Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

Similar:Le règne des robotsÉcrite en 1920 et jouée pour la première…CyberculturePen Pals (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 15) Data Hears a WhoRewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…EmpathyBeam me up, Chewie. AmusingFact check: Trump lies about CNN at Mississippi rallyI tell my journalism students they won’t…Current_EventsAdventure | T.M. CampGreat story of nerdiness and discovery a…CybercultureStudents are trusting…

The Language of Gender Violence

Oppressors deny their own agency and dehumanize their victims by using the passive voice. I want my students to recognize this deliberate strategy, and to look for hidden actors and dehumanized recpients of injustice. (I try to teach about active and passive verbs in a more lighthearted way, but I only bothered to photograph and…

Harvard revokes admission of several students for posting “offensive” memes

The First Amendment of the constitution protects the incoming students’ right to say whatever they like, even if Harvard doesn’t like it. And, as a private institution that is not regulated by the First Amendment, Harvard has the right to kick out incoming students unwise enough to exercise their rights in this manner. (The government…

Shakespeare’s Genius Is Nonsense

Just as comedians generally don’t laugh at their own jokes, Shakespeare doesn’t call too much attention to his own linguistic cleverness, which is one reason his work rewards close scrutiny. It’s not that he was being deliberately obscure or flowery — though some of his obsequious characters definitely exhibit such speech patterns. One line of…

I had a singular time voicing Sherlock Holmes in The Mystery of Dr. Watson (WAOB Audio Theatre)

Similar:Princess of Wales photo furore underlines sensitivity around image doctoring Catherine’s attempts to adjust a famil…CultureLiterature Is Not Data: Against Digital HumanitiesMean technology. Mean, mean technology. …BooksTrump and JFK: Masters of New MediaI didn’t use Newsweek’s clickbaity headl…CultureNot doing well. As usual.PersonalMixed ReceptionThis activity is set in a research group…AcademiaSummer photos of the daughter.Personal

My theory: Trump was composing therapeutic poetry, and got stuck on the last line.

  Similar:Just a #steampunk captain inspecting the æther power orbs. #Blender3D #Unity3D #design #ae…AestheticsI’ll be seeing the final performance tomorrow. @bigstormpcI’ll be seeing the final performance tom…PersonalWhat blogging wasI’ve maintained this blog since the spri…CybercultureDr Jerz I think your microphone glitchedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPqnXF7A…AcademiaA selfie with a Chekov action figure after learning of Anton Yelchin's deathCurrent_EventsThe annual patriotic…

I should be writing my “Fake News” paper for this weekend’s “Computers and Writing.” Instead….

Could the absurd examples of bizarre public discourse please stop happening so I can investifart some of them? Similar:The Daughter's 21st Birthday Current_EventsTrump, Obama seem equally disinterested in portrait unveiling — but journalism takes hits…On social media recently I saw people mo…AestheticsCooper Hewitt: the typeface by Chester Jenkins “[S]ince Cooper Hewitt is a governme…AestheticsLocal news…

Liberals and conservatives dislike reading opposing views

Most research subjects, when offered the chance to win $10 and read essays that opposed their views, or $7 and read essays that confirmed their views, chose comfort over the higher potential prize. Liberals and conservatives reacted basically the same–with liberals slightly less willing to read conservative views. (I changed the click-baity headline, which sensationalized the issue…

Trump and JFK: Masters of New Media

I didn’t use Newsweek’s clickbaity headline: “Trump and JFK Are More Alike Than We Like To Think.” They are different in many ways, but JFK was remembered for mastering the new medium of television (people who listened to the Nixon/Kennedy debates on radio were more likely to believe Nixon won, but those who watched the…

Where There’s a Whip, There’s a Way

The girl was singing lyrics she learned from a friend. They were so bad I had to Google them. But the animation and tune were better than I expected. Wocka-chicka makes everything better, including this cheesy-but-catchy orc song from the 1980s animated Return of the King. Saving this for the next time I need motivation. Similar:Lysistrata…

Computer scientist Leslie Lamport to [Brandeis] grads: If you can’t write, it won’t compute

I like introducing my English majors to coding. Here’s a computer scientist who’s returning the favor, advocating the importance of writing skills. “If you succeed in attaining a position that allows you to do something great, if you do something that really is great, and if you realize that it’s great, there’s still one more…

Today's workload included requesting a "less-depressing used chair" #lowexpectations #partylikeaprofessor

Similar:Opening night. Support local artists in your community!PersonalWhat about Socialization?Sometimes, I worry that by homeschooling…Current_EventsI went down fighting.PersonalHappy memories of PC games I played with my son (now 19) sitting on my lap.While doing some spring cleaning around …CultureA masked, socially distant museum visit. So nice to get away from syllabuses and email for… Ford…