Tweet: Feeling productive. Hammered out eight scripts fo…

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Tweet: So, the correct quote from “Miri” is actually “No…

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The Library Adjacent to My Ethership Control Room Needed Books

For me, summer vacation means spending hours modeling shelves full of antique books in Blender-3D, so that the library adjacent to the bridge in my steampunk ship-of-the-line looks more lived-in. Similar:What Causes the Smell of New & Old Books?Generally, it is the chemical breakdown …AestheticsToday's 10 sq cm of retro #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dartAestheticsNow…

Tweet: Came around the corner and saw my kids huddled on…

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The Humanities: What Went Right?

The search for what went right might take a hard look at the job market for our graduates. One recent survey, by the Web site payscale.com, paints a somewhat depressing picture of salaries, with humanities majors typically earning from $5,000 to $15,000 less than those with undergraduate professional degrees. Fifteen years after graduation, however, the…

Handshakes Really Do Matter

Monday night handshake/eye contact practice. [W]hen was the last time you analyzed your handshake? Consider these questions: If you are a male and you meet a female, who should extend their hand first? If you are a male and you are meeting another male, who should extend his hand first? If you are a female…

My daughter found where all the missing pens and pencils end up

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‘LOL, JK’: Texas teen faces 8 years in prison for making ‘terroristic threat’ online

An Austin, Texas, teenager faces eight years in prison for making a “terroristic threat” after he made a sarcastic comment online about shooting up a school. —Washington Times. Similar:Log Off, You Losers! Electronic Flatulence Must Cease!”Put your hands in your laps. Close your…AcademiaJournalism 101: I fixed this meme for you.I can sympathize with the sentiment,…

Tweet: RT @EKSwitaj: Higher Ed drinking game: every time…

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Shy Preschooler Won’t Say Her Lines in “Peter Pan” Rehearsal (Stage Right! Greensburg)

Little Maggie isn’t so sure she wants to say her line, but during a rehearsal, director/choreographer Renata Marino and the cast of home-schooled children do their best to encourage her. On the night of the show, Maggie steps forward for her big moment. What will happen? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wNFw1gslwU Similar:A pie slice from the ring surrounding the…

Tweet: For an anatomy project, my #geekling made a Vulcan…

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Tweet: Grammar test for 11-year-olds. http://t.co/tVph471…

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Tweet: So proud…my eagle-eyed tween noticed the “James…

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