Helping students find my office (St. Joseph 403)

Similar:The Incredible Shrinking Ad [The Future Web Is Mobile]Is higher education ready for the switch…AcademiaI have two scenes in a horror film. My head appears in a third scene.During Fall Break, I filmed my scenes fo…AestheticsToday's 10sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dartAestheticsHandshakes Really Do MatterMonday night handshake/eye contact pract…CultureLetter of Recommendation: Fanny PacksWhat…

It’s such a privilege to introduce these young people to Shakespeare’s body of work.

After starting my 200-level “Shakespeare in Context” students on a few sonnets, I assigned Twelfth Night (most had never read a Shakespeare comedy before) and Othello (they loved Iago), and then asked them to sample four different plays — The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta, and Jonson’s…

The Cosmic Brownie fairy has visited my office. Is “brownie fairy” redundant? Thank you anyway.

Similar:Stunning picture of my daughterAestheticsClassic. So good! #startrek #tosPersonalUnmarked assignments. Major drafts came in over the weekend so I lost some ground but I kn…PersonalTake a moment to appreciate these good COVID-19 statisticsMay 1, my state had the third-highest pe…AwesomeI came of age playing too many CD-ROM point-and-click adventure games to ignore these stee…I came…

Students tend to zone out during my lectures on proofreading. I time it so I can say “class dismissed“ as soon as I show that last headline.

Similar:A Book Itself Is a Little Machine: Emily Short's Interactive FictionWords do some things much better than pi…DesignPlease use the microphone at public events (I have an auditory processing disorder and can… Still recovering from this morning’s t…AcademiaIt's Not "Fake News" Just Because You Disagree With ItI use the term “fake news” to refer to…

Henry Bemis waited his whole life to finally read a book. Listen to Lynn Venable’s story, “Time Enough at Last” to learn what happens. Read by Dennis Jerz.

Similar:Office Hours in the Pool Hall My favorite story comes from the week …AcademiaHigh Schooler's Fake Story of Stock Riches Fools New York Editors”If your mother says she loves you, chec…BusinessEthics of standardized testingA blogger who had a much worse day than …AcademiaStories from the Tall Tales Club – Episode 1 The Time ElephantI’ve had…

The chief engineer does not know where the floating lamps are coming from, but he looks great in his leather elbow-patch jacket and pantaloons tucked into high boots with spats. #steampunk #blender3d #neovictorian #unity3d #aesthetics #design

Similar:Brought my in-progress #blender3d project into the #unity3d gaming engine. Plenty of frust… AestheticsFrozen opens tonight. (All shows have been sold out for over a month.)DramaWorld Trade Center Literary and Cultural Reflections (first posted September 11, 2001) Not knowing what else to do, in the nu…AestheticsCan you melt eggs? Quora’s AI says “yes,” and Google…

Hard Time #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 4, Episode 19) O’Brien deals with the implanted memories of a 20-year prison sentence

Rewatching ST:DS9 A haggard O’Brien, with a scraggly beard, is released from an alien prison. He seems disoriented… “I can’t leave. Where would I go to?” A concerned Kira watches as smug aliens infodump that they punish offenders by inserting extended memories of incarceration — twenty years, in O’Brien’s case. Sisko explains to Keiko that…

Look what mysteriously appeared outside my office door!

Similar:Ushering The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. @prime_stagePersonalAnother square of #steampunk control panel eye candy. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #a…AestheticsSalesman at Pittsburgh Public Theatre. PersonalEach building in my #medievalyork simulation has four levels of detail (so that distant ob…AestheticsA merry look at journalism in the classic "The Year without a Santa Claus"PersonalIf you care about things…

ChoiceScript tutorial for making casual, phone-friendly, stats-driven storygames. Choice of the Rhetor.

Similar:Stapler jam during a midterm exam.My years of watching MacGyver definitely…AcademiaAllergic to Grammar ErrorsSource: Cyanide & Happiness (Explosm…AmusingCharlie and the Chocolate Factory Coloring PagesOver the past few weeks, I spent several…Artlittle drops — Why Dove's "Real Beauty Sketches" Video Makes Me Uncomfortable… and Kind …Very insightful…. A reminder that even…AestheticsThe captain will shortly address the…

Rules of Engagement #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 4, Episode 18) Worf is accused of destroying a Klingon civilian ship

Rewatching ST:DS9 After a nightmare featuring dead Klingon children, Worf wakes up in Odo’s security cell. He’s clearly in trouble. A Vulcan admiral convenes a Federation hearing called to explore allegations that, while commanding The Defiant, Worf destroyed a Klingon civilian transport. A Klingon prosecutor, Ch’pok, intends to prove Worf’s negligence, thereby stoking sympathy for…

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

In September, 2003, I was blogging about the emerging fad of internet plagiarism, ethnically diverse anthropomorphic recyclables, EverQuest, and VeggieTales

In September, 2003, I was blogging about What the NY Times called the “campus fad” of Internet plagiarism. “What Does a Professor Do All Day?” (Clearly we are wasting our time whenever we are not standing in front of a classroom.) “Graphic Artist Carefully Assigns Ethnicities To Anthropomorphic Recyclables“ Leni Riefenstahl Dies (although she distanced…

Accession #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 4, Episode 17) Sisko rethinks his role as Emissary when a poet from Bajor’s past claims the title

Rewatching ST:DS9 Bashir reluctantly helps O’Brien clean up before Keiko is due to return after an extended absence. At the family reunion, little Molly points to her mother’s belly and announces she has a little brother. At the request of Kira and her mentor Porta, Sisko blesses a young couple. He’s not thrilled with his…

“The author talks about [topic]” is filler. Your professors want your college-level ideas.

Similar:Updating a handout I originally wrote in 1998. #tech #writingA mechanism description analyzes (that i…Academia“People are much more frightened than they are bigoted,” making his economic message reson…No actor says “My character does this an…BusinessHeadlines: Why editors matter in journalism.Headlines are important. (Send an editor…AmusingWhen an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid From a Clamp, That’s…

Bar Association #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 4, Episode 16) Rom Inspires Quark’s Employees to Strike

Rewatching ST:DS9 As The Defiant returns from an uneventful jaunt in the Gamma Quadrant, Dax teases that Worf is in love… with The Defiant. Bashir and O’Brien, dressed as medieval Irish warriors, prepare for a holosuite adventure. Rom, exhausted and overworked, collapses at the bar. Leeta is concerned, but Quark is just annoyed. Bashir confirms…

T-Shirts for student journalists who recently leveled up to “staff writer”(with bear signed by 20 years of editors)

Similar:Above the Forward Ops conference platform we see the chief engineer's station and a glimps…AestheticsSoldiers and Sailors Memorial and Museum Another visit to Pittsburgh with my his…CultureVery impressive mural has been installed in Admin for SHU’s Centennial.PersonalCat-sitting. Hello, Blue.PersonalThe heir to the throne of Gondor and and a scruffy looking nerf herder are handing out…