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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:Party Like a Jerz My dad just made us root beer floats.PersonalA performance, two auditions and a cast party. #busyweekendPersonalWhen your January term starts…
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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…
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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:Man arrested in DC with weapons is released; says he made a mistakeA man arrested at DC checkpoint yesterda…CultureThe Nightingale (WAOB Audio Theatre)I haven’t done any audio theatre recordi…AestheticsFolger Shakespeare Library on "The Fate of Ophelia"On my ride into work yesterday, my…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Enjoying a visit with an Austrian imperial commander (ahistorically but magnificently pres…Enjoying a visit with an Austrian imperi…PersonalVirtual debates about homelessness in Sim City hold up a mirror to real lifeBack in 2009, the story of Alice and…
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Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:My English major skills crushed the girl in Bananagrams.Wildcard? You mean quitter tile! GamesKids Turn Bratz into Star Wars Rey DollsSometimes, I catch myself thinking there…AestheticsMonument Valley: Minimal story, but an engaging world and a satisfying ending.I…
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:"Do Date" vs "Due Date": Do Profs Really Have to Explain the Difference? If there really are teachers who lis…AcademiaStudents say "math class is stupid and boring," and they…
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:More #blender3d #steampunk control panel details. #blender3dartAestheticsHappy Easter 2022PersonalCelebration of Writing Fall 2018PersonalI’m not making a serious attempt at recreating specific architecture, just trying to conve…I’m not making a serious attempt at recr…PersonalTopics in Am Lit: August Wilson — Online J-Term course starts Dec 16.PersonalIt appears there…
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