I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:Why ‘Cats’ the Movie Fails So FlamboyantlyI can’t seem to get into superhero movie…AestheticsFrom Shakespeare to Sondheim to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, everything you "dew�…PersonalAnnie 2012 with Annie 2017. Annie 2012 with her Warbucks. "Together at last. Together …PersonalOpens Wednesday.PersonalOn the spiral staircase that leads from…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:Rossum's Universal Robots (Act 2)https://youtu.be/XfOONrGsf2I For my b…CultureDetailed Articulation of Feet in Unity3DI’m following a lot of tutorials, and co…AestheticsCharlie Brown has his kite-eating tree. I have my keys-eating chair. #foundthem PersonalMore #steampunk control panel bits for a…
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:Crabby 10yo Ties Self to Pole to Protest InjusticeMy wife confiscated my preteen daughter’…CultureAnother 10 sq cm of #steampunk #neovictorian control panel. Not…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:My mom’s Lionel train set (a gift from her father in 1948) had been in storage for 35 year… My mother wants me to thank John at …AestheticsNarnia board game — enjoyable family activity (but it's weird that the Pevensies compete …It’s…
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:Slow flyby of a scout shop. Starfield backdrop; particle-based engine exhaust; hull uses a…More progress as I continue to level up …AestheticsSecurity is Sleeping in the Back Seat of the CarFor decades, my mother collected…
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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The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:Another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dart #relaxing #aestheti…AestheticsIf you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show.If you like bloody, singing, punning dem…AmusingIt's probably safe to throw these out.PersonalEach of these #retro #neovictorian #steampunk control panels takes me about an hour. #gree…AestheticsMy…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:Fall 2022 Grades: SUBMITTED AcademiaA surprising detail in bank records helped a historian bust a longstanding myth about Iris…A scholar uses bank records to track the…BusinessJudge rules Jim Acosta can have his White House pass back A federal judge ruled that CNN…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Hanging with the rude mechanicals @setonhilluniversityA Midsummer Night’s Dream.CultureAstaire Unwound (Ceiling Dance from "Royal Wedding")My high school physics teacher, Admiral …AestheticsMore #steampunk control panel goodness. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #blender3dartAestheticsTouch Me Now: York Plays 2025A cast of hundreds participated…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:A snifter of brandy helps a supporting character deliver exposition & set up for a nic…PersonalWinners Chosen in Annual Shakespeare Monologue and Scene ContestMichael Henninger took this wonderful ph…BooksAn important day to remember.Never again.PersonalWhy Were Old Video Games So Pixelated?I get all my news online now, but…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:Leftovers from the food my colleagues brought in to bribe/reward those few students who sh… Leftovers from the food my colleagues b…AcademiaOne Teacher’s Brilliant Strategy to Stop Future School ShootingsEvery Friday since Columbine, one school…CultureBusy with Midterm…
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:Plato's Allegory of the CaveIn The Republic, Plato uses an extended …AcademiaThe problem I just learned about calls for tea in the big mug.CulturePractice, practice, practice. Making many things…
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:When You've Already Got a Major, But You Love Books (Seton Hill English) When committee work is fun… making…AcademiaReally enjoyed Prime Stage Theater’s video presentation of Mockingbird.Obviously I would have preferred to see …AestheticsToiletries for a steampunk villain who needs to look dapper. Straight razor and shaving…
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