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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:One of the benefits of teaching at a small college, with small classes…In a final reflection video for a freshm…AcademiaMore #steampunk #neovictorian goodness.…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Celebration of Writing Fall 2019PersonalUnfinished pine and not so ornamented, for the workshops and service areas of my fantasy #…PersonalThe girl has gotten progressively more dedicated over the past few days.When you’re a homeschool parent, you go …AestheticsI'm Gradually Losing My Hearing.…
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:Adventure | T.M. CampGreat story of nerdiness and discovery a…CybercultureTo DoTo Do (Jerz’s Literacy Weblog) 5: …AcademiaHappily masked in center row C. (The daughter is dance captain.)DramaThat's what's been bothering me since yesterday's #AirPod reveal. #manamanaNumber…
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:#PPTPlaytime adaptation of The Merchant of Venice.Top — nonverbal addition with Jessica an…DramaAmazon Staff Meetings: “No Powerpoint”I am not a big fan of traditional slide-…BusinessJust remember: what you’re seeing and what you're reading is not what’s happening.Words apparently spoken by the President…Current_EventsU.S.S.…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Support the arts in your community! #augustwilson #radiogolfSupport the arts in your community! #aug…CultureA Note of Recognition for: Filmation's ''Star Trek'' AnimatorsEven if the animation of Star Trek was l…AestheticsUdacity's Sebastian Thrun, Godfather Of Free Online Education, Changes…
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Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:Media Companies Are Getting Sick of FacebookAll of us with Facebook accounts do work…BusinessHalf of my students have never read Hamlet. (I told them not to get too attached to any of…We focused just on Act I…
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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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