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)

During the Christmas break of 1996, when I was working on my Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, I asked my boss at the Engineering Writing Center if I could log about 10 hours converting a bunch of paper handouts into hyperlinked web documents. I actually put in about 20 hours, and slapped into shape…

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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

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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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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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The Man Who Photographed Ghosts

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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.