At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:Today’s adulting was brought to you by a failed motor vehicle inspection. #notacarguy #win…The car shop wanted to charge over $300….ModdingThe black chair is down to 18¢ per ounce? Shut up and take my money, Amazon!Personal"The Nightmare…
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:“If music be the food of love, play on!” I may have mentioned that I have a daughter who d… CultureI have…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Carolyn's "waiter with wobbly stack of plates" bit from Hello DollyPersonalThe Child (TNG Rewatch: Season 2, Episode 1)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…CultureClassroom Vignette: MLA StyleStudent (shouldering backpack and headin…AcademiaBiggest accomplishment of the dayThe real problem is timing — they had c…GovernmentAnother…
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:Again with the chess.I try to go to Planet Fitness or chess w…PersonalClassic. So good! #startrek #tosPersonalEverything is beautiful at the ballet.Dance8 (Short Halloween film by Josh Reardon)My daughter and I appear in this short…
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:Kate Upton and Ryan Gosling Explain the SequesterApparently these are two famous and phys…AestheticsOn the Importance of Nonverbal Feedback in the Classroom [an Anecdote]I don’t generally like teaching with sli…AcademiaThe Impact of Google on Our MemorySo what is it that makes us…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Writing Computer Games with InklewriterIf brass lanterns or slathering-fanged g…CybercultureHere I am sketching spaceships like I’m 12 again. I feel like re-reading the novelization …AestheticsWhy Photojournalism Matters World Series: Chicago Tribune & th…AestheticsWhy I Rarely Blog about My…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:Another section of a #steampunk control panel. Useful for a cutaway shot after a character…AestheticsThis weekend! GeyerPAC.comPersonalTake a look at the moon tonight!I wish I had the time or energy to get o…AestheticsThey're coming in faster than I can mark them. This number will be higher tonight,…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:A #neovictorian #steampunk ship-of-the-line needs a dramatic flag and a conveniently locat…AestheticsWindows 3.1 Turns 30: Here’s How It Made Windows EssentialAfter watching all the episodes of the 8…AestheticsParty Like a Jerz My dad just made us root beer…
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:Fight choreography via teleconference. As You Like It @steelcityshakespearePersonalOne strategic twist-tie, and my bedside cable-tangles are a distant memory.PersonalGame Design Program for Education & TrainingI haven’t tried GameSalad yet……
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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How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper. Similar:False equivalency in a copspeak guide to dealing with the mediaPolice chief and writer Cliff Couch know…CultureThe Man Who Photographed GhostsThis review of a book about early photog…AestheticsThey called it a "flashlight" because early handheld lights weren't designed to shine stea…A…
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…