I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:More split-screen actinghttp://youtu.be/EGgeZWskEs8DesignLoud as a Whisper (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 5)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…DramaLooking forward in the back room of the officers' pub, in the #steampunk cruiser from…AestheticsBlender 3D Flyover of Fantasy Steampunk Spacecraft When my kids were small, at bedtime…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:Nerdy Rainbow Loom CraftingMy wonderfully geeky tween made these Bl…AestheticsIf you win the very first time you play a game, that means you are skilled and brilliant, …AwesomeUshering The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. @prime_stagePersonalWhen we…
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:Short-range #neovictorian excursion craft, now with glowing power orbs! Over the past year…https://youtu.be/-cJp-kelrL8 AestheticsYes, I spent the last hour designing this brutalist pen…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:They still need work but we have 2 weeks before classes start, so I feel pretty good.They still need work but we have 2 weeks…PersonalIdeal Homeschool Summer Day: Studying Latin, Justifying Nilla Wafers, and Making a Duct Ta…Today, I managed to get…
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:A performance, two auditions and a cast party. #busyweekendPersonalThe Daughter's 21st Birthday Current_EventsMy too-big Android phone stresses the pockets of one of my favorite shirts. My grandmother…PersonalMarching in a parade and watching a patriotic musicalHappy…
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:Learning the hard way, by making mistakes and starting over. The fore section of the fanta… AestheticsIrrational Geographic : snopes.comBoosting the signal. This is a real Nati…BusinessThe Falling Man — 9/11 Suicide PhotographPowerful, painful essay. Worth revisitin…CulturePrime Stage Theatre to end 2018-2019…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Time Squared (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 13)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…PersonalAmenities are limited on a short range excursion craft, but we can still meet for tea in t…AestheticsCrash site and Tower of Voices. Well worth the…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:Students present their research for the Celebration of Writing @setonhilluniversityPersonalThe Bremen Town Musicians (WAOB Audio Theatre) My daughter plays the narrator, my…HumanitiesClassic. So good! #startrek #tosPersonalToday's 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel went pretty fast. At this stage I'm mostly re…One of many steampunk control panels…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:The Bremen Town Musicians (WAOB Audio Theatre) My daughter plays the narrator, my…HumanitiesLittle Green Men #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 4, Episode 8) On Earth in 1947, Quark, Rom…Rewatching ST:DS9 A plot contrivance pa…MediaSnape and Ginny at the…
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:Really, WCCC? AcademiaIf you win the very first time you play a game, that means you are skilled and brilliant, …AwesomeLower Decks (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 7, Episode 15)…
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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