I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:Really enjoyed watching Your Name with the family. Visuals hooked me, but the story kept m…AestheticsWhen your January term starts Dec 18. #partylikeaprofAcademiaIntroduction to The Skin of Our Teeth (optimistic, absurdist metatheater; Thornton Wilder,…https://youtu.be/1okt8MIVTtsAcademiaPublic service announcement! If you are feeling awkward at a social…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:Happy ice cream turkey cake day. Aesthetics"The plain fact is that the planet does not need more successful people. But it does …PersonalBrought my in-progress #blender3d project into the #unity3d gaming engine. Plenty of frust… AestheticsIt will…
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:In September, 2003, I was blogging about the emerging fad of internet plagiarism, ethnical…In September, 2003, I was blogging about…CultureStar Trek Beyond was…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Once on This Island (Stage Right! Greensburg; May 11 & 12 Promo Video)The girl plays Ti Moune in “Once on This…CultureSnape and Ginny at the Hogwarts Club event.PersonalThe Daughter's 21st Birthday Current_EventsTheir faces when another dad joke drops. See The Fantasticks today…
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:Blender 2.8 Released. Please leave us alone together for a few days.I’ve been using the beta for months, but…CybercultureThe amazing daughter is featured in the ads for this commercial dance event. The amazing daughter is…
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:The barbican at Mickelgate was pulled down in the 1800s but I made a rough approximation f…The barbican at Mickelgate was pulled do…PersonalRecording my lines for a student escape room project.PersonalYes I do own a copy of the 1975 Star Trek Enterprise blueprints, but this guy annotated hi…PersonalAudisee…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:Classroom collaboration marketplaceWhile I am uncomfortable with the whole …BusinessCharles Schulz's Letter About Democracy, Discovered 50 Years Later | KQEDJoel Lipton, 10 years old at the time, w…ArtA few Dwarven Moments in Stage Right's Snow WhiteThe dwarf scenes were a real hoot.…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Where the press is free, and every man able to read, all is safe. —Thomas JeffersonEducationHeart of Glory (TNG Rewatch, Season 1 Episode 20)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…MediaToday's lunarbaboon… there might be something in my eye. Hey!…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:Hanging with the rude mechanicals @setonhilluniversityA Midsummer Night’s Dream.CultureCome see Carolyn as “The Girl” in The Fantasticks, Oct 18-27. CultureMe as a highshool photo-bomber, I presume at the cast party for The Music Man.DramaLooking in on the officers' wardroom (conference and dining) one deck above the main…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:New Renaissance Theatre Company's The Merry Wives of Windsor (in rep with The Tempest…PersonalYesterday my wife took this last known picture of our two teenagers. The boy is 20 today. PersonalWriting a Cutline (Caption) for the News: Three…
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:Unnatural Selection (ST:TNG Rewatch Season 2, Episode 7)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…MediaHere for the daughter.AcademiaIt's Science! Carolyn Uses Anastasia's Lip Balm KitMy friend Anastasia gave me a home-made…
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:Report to the bridge so the captain can assess your virtual upholstery skills. #blender3d …AestheticsMany of these individual steampunk control panel elements are repeated, but I've arranged …AestheticsOpens Wednesday.PersonalYeet with Emily Dickinson (according to my auto-correct}PersonalMy student journos are meming it like bosses.PersonalThis weekend! GeyerPAC.comPersonal
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:Twittering The MachineI’ve never been a phone guy. My vo…AcademiaToday's 10sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dartAestheticsSibling Affection and Paternal Abstraction as Drawn By a Six-Year-Old; or, Aren't My Daugh…My six-year-old daughter is a very visua…AmusingThe ballroom of my #steampunk fantasy space cruiser is now a…
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