I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:A pallet of cabinet fronts and structural elements to flesh out #neovictorian #steampunk i…PersonalWhen you see a show alone often you can get really good seats. Idaspe @quantumtheatreCultureMy precious is fifteen. PersonalI don't expect any but the largest text will be legible in my #steampunk…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:The last submissions of this o'er ripe term, Ungraded, mock me though this app. And thus,…AcademiaWhat's wrong with the way I talk?Wife & daughter competing w each oth…AestheticsRecording my lines for a student escape room project.PersonalAfter the…
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:Spotted: the North American tree daughter.NatureI’ll be seeing the final performance tomorrow. @bigstormpcI’ll be seeing the final performance tom…PersonalIn April, 2001 I was…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Forward is the officers' wardroom. To the right is an airlock. Left leads to the on-call o… AestheticsTerm grades submitted. Homeschool son graduated. Time to breathe.AcademiaFacebook, Now You Remind Me of a Half-Drunk Cocktail Party SchmoozerLast week, Facebook asked me what sports…BusinessSettling in…
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:Another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #design #aesthetics #blender3d #blender3dar…AestheticsArsenal of Freedom (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 21)With an A-plot that comments on the Cold…CultureWhen you accidentally send a "Dear Satan" letter.My family…
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:Sondra's Garden: Butterfly Release Honors Dr. Lettrich (Seton Hill University)”Every good lesson plan has a culminatin…AcademiaEnjoying the “Science of Pixar” 3d computer modeling and storytelling exhibit with my son….Enjoying the “Science of Pixar” 3d compu…PersonalFigured out how to configure my iPad as an external monitor for my laptop.…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:Broken on Purpose: Why Getting It Wrong Pays More Than Getting It RightI have recently started managing the Fac…BooksResponding to Literature at the College LevelA new handout, based on the opening lect…AcademiaCharlie and the Chocolate Factory Coloring PagesOver the past few weeks,…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Here for the daughter.AcademiaResearch Poetry (communicating research results and expressing their significance through …For an article on communicating research…AcademiaDigital Storytelling (EL231: Topics in Creative Writing) EL231 “Digital Storytelling” (Dec 1…AcademiaScience Fair VictoryIn this photo from the front page…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:I voice the role of Electron Jones in this audio detective series. The first episode was r…Making this illustration in Blender3D wa…PersonalFacebook paid Teen Vogue to run a fake article praising Facebook for "helping ensure the i… After FB crowed about this sup…BusinessRossum's Universal Robots (Act 1)…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:Schisms (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 5)Rewatching ST:TNG Riker is having troub…DesignThe Formation of LoveRelationships start with a period of cou…CulturePrime Stage presents ‘Twelfth Night’ as season-ending productionLooking forward to seeing this! Set in …CultureMe as…
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:Finished the female officers for my neovictorian steampunk personal project. #blender3d, #… Female officers, from the le…AestheticsWhen Is Asking the Question Part of the News? (Rarely.) We mostly only encounter…
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:SHU Community Lines Up to Honor JoAnne Boyle's Final Trip Up the HillJoAnne Boyle liked talking about traditi…AcademiaFirst they came… #kristallnacht @nccheshuFirst they came… #kristallnacht @ncchesh…PersonalSupport the arts in your community! I’m here for the daughter and the rest of the cast. @j…Support the arts in your community!…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:Prime Stage presents ‘Twelfth Night’ as season-ending productionLooking forward to seeing this! Set in …CultureMy theory: Trump was composing therapeutic poetry, and got stuck on the last line. PersonalThe Sacramentality of Teaching and LearningFor the one-credit journalism class that…AcademiaThe Missing Will, by Agatha Christie (WAOB Audio Theatre)I had…
How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper. Similar:What if thinking is underrated?What if the most underrated skill in sch…AcademiaLessons from the Covington Catholic FlashpointMy social media network includes people …CultureMy colleague @crissycp offers warm soda bread and tea every year, as part of her authentic…AcademiaHomage to PoeMichael Dirda…