I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:A Thursday throwback to end 2015.PersonalProud of My JournosI saw several heads that I recognized, b…AcademiaDid you put enough donuts in the elevator shaft of your #steampunk #neovictorian cruiser t…https://youtu.be/lSgv5L0sXtc &nbs…AestheticsAnother 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel goodness. #blender3dart #blender3dAestheticsMy colleague @crissycp once…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:So happy to work with @crissycp and benefit from her kindness and baking talents.PersonalA student who is writing her research paper on Taylor Swift made a passing reference to Ka…PersonalThe Cosmic Brownie fairy has visited my office.…
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:Prepare to lower the personnel deployment gondola from the forward eployment bay, two deck… AestheticsYeah natural born creative genius is a cool myth,…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Evita in Zelionople CultureHere I am sketching spaceships like I’m 12 again. I feel like re-reading the novelization …AestheticsA quick Sunday visit to #fortligonier with my history-loving son.A quick Sunday visit to #fortligonier wi…CultureFinished the girl's 10th grade homeschool evaluation with PA…
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:Alas for You (Godspell, Stage Right)Three weeks ago tonight, I got an email …DramaIt was Mrs. White with the revolver in the ballroom. #winning GamesChess tournament in Monroeville. Two losses, two wins.The boy’s personal best…
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:The Girl Has Started Rehearsals for PICT Classic Theatre’s Jane EyreI’ve chauffeured the girl into Pittsburg…BooksHistorians Admit To Inventing Ancient GreeksI knew it! Busted!! “One night someone …AcademiaThe Curtains Were Blue: In Which I Fix Another Meme. Above is my response to…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Graphic Design Pun Cards Sara Heffernan designed these wonder…AestheticsGoodby big Android… hello little budget iPhone SE 3rd.I just removed from my syllabus template…AcademiaHow long has Google Docs let you pop up a window with your current word count?…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:A Few Good Men at the Pittsburgh Public TheatreFantastic performances, powerful writing…CultureI was briefly excited that Turnitin.com's new app works in a park with no WiFiThen I realized… I’m a guy who gets ex…AcademiaIn the Hands of the Prophets (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 19) Keiko's…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:No, this photo of people wearing coats standing in front of bare trees was not a fake news…It’s distressing and shocking to realize…Current_EventsTuxedo Pooh Reads Oscar Wilde I spent an hour on this. Below is the …AestheticsShe…
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:Sesame Street Is Moving to HBO, and the Symbolism Is CrushingI’ve been fascinated by the rhetoric of …BusinessLonely Among Us (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 6) Crew-posessing spark roams and…
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:Keeping things in the proper perspective at 4Cs: Praise for my delivery of a line from Sta…Already met a lot of good people and fou…AcademiaAt the Johnstown Flood Museum. (May 31 1889 the neglected dam at the South Fork Fishing an…At the Johnstown Flood Museum. (May 31…
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