I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:She was nervous about the dog misbehaving during "Tomorrow," so I told her she could pract… https://youtu.be/718e4XsNvGY Leap…AmusingCreated a new graphic for an existing handout on writing editorials.The “lead editorial” represents the offi…EmpathyFinal grades are due tomorrow. My Fall 2020 is almost over. I…
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Madi Hime is taking a deep drag on a blue vape in the video, her eyes shut, her face flushed with pleasure. The 16-year-old exhales with her head thrown back, collapsing into laughter that causes smoke to billow out of her mouth. The clip is grainy and shaky – as if shot in low light…
My simulation project does not require me to master medieval daub and wattle architecture. But sadly, I now know just enough to be disappointed by this first attempt. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #keepgoing Similar:The Physics Behind Traffic JamsIn between today’s various events, I das…CultureFie upon your multi-page, ad-stuffed crapfest of shame. (Don't click!)What I wrote is…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Rhythm of the Dance (Irish dance, song, and music touring show)My family thoroughly enjoyed this perfor…AestheticsMy mother has taught me so much. I'm delighted I get to sit in her living room and te…PersonalHamlet!PersonalGround-nesting Yellowjacket WaspsWhile my 16yo son was mowing the…
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:Find yourself someone who makes you plomeek soup like Nurse Chapel makes for Spock.PersonalAnnie — Cabinet TomorrowMy 10yo daughter Carolyn played Annie in…AmusingA gangway, flanked by still more #steampunk control panels, leads forward from the…
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…
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So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:Why No One Clicked on the Great Hypertext StoryIt’s not that hypertext went on to becom…Culture‘NPR Voice’ Has Taken Over the Airwaves In literary circles, the practic…CultureWe Are the Product Facebook SellsFacebook does not care what Hobbit you a…BusinessBlondes 'to die out…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Contagion (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 11)Picard faces aggressive Romulans and an …DesignTime lapse movie shows exoplanets orbiting star HR8799, 133 light years away. (Published i… AestheticsI think they mean typeface conference, but "Font Conference" is still amusing.I…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:More #steampunk control panel bits for a #neovictorian #blender3D project. I have a master…AestheticsAt Computers and Writing #cwcon for the weekend.Am I wise now? At an event for encouragi…AcademiaStill More FaceTime FunI realize that video-chatting teenagers …MediaThe captain will shortly address the officers and crew. Please have…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:CNN Reports On The Promising Future of the Steubenville Rapists, Who Are Very Good Student…Excellent analysis of the emotional impa…CulturePfully Pfizered and pfeeling pfine so pfar. Current_EventsHappy Easter!PersonalOh the Overthinks You Can Overthink: Horton the Elephant, the…
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:The Physics Behind Traffic JamsIn between today’s various events, I das…CultureBlog ten-beat lines of verse, like Shakespeare wrote. Blog ten-beat lines of verse, like Sha…AcademiaAnd if my point of view…
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.…
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The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:Siblings gotta sib.PersonalHamlet!PersonalReplica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonierReplica of George Washington’s field cam…PersonalPresenting at #NEMLA session 8.1 Friday. “Hacking English: Examining a multimedia sandbox …AcademiaLooking in on the officers' wardroom (conference and dining) one deck above the main … I thought of the interior as “Missisip…AestheticsWhen…
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