For some reason, I saw a bump in traffic to a page that linked to a “make-your-own-Trump-executive order” page

This sort of thing was funnier back in 2017. Similar:Fancy iPad Holder with Compartment For Storing Your BabyFisher-Price enters the Apple aftermarke…AestheticsChoosing Carolyn's HeadshotWhich of these headshots do you like bes…AestheticsWhat Khan Academy's Fun, Free Learning Empire Has to Do with Dystopian Social Control Over the Christmas break, I’ve been ch…AcademiaBeautiful News Writing: "Rampaging rooster attacks girl."I…

How I Learned What I Learned (featuring Wali Jamal)

Carving out some time to enjoy this show as I prep to teach the Pittsburgh Cycle @SetonHill Similar:Is this why oldsters love nostalgia? I’m 50. I’m in my office casually sharp…CultureMedea at Seton Hill University.CultureThe hidden billion-dollar cost of repeated police misconductThe story notes that when police departm…CultureHas life in the age of casual magic…

Visiting the #scienceofpixar exhibit @kaminsciencecenter

Similar:Mars Is a Hellhole: Colonizing the red planet is a ridiculous way to help humanity.Some of Elon Musk’s stunts have caught m…BusinessNovel defined: a term used by some students to mean “any text we study in English class”AcademiaThere are many Star Wars references in Dani Girl, so I made this tribute to Tom Jung's 197…CultureMeridian…

Quick visit to see my mother and siblings.

Similar:In September, 2003, I was blogging about the emerging fad of internet plagiarism, ethnical…In September, 2003, I was blogging about…CultureOpen Source College Math BookOne day last year, David Lippman got an …AcademiaIn October, 2000, I was blogging about bobbed hair, Woolf, a CFP for interactive fiction s…In October 2000, I was blogging about …CultureThe reception…

Things Past #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 8) Odo confronts his reputation as a hero of the resistance

Rewatching ST:DS9 Sisko, Dax, Odo and Garak return from a conference on the Cardassian occupation of Bajor, where Garak got flak for his pro-Cardassian bias, and Odo is uncomfortable with his own reputation as a hero.  They’re in a runabout, so it’s no surprise that a plot contrivance particle field hits them before the opening…

Trials and Tribble-ations #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 6) Trivial Time Travel Tribble Tribute

Rewatching ST:DS9 Strait-laced time cops arrive on the station to demand “just the truth, Captain.”  Sisko’s voice-over informs us that on a trip to recover a Bajoran Plot Contrivance Orb, the Defiant picks up a passenger who would be strangely familiar to anyone who had seen any of Paramount’s extensive promotion for this episode, scheduled…

The daughter missed her graduation ceremony because she was performing in Kinetic Theatre’s A Sherlock Carol.

The daughter missed her graduation ceremony because she was performing in Kinetic Theatre‘s A SHERLOCK CAROL. Thank you, David Whalen for officiating in this “irregular” backstage ceremony! Similar:Multimodal Composing, Sketchnotes, and Idea GenerationUsing the mixed media of sketch notes, a…AcademiaiMovie Glitch: Unplug Removable Media before Using iMovieI spent a few hours today working on a…

This was a rough term. Still have a winter term course to publish before midnight but time for a break.

Similar:Cliffhanger from ST:TNG Best of Both Worlds. I haven't made time to watch TNG in probably …The cliffhanger for Star Trek: The Next …HistoryI had a grand time recording this little story about a misunderstood genius who just wants… The Cask of Amotillado (read by Denn…CultureThe Digital-Humanities BustDinosaurs evolved into birds. Not all of…AcademiaFind yourself…

Couples in successful relationships always use these 6 phrases: ‘You’ll grow stronger both individually and as a unit,’ therapist says

“If you and your partner regularly use these phrases, it’s a sign that you’re already a mentally strong couple,” (psychotherapist Amy Morin) says. “And if you don’t yet, you can start implementing them and find that you’ll grow stronger both individually and as a unit.” —MSN “I’m going to tell you something that may be…

Students are trusting software like this to do their work.

  The technology will continue to improve so that that simulated gymnastics videos will look less and less bizarre, but people who can use AI to create flawless gymnastics videos aren’t actually learning gymnastics. No human being will become a better gymnast thanks to a better AI simulation of a gymnastics routine. More convincing AI-generated…

My brother drove my mother in to see Carolyn in tonight’s opening night Kinetic Theatre production of A Sherlock Carol.

Similar:Professoring. With an(other) apple pie cupcake.I touched up and board-ified a presentat…AcademiaQuoth the ramen, "Eat some more!"PersonalOn the way to the theater for the show! Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd.PersonalAll the Classroom’s a StageSome good observations in this essay. As…AcademiaThe girl as Gimli, Legolas, Aragorn and Thorin. #proudofthegirl #notentirelysurewhy #still…AestheticsThank you, 1993 Dennis, for documenting…

A former student working in SEO shared this. I miss Google classic.

Similar:Choose Your Own Buzz LightyearI was on the road (and away from a compu…AestheticsAs Twinkle Twinkle is to Suzuki musicians, so is a wooden shipping crate to CGI modelers. …https://youtu.be/diQF9buONqY I ha…AestheticsMore #blender3d #steampunk goodness. #design #aesthetics #blender3dart AestheticsCarolyn performed as Ariel yesterday in the New Renaissance Theatre Company's production o… Carolyn performed as Ariel…

‘People are rooting for the whale’: the strange American tradition of Moby-Dick reading marathons

When I went off to college to be an English major, my father (who passed last December at 90) told me a story about how his respected professor at Northwestern University spent a whole lecture on the seven levels of symbolism in Melville’s Moby-Dick. Being of an analytical mind and precise mind, my father copied…

It’s something to do.

Similar:Adam Bard shaves off half his hair and beard on opposite sides for unique driving licence …Something I might want to do one day, be…AestheticsFriday night board game therapy. #startrek #monopolyPersonalMaking a villain's lair in #Blender3D (this weekend's relaxation)AestheticsShe feels pretty at the dress rehearsal (opens Thursday)On the ride home, in the middle of a…

Though I have marking and prep and committee work and paperwork to do, I took an hour before bed to touch up this segment of the #medievalyork city wall because research. #blender3d

Similar:Trimsheets baked with greebly texture goodness add eye-pleasing woodgrain & tech detai…AestheticsBuilding a ridiculous amount of detail as I create tiles for distant sections of a #blende…AestheticsThe Girl's Obsession with Scottish History ContinuesWife: “What did you do with your bedshee…AestheticsThe Icarus Factor (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 14)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…PersonalHappy Easter 2019…