Mourning a great leader and role model. Pres. Emerita JoAnne Boyle, RIP

Mourning a great leader and role model. Pres. Emerita JoAnne Boyle, RIP. (Email sent to SHU community a short while ago.) #setonhill Similar:The YouTubers who blew the whistle on an anti-vax plotWhile rational minds worry about the imp…Current_EventsSentence Definition: Species = Genus + DifferentiaJerz > Writing > Technical Writing…AcademiaGetting ready to run a ChoiceScript workshop for Computers…

Ever done a “host your own murder” party? My journ…

Ever done a “host your own murder” party? My journos acted out a campus incident. I game-mastered, emailing updates as they wrote. #LARP Similar:And the girl has succeeded in getting me to wear t…And the girl has succeeded in getting me…TweetsLoved seeing A Comedy of Errors @setonhillLoved seeing A Comedy of Errors @setonhi…TweetsI asked my…

RT @chriscobler: @ap editors tell #apme13 to refus…

RT @chriscobler: @AP editors tell #apme13 to refuse to use White House press release photos. On way home I see this in @Quill_Mag. http://t… Similar:Habits for happiness: tips for looking on the bright side of lifeHabits for happiness: tips for looking o…PersonalParallel structure in writing: Use it!These comic panels cover the issue well….HumanitiesTweet: For an…

Proposal for #cwcon submitted. Not the one I initi…

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“I don’t know how that Jerz guy thinks he’s going to procure an entire library in the middle of the ocean.”

“I don’t know how that Jerz guy thinks he’s going to procure an entire library in the middle of the ocean.” –student who didn’t listen closely to my speech (where I mentioned both a shipboard library and my iPad) in the “Vote to Drown Professors Representing Disciplines That Threaten Your Worldview Lifeboat Debate.” (Not the…

RT @betajames: “I know of no English department in…

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@ZCharisma On my blog I said my wife usually gives…

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My student journos were given one class period to…

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@ZCharisma Oh, now I feel bad.

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xkcd: Headlines

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My geekling is not just pretending to be Spock…

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“Only You” — 11yo Carolyn Sings a Power Ballad from “Starlight Express”

The observation car Pearl sings of her love for Rusty, in the “Like ‘Cats’ but with Trains” show “Starlight Express.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma4FusuIgSM   By the way, that’s a Star Wars Stormtrooper outfit, with pink accents added by my wife. Post by Stage Right. Similar:Writing Effective E-MailTop 10 Tips:  Write a meaningful subject…BusinessKittenwar”May the cutest kitten win…”…