atari-and-controllers

—atari-and-controllers (jackrabbit.etsy.com) Via join the dots. Similar:Ben Franklin Sings about Your Rights as a PhotographerIf you’re legally present on a public st…AmusingI can’t fix this broken world but I guess I did okay using #blender3d to model this wedge-…  AestheticsCarolyn Jerz featured on Tap Titans TodayI love watching my daughter perform. Her…AestheticsThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the…

To Do

To Do (Jerz’s Literacy Weblog) 5: The number of proposals I’ve sent off in the last 24 hours. (Well, one I had drafted weeks ago, and another consisted of me answering the phone and saying “Yes,” but still…. ) Feels like a pretty good day. To do: Share with colleagues draft of revised senior portfolio for…

LOL Trek

—Stephen Granade —LOL Trek (Live Granades) I was vaguely aware of the lolcats phenomenon, which involves remediating the famous “Hang in there, baby” cat poster as if the cats themselves were writing the captions. Never did I expect it to be unleashed on the beloved Star Trek episode “The Trouble with Tribbles” (which has earned it…

Map of Online Communities

—Map of Online Communities (XKCD: A Webcomic of Romance, Sarcasm, Math, and Language) Thanks, Josh, for the suggestion. (This is just an excerpt from the full map.) I’m going to have to give this site some attention when grades are in… I wish the artist could draw people instead of stick figures, but the jokes are…

White-On-White Violence Claims Life Of Accounts Receivable Supervisor

“We believe the victim was assaulted after hours Friday by an unknown individual or individuals,” a Columbia County sheriff’s departmaent spokesman said. “Though autopsy results are still pending, we believe the victim suffered fatal head trauma after his face was immobilized against the glass of a photocopier and repeatedly struck with the machine’s cover.” —White-On-White…

I Think, I Want, I Know, I Feel, I Google

I Think, I Want, I Know, I Feel, I Google (Jerz’s Literacy Weblog) Google Hits: I think (369,000,000) I want (275,000,000) I know (257,000,000) I feel (128,000,000) I hate (51,200,000) I love (270,000,000) Similar:Students are trusting software like this to do their work.  The technology will continue t…CultureA Matter of Time (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 5,…

Web photo haunts graduate

The picture shows Stacy Snyder of Strasburg wearing a pirate hat while drinking from a plastic “Mr. Goodbar” cup. The photograph taken during a 2005 Halloween party was posted on Snyder’s MySpace Web page with the caption “Drunken Pirate.” “The day before graduation, the college confronted me about the picture,” Snyder said Thursday. “I was…

Did 'Dateline' Push Cho Too Far?

Surely, Cho’s diseased mind was prepped and primed to commit mass murder, at some point. But did NBC’s show, the night before, serve as his prompt? In his afflicted state, did that “Dateline” installment push him over the edge? It’s unlikely that we’ll ever know. Yet, the numerous similarities between the Hyde and Cho stories…

Allen Lee's essay

“So I had this dream last night where I went into a building, pulled out two P90s and started shooting everyone?, then had sex with the dead bodies. Well, not really, but it would be funny if I did.” Umm, yeah, what to wright about?? I’m leaving to join the Marines and I really don’t…

One Iota of Difference

One Iota of Difference (Jerz’s Literacy Weblog) *Sigh.* I’ve already fixed the one I found on Wikipedia. Similar:My meme about the distracted boyfriend memeAmusingCelebration of Writing Fall 2018PersonalI broke the garage door when I left for work this morning. Fixed it when I got home.PersonalI apologize for this one. R2-D2 stars in Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical…

Floyd Collins

Floyd Collins was a caver who became trapped in Sand Cave on January 30th, 1925 50m from the entrance by a 26 1/2 pound rock. He was found and provided with food and media attention until February 4 when a further collapse cut him off, leading to frantic tunneling attempts, but he was found dead…