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

Similar:Thoroughly enjoying Company.PersonalIt’s been a while since something got me into a movie theater. Obviously I wasn’t in a rus… It’s been a while since something got …AmusingThe Mom From The Cat in the Hat Finally SpeaksAs a toddler, my son once methodically s…AmusingBag a Bot DayAt midnight tonight, participants in the…Current_EventsMore world-building props for…

Dennis G. Jerz | Associate Professor of English -- New Media Journalism, Seton Hill University | jerz.setonhill.edu Logo

Digital Humanities: A Definition

Does the world need another working definition of digital humanities? Do you have one? Here’s mine. Digital Humanities is the deliberate, critical application of emerging technology to the study of traditional subjects such as literature, art, philosophy, and language, often (but not always) with a focus on how those traditional fields are now using emerging…

Adding a little Middle-Earth drama to a photo shoot.

The girl was concerned she wasn’t nerdy enough, so she’s taken to wearing a prop ring on a chain around her neck and calling it “My Precious.” (Photo credit: Kelly Tunney.) Similar:Pop Culture Showdown with My Retro DaughterThe girl tried to weird me out with a vi…AestheticsSanctuary (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 10) Many…

Washington Post, Breaking News, Is Also Breaking New Ground

The Washington Post, famous for breaking the Watergate scandal that brought down Nixon’s presidency, is churning out top-quality journalism in the age of Trump. As an organization the Post is gaining readers, hiring journalists and scooping its competition. As a private company since 2013, when the deep-pocketed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos bought it for $250…

Same photo, two different interpretations.

This is why I spend time teaching my journalism students about how to write photo captions. Which description is more trustworthy? Which description will likely get more shares on social media? Similar:Blank template details and a wider view of a 30cm x 30cm grid of brass and glass #neovicto…PersonalComing of Age (TNG Rewatch: Season 1,…

The girl enjoyed seeing Alex Noble and the rest of the cast of Sive. (Last shows, 2 & 8 today.)

Similar:It will be harder to leave Facebook than it was to leave Twitter It was not that hard to leave Twitter….CybercultureMask up.PersonalIn June, 2002, I was blogging about… a female autistic scholars lament, Dr. Seuss, Ortho…In June, 2002, I was blogging about …AcademiaSpace:1999 design aesthetic merged detailed miniatures with curvy Euro-futurist interior d…Clearly influenced by…

Salesman at Pittsburgh Public Theatre.

  Similar:My mother-in-law invited me to try out the 60- year-old tape machine that belonged to my f…My mother-in-law invited me to try out t…AwesomeHappy memories of PC games I played with my son (now 19) sitting on my lap.While doing some spring cleaning around …CultureMy #AugustWilson #Steampunk NightmareToday is my last official day teaching…

Old English Has a Serious Image Problem

This fall I will be teaching Shakespeare again; but thereafter, as part of a curriculum redesign, Shakespeare will be rolled into a “Shakespeare in Context” course that will also need to address Beowulf, medieval drama, Arthurian legend, Chaucer, Marlowe, etc. I intend to do this by teaching five different Shakespeare plays, focusing on one play…

In Defense of Liking Things

It used to bother me that people got all excited about the color shirt that was being worn by a particular person holding (or throwing, or tossing, or avoiding) a small round object. Then I read the Onion article “Walking Sports Database Scorns Walking Sci-Fi Database:” A self-described “sports fanatic” who experiences vicarious thrills through…

Procession #classof2017

Similar:Happy Easter 2016PersonalMaking progress.PersonalAscending the path to High Hrothgar? No, just the snow-covered steps from the parking lot… Ascending the path to High Hrothgar?…PersonalOut for an April stroll.NatureThe Outrageous Okona (TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 4)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…PersonalSo this is Pi DayMy wife says she bought the pies intendi…Amusing

You may move your tassels from right to left. #classof2017

  Similar:Yesterday we took advantage of a rare free day.At the Carnegie Museum of Art. AestheticsFoggy April morning on the hill.PersonalI'm nerdy enough to give my 15yo a used copy of "The Hero with a Thousand Faces." I’m nerdy enough to give my 15yo a used …BooksI have a daughter who does things. Here’s what…

Graduation procession #classof2017

Similar:Loved part 1 of Alec Silverblatt's Mon Valley Medium. Part 2 tomorrow at 7. #pptplayt…CultureDress rehearsal for The Nutcracker.AestheticsI'm not tired of @shu.pippin yet! Final performance is sold out.PersonalCrash site and Tower of Voices. Well worth the side trip on the way back from a weekend gi…Flight 93 crash site and Tower of Voices…CultureDelighted, amused,…

About to launch.

  Similar:An afternoon with Ben Franklin. CultureThe Case for Breaking Up With Your ParentsI already felt fairly independent from m…AcademiaMore #steampunk control panel goodness. This section features a nice retro pixelboard text…One of many steampunk control panels I’v…AestheticsWhat would holidays be without Dickens' beloved 'Christmas Carol?'It takes some visits from three scary sp…DramaMy more or…

Faculty assembling in launch tube beneath Salvitti Gym. #classof2017 @setonhilluniversity

Similar:James Goodwin Clonney: Mother's WatchThis painting, of two impish children ta…AestheticsRediscovering Infocom Games With My Kids  Call it the Familyhood of the Tr…CybercultureThe only snow alert you'll ever need.AmusingOutsiders. Four sold out matinees this coming week. — Prime StageFour sold out matinees this coming week….BooksNerdy Rainbow Loom CraftingMy wonderfully geeky tween made these Bl…AestheticsAnd yes,…