Similar:If You Check the Source of an Inspirational Prayer You Shared on Social Media, You Might B…I needed this prayer yesterday. I checke…AmusingMy Polish grandmother used to bake these cookies, which my wife picked up at a Ukranian fe… My grandmother shaped …AestheticsAcademics want to preserve video games. The game industry is fighting them in…
Similar:Shy Preschooler Won't Say Her Lines in "Peter Pan" Rehearsal (Stage Right! Greensburg)Little Maggie isn’t so sure she wants to…Drama''Uh…''And yes, Liz’s face registers the shift …AestheticsFact check: Trump lies about CNN at Mississippi rallyI tell my journalism students they won’t…Current_EventsThe Rhetoric of Anthems and the Drama of KneelingI don’t follow sports, so I don’t…
Similar:‘Unexpected item’: how self-checkouts failed to live up to their promiseBusinesses still fret over these issues,…BusinessIn August, 2001 I was blogging about… Broken Links and Poor Information Ar…AestheticsHow Literature Became Word Perfect There can be no true distinction drawn …CyberculturePreemptive Strike (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 7, Episode 24) Lt. Ro's loyalties are te… Rewatching ST:TNG…
According to Foley artist Stefan Fraticelli, who’s worked on TV shows like “Parks and Recreation” and “Fargo” and movies like the “Conjuring” series, footsteps are the most challenging sound for a Foley artist to master. Finding the right footwear, surface, and sync is not always straightforward. Similar:9 Photography Tips (Steve McCurry) 9 Photography TipsAestheticsGettysburg…
Similar:Merry Christmas 2018PersonalEditorial: Video Games and The Great Train Robbery Through the development of crosscuttin…AestheticsFrozen (Greensburg Civic Theatre, Greasepaint Players)DramaReading a Classic American Play to My Daughter BooksThe annual patriotic showing of #1776 has begun.CultureGame night at our local library.Games
In April, the FBI raided an ABC journalist’s apartment. James Gordon Meek abruptly resigned, and his former colleagues say they haven’t seen him for months. Rolling Stone just broke this story. Multiple sources familiar with the matter say Meek was the target of an FBI raid at the Siena Park apartments, where he had been living on…
Similar:Can't upload photos to Facebook from my MacBookI spent 30 minutes trying to upload abou…CybercultureDelightful #steampunk #neovictorian control panel. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aesth…One of many steampunk control panels I’v…Aesthetics#Blender3D rendition of the bridge of the æthership that featured in the musical #steampun…PersonalSigma Tau Delta English Honors Society induction ceremony. Congratulations new members. #s…PersonalMerry Christmas 2018PersonalDo…
Similar:A vacation minibar story from 20 years ago.PersonalChatGPT Can't Kill Anything Worth PreservingMany are wailing that this technology sp…AcademiaAnother section of a #steampunk control panel. Useful for a cutaway shot after a character…AestheticsFall 2023 Grades: Submitted! AcademiaSomeone I know very well is in the trailer for Midnight (2020)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5BczlGs…CultureThe Best Argument for Studying English? The Employment…
Similar:The ‘Cancelling’ of Flannery O’Connor? It Never Should Have HappenedI regularly teach Flannery O’Connor, and…AcademiaStoryNexus: building your own adventure gamesIf you’re a veteran gamer you’ll remembe…CybercultureI Don’t Know Why Everyone’s in Denial About College Students Who Can’t Do the ReadingIn my lit classes, I’m definitely teachi…AcademiaThe Days of Microsoft Internet Explorer Are Numbered—But Its Sorry Legacy…
Similar:British Politician begins reciting colonial-era Kipling poem in in Myanmar templeAfter the UK ambassador cut off his reci…CultureBook geyser. My latest #Blender3D practice.In a peaceful grassy setting, a geyser o…AestheticsStudying STEM Isn’t The Career Boost We ThinkTurns out, getting a STEM education may …AcademiaWriting for the Godless: Flannery O’Connor on Dogma, Belief, and the Difference…
Similar:When Perception Trumps Reality: Republicans aren't nearly as rich as Democrats estimate. D…Democrats wildly over-estimate the perce…AcademiaWho choked up while reading aloud Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” during a lesson on creative nonf…Who choked up while reading aloud Sagan’…PersonalUnmarked assignments. As more keeps coming in, can I reduce that number each day, without …PersonalIn a hole…
Rewatching ST:DS9 An accident aboard a transport arriving at the station rattles Kai Winn and seriously injures Vedek Bareil. Winn suspects the accident may have been sabotage, infodumping to Sisko that Bareil is crucial to the success of secret peace talks with Cardassia. Winn admits that since she won the election as Kai, her former…
A text game that you play by opening folders. Similar:Student: “Just wanted to let you know that your class has benefited me outside of just lit…In my online class on literary dystopia,…AcademiaThe Case Against High-School Sports”I’ve been in hundreds of classrooms,” s…CultureThe Myth of ‘Learning Styles’The discourse around “learning styles” (…AcademiaWhy Did Dial-Up Modems Make…
Similar:Fall 2023 Grades: Submitted! AcademiaIn Which I Ask a Hard-working Journalism Student to Consider UndeadlinesA student recorded this interaction on h…AestheticsClickbait Tactics Drive the Writing of Headlines on ABC NewsI probably should not be surprised, but …BusinessJournalists are vital to the health of a free nation. #firstamendnent #freepressPersonalI just realized I've been misspelling and mispronouncing…
Similar:The Best Word Book Ever, 1963 and 1991.As a child, I obsessed over many Richard…BooksConfessions of a Nerdy Homeschooling DadAre you unexpectedly home-schooling your…CultureFBI admits flaws in hair analysis over decadesSo what if a WaPo story about huge flaws…Current_EventsThe Feynman TechniqueTo master a topic, pretend you are teach…DesignBattle Lines (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode…
Similar:Tricking the eye to see 3D details in geometrically flat surfaces for my #steampunk #blend… AestheticsVery interesting adaptation of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. #pptlaytime @thepublicpghCultureTop U800. #chesstournamentPersonalThe News from Ferguson – Live, on Twitter[I]t turns out that Twitter is not just …AcademiaMy big brother and my son facing off in chess. I am totally outclassed…
Similar:The Child (TNG Rewatch: Season 2, Episode 1)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…CultureBlog ten-beat lines of verse, like Shakespeare wrote. Blog ten-beat lines of verse, like Sha…AcademiaExplore Geotagged Wikipedia Pages as a Text Adventure GameFor humans who like browsing through Wik…AmusingJimmy Kimmel Reveals "Worst Twerk Fail EVER – Girl Catches Fire" PrankBrilliant. The combination of a…
Similar:Writing IndexJerz > About > Dennis G. Jerz [ P…AcademiaWhat would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood? @shu_hog… AmusingI remember these young people. I remember these young people. PersonalAn Academic Conference Where YOU are the Hero: Interactive Fiction in Print and OnlineI wish I had known about this in advance…AcademiaAm I a…
Similar:NASA Releases New Earthrise ImageNASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO…AestheticsGraduation procession #classof2017PersonalAdding detail to a #steampunk control panel workstation. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #b…AestheticsStar Trek Graphic Design: Six journalists and surprising discoveries about their agency lo…After an intense 2 weeks prepping for fa…AestheticsMaking progress.PersonalMy son (black) has captured better pieces, but my brother (white) has a better position. C… Personal
In June, 2002, I was blogging about A female autistic scholar’s lament The origins of Horton Hears a Who A NatGeo article on the media-saturated life of Iowa college students The function of “er” in speech A Pravda article on parallels between Orthodox Christianity and computer programming Dr. Toast’s Amazing World of Toast (I really…