Fan theories are no substitute for critical analysis, yet they have quickly become inseparable for so many readers online. On one hand, it’s (sadly) a small encouragement that there’s any discussion about a movie that already exists, instead of a movie that will open in two years and only has a slew of set photos…
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is usually academics’ first go-to for all things linguistic, and it cites the first occurrence of “you all” in print in 1824, from Arthur Singleton’s Letters from the South and West:“Children learn from the slaves some odd phrases;..as..will you all do this?”This example is important for understanding not only the…
Similar:Come see Carolyn and her talented castmates in The Fantasticks (Theatre Factory, Trafford …PersonalI create five color variations of each #blender3d building I #design, and each of those ha…I create five color variations of each #…AestheticsI'm having scads of fun designing #steampunk control panels. #blender3d #blender3dart…AestheticsAdded an overhead minimap to my #medievalyork #unity3d simulation. #mysteryplayAdded…
In Death of a Salesman, Biff impulsively steals Bill Oliver’s fountain pen. That would be roughly culturally equivalent to a modern Biff swiping a businessman’s custom iPhone case, rather than a modern pen. This history of the ballpoint argues that the new pens cut down on leaks, but in the process made handwriting more physically…
Similar:Stage Right's production of 'Secret Garden' is heart-tugging showIn the Stage Right production, the role …Current_EventsThe Cabaret Theatre (Latrobe) presents Shakespeare's popular Midsummer Supernatural pranksters! mismatched …CultureI have more to do than mark 99 assignments, but this is a nice stopping point.PersonalScreening of "Indentured" (short film the girl and I filmed in January)Personal"I'm a…
Similar:Encounter at Farpoint (Season 1, Episode 1: ST:TNG Rewatch) Picard gathers his crew, hates…Rewatching ST:TNG after almost 20 years….CultureI wish I could credit the designer. This is brilliant.PersonalThis winter I changed my weekday alarm tone to chirping birds. This winter I changed my weekday ala…AestheticsGetting ready to run a ChoiceScript workshop for Computers and…
HI IT’S ME RYAN @ryanqnorth If I climbed into this in the rain to get this picture and now couldn’t get out, what should I do? Hypothetically 2:04 PM – 18 Aug 2015 Source: Dinosaur Comics Creator Stuck in Skate Park Hole Takes His Predicament to Twitter In Real Life Text Adventure Similar:Should your grieving mum see…
We mostly only encounter the phrase “when asked about” in reporting, so when students start writing news reports, they tend to gravitate towards that phrase in order to signal to the world, “I am doing journalism now.” In truth, journalists use that phrase only in very specific circumstances, when omitting it would give a distorted impression of the truth.…
What do employers say they are looking for in new hires? Do they want drones who are good at following instructions and memorizing the “right answers,” who like working by themselves so their perfect grades aren’t threatened by the unpredictability of group work? No. Here’s what employers do look for: Leadership experience Ability to work…
Okay, freshly downloaded app, If you are actually going to force me to upload a profile photo, this screenshot of your error message will be my profile photo. Similar:Computer grading will destroy our schools (says a humanist whose appeal to the humanities …Sadly, the people who are spending (and …AcademiaDaughter Carolyn plays Cherry in Prime Stage's…
Similar:Why No One Clicked on the Great Hypertext StoryIt’s not that hypertext went on to becom…CultureAt the Johnstown Flood Museum. (May 31 1889 the neglected dam at the South Fork Fishing an…At the Johnstown Flood Museum. (May 31 1…CultureFalse equivalency in a copspeak guide to dealing with the mediaPolice chief and writer Cliff Couch know…CultureIn…
It can be scary outside the box. A university is a box that people choose to enter. It can be scary in there, too. I don’t feel like I’m doing my job as a professor if I don’t make students feel at least a little uncomfortable. The ultimate aim, it seems, is to turn campuses…
Dani Girl (Geyer Performing Arts Center, Oct 1-3, 2015) When Dani, a precocious nine year old, loses her hair to leukemia, she embarks on a magical journey to get it back. Simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking, Dani Girl is a tale of life in the face of death, hope in the face of despair, and the…
MACBETH: Okay, but thou wast still born, right?
MACDUFF: No. Untimely ripped.
MACBETH: Okay, but after thou wast ripped, thou wast of woman born.
MACDUFF: I don’t know…
MACBETH: Wast thou ripped from a man?
MACDUFF: No…
MACBETH: Then thou wast of woman born, what’s the problem?
MACDUFF: I think, technically, to be “born” you need to pass through the birth canal.
Similar:Imagine all the people. Just reading their damned syllabus.These are not the rhetorical choices I w…AcademiaThe spoils.PersonalWhy won't the University of Maryland talk about the chocolate milk/concussion study it was…I took note of this University of Maryla…AcademiaCan AI write good novels?I expect that this is probably the year …AcademiaLanguage Log » 25 Questions for Teaching…
Similar:Flying Saucer Irony Amusing"Do Date" vs "Due Date": Do Profs Really Have to Explain the Difference? If there really are teachers who lis…AcademiaHow to Keep Students Writing in the Age of AI Tools In a writing-intensive class, studen…AcademiaProud of My JournosI saw several heads that I recognized, b…AcademiaNew "Adventure" Details from Will Crowther in Mammoth…
Similar:How Russia’s Disinformation Apparatus Ran Aground in UkraineSkillful propagandists always leverage p…CultureLeveling up my skills in #blender3D. Using invisible shapes to cut holes …DesignSpring 2025 Final Grades Submitted!AcademiaInverted Pyramid, #SharpieGate edition Context: Sunday, President Trump twe…Current_EventsRUN. HIDE. FIGHT. Surviving an Active Shooter Event – English – YouTubeDepartment of Homeland Security-funded v…CultureThe Challenger disaster, Jan. 28,…
Vinnie Tresco, Carolyn Jerz, Matthew Hommel, and Kathryn Pretz are in the cast of this playful, intense & inspiring musical. Similar:Headphones, Croutons and RhetoricME (with crouton tongs in one hand and s…CultureHide and Q (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 9) Riker, buffed up by Q, grants desires of the…Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…AmusingSettling in…
Similar:Home Soil (TNG Rewatch: Season 1, Episode 17)The concept was good, and the production…PersonalFatal Encounters: One man is tracking every officer-involved killing in the U.S.Most cops don’t kill the people they’re …CultureA former student contacted me to share her thoughts.A few years ago, I told myself I would s…AcademiaThey're coming in faster than I can…
Nick Bain, 17, was in class one day when he calculated that only “2 1/2 to three hours” was actually useful instruction. So he decided to go out on his own to learn. —NPR Similar:Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy. Freedom of the press is not just impor…CultureAstronauts…