Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Facebook, Now You Remind Me of a Half-Drunk Cocktail Party SchmoozerLast week, Facebook asked me what sports…BusinessShall we dance? The girl tries on her ball gown for The King and I. Her featured show is …DanceUnmarked assignments. As more keeps coming in, can…
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:Masked, vaxxed, and settling in to watch live theaterBarebones is a little black box theater,…BooksI'm not tired of @shu.pippin yet! Final performance is sold out.PersonalSupport the arts in your community! I’m here for the daughter…
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:Friday night. What am I doing? #partylikeaprofAcademiaKeeping it classy. My 20yo son encounters the fruit-eating scene from the 1996 point-and-c…PersonalMy 4Cs StoryI chaired a session on Friday, and gave …AcademiaCarolyn featured on Steel City News for The Nutcracker The credit at 0:30 should read “Caro…AestheticsFinding downtime during orientation…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:Nested (procedurally generated game of expanding drop-down lists)A text game that you play by opening fol…AwesomeMultiple Choice = GoogleNo big surprises here, but this blog pos…AcademiaNASA astronaut: Russians were ‘blindsided’ by reaction to yellow suitsI posted a while back about the yellow…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Crochet octopus for the win! Crazy costume for #pptplaytime Boougie Gentleman (adaptation …PersonalLine breaks are really, really importantI’m sure that whoever wrote this headlin…Current_EventsNutcracker dress rehearsal montage. Carolyn plays the Dew Drop Fairy Saturday at 7.PersonalDress rehearsal for…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:Another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel goodness. #blender3dart #blender3dAestheticsDaily 10sq cm of control panel eye candy. #blender3d #blender3dart #steampunkAestheticsMy son teaching chess to a young pupilCultureRecording Christmas Stories for WAOB Audio TheatreFor WAOB Audio Theater, my family spent …Personal"A Mushroom at Last… A Mushroom Forever"I…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:The Media Bubble is Real — And Worse Than You ThinkIn the early 20th century, print journal…CultureThe stair railings on my #blender3d #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser need some realigning….AestheticsThe Adversary #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 3, Episode 22) A…
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:In July 1999, I was blogging about Dante's ashes, Apollo 11, gender-neutral language, and …In July, 1999, I was blogging about: …CultureFour Academic Plagiarists You've Never Heard Of: How…
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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The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:Among today’s major professional accomplishments: installing this hook. #springbreakMy office door feels more complete now. …AcademiaSix rainbow-colored objects, arranged like THIS?These are shoe-holding racks at a local …AestheticsAnother corner building. Designed and textured. Needs an interior. #blender3d #design #ae…Another corner building. Designed and te…AestheticsA familiar performer choreographed…
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After learning of his AIDS diagnosis, artist Keith Haring created the work, “Unfinished Painting” (1989), which is mostly a blank canvas, with streaks that evoke his own interrupted, incomplete life. Someone who thought it was “so sad” that the painting was unfinished used AI to “complete what he couldn’t finish.” Needless to say, the bot…
Seton Hill students Emily Vohs, Elizabeth Burns, Jake Carnahan-Curcio and Carolyn Jerz in a scene from “Dead Man’s Cell Phone.” This weekend only… opens tonight! Order tickets online at http://www.setonhill.edu/tickets by phone at 724-552-2929, or by mail at SHUPAC Box Office, Seton Hill University, 1 Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg, Pa., 15601-1599. Box Office Hours are…
Inspiration can come to those with the humblest heart. Caedmon the Cowherd believed he had no talent for singing, but the voice in his dream encouraged him. Listen to what he does with it in, “The Cowherd Who Became a Poet,” by James Baldwin. A Production of We Are One Body® Audio Theatre. Read by…
Dr. David von Schlichten honors the spectrum of motivations (not always financial) featured during Seton Hill‘s “Celebration of Scholarship.” Similar:Mom’s Fears About Daughter Leaving For College Channeled Into Fight About Storage BinsImpatiently scanning store shelves while…AmusingIn September, 2001 I was blogging about… With a grant from UWEC, I was able t…AestheticsWhen a Textbook Plagiarizes Your…