The girl around the house casually dressed “as a Jacobite.”

Similar:Apparently I’m using boolean modifiers to carve out negative-space greebles for a texture …AestheticsMy student journos are meming it like bosses.PersonalAs a student journo, naturally I covered the visit from Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry…I recall just sort of telling the editor…AcademiaSpit & Polish ''Pac Gentleman"Spit & Polish: When this game was f…AestheticsStory Pitch: How…

Classroom Vignette: MLA Style

Student (shouldering backpack and heading for door): Why does MLA Style have to keep changing? Me (checks clock): Well… Similar:She was a musical ingenue Sunday, filmed a slasher movie past midnight Monday, and was pre…DanceWalking in Another's Skin: Failure of Empathy in To Kill a MockingbirdThe money quote: “In this essay, I argue…AcademiaQ Who? (ST:…

First Evidence That Social Bots Play a Major Role in Spreading Fake News

Shad and co say bots play a particularly significant role in the spread of fake news soon after it is published. What’s more, these bots are programmed to direct their tweets at influential users. “Automated accounts are particularly active in the early spreading phases of viral claims, and tend to target influential users,” say Shao…

My meme about the distracted boyfriend meme

Similar:The Outsiders — four sold-out weekday matinees; four more performances this weekend So proud of my talented, hard-working …BooksIOC spokesman: Journalists free to Instagram at Sochi Olympics  Journalists will be allowed to u…BusinessCarolyn and spider friends performing "Power" from Stage Right's Sleeping B…PersonalAn Hour of Monastic Silence in Media Studies Class (plus an awesome drum…

Judge orders Montana congressman who assaulted a reporter to be formally booked on assault charge, months after his election

A judge has ordered Montana Rep. Greg Gianforte to be photographed and fingerprinted for assaulting a reporter in May, opening the door for the congressman’s mug shot to be plastered in opponents’ campaign ads in next year’s election. […]  The day after the assault, Gianforte defeated Democrat Rob Quist in the special election to replace Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke…

Shakespeare on Eclipses

Prepping for tomorrow’s first meeting of my Shakespeare class. In 1598, during Shakespeare’s lifetime, England experienced a total solar eclipse, with the path of totality tracking from Cornwall in the southwest up to Aberdeen in Scotland. As we in the twenty-first century prepare for the Great American Eclipse on Aug 21, let’s look at three of the…

Verify or Duck! Journalists should confirm all details they didn’t witness.

New instructional web page — Verify or Duck! Confirm all details you didn’t witness. #fridaynight #partylikeaprofessor.   Similar:We ask 3 Broadway photographers: How do you turn a live show into a still image?Great story about the art of photographi…AestheticsPreteen Acting Scene Version 2 – YouTubeI had a free evening and a copy of Blend…DramaThe Incredible…

My English major skills crushed the girl in Bananagrams.

Wildcard? You mean quitter tile! Similar:Microsoft “lobotomized” AI-powered Bing Chat, and its fans aren’t happyMicrosoft limits long conversations to a…Current_EventsLining up for Honors Convocation 2016. #setonhillAcademiaThe spoils.PersonalWhy Drag It Out?The ways that the informal speech of wom…CultureI am not really sure why I have kept it up this long. I have no immediate or foreseeable…

Faculty/staff orientation begins @setonhilluniversity

  Similar:Hide and Q (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 9) Riker, buffed up by Q, grants desires of the…Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…AmusingLast weekend I roughed out shapes to represent buildings, in order to provide some sense o…Last weekend I roughed out shapes to rep…PersonalThe Forsaken (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 17) Lwaxana…

Laying out our anti-socialization defenses & cleaning out the penitence shack for another year of homeschool.

Visiting Fort Ligonier. When the girl sat at this table in the officer’s barracks, I started humming the “Bilbo writing at Bag End” music. “Stop that,” she said. “You’re making me cry.” Similar:What You Get When 30 People Draw a World Map From Memory Tasked with creating “a piece of art…AestheticsSeton Hill University "Technology Advantage"Not…