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Showcase of 60 Free Horror Fonts For Graphic Designers

I think that should be “typefaces,” but I’m a pedantic bore. Showcase of 60 Free Horror Fonts For Graphic Designers. Similar:Candyland is a masterpiece of game design (John Brieger unpacks the specific cultural cont… AestheticsWonderful Retro Control Panel in Seton Hill University Dining RoomI gather the purpose of these consoles -…AcademiaChurning Out More Non-profit Arts…

Angry 10yo Edits the Paper Heart She Gave Her Mother

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Yes, it’s happening here at Seton Hill. Quidditch.

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Journalism Warning Labels

Stick these on a copy of your future birdcage liner if you spot any of the many sins of journalism. Be on the lookout for bias, plagiarism, poor sourcing, and hype. Journalism Warning Labels « Tom Scott. Similar:The Media Pyramid: “Any content where ideology leads to falsehood is bad for you.”You Are the Media You…

Kids Play the Way Scientists Work

Toddlers, multiple experiments have shown, can test hypotheses about how machines work—for example, they can figure out which blocks made a machine play when some but not all blocks trigger the toy. We have to be careful, though. This exploratory, quasi-scientific approach to the world doesn’t last if adults teach kids to do something else: Kids will let adult…

The Writing Revolution

When a failing high school tries to reinvent itself, it turns to writing — with amazing results. At my own high school, our science teacher was a retired nuclear submarine admiral who used to say, “Give me students who can read and write, and I can teach them to pilot a nuclear submarine.” So I’m…

KLINGON STYLE (Star Trek Parody of PSY – GANGNAM STYLE)

Silly fun, just in time for the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation. via KLINGON STYLE (Star Trek Parody of PSY – GANGNAM STYLE) – YouTube. Similar:Facebook’s push of “related articles” to users without checking credibility draws fireThe links under your friend’s post got y…CybercultureProphet Motive (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 16)…

Winky Winky Drudge Report

The Drudge Report today features an amusing array of images — Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Hilary Clinton, and Russian President Vladimir Putin — all of them winking. Clearly the nonverbal message is that all these people — who are unpopular with the conservative populist base to which Matt Drudge caters — are working together. The…

Passing On a Torch

I recently introduced my kids to “The City on the Edge of Forever.” Here’s another dad, writing about introducing his kids to classic Star Trek. But they aren’t just younger versions of me; they pick up on stuff I didn’t at their age.  After a few episodes, The Girl asked “why don’t the girls get…

A Hazard Of New Fortunes: On Bernstein’s ‘Attack Of The Difficult Poems’

Bernstein recognizes the affect that difficulty first releases — anxiety, reluctance, the deep breath as one gathers resolve to do something difficult, such as read a poem known for its difficulty. His performance includes several masks, switching the impression to a generic Dr. Phil (“Difficult poems are not like this because of something you as…

A few Dwarven Moments in Stage Right’s Snow White

The dwarf scenes were a real hoot. Below is a shot of me as Brandybuck, the crabby 2nd-eldest dwarf. It was a genius move to put some of the funniest lines into this iconic death scene.   Similar:Forgotten closet box: powder blue summer suit with a crisp 1990 $10 bill in the pocket and…The chunky…

Elderly woman who botched religious fresco demands royalties – Telegraph

The elderly Spanish woman who ruined a religious fresco with her botched restoration is now demanding royalties from her work after it became an unlikely tourist attraction. An internet petition to keep the repair job garnered widespread support and seizing an opportunity to swell its coffers, the church began levying a 4 euro (£3) entrance…

Snow White: The Musical Opens Friday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiIRCoHoNv0 Choreographer and actor Renata Marino talks about creating a dance number for her character, the evil queen. The video also includes a clip of Elly Noble (Snow White) and Vinny Tresco (Prince Edward) singing a duet. Show runs at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg, Pa. Sept 21-23. www.stagerightgreensburg.com   Similar:Timeline of Donald J. Trump's…

Grammar Girl : How Do You Tell If Something Is True? :: Quick and Dirty Tips ™

Thanks for the link, Karissa. The article begins, “It used to be we thought that people who went around correcting other people’s grammar were just plain annoying. Now there’s evidence they are actually ill, suffering from a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder/oppositional defiant disorder (OCD/ODD). Researchers are calling it Grammatical Pedantry Syndrome, or GPS.” The Hallmarks…