My older brother falls to my son's chess skills.
Checking out of @frontporchtheatricals Grand Hotel. What an experience!
My brother had already planned to visit from Virginia to see Carolyn in the closing of Grand Hotel. We were already driving to the theater when we got word that Aunt Rona is visiting yet another cast member, and the final show is cancelled. So we stopped by Julie’s Bubble Tea and Smoothies for a…
More #steampunk control panel goodness. #blender3d #blender3dart #aesthetics
When you hear your daughter the understudy is going on for a sold-out show. Live theater is unpredictable! @frontporchtheatricals
I just looked up the context for the bald guy dropping the chili.
I guess I was expecting something like Seinfeld with a studio audience guffawing or maybe a wobble-noise sound effect followed by sad trombones but oh my, that clip is a masterclass in storytelling and I am an awful person for laughing this hard.
I’d like to speak to the manager. Yes, I’ll wait right here.
The manager is of course somewhere else in the store, presumably managing, so it takes a while for her to come to the front desk. She has her game face on. The young employee who paged her for me looks on. “Maybe this is a dumb thing, and if so I apologize for calling you…
Do you remember Harry Monster counting with adorable little John-John? Watch this 2 min clip until the end…. it’s worth it!
This @sesamestreet moment will bring you joy pic.twitter.com/bsAZd7hdI5 — Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) August 21, 2022
Equilibrium (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 4) Grumpy, newly musical Dax hallucinates about masks; Sisko discovers a Trill homeworld secret
Rewatching ST:DS9 Sisko is cooking for his staff. Jake is serving cheerfully. Bashir dislikes beets. Odo doesn’t eat but wants to stir; Kira calls him “cute.” Dax says none of her hosts ever had any musical ability, yet she starts to plunk out a tune on a keyboard, as if recalling a memory. Later she’s…
Many familiar faces in this cast but this one is my favorite. Sold out opening of Grand Hotel. @frontporchtheatricals
Think Like A Journalist | Kelsey Samuels | TEDxPlano
Thinking about the new semester vs. Creating submission slots in Canvas
Finding downtime during orientation week is not a walk in the park. Except when the downtime is, in fact, a walk in the park.
August Wilson House officially opens in Pittsburgh’s Hill District
The August Wilson House officially opened over the weekend in a tearful and emotional ceremony, bringing over 500 residents, celebrities, officials, and local Black leaders to Pittsburgh’s Hill District. The Bedford Avenue childhood home of Hill District native August Wilson, one of the greatest playwrights in history, was unveiled as a new community arts center,…
Liz Fosslien's insightful comic on unhealthy conflict vs. healthy conflict.
The Wedding Present
I’m approaching day 900 in my Duolingo adventure in German. (I have no practical reason for this study. It was a routine I could keep up during the COVID-19 lockdown.) Latin is seductive—the consummate logic of its syntactical cases, the mercurial dance of the ablative absolute. It retains muscle in its ruins (Cicero) and tragic…
State officials: Bushy Run staff must consult with Native groups before staging reenactments
When my kids were younger, trips to Busy Run (and other local historical sites) were often a big part of starting a new year of home-schooling. If historic Bushy Run Battlefield Park intends to host future reenactments or programs portraying Native Americans, park management first will have to consult with appropriate Native groups. That’s the…
Looking forward to another visit to Illyria. Support humans who create art in your community! #livetheater @pooryoricksplayers
GenZ prefers searching with TikTok, Instagram over Google
Educating myself about how today’s college students search for information online. 1) TikTok shows them relevant content FASTER than Google. The algorithm knows them WELL, and they love that. — Adrienne Sheares (@AdriSheares) August 12, 2022
The House of Quark (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 3) Quark accidentally kills a deadbeat Klingon
Rewatching ST:DS9 On a slow night at the bar, Quark grumbles expositionally to Rom (reminding viewers of recent story arc developments). A drunken Klingon assaults Quark, then falls on his own knife. To attract a crowd (and customers), Quark embellishes: he killed Kozak in self-defense. O’Brien comes home to find a pensive Keiko philosophizing expositionally…