Unmarked papers today. How it started, how it's going.

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So glad to be attending another live theatrical production. @quantumtheatre never disappoints.

Projections, live music, sounds, props, costumes, scene changes, casting, performances… everything spot-on and professional. A moving, deeply relevant story, with lots of flawed characters whose story arcs were rich and engaging. The mystery was well-executed, with subtle details (parallels, echoes, clever misdirection) that amplified the plot twists. Very powerful. I leapt to my feet applauding…

CNN fires Chris Cuomo

This is what an ethical news organization does when one of its employees becomes embroiled in a conflict of interest. No human institution is perfect, and no journalist is perfect. But Cuomo should have known better, and should have acted differently, and is now paying the price.  CNN said Saturday that anchor Chris Cuomo has…

Random eye candy for props in my #Blender3D #retrotech project. Turned two circle logos into shields instead.

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Making more retro props for a #blender3d project. The way to get better at a thing is to do the thing.

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Where is the comma in “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” supposed to go?

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I'm not showing you my email inbox, or my laundry pile, or the state of my soul. Just the ungraded papers in my stack, which I'm managing pretty well.

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I’m really enjoying the embossed labels. #Blender3D (Making props for my fantasy #steampunk starship, as one does.)

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Back in the groove. I should be able to keep this number headed in the right direction until the end of term.

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They’re coming in faster than I can mark them. This number will be higher tonight, so I’m posting this now. More marking tomorrow.

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Into the depths of code. Algorithmic archaeologies and cave fantasies in video games

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Making progress.

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Unmarked assignments. As more keeps coming in, can I reduce that number each day, without bringing work home?

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I'm marking them faster than they come in, which is a good thing. I won't be doing any work tomorrow.

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The world’s oldest story? Astronomers say global myths about ‘seven sisters’ stars may reach back 100,000 years

In cultures around the world, myths about “seven sisters” describe a cluster of stars, but today the naked eye can only discern six stars. What’s up with that? Cultures around the world call the Pleiades constellation ‘seven sisters’, even though we can only see six stars today. But things looked quite different 100,000 years ago.…