Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:The School of Humanities honors me and my colleagues @mikearnzen and Dan Martino as we com…The School of Humanities honors me and m…PersonalLiz Fosslien's insightful comic on unhealthy conflict vs. healthy conflict.PersonalThe Miller of the Dee; by James Baldwin; read by Dennis…
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:Playing a well-dressed bad guy. PersonalThe boy plays chess with his uncle before seeing The Fantasticks.PersonalSomeone I know very well is in the trailer for Midnight (2020)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5BczlGs…CultureDesk trays, with procedural wood materials by Blendermada. #blender3dAestheticsMore modular…
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:John Speed’s 1611 map of #medievalyork features a “scale of paces.” My #unity3d placeholde…AestheticsPluto FlybyWhen I was about 10, I wrote to NASA and…Current_EventsGetty makes 35 million photos free to useIn essence, it is admitting defeat. By o…BusinessThe Girl's Obsession with Scottish History ContinuesWife: “What…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:Presenting at #NEMLA session 8.1 Friday. “Hacking English: Examining a multimedia sandbox …AcademiaThis actually happened the other day when I was offline.This actually happened the other day whe…PersonalWest Side Story Maria MontagePersonalRude mechanical sighting! Shakespearing it up with @newrentheatreco.PersonalMuch Ado About Nothing (Beatrice is my literary crush.)PersonalDaughter is…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:Another student matinee. So many excited kids for Frankenstein. @prime_stage BooksThings that have made me start singing "Tradition!" in my head so far todayAfter last night’s first rehearsal for “…AmusingI just finished recalibrating the port scanner station and lookout post. If you…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Skin of Evil (TNG Rewatch, Season 1 Episode 23)My rewatch reflection on the Star Trek:T…DesignOnce on This Island (Stage Right! Greensburg; May 11 & 12 Promo Video)The girl plays Ti Moune in “Once on This…CultureHTML5 Boilerplate: The web’s…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:Challenge Accepted.PersonalHappy Easter 2016PersonalSymbiosis (TNG Rewatch, Season 1 Episode 22)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…CultureMore bits of my summer project – another delightful span of a #neovictorian #steampunk con…AestheticsJust submitted final grades for the compressed course that began the day after fall grades…PersonalMisSpelled: Premiering Oct 1In this…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:Fanciful Fun in Theatre Factory’s “The Fantasticks”A great review from Pittsburgh in the Ro…CultureThe eagles in Lord of the Rings are a plot hole, but also an us problemPart of my enjoyment of genre franchises…BooksDean Jones Dead:…
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:Writing School Papers: Does Your First Version Say It All?My colleague Mike Arnzen talked about th…AcademiaFormer Setonian editor-in-chief Amanda Cochran visits my journalism class to discuss her c…AcademiaThesis Critique…
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:Apple Hill Playhouse is closing, leaving theater group seeking new homeConfiguring socially distanced seating a…BusinessI’m fairly satisfied with this version of a medieval building trimsheet. (Source photo is …I’m fairly satisfied with this version o…AestheticsOpening Night: New "The Little Mermaid"At night, instead of getting ready for b…Current_EventsMedea at…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:Spring office cleaning thoughts: 1) I used to print a lot. 2) I have enough tote bags. I used to print a lot. I have e…AcademiaCreated a new graphic for an existing handout on writing editorials.The “lead editorial” represents the offi…EmpathyI baked pools of light into the…
How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper. Similar:Bing's AI chatbot helped me solve a technical problem, then showed me manatees, then denie…I was searching for how to change the de…AcademiaI’m thinking this is a still from the cringey Season 1 episode of TNG where the natives bu…AcademiaLaying out…
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:Stop Using 'Poet Voice'This article analyzes (and skewers) that…AestheticsCredible case that a lost Shakespeare sonnet has been identified A dedication in the script of a 1603 B…AcademiaMore Evidence That, to Trump, "Fake News" Means Critical NewsNothing…