Fancy a game of whist with your nemesis? The prospect of ruin adds piquancy to the pleasure. #indiefilm

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Had a blast watching all the amazing entries in Pittsburgh's 48 Hour Film Festival, but I do have a favorite!

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In October, 2002, I was blogging about stupid space explosions, the superiority complex, why whitespace matters, usability testing, and Krispy Kreme

In October, 2002, I was blogging about The stupidity of explosions in space movies The Chronicle of Higher Education rescues the briefly defunct Arts & Letters Daily The superiority complex An anti-telemarketing script An “I Love Lucy: bible study Why whitespace matters when creating a sign The coming air age of 1955 (as envisioned in…

Weird History offers a good debunking of this persistent myth.

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My mother has taught me so much. I'm delighted I get to sit in her living room and teach her how to text.

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Spring 2023 Grades: Submitted! (I only had 3 last-minute submissions to mark today.)

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Headlines matter. Were they migrants, people who happened to be at a migrant center, pedestrians, or manslaughter victims?

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They grew up in a mostly analog/paper world and squirmed with joy the first time they clicked a hyperlink that they created

Today’s students have many strengths. They are great at collaboration, introspection, and remixing. While my students are very familiar with phone apps, even the English majors who want to be professional writers are not very familiar with the conventions of writing for the World Wide Web. Because their sense of “being online” mostly entails interacting…

AP Style tips on “neurodiversity”

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Family Business (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 23) Quark feuds with his mother (Andrea Martin); Jake introduces his father to a freighter captain

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Two classes will turn in final revisions at midnight Sunday, and final multimedia projects are in the middle of the week, but my most time-sensitive, intellectually demanding marking – giving detailed feedback on rough drafts – is over for the semester.

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