I have a daughter who does things. Here’s what she’ll be starting on next week. @frontporchtheatricals Similar:Games as Text and K12 Social Studies Rather than training students to ident…CulturePagers, Pay Phones, and Dialup: How We Communicated on 9/11For much of the day, those aboard Air Fo…CultureHitting the weekend with just 6 ungraded papers. #partylikeaprof Hitting…
Basic details for #medievalyork city walls for a forthcoming scholarly theatrical project. #mysteryplay #blender3d Not aiming for architectural accuracy, just background details. Similar:Talkback session after the matinee and my brother and faculty colleagues after the evening…Talkback session after the matinee and m…AwesomePrime Stage Theatre to end 2018-2019 season with Shakespeare comedy Twelfth Night, May 3–1…2019…
The cast of comical, quirky characters are most enjoyable. Marigold (Carolyn Jerz) is hilarious as the new age, love child who always sees the best in everybody and everything. Jerz floats, whirls, and glides across the stage. She’s delightful and believable in her role. Her presence on stage brings lightness and spreads joy. —Burgh Vivant…
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:A performance, two auditions and a cast party. #busyweekendPersonalYes Virginia the Musical coming to ConnellsvilleCarolyn Jerz may be only 11 but is alrea…Current_EventsMy meme about the distracted boyfriend memeAmusingThe ballroom of my #steampunk fantasy space cruiser is now…
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 as Luciana in the PPT Shakespeare Summer Intensive DramaJohn Speed’s 1611 map of #medievalyork features a “scale…
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:The #Blender3D #eevee denoising filter gives off a pretty amazing Caldecott prize-winning …The filter won’t replace real hand-drawn…AestheticsTrack and field fundraiser:photo by Carolyn. FIRST ONE!!!PersonalSo…
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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:James Goodwin Clonney: Mother's WatchThis painting, of two impish children ta…AestheticsMany things in the world are awful, but my latest #Blender3D work on my #steampunk control…One of many steampunk control panels…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:'My Fair Lady' Couldn't Actually Dance All Night, So These Songs Had To GoClever little Easter eggs in this articl…DesignTaking a break from my syllabustering in order to design some stairs. I’ve learned so…
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:My buddy JTK helps me make a key point in my slideshow. #4c18 #b29Putting speaker notes on an iPad is alwa…AcademiaHow Poetry Helps You Improve Your WritingWhile I’d rather see…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:Why do academics dress so badly? (Answer: they are too happy)I used to wear a suit and tie when I tau…AcademiaSlash: Not Just a Punctuation Mark AnymoreI will have to watch for these…
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:Dear organization from my past that just sent me a scolding email…Dear organization from my past that just…CultureThis is Ralph. Ralph is a concept, created by you while reading this.AmusingDesk trays, with procedural wood materials by Blendermada. #blender3dAestheticsSupport the arts in your community! #augustwilson #radiogolfSupport the arts in…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:Interior Detail of Steampunk Convertible Gazebo Spent much of Tuesday wrestling with co…AestheticsAnother very rough day. Students are cheerful and patient, obviously happy to be here.Another very rough day. Students are che…AcademiaShall we dance? The girl tries on her ball gown for The King and I. Her…
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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:Something to Ponder — Let Me Fix That Meme For YouArtI’ve finally started to create female uniforms for the #neovictorian fantasy #steampunk æt…PersonalColorful variations of an upholstered…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:The boy wins once again. #chessGamesGame night at our local library.GamesStuffed planet Venus, made for me by my dear mother, around 1974.AestheticsThe Girl's Obsession with Scottish History ContinuesWife: “What did you do with your bedshee…AestheticsRecent SHU journo grad, upon the hiring…
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…