… but in real life, not every secret held by a private citizen is newsworthy. 2/2 @CordeliaLogan Similar:Parallel Structure vs. Faulty ParallelismI just touched up a handout on Parallel …HumanitiesTweet: Came around the corner and saw my kids huddled on…Came around the corner and saw my kids h…Tweets10 Rules of Internet – Anil DashA very…
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…TweetsLoved seeing A Comedy of Errors @setonhillLoved seeing A Comedy of Errors @setonhi…TweetsFormer student: "I remember sometimes…
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 colleague, I wouldn’t want to discuss his personal life in a public forum. Similar:Overheard at Quora: "Why after all these years is Moodle still so ugly?"Moodle is a free course-management tool …AcademiaIt's been nice knowing you, iPad3 It’s been nice knowing you, iPad3, but…TweetsProto iPads and…
“2011 called. They want their meme back,” I teased a student w/ a Nyan Cat T-shirt. (I was NOT actually wearing my fanny pack at the time.) Similar:Former student: "I remember sometimes being annoyed with all of our blogging assignments, …A third alum in the last few weeks has c…AcademiaHow hate and misinformation go viral: A case…
Then I realized… I’m a guy who gets excited about grading papers in a park. Similar:A Grave Tale (a short story I narrated for WAOB Audio Theatre)A Grave Tale (WAOB Audio Theatre) Wri…LiteratureI had a grand time recording this little story about a misunderstood genius who just wants… The Cask of Amotillado (read by Denn…CultureI…
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:Julius Ceasar: The Politics of Powerhttps://youtu.be/yhAqqHQ-KNYCultureThe history of Tetris randomizersA pleasantly detailed analysis of how th…CybercultureLaughter and Light Abound in Prime Stage’s “Twelfth Night” Kudos…
Where did this idea of parallel universes come from? Science fiction is an obvious source: in the 1960s, Captain Kirk met his ‘other self’ in a Star Trek episode called ‘Mirror, Mirror’, while Philip K Dick’s novel The Man in the High Castle (1963) imagined an alternate world in which the US was a Nazi…
Word to describe the sorry state of the MLA Job Information List: “@QSlobodian: @pannapacker Jöbberdämmerung.” Similar:Judge: Apple conspired to fix eBook prices.Judge: Apple conspired to fix eBook pric…BooksRT @JordanFor: One of the counters from the Civil…RT @JordanFor: One of the counters from …TweetsParallel structure in writing: Use it!These comic panels cover the issue well….HumanitiesIn Defense…
My son just scoffed at Kirk’s infamous “One to the fourth power” gaffe from #startrek #tos “Court Martial.” Similar:Classroom collaboration marketplaceWhile I am uncomfortable with the whole …BusinessHow hate and misinformation go viral: A case study of a Trump retweetOn Sunday night, President Donald Trump …AcademiaWhat kids do when Dad won't hand over the iPod…
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 belief that if people only were better educated, they'd engage A few hours after the horrifyi…AcademiaThe First Duty (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch,…
After attending a performance of Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pepys wrote in his diary: “Insipidest. Play. Ever.” (Or words to that effect.) Similar:All those fights over late-arriving mail ballots were much ado about very littleJust in case you haven’t been thinking l…CultureVoiceover artist Gayanne Potter urging ScotRail to remove her voice from new AI announceme…When I…
Club Fair at @setonhill Griffins, get involved! (Free Starbursts at the @SetonianOnline table.) http://t.co/aAFylsl425 Similar:I'm no longer surprised, but still want to document.This is really noteworthy. Today the Pre…Current_EventsParallel structure in writing: Use it!These comic panels cover the issue well….HumanitiesHabits for happiness: tips for looking on the bright side of lifeHabits for happiness: tips for…
When I was interning at a radio station in the late 80s, the power went out. A generator kept the station on the air, but with no computers or phones, we had no news to report. As it happened, I had brought a copy of the university paper with me. The news director pointed me…
For Apple, “change” no longer refers to revolution. It refers to fashion. Apple is becoming more like Prada and less like Edison. This has been the case for some time, it was just harder to notice as the iPhone was undergoing large-scale adoption. But in retrospect, Steve Jobs’s keynotes functioned more like catwalks than like…
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:Chess tournament final pairing. (He’s currently tied for 2nd.)PersonalTrump Is Making Journalism Great AgainLong gone are the days when the media wo…CultureVideo-Game Violence Is Now a Partisan…
She was a rookie in the autumn of 2001, the first female F-16 pilot they’d ever had at the 121st Fighter Squadron of the D.C. Air National Guard. [….] She had her hand on the throttle of an F-16 and she had her orders: Bring down United Airlines Flight 93. The day’s fourth hijacked airliner…
@setonhill Fall Honors Convocation receiving line. #tradition http://t.co/Wg7D9DaEx4 Similar:Yes, I do feel rather awesome right now.Lost brand-new earbuds. Reached in pocke…PersonalParallel structure in writing: Use it!These comic panels cover the issue well….HumanitiesClassroom collaboration marketplaceWhile I am uncomfortable with the whole …BusinessJudge: Apple conspired to fix eBook prices.Judge: Apple conspired to fix eBook pric…BooksOverheard at Quora:…
On 9/11/2001, I was remote enough from the tragedies that I managed to hold together pretty well, until that night, when my son, who was 3, asked me to read him this book. I recently noticed that the cover has been redesigned. Similar:‘Tentacles squelching wetly’: the human subtitle writers under threat from AIArtificial intelligence is…
Powerful, painful essay. Worth revisiting. In the picture, he departs from this earth like an arrow. Although he has not chosen his fate, he appears to have, in his last instants of life, embraced it. If he were not falling, he might very well be flying. He appears relaxed, hurtling through the air. He appears…