Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:This is about half of the #steampunk control panel details I've created in the past m…AestheticsIf I don’t hang my own artwork on the walls of my #steampunk fantasy ship-of-the-line, who…AestheticsStunned by Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman and the rest of the cast…
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:The first officer's office adjoins the officers' pub, because of course it should. Working… AestheticsSo happy to work with @crissycp and benefit from her kindness and baking talents.PersonalFinished the female officers for my neovictorian steampunk…
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:The Future of Academic Style: Why Citations Still Matter in the Age of GoogleLooking forward to getting my copy of th…AcademiaAnother 10sq cm of a beautiful #steampunk control panel for a personal #neovictorian #blen…AestheticsThe Offspring (StarTrek:TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 16) Data Experiences FatherhoodRewatching ST:TNG…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:Write instructions for busy grouches.Updating the graphic for a writing hando…AcademiaMy Memories of "Joseph…" [an original cast member reflects on Rice/Webber/Waring's amazi…My high school Drama coach and freshman …DramaI've completed my second set of 25 #neovictorian control panels, which I'll eventually use… AestheticsEverything is beautiful at the ballet.DanceFather-daughter…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:New Handout on Surviving Group Projects in CollegeI posted a new handout with tips on surv…AcademiaBlog ten-beat lines of verse, like Shakespeare wrote. Blog ten-beat lines of verse, like Sha…AcademiaShowcase of 60 Free Horror Fonts For Graphic Designers I think that should be…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:@shu.pippin was great. Four more chances to see it!Personal"Why are you throwing out all the books?!"The short answer is because we’re about …AestheticsYeet with Emily Dickinson (according to my auto-correct}PersonalDuet (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 18) Kira…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:My 11yo, of the opening chapters of a YA novel with an orphan heroineMy 11yo, of the opening chapters of a YA…BooksHappy Easter!PersonalNo more braces!PersonalEmpathy in a Downtown Sub ShopSitting in a downtown sub shop. A half d…CultureTook the whole day off and spent part of it…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:What happened when I showed vintage Mister Rogers to my 21st-century kidsThey discovered TikTok. And Fortnite. An…CultureIn December 2001 I was blogging aboutIn December 2001, I was blogging about …Amusing"She even disgraces the name of Linton." –Heathcliff,…
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:Part of my daily routine is practicing German for about 15m per day. With no particular pr…EducationThe film Carolyn was in is a finalist. The screening will start soon.…
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:I had to act like I knew something about golf. There I am on the right at about :15.PersonalWhy ‘Cats’ the Movie Fails So FlamboyantlyI can’t seem to get into superhero movie…AestheticsThough I have marking and prep and committee work and paperwork to do, I took an hour…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:Great energy at our Comp & Culture poster paper session. So proud of these students an…AcademiaMe loving my birthday truck, c. 1971. I adored this truck, and spellin…DesignHappy to see a familiar face in a slide during today’s Academic Affairs Workshop. Classes …Happy to see a familiar…
How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper. Similar:FYI, 13yo skool grl is nu US txt mssg chmpNContestants had to stand with their hand…AmusingBooks Come Alive! Catalina Magdalena Cast (Stage Right Greensburg) The cast for “Catalina Mag…BooksDear organization from my past that just sent me a scolding email…Dear organization…
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:Don’t Text While Parenting — It Will Make You CrankyThe study summarized in Time Magazine lo…CultureThe right — and surprisingly wrong — ways to get kids to sit still in class When it came time for…