I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:Added a pilot and cockpit details to my flyby of a #steampunk scout ship. Costume is a pr…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyvR90jm…AestheticsIndustriousness. Self-improvement. Thrift. And orange slime. The girl amusing herself on our 70m …AestheticsYesterday my stack of unmarked assignments was about 120, so this is not bad.Nothing…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:Science Fair VictoryIn this photo from the front page of tod…ArtWho left these on my office door? *fake cough sounds like “Betsy”*PersonalA picture of puffy white clouds floating in a blue skyAestheticsYour first attempt at a medieval…
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:This weekend… Would YOU trade a Hank Aaron rookie card for Roberto Clemente… for her? …Personal1,000-pound rosary sends heavy message: PrayThe rosary that…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:My current Zoom backdrop. #blender3d #partylikeaprofAestheticsFamily ( #StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 2) Picard Retreats to Family Vineyar…Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break….DramaFamily, I Hear You. I Love You. Go Away. This Weekend, I'm Marking Papers.No, I don’t want to see…
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:We are all of us works in progress. Sometimes progress looks messy.PersonalI just caught myself thinking, “This doesn’t suck.” #medievalyork #mysteryplay #blender3d …I just caught myself thinking, “This doe…AestheticsMore #steampunk control panel goodness. #blender3d #blender3dart…
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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The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:I just looked up the context for the bald guy dropping the chili. I guess I was expecting something like…DesignProfessoring. With an(other) apple pie cupcake.I touched up and board-ified a presentat…AcademiaAny pasta can become a pasta salad when the office microwave stops working!CultureYes Virginia the Musical coming to…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:R Grammar Gaffes Ruining The Language? Maybe Not : NPRMatthew Gordon, a linguist at the Univer…CultureUnearthing a Long Ignored African Writing System, One Researcher Finds African History, by…Not only is this a fantastic story about…AcademiaI create five color variations of each #blender3d…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Beautiful set. Support the humans who do arts in your community (instead of settling for …Beautiful set. Support the humans who d…PersonalFall colors are past their peak but it's still a beautiful late October day.PersonalThe Girl at rehearsal…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:Everyone wants to save the world, but no one wants to help Mom do the dishes.CultureWhen you see a show alone often you can get really good seats. Idaspe @quantumtheatreCultureI've got a lot to learn, but my #blender3D #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser, and this…AestheticsSix rainbow-colored objects, arranged like…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:Yesterday my stack of unmarked assignments was about 120, so this is not bad.Nothing in this stack is pressing, but t…AcademiaPfully Pfizered and pfeeling pfine so pfar. Current_EventsShall we dance? The girl tries on her ball gown…
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:More modular, swappable building components. I’ve got to work on the sides of these mid-si…More modular, swappable building compone…AestheticsA Prof Debunks Standardized Testing & Pearson Strikes BackAll this emphasis…
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:Hidden Spaces, New Possibilities I’ve often had dreams about returning …CultureOuttakes from “Once on This Island” promohttps://youtu.be/QlMJuogD9to AmusingYesterday my stack of unmarked assignments was about 120, so this is not bad.Nothing in this stack is pressing, but t…AcademiaLooking forward to this! @thepublicpghLooking forward to this! @thepublicpghDramaVote for Carolyn's…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:Finished Reading "Fibble," Book 4 in "Heck: Where Bad Kids Go."I finished reading to my daughter the fo…Books"I might be putting a little too much effort into designing the cravat for the captai…AestheticsLate night set construction for The Miracle Worker.ArtAn Unexpecting MinorityTruthfully, I expected my new department…AcademiaArsenal…
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