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:Weird History offers a good debunking of this persistent myth.PersonalSpring 2022 Final Grades: Submitted.PersonalOn Office Hours and Student Contact at the Small Liberal Arts College I don’t expect students to be constantl…AcademiaThe Tempest, According to My 9yo DaughterShe’s…
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 Bremen Town Musicians (WAOB Audio Theatre) My daughter plays the narrator, my…HumanitiesDragging Myself to a New…
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:#Blender3D rendition of the bridge of the æthership that featured in the musical #steampun…PersonalFinished the female officers for my neovictorian steampunk personal project. #blender3d, #……
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:Enjoying live theater.The Illustrious Invalid. @kinetictheatre_pghPersonalStill More FaceTime FunI realize that video-chatting teenagers …MediaThe Best of Both Worlds, Part 1 ( #StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 26) We Hav…Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break …PersonalThis weekend… Would YOU trade a Hank Aaron rookie card for…
#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:Loved part 1 of Alec Silverblatt's Mon Valley Medium. Part 2 tomorrow at 7. #pptplayt…CultureIs this stripe appearing or disappearing? FULL BLOOM (Aug 30 to Sep 2)PersonalRussian Grand Ballet Swan Lake.PersonalThe…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:Walking in Another's Skin: Failure of Empathy in To Kill a MockingbirdThe money quote: “In this essay, I argue…AcademiaHappy memories of PC games I played with my son (now 19) sitting on my lap.While…
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:The "Best" E-mail Signature Is Actually the WorstI have no particular opinion about how t…BusinessTrump communications director Murtaugh rallies supporters by tweeting fake Washington Time…Here’s more evidence of just how…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:Vanessa Otero's Updated Media Bias Chart (Liberal/Mainstream/Conservative; Facts/Analysis/…Otero goes into great detail describing …CultureEnjoying more live theater.CultureI think they mean typeface conference, but "Font Conference" is still amusing.I think they mean typeface conference,…
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:Another delightful section of #steampunk control panel, for a personal #blender3d project….AestheticsSherlock Holmes and The Woman (WAOB Live Virtual Performance)I was happy to play Watson. The daughter…BooksStudents in “A.I. and the Future of Literacy” are presenting now in Cecilian Hall. @setonh…PersonalLatest #blender3d progress on a villain's lair. Added…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:My Son Plays Mozart Too Fasthttps://youtu.be/gXAtRI1NLxs He says “M…AmusingA student who is writing her research paper on Taylor Swift made a passing reference to Ka…PersonalMy parents doing their daily brain treasers in a coffee shop.PersonalGrades submitted.AcademiaBeam me up, Chewie!Awesome"She even disgraces the name of Linton." –Heathcliff, on…
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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:Recording my lines for a student escape room project.PersonalSeton Hill students Emily Vohs, Elizabeth Burns, Jake Carnahan-Curcio and Carolyn Jerz in …Seton Hill students Emily Vohs, Elizabet…AcademiaLecturing…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:Random sibling selfie.PersonalAnd you thought your last teleconference was rough!PersonalI'm not tired of @shu.pippin yet! Final performance is sold out.PersonalEaster Blessings 2021 Current_EventsOh , potatoes and molasses. If you want some, you can ask us. PersonalUnion siege cannon, printing press, and "From…
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:What Could Have Been Entering the Public Domain on January 1, 2012?Current US law extends copyright protect…BooksKairos: Open Since 1996As a plucky new faculty…
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…