Epilogue to Rossum’s Universal Robots

My big finish as Alquist in a Zoom-based production of R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots). Similar:Trials and Tribble-ations #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 6) Trivial Time Travel…Rewatching ST:DS9 Strait-laced time c…AmusingPoetry Writing: 10 Tips for Writing PoemsIf you are writing a poem because you wa…AestheticsEveryone Nov 1AmusingThe Inner Light (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 5, Episode…

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In October, 2000, I was blogging about bobbed hair, Woolf, a CFP for interactive fiction scholarship, the hyphen in e-mail, and a book with glow-in-the-dark pages

In October 2000, I was blogging about The F. Scott Fitzgerald Short story “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” (background; full text) A biography of Virginia Woolf The precarious status of English as a global language A call for papers for a special issue of Text Technology devoted to interactive fiction (I have a copy on my shelf…

Cameras and Masks: Sustaining Emotional Connections with Your Students in an Age of COVID19

There are some sound pedagogical reasons for turning cameras on. Thus, I suggest sharing those reasons with the students before giving them the choice of what to do about their cameras. Explain why you are making your request. For example, being able to see students’ faces gives instructors a quick and easy way to discern whether students are finding the material engaging, at least in smaller classes. One instructor told me that “I asked students to turn their cameras on to say hi to their classmates at the beginning and end of class, and those were the best moments of the class.”

Topics in Am Lit: August Wilson — Online J-Term course starts Dec 16.

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Performing as Alquist in ActIII of Rossum’s Universal Robots. (Free Zoom performance of ground-breaking 1920 play that coined the word “Robot”.)

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Really enjoyed Prime Stage Theater’s video presentation of Mockingbird.

Obviously I would have preferred to see it live, but the pandemic-era video presentation — with clever graphics that indicate stage actions and pop-up text that augment the recorded performances — was subtle and touching. Similar:Hoarding disorders have increased during the pandemic. Here’s how to help a loved one who …Hoarding disorder — a mental…

I just picked up both Aslan's How and Cair Paravel. #narnia #monopoly

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Destroying trust in the media, science, and government has left America vulnerable to disaster

From The Brookings Institution (non-profit, deeply sourced factual writing; has been accused of both conservative and liberal bias; is cited in Congress about equally by conservative and liberal politicians; leans a bit left in terms of loaded language): American institutions are not perfect, of course. We all should want to improve scientific practices, remove bias…

IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE — Berkeley Rep audio production

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Far-Right Twitter Trolls Won’t Admit They Were Wrong About Killing of a “Patriot” in Denver

  It was a reporter’s bodyguard, not an anti-fascist activist, who shot and killed a right-wing demonstrator who had assaulted him. The viral spread of those false claims apparently alarmed the Denver Police Department, which had taken Dolloff into custody along with the journalist he was guarding and quickly determined that they were not left-wing…

Enjoy the showmanship as a 94yo woman performs in a dance competition.

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Rossum’s Universal Robots (Act 2)

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They figured it out.

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Fall 2020 Midterm Grades: SUBMITTED

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Deadline seems to have briefly published, then taken down, story that says Pence has tested positive for coronavirus

Deadline seems to have briefly published, then taken down, a breaking news story including the sentence “Pence announced late Wednesday that he is among those who have tested positive in the ongoing White House coronavirus outbreak.” 1. Google search for “tom tapp coronavirus pence” shows a hit for a Deadline story with a headline prefaced…