Rewatching ST:DS9 Picking up where s2e2 “The Circle” left off, as a coup threatens to topple the Bajoran provisional government, Sisko invites his staff to remain on the station despite the Federation’s evacuation orders. Jake is distressed to learn that he and Nog are booked on different ships, heading in different directions. Nog insists their…
Rewatching ST:DS9 Picking up where s2e1 “The Homecoming” left off, Jaro describes Kira’s reassignment as a promotion, and suggests Li will be safer on DS9. Sisko is wary on both counts. Jake finds the sign of The Circle (xenophobic Bajoran extremists) on the door to the Sisko quarters. In a tense scene that gradually turns…
One of many steampunk control panels I’ve designed for pleasure. A couple years ago I designed 64 different variations of dial faces, so whenever I can use a gauge to fill up space, that means I can churn out another section in far less time. Similar:Feeling classy while I lose. Feeling classy while I lose.…
Rewatching ST:DS9 Quark receives a Bajoran earring that gets Kira pumped (for reasons we don’t know just yet). Jake has successfully asked a Bajoran girl out on a date. “I can see you’re not ready to have this conversation yet,” Jake tells his nervous dad. Kira asks Sisko to borrow a runabout, and only reluctantly…
Similar:Yes I do own a copy of the 1975 Star Trek Enterprise blueprints, but this guy annotated hi…PersonalWhen you need to record footsteps on a sidewalk, and the carpeted studio has a brick wall.AmusingIn August, 2002, I was blogging about ebook readers and email in teaching; how urban legen…In August, 2002, I was blogging about…
Similar:I’ll be seeing the final performance tomorrow. @bigstormpcI’ll be seeing the final performance tom…PersonalMailbag: breaking in again » Raph's WebsiteGood advice from Raph Koster to someone …BusinessMy big acting moment in this scene is declining a drink. #indie #filmAmusingfrom “The Poet” by Ralph Waldo EmersonThe poets made all the words, and theref…Aesthetics[2.5] FPS MouseLook ScriptYay,…
I teach Shakespeare in a literature class. I encourage students to call up a college production on YouTube, or listen to a BBC radio adaptation, and read along with their script. However, I remind students that because I’m an English teacher, I’m asking them to focus on the script, not on any individual director’s production…
Similar:Yellow Journalism Did Not Cause the Spanish-American War (Role of Sensationalized Headlin… When a correspondent sent to Cuba to c…AestheticsWho is the more dramatic — my extroverted tween or my philosophical teen?Stoked from a morning show-choir perform…AmusingI'm honestly not sure where that came from.For my summer project, teaching myself t…AestheticsThe Unstoppable Rise of the Digital…
Similar:Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Coloring PagesOver the past few weeks, I spent several…ArtNo filter October mist as I walked up from the parking lot. Not a bad view. Aesthetics"It's called an amphora," the artist says.AestheticsThe Scarlet Letter (Prime Stage)PersonalSummer project: learning the Unity gaming engine.One bedtime about 11 years ago, my 5yo d…PersonalSports Meant…
Similar:Maybe it wasn’t a sensible idea to hold 5 hours of student consultations on the day midter…AcademiaAnniePersonalI actually don't mind Canvas — it just happens to be the course management system I have …AcademiaMy son, volunteering at the local food bank.PersonalThe Penance of Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, by Edwin Austin Abbey.This painting was inspired by…
Similar:Rascals (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 7) Transporter glitch tween-ifies Picar…Rewatching ST:TNG A glowing Space Thing…AmusingUntil next term, I have zero more unmarked assignments. #fistpumpUntil next term, I have zero more unmark…AcademiaThe Best of Both Worlds, Part 2 ( #StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 1) Your res…Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break …PersonalMy…
As a newlywed, when my in-laws were visiting us in Toronto, I picked up a slightly crushed box of Enterprise-D blueprints at a big discount, and proudly showed my prize to my father-in-law. His face brightened, apparently thinking I was *giving* them to him. During the awkward pause that resulted, he reasoned that I was…
Similar:Samaritan Snare (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 17)(Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generati…DramaClassroom Vignette: MLA StyleStudent (shouldering backpack and headin…AcademiaPluto FlybyWhen I was about 10, I wrote to NASA and…Current_EventsJournalism In The Service of Democracy: A Summit Of Deans, Faculty, Students And Journalis…This morning in my mail I found an attra…CybercultureMasked, vaxxed, and settling in…
Rewatching ST:DS9 A candidate for Bajor’s new spiritual leader objects to Keiko’s scientific interpretation of the wormhole. Vedek Winn speaks softly, with a smug serenity that makes her a villain you love to hate, when she sweetly shares her views. With an edge to her voice, Keiko holds her ground: “I don’t teach Bajoran spiritual…
Similar:Do television and electronic games predict children’s psychosocial adjustment?Wow… what a drab, unquoteworthy, unsou…AcademiaDisruptions: Texting Your Feelings, Symbol by SymbolBeing a word-oriented thinker, I don’t h…AestheticsStill More FaceTime FunI realize that video-chatting teenagers …MediaSad that NASA is taking a back seat to a private company, but still nerding over an Americ…BusinessSuddenly Human (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch,…
Similar:Things Past #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 8) Odo confronts his reputation as a…Rewatching ST:DS9 Sisko, Dax, Odo and…AmusingAdam Bard shaves off half his hair and beard on opposite sides for unique driving licence …Something I might want to do one day, be…AestheticsThe chief engineer does not know where the floating lamps are coming…
Similar:Cost of Living (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 5, Episode 20) Alexander's Jolly Holodeck H…Rewatching ST:TNG Who’d love to see ano…EmpathySnowfall at the White House (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour, Jan 7) Tweeted by W…My social media feed was full of people …AestheticsStudents Speak Up: Trust Us With DevicesThe students who are, in the…
Amazing lead: A veterinarian prescribed antibiotics Monday for a camel that lives behind an Iberville Parish truck stop after a Florida woman told law officers she bit the 600-pound animal’s genitalia after it sat on her when she and her husband entered its enclosure to retrieve their deaf dog. —Yousssef Rddad, The Advocate Note that…
Rewatching ST:DS9 Kira is convinced she’s captured a Cardassian war criminal, but Sisko insists on giving him due legal process. Marritza is not on any list of wanted criminals, but he is being treated for a disease that can only have been caused by a mining accident in a notorious labor camp. He is arrogant,…
Similar:Faculty lining up for #SetonHill's "Go Orientation" — new ceremony hands students from th…AcademiaAdam Savage’s 10 Commandments Of MakingAdam Savage took a few minutes today at …AestheticsSpot of sunlight seems to be sliding down an escalator. View t…AestheticsOne Teacher’s Brilliant Strategy to Stop Future School ShootingsEvery Friday since Columbine, one school…CultureWhat kids do when…