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:The Struggle to Save Ballet From ItselfA former dancer reckons with the rigors …AestheticsHermann Zapf, the font designer behind Palatino and Zapf Dingbats, has…
I’m gobsmacked by the creativity that went into researching, writing, and crafting this layout. A look at how students in the Kansas City region commemorated the campaign in keepsakes meant to be enjoyed by all classmates, no matter their leanings. Source: It Was Hard This Year to Keep Politics Out of High School Yearbooks Similar:A…
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…
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:She doesn't have keys or a phone or an ID. Why does my tween need a purse?To stash her Lemonheads and Smarties. ht…AmusingFriday night.…
Similar:Bureaucrats Put the Squeeze on College NewspapersFew school newspapers are financially in…AcademiaOur family has seen David Whalen in the persona of Sherlock in five or six different shows…Our family has seen David Whalen in the …CultureIn Defense of DistractionIf you’re a fan of lifehacking, you’ll a…CultureMy simulation project does not require me to master medieval…
Similar:A #neovictorian #steampunk ship-of-the-line needs a dramatic flag and a conveniently locat…AestheticsHappy memories of PC games I played with my son (now 19) sitting on my lap.While doing some spring cleaning around …CultureNot doing well. As usual.PersonalReport to the bridge so the captain can assess your virtual upholstery skills. #blender3d …AestheticsCliffhanger from ST:TNG Best…
Not a day goes by without The Girl reminding us that everyone else her age has a phone — but she also compares her desire for a phone to Gollum’s desire for The Ring. Many adults have told her she’s lucky not to carry around the burden of social media updates, though part of her…
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…
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…
Similar:"The Nightmare of Prince Prezelsky"Leigh, Peter, Carolyn and I had fun reco…Amusing"I don't view Shakespeare's work as intimidating anymore." — midterm reflection from coll… “It has made me more confident in my…AcademiaLysistrata live.Current_EventsStage Right's "The Secret Garden": Performing with My Talented Daughter This weekend has been magical. Frida…CultureMy brother drove my mother in to see…
Similar:Challenge Accepted.PersonalI’ll be seeing the final performance tomorrow. @bigstormpcI’ll be seeing the final performance tom…PersonalAdded multiple swappable upper storeys. Next I will make slightly fewer variations of a sl…Added multiple swappable upper storeys. …AestheticsAnd yes, that's her picture in the program (from the PPT Shakespeare contest).At PPT’s The Diary of Anne Frank. …Culture"Dammit Mom, I'm…
Similar:Evita in Zelionople CultureNerd Break! Listening To: Wilhelm Scream / Castle Thunder / Amen Break (While Watching Lig…In order to provide some context for a b…AestheticsMy parents holding a picture of the family I took with my first SLR camera in 1987.PersonalMy son, volunteering at the local food bank.PersonalComing of Age (TNG Rewatch: Season 1,…
Similar:A #neovictorian master status display board for a #steampunk #blender3d project. Inspired …AestheticsBuilding a ridiculous amount of detail as I create tiles for distant sections of a #blende…AestheticsOut & About: Stage Right holds its annual Heart of the Arts Gala Source: Out & About: Stage Right…CultureScratch 3.0 beta is available. Try out the text-to-speech…
Similar:A selfie with a Chekov action figure after learning of Anton Yelchin's deathCurrent_EventsI am not really sure why I have kept it up this long. I have no immediate or foreseeable p… CultureCrazy, Kinetic, Acoustic Visit to the Carnegie Science CenterA few days ago, I blogged about visiting…EducationFinally — the pace at work subsides a…
Similar:I asked my geekling whether she was ready for bed…I asked my #geekling whether she was rea…AmusingChoosing Carolyn's HeadshotWhich of these headshots do you like bes…AestheticsHarvard University says it can't afford journal publishers' pricesRobert Darnton, director of Harvard Libr…AcademiaChipping away at the total as the final submissions pour in.PersonalAnniePersonalMy mom’s Lionel train set (a gift…
Day 1 Today was my first full shipwrecked day after our ship hit some sharp rocks a half mile offshore. What started out as a team-building trip to the Cook Islands has turned into a true nightmare. #OnlySurvivor #PleaseSendHelp #SurvivalSundays #HolisticRescueMarketing —McSweeney’s Internet Tendency Similar:Collegewide game encourages small interactions around campusI confess I often check…
Hum de dum. Not paying any attention to current events at all, just thinking about possibly teaching Richard III in my Shakespeare class this fall. Oh, look, Dwight Goodyear posted commentary on Agnes Heller’s book The Time is Out of Joint: Shakespeare as Philosopher of History. How interesting. You know, to those of us who care about…
My “Media Aesthetics” students worked with students from Elizabeth Jacobs’s “Social Psychology” class, where students wrote editorials and designed infographics about cognitive dissonance. My students helped the psychology students with their drafts, then chose essays they thought had a good chance of going viral, and used WordPress, Facebook, Twitter and Hootsuite to publicize those selections. Similar:This Is…
Similar:Nipper Hears "His Master's Voice"As a kid growing up in Fairfax County, j…BusinessAs I was preparing to take this screenshot, two more papers came in.I still have odd jobs to tie up, but I’m…AcademiaDress rehearsal for Mamma Mia.PersonalMidterm Grades Submitted.AcademiaMemorizer (Memorization Tool)A Midsummer castmate shared a link to th…CybercultureHappy Sweet Sixteen, Carolyn!The girl spent her birthday weekend…
I loved listening to her practice the “Money, money, money, money, money” monologue in her mirror. Similar:I accidentally started a Wikipedia hoaxHoaxes roam the Information Superhighway…BooksCanadians Love Poop, Americans Love Pizza: How Emojis Fare Worldwide The company SwiftKey analyzed more tha…AestheticsDozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every II’m not…