RT @Historiator: “The man who loved alien landscap…

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… but in real life, not every secret held by a p…

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Very true! If this were a TV show with a reporter…

Very true! If this were a TV show with a reporter hero, these documents would uncover a huge conspiracy… 1/2 @CordeliaLogan Similar:And the girl has succeeded in getting me to wear t…And the girl has succeeded in getting me…TweetsDesert Bus: The Worst Video Game Ever CreatedPenn and Teller are involved with this s…BooksRT @PhilKomarny: A…

Death of an adjunct

Attention must be paid. Meanwhile, in the past year, her teaching load had been reduced by the university to one class a semester, which meant she was making well below $10,000 a year. With huge out-of-pocket bills from UPMC Mercy for her cancer treatment, Margaret Mary was left in abject penury. She could no longer…

@CordeliaLogan If he were real, and had been my co…

@CordeliaLogan If he were real, and had been my colleague, I wouldn’t want to discuss his personal life in a public forum. Similar:What kids do when Dad won't hand over the iPod So I’m not being selfish… this is …EducationShe doesn't have keys or a phone or an ID. Why does my tween need a…

“2011 called. They want their meme back,” I teased…

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I was briefly excited that Turnitin.com’s new app works in a park with no WiFi

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14 Machines That Were Brilliant in 1985

I used something very similar to this shoulder-bag mobile phone when I interned at a radio news station my junior year in college. —14 Machines That Were Brilliant in 1985. Similar:One deck below the bridge, the chief engineer coordinates with his technical heads here at…AestheticsHello, Dolly! (Apr 27, 28 & 29, Palace Theater, Greensburg)”65 kids…

Word to describe the sorry state of the MLA Job In…

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My son just scoffed at Kirk’s infamous “One to the…

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The “Monsters, Inc” company play helped me teach Shakespeare

Today the awkward but delightful “Monsters, Inc” company play helped me explain why Shakespeare put the awful “Pyramus and Thisby” play after the main plot has resolved in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. http://t.co/WSXD943LpG Similar:The Die Is Cast (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 21) Garak's mentor leads a pres…Rewatching ST:DS9 After the recap of …CultureThe…

Insipidest. Play. Ever. –Pepys, on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Sort of.

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Club Fair at @setonhill Griffins, get involved! (F…

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Dennis G. Jerz | Associate Professor of English -- New Media Journalism, Seton Hill University | jerz.setonhill.edu

I told them to put their name on both pages.

I told them to put their name on both pages. 6 of 22 forgot. I had to do handwriting forensics to match the orphan pages. I hate quizzes. Similar:Students whom I haven't met yet… Students whom I haven’t met yet, I’l…AcademiaProcession #classof2017PersonalDetails like headlines matter. Journalists should work hard to avoid being misread.If you were…

@setonhill Fall Honors Convocation receiving line….

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