I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:We're enjoying the intensity and also the (surprisingly appropriate) humor.PersonalMy Parents (aged 72 and 78) Demonstrate a Ballroom Dance PoseThis is how my parents finish their Arge…AestheticsShe’s wearing a shirt with a frog. We are in town to see the Frog and Toad musical.…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:Opens Wednesday.PersonalCarolyn as Cosette in the wedding scene in Les Miz. #feelsPersonalLooking forward in the back room of the officers' pub, in the #steampunk cruiser from…AestheticsMostly German, sometimes refreshing my high school Latin.PersonalAnother 10 sq cm of…
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:Rediscovering History’s Lost First Female Video Game DesignerRCA’s console never rivaled the impact o…CybercultureGiving Obsolete Books an Afterlife as Theatre PropsOnce, someone really…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Deus Ex MemoriesI’ve just finished my final training run…CybercultureOops. I’m going to bed now. I’ll fix it tomorrow.Oops. I’m going to bed now. I’ll fix it …AestheticsAscending the path to High Hrothgar? No, just the snow-covered steps from the parking lot… Ascending…
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:Did you see that guy’s license plate?Did you see that guy’s license plate? …AmusingCarolyn's performance as Ariel #bardinbloom @ThePublicPGHSo good to see her preforming live on st…CultureChess again with my son.GamesHamlet!PersonalVery impressive mural has been…
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:@CNN This is a mask. It prevents the spread of coronavirus. This is not a political state…https://twitter.com/CNNPR/status/1289161…CultureThesis Reminders and Transitions: Touched up and created an infographic for a web page tha…Touched up and created an infographic fo…AcademiaJon Bentley | My Life in ArtWonderfully weird retro…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:If you win the very first time you play a game, that means you are skilled and brilliant, …AwesomeFacebook, Now You Remind Me of a Half-Drunk Cocktail Party SchmoozerLast week, Facebook asked me what sports…BusinessCarolyn will portray Cosette Saturday at 2pm with 70 talented Stage Right castmates.The teen summer…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:How Different Cultures Understand TimeBusiness Insider calls this article an “…BusinessHappy memories of PC games I played with my son (now 19) sitting on my lap.While doing some spring cleaning around …CultureBlog ten-beat lines of verse, like Shakespeare wrote. Blog ten-beat lines of…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Westmoreland County Air Show 2012 (Photos)Traffic leaving the Arnold Palmer Region…Aesthetics15 Grammar Goofs That Make You Look SillyBeautiful synergy of word and image. Pro…AestheticsDress Rehearsal for "My Son Pinocchio"My wife, daughter, and I waiting to star…AmusingMany of these…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:We are all of us works in progress. Sometimes progress looks messy.PersonalThe daughter experiences her birthday cookie AestheticsIt's a thing to do.PersonalPOV: You are coding the automatic doors on your fantasy neovictorian cruiser personal proj… POV: You are coding th…AestheticsThe girl enjoyed seeing Alex Noble and the…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:If you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show.If you like bloody, singing, punning dem…AmusingIn June, 2002, I was blogging about… a female autistic scholars lament, Dr. Seuss, Ortho…In June, 2002, I was blogging…
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:Each building in my #medievalyork simulation has four levels of detail (so that distant ob…AestheticsAny pasta can become a pasta salad when the office microwave stops working!CultureVery interesting adaptation…
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:I dunno what to call this but it really hit the spot.PersonalWe Tried to Do Vanlife Right. It Broke Us Down.Shortly before I got married, my sister …CultureBird flight simulator. The boy goes for altitude and distance, the girl does stunts.In the bird-flight simulator at the Pitt…CybercultureToday's workload…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:Come see Carolyn as “The Girl” in The Fantasticks, Oct 18-27. CultureI am very happy for these folks, who spent 20 or so years tweaking an insanely complex, co… AwesomeCombined, base color, roughness and metallic passes. #Blender3d steampunk control panel. AestheticsHere's how Maria amuses herself on the…
How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper. Similar:Term grades submitted. Homeschool son graduated. Time to breathe.AcademiaLeftovers from the food my colleagues brought in to bribe/reward those few students who sh… Leftovers from the food my colleagues b…AcademiaEvita in Zelionople CultureCanadian teen's short film captures Spring 2020Not graphic, but…