I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhillunivers…Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into…PersonalThe Scarlet Letter (Prime Stage)PersonalMidterm Grades Spring 2025: Posted!I planned ahead pretty well this term. I…AcademiaThe last submissions of this o'er ripe term, Ungraded, mock me…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:Identity Crisis (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 4 Episode 18) The Case of LaForge’s Disapp… Rewatching ST:TNG An enjoyable …MediaTWEEN GIRL: "What's a tribble?"TWEEN GIRL: “What’s a tribble?” MY GE…PersonalLiving Room PhysicsI’ve blogged before about my eight-year-…EducationBeauty and…
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:In April, 2001 I was blogging about interactive fiction, Roget's Thesaurus, John Lennon, H… A student newspaper article about in…BooksStem subject snobbery: a…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Carolyn and Alex in “The King and I”PersonalWhen you see a show alone often you can get really good seats. Idaspe @quantumtheatreCultureBeautiful day for a walk.PersonalSo, What's in It for Me?All in all, I enjoy my job very much, an…AcademiaTake a look…
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:Yeet with Emily Dickinson (according to my auto-correct}PersonalI dunno what to call this but it really hit the spot.PersonalFinal grades are due tomorrow. My Fall 2020 is almost over. I survived.Final grades are due tomorrow.…
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:When backwards newbie poets write…PersonalIt appears there may be some audience participation in this outdoor production of Richard …PersonalWhat Each Side of the COVID-19 Debate Should Understand About the OtherI’m very conscious that my lockdown expe…CultureMystery Science Theater 3000: The Definitive Oral History of a…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:Clues (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 14) Data's faslehoods nonpluss and Pic…Rewatching ST:TNG After the crew blac…EmpathyAs I was preparing to take this screenshot, two more papers came in.I still have odd jobs to tie up, but I’m…AcademiaOpening night of Sive.PersonalThe YouTube "Blender3D to Unity UMA" tutorials…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:Selected Negative Teaching Evaluations of Jesus Christ“Not what I expected. They say his area …AcademiaSpring and Fall, by Gerard Manley HopkinsMárgarét, áre you gríeving Over Goldeng…AestheticsI’ve been teaching with this handout for over 25 years, updating it regularly. I just remo…I first…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:The 1931 Histomap: The entire history of the world distilled into a single map/chart.This “Histomap,” created by John B. Spar…AestheticsAfter lights out, the girl is knitting.PersonalI just realized I've been misspelling and mispronouncing "detritus" all my life. I’ve…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:More modular, swappable building components. I’ve got to work on the sides of these mid-si…More modular, swappable building compone…AestheticsThe heir to the throne of Gondor and and a scruffy looking nerf herder are handing out can… PersonalI am not in the splash zone but still definitely out of…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:Jaw-dropping moments of insight and humanity. So funny, so edgy, so affirming! I did not e…PersonalSTEM Needs a New LetterCreativity alone does not foster innovat…ArtPieces of Earliest Games RecoveredThese small sculpted stones unearthed fr…CultureIan Bogost Has Won…
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:Playing a well-dressed bad guy. PersonalWhat have my students learned about creative nonfiction writing? During class they are col…What have my students learned about crea…AcademiaChecking sources back in 2006 involved…
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:Nerd-buddies”He likes Lord of the Rings, Star Wars *…BooksUpdating a villain's lair in #Blender3D. Still a work in progress.AestheticsA stranger took this photo of my parents doing their daily crossword together in a cafe.A stranger took this photo of my parents…CultureI’ve roughed out earthen embankments for the…
How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper. Similar:In October, 2000, I was blogging about bobbed hair, Woolf, a CFP for interactive fiction s…In October 2000, I was blogging about …CultureA Better Way to Say Sorry I’m sorry for… This is wrong beca…CultureYou Must Not ‘Do Your Own Research’…