Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break The Federation faces war with the Talarians over a culture-shocked teenager who sees Picard as a father figure. The Enterprise detects faint life signs on a damaged Talarian ship. Of course they can’t just beam the injured directly to sickbay; they must first send an away team to wave…
Even social events are a minefield. The more people there are, the more spread out everyone is. My excellent lipreading skills can’t surmount distance. I also find myself avoiding things I used to enjoy, like going to stores by myself. I don’t want to worry about one-way conversations.
“Adfl etgjw ilserj mjikas!” That’s what everyone will sound like, if I can hear them at all.
What’s a deaf person to do, at least until face shields become de rigueur?
Similar:College student makes masks for the deaf & hard of hearing Other than one trip to the grocery sto…Current_Events31 Undeniable Truths That Journalism Majors Can All Agree OnBecause you know you have the chance to …AcademiaABC News executive placed on administrative leave after reports surface of insensitive, ra…The Huffington Post reports that dozens …CultureTeaching Shakespeare…
I’ve seen this meme shared by several FB friends in the past few days. It’s clearly a hoax. It was created by someone who wasn’t trained as a journalist. The body of the story doesn’t even include the quotes that are mentioned in the headline. (The head says Trump said “Africans are lazy,” but in…
In September 2000, I was blogging about The nerdy, 3-person 1990 play PICK UP AX The full text of Edward Bellamy’s Utopian fantasy Looking Backward (written in 1888, set in September 2000) The papers of William Butler Yeats (donated by his son to the National Library of Ireland) An elitist press release from Jupiter Communications…
I just installed the “Old Layout for Facebook” plugin for Chrome. Now I can continue to be annoyed by the Facebook I’m used to. Similar:A.I. 'Completes' Keith Haring's Intentionally Unfinished Painting After learning of his AIDS diagnosis…AestheticsThe 22 rules of storytelling, according to PixarMy favorite: “Once upon a time there was…ArtA quick Sunday visit to…
Rewatching ST:TNG after taking a break for 20 years. Data sees firsthand how he’s a chip off the old block, and almost gets emotional about a new chip on his shoulder (or thereabouts). The B-plot about a brother-on-brother prank features children who are believably childish, in that they aren’t wise beyond their years, or prodigies,…
Stunning. The Stars and Stripes is much more important than any local monument. Even for those of us who are all too wearily familiar with President Donald Trump’s disdain for journalists, his administration’s latest attack on the free press is a bit of a jaw-dropper. In a heretofore unpublicized recent memo, the Pentagon delivered an…
On Sunday night, President Donald Trump retweeted a video of a violent incident on a New York City subway platform. The video shows a Black man pushing a white woman into a train car and is captioned “Black Lives Matter / Antifa.” The problem? It is over a year old and has nothing to do with either Black Lives Matter or Antifa. It, in fact, shows the actions of a mentally ill man with no known ties to either group.
Similar:Blender 3D Flyover of Fantasy Steampunk Spacecraft When my kids were small, at bedtime …AestheticsMarching in a parade and watching a patriotic musicalHappy Independence Day, fellow Americans…CultureNo filter October mist as I walked up from the parking lot. Not a bad view. AestheticsCliffhanger from ST:TNG Best of Both Worlds. I haven't made time to watch…
A good response to the myth that the labor of an online instructor is less valuable than the labor of an in-person instructor. Most of a college’s budget is labor. When a physical campus moves to online teaching, it doesn’t save much labor at all. Grading an online student’s paper takes the same amount of…
I hoped this slide would appeal to my students as I taught them about pitching a news story. Similar:Jeff Bezos Plan for News: The Washington Post Becomes an Amazon ProductFor the past few months, a group inside …BooksProud of My JournosI saw several heads that I recognized, b…AcademiaWhy It’s So Hard For Foley Artists To…
Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break. Still recovering from his ordeal with the Borg, Picard visits his brother at the Picard family vineyard. In the village of his boyhood, Picard’s roadside encounter with his nephew Rene is just perfect, as are the domestic scenes with his warm sister-in-law Marie and his brittle, jealous older brother…
Similar:Stage Right offers four versions of its musical 'Annie' | TribLIVELeapin‘ Lizards! There are four versions…CultureI haven't seen this show since freshman year at Bishop Denis J O'Connell High Sc…PersonalWe Tried to Do Vanlife Right. It Broke Us Down.Shortly before I got married, my sister …CultureMy big brother and my son facing off in chess.…
Similar:Enjoying a peaceful fall moment while it's possible. Taking these moments as they come. AestheticsReal college classes have writing assignments and required reading.While I can imagine teaching a course th…AcademiaDid Google just kill PR agencies? Lots of links, lots of repeated key wo…BusinessWhy Shouting Down Speakers Is Absolutely WrongWilson offers a good explanation of the…
Similar:Former student: "I remember sometimes being annoyed with all of our blogging assignments, …A third alum in the last few weeks has c…AcademiaFired for Making a Game: The Inside Story of I Get This Call Every DayHe knows that if he’d instead posted a s…BusinessBogus hit-and-run story about Vice President Kamala Harris created by Russian troll farm,…
Similar:Our Love Affair With Digital Is OverThe other day I found myself very annoye…CultureWhat gives you comfort? I collect lights. Some of these have magnets!!AmusingGetting to the Point in Academic Writing Don’t spend three pages establishing…DesignThe girl rehearsing as Babette in Stage Right's Beauty and the BeastCarolyn rehearses with Nick Lenz. Her sh…Current_EventsEnjoying a peaceful…
Similar:New book: basic skills for the multimedia journalistLooking forward to this promising resour…CybercultureAmLit Rescue — Scratch GameA student in my “American Literature: 19…AcademiaGames as Text and K12 Social Studies Rather than training students to ident…CultureSo, What's in It for Me?All in all, I enjoy my job very much, an…AcademiaCommentary: What My Struggling Students Wanted…
Similar:Today’s adulting was brought to you by a failed motor vehicle inspection. #notacarguy #win…The car shop wanted to charge over $300….ModdingMore #blender3d #steampunk goodness. #design #aesthetics #blender3dart AestheticsMy crazy Friday night involved tweaking the graphic for an #MLAstyle instructional web pag…AcademiaThe Scarlet Letter (Prime Stage)PersonalPOV: You are coding the automatic doors on your fantasy neovictorian…
Similar:My journalism students just gave me this wristband: "What would Jerz do? / Verify or duck…. AestheticsThe Darkness and the Light #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 11) A serial killer t…Rewatching ST:DS9 In a cave (again wi…DramaLoved part 2 of Romeo and Juliet @thepublicpgh #pptplaytime (Next week: Tartuffe)CultureIt's reckless and dangerous for a…