Annie 2012 with Annie 2017. Annie 2012 with her Warbucks. "Together at last. Together forever."

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Annie

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“It’s called an amphora,” the artist says.

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Revisiting a Website I Created in 1996: Engineering Writing Centre (University of Toronto)

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Freshman writing students present their research projects in a suitably decorous setting. Free popcorn is involved.

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Sorry, Wrong Number

Numerical errors usually occur for one of these five reasons: A journalist mishears a correct number given to them by a source and fails to double-check it. A source unwittingly provides a mistaken piece of information and the journalist fails to verify it. A source deliberately fudges the numbers and the journalist fails to verify…

A tiny bit of rogue news leaked through the ads.

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Journalism by the Numbers (a pedagogical play in one scene) #math

(Lights up on a college journalism classroom. The professor enters, surveys the room.) Professor: Math! Students: (Shocked reaction.) Professor: Math!! Students: (Scattered cries of “No!”) Professor: MATH!!! Students: NO!!! (Blackout.) (40 minutes later.) Professor: So, at the very least when you encounter numbers in your reporting, contact sources who can help you…

Last night I dreamed I was a stagehand during a metatheatrical number called “Butts in Seats.”

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The Drowsy Chaperone @setonhilluniversity

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Know your rights: photographers — what to do if you are stopped or detained for taking photographs

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The Booming Japanese Rent-a-Friend Business

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Vanessa Otero’s Updated Media Bias Chart (Liberal/Mainstream/Conservative; Facts/Analysis/Opinion/Propaganda/Fake News) UPDATED 5.1

Otero goes into great detail describing her criteria for placing the various news sources. She changed a few labels and shifted position for a few sources. It’s not perfect. It’s not the only answer. It is, nevertheless, a very useful way to get us to think about what we’re clicking on, reading, and sharing. Update,…

William Zinsser: What Is Good Writing? (Clarity, Simplicity, Brevity, and Humanity.)

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Oh , potatoes and molasses. If you want some, you can ask us.

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MS-Word’s helpful “View -> Focus” mode delays stress-related breakdowns.

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Epic Game of Thrones pun battle. Carolyn Jerz Vs. Greg Kerestan

Here is the transcript the girl provided, of her pun battle with my former student and Stage Right’s resident lyricist & character actor Greg Kerestan.