 1971. I adored this truck, and…
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:Carolyn plays Ti Moune in the Stage Right homeschool company "Once on This Island"…PersonalAfter some long-delayed recabling,…
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:People with autism spectrum disorder avoid eye contact because it causes anxietyMy culture has taught me that eye contac…CultureAm I a Bad Father Because I…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:Thoughtful analysis of how the tension, shot choices, and music contribute to a memorable …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbq9xy8a…AestheticsOuttakes from “Once on This Island” promohttps://youtu.be/QlMJuogD9to AmusingMy Son Plays Mozart Too Fasthttps://youtu.be/gXAtRI1NLxs He says “M…AmusingSummer photos of the daughter.PersonalOne wild place. (Sunday.) NatureOpens Wednesday.Personal
#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:Okay yes, this affirmation does matter to me and it will go into my annual review for next…Marked 832 AP English essays in a week o…AcademiaWhat, exactly, am I looking at…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:Some fairy tales may be 6000 years oldFairy tales are transmitted through lang…CultureAnother lovely variation of a #steampunk control panel. #blender3dart #neovictorian #desig…AestheticsHemingway: The First Draft of Anything… Facebook.AmusingSecond episode of “Electron Jones” paranormal…
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:Talked too much during a meeting today.Talked too much during a meeting today. …AcademiaThis 1960s teenager knew the neighborhood that inspired August Wilson’s plays“Aw, man, you know the brother um…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:"Godspell" is sure to entertain audiences of all ages and faithsThat’s me in the white shirt, with a tie…CultureJerry Lewis’s Costars Speak Out: “He Grabbed Me. He Began to Fondle Me. I Was…
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:When You've Already Got a Major, But You Love Books (Seton Hill English) When committee work is fun… making…AcademiaFamily outing to the Pittsburgh National AviaryPersonalI’m not making a serious attempt at recreating specific architecture, just trying to conve…I’m not making a serious attempt at recr…PersonalA rare win for…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:Short-range #neovictorian excursion craft, now with glowing power orbs! Over the past year…https://youtu.be/-cJp-kelrL8 AestheticsMany of these individual steampunk control panel elements are repeated, but I've arranged …Aesthetics#Blender3D practice: #Steampunk control panel #trimsheethttps://youtu.be/4j7qAzaDg3w …AestheticsFall colors are past their peak but it's still a beautiful late October day.PersonalBrass…
Similar:The Out-of-Control AuthorWhen you’re writing just for yourself, y…BooksAs White Evangelical Vaccine Refusal Reminds Us, Sometimes Religion is the ProblemWhen reality contradicts the truths that…CultureThe girl's modern dance choreography workshopAestheticsThe Coronavirus Is Rewriting Our ImaginationsPossibly, in a few months, we’ll return …CultureBBC News – TS Eliot's widow Valerie dies aged 86 She guarded her late…
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:If I don’t design the sign for the pub on my #steampunk space cruiser, who will? #prioriti… AestheticsCarolyn portrays Maria in West Side Story, Aug 9-12. #ifeelpretty…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:The Defector (ST:TNG Rewatch; Season Three, Episode 10) Cold War Brinksmanship, via Shakes…(Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break…CultureYork Corpus Christi Pageant, Toronto, June 7I’ll be in Toronto next week to observe …AcademiaTake a look at the moon tonight!I wish I had…
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:Accession #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 4, Episode 17) Sisko rethinks his role as Emissar…Rewatching ST:DS9 Bashir reluctantly …AestheticsOh , potatoes and molasses.…
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…