Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:The girl is the Dew Drop Fairy in @laurelballetperformingco The Nutcracker Saturday evenin…PersonalCarolyn made it to the next round of the 2017 PPT Shakespeare Monologue contest. Finals ar…CultureThe Case for Breaking Up With Your ParentsI already felt fairly independent from m…AcademiaFirst they…
Have you seen Apple’s “Crush” ad? It features a huge huge hydraulic press crushing musical instruments, art supplies, google-eyed toys, and other beloved artifacts of imagination and creativity. I remember seeing a video years ago that showed how a smartphone replaced a desktop full of tools like a calculator, notepad, rolodex, and so forth. But…
I’m still teaching journalism and my usual courses, but after 21 years I’ve stepped aside as faculty adviser to the Setonian. The student voice of the hill (founded in 1919) will continue to evolve. First published in 1919, The Setonian not only predates SHU’s journalism major, it also predates the majestic London planetrees that the…
A Brazilian couple bought a deforested ranch and spent decades planting over 2 million trees. #hope #life #stewardship #earth #ispeakforthetrees Similar:I may have mentioned that I have a daughter who does things. Her next is "To Battle: A Fig…Tickets for To Battle: A Fight Play AmusingThe poetry of deafnessMy auditory processing disorder makes it…AestheticsMisaligned interior…
A little over a century ago, the printer T.J. Cobden-Sanderson took it upon himself to surreptitiously dump every piece of this carefully honed metal letterpress type into the river. It was an act of retribution against his business partner, Emery Walker, whom he believed was attempting to swindle him. With its extra-wide capital letters, diamond shaped punctuation and…
A quick Sunday visit to #fortligonier with my history-loving son. Similar:Prime Stage Theatre to end 2018-2019 season with Shakespeare comedy Twelfth Night, May 3–1…2019 Pittsburgh Public Theater Shakespea…CultureStill More FaceTime FunI realize that video-chatting teenagers …MediaCarolyn and spider friends performing "Power" from Stage Right's Sleeping B…PersonalBeautiful day for a walk.PersonalOpinion: Time for media to turn…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:Habits for happiness: tips for looking on the bright side of lifeHabits for happiness: tips for looking o…PersonalHad a rough day. Designing another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel doesn't fix everyt…AcademiaFeeling Like an Impostor at 49I reminded my Shakespeare students that …AcademiaMy crazy Friday night involved…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:Those mean fake news people at the Washington Post are at it again, this time publishing a…Those mean fake news people at the Washi…CultureJust a #steampunk captain inspecting the æther power orbs. #Blender3D #Unity3D #design #ae…AestheticsPa. agency explains why it enacted new…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:I was part of a nerve-racking, thrilling attempt to break a world record I drove the girl and myself to the Pal…AestheticsThe iPad Falls Short of Expectations—But What Does That Mean? The iPad market is saturated. Table…BusinessWhere There's…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:Dress Rehearsal for "My Son Pinocchio"My wife, daughter, and I waiting to star…AmusingSecond episode of “Electron Jones” paranormal detective audio series is up. waobaudiotheat…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTe47W3S…AmusingIt's a lie that having zero assignments to mark means I have nothing "to do," but this par… A relief.AcademiaTo all these tools I've…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:The Staying Power of "A Christmas Carol" — Dennis Jerz, for WAOB Audio Theatrehttps://youtu.be/_US-PnhJ5FU What mak…BooksThe Geekling Worked a Shatner/Nimoy Tribute into GodspellMy geekling daughter, who in Willy Wonka…AmusingArsenal of Freedom (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 21)With…
Nothing in this stack is pressing, but they do include rough drafts of final papers, so that will involve concentration and tact and empathy and time. Similar:Trying something a bit different for today's 10 sq cm of #steampunk #blender3d control pan…AestheticsColossal Cave: The Board Game by Arthur O'DwyerThe kids and I enjoy nerdy board games.…
Here’s the underlying problem. We have an operating image of thought, an understanding of what thought is and how to make thought productive of knowledge and truth through the use of various methods. This image and its methods are, of course, products of human history. They change over time, in different cultures, and so on.…
Representing the Humanities at Accepted Students Day. Similar:Pippin! Last show today at 2pm.CultureEncounter at Farpoint (Season 1, Episode 1: ST:TNG Rewatch) Picard gathers his crew, hates…Rewatching ST:TNG after almost 20 years….CultureAnother section of a #neovictorian control panel for a #steampunk #blender3d project. I h…AestheticsChildren of Eden (Stage Right, April 2014)My wife and I in Biblical…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:National Dance DayIn the restaurant parking lot after dinn…CultureEaster 2022PersonalBeautiful day for a walk.PersonalPreppers for the win. Kinda.The euphoria of getting my grades in Fri…PersonalHappy 13th Birthday CarolynI’ve had the privilege of being this ama…DramaThe stair railings on my #blender3d #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser need some realigning….Aesthetics
How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper. Similar:Another social media post attacks journalists for doing their jobs — Updated Elijah McCla…If you’ve been following the sad story o…CultureCinderella Deadlines: Reconsidering Timelines for Student WorkI have been experimenting with midnight …AcademiaHas life in the age of casual magic made…
After learning of his AIDS diagnosis, artist Keith Haring created the work, “Unfinished Painting” (1989), which is mostly a blank canvas, with streaks that evoke his own interrupted, incomplete life. Someone who thought it was “so sad” that the painting was unfinished used AI to “complete what he couldn’t finish.” Needless to say, the bot…
Seton Hill students Emily Vohs, Elizabeth Burns, Jake Carnahan-Curcio and Carolyn Jerz in a scene from “Dead Man’s Cell Phone.” This weekend only… opens tonight! Order tickets online at http://www.setonhill.edu/tickets by phone at 724-552-2929, or by mail at SHUPAC Box Office, Seton Hill University, 1 Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg, Pa., 15601-1599. Box Office Hours are…
Inspiration can come to those with the humblest heart. Caedmon the Cowherd believed he had no talent for singing, but the voice in his dream encouraged him. Listen to what he does with it in, “The Cowherd Who Became a Poet,” by James Baldwin. A Production of We Are One Body® Audio Theatre. Read by…
Dr. David von Schlichten honors the spectrum of motivations (not always financial) featured during Seton Hill‘s “Celebration of Scholarship.” Similar:Stanford to offer new undergraduate majors integrating humanities, computer scienceTraining humanists who can code like a t…AcademiaSobering data; stunning visualization.This NYT story on the effects of race on…CultureCreative writing majors getting rich as demand skyrocketsSee, it’s…