Took the whole day off and spent part of it making #greebles with #Blender3D because reasons.

Similar:They both reached for the gun.PersonalComputers and Writing 2020 Funding Request: SubmittedMy contributions this year are a worksho…AcademiaAdam Bard shaves off half his hair and beard on opposite sides for unique driving licence …Something I might want to do one day, be…AestheticsCarolyn Jerz featured on Tap Titans TodayI love watching my daughter perform. Her…Aestheticsxkcd: Types…

Jane Elliott’s “National Brotherhood Week” Lesson

  Similar:I Made Cheerful Maze Game in ScratchWell, it’s cheerful unless you touch som…AestheticsA former student contacted me to share her thoughts.A few years ago, I told myself I would s…AcademiaCNN Reports On The Promising Future of the Steubenville Rapists, Who Are Very Good Student…Excellent analysis of the emotional impa…CultureSherlock Holmes and The Woman (daughter…

Imagine a world…

Similar:Seeing Floyd Collins, a musical about caving and journalism. Front Porch Theatricals.PersonalOn my fantasy #steampunk capital ship, every uniform is a full dress uniform. #blender3d #…AestheticsThey've got magic to do. Carolyn is the Leading Player. (Pippin, Oct 21-29) AwesomePerforming as Alquist in ActIII of Rossum’s Universal Robots. (Free Zoom performance of gr…https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…PersonalCrash site and Tower…

Dennis G. Jerz | Associate Professor of English -- New Media Journalism, Seton Hill University | jerz.setonhill.edu Logo

In August, 2000 I was blogging about poetry, presidential wordplay, home-schooling, online learning, and a search engine you may have heard about.

In August 2000, I was blogging about Top 10 Tips for Writing Poetry (which I’ve updated over the years and is the most popular page on my site today) Richard Lederer’s presidential wordplay (“I predict that at the end of the campaign. Gore will be bushed and Bush will be gored. Then we’ll have either…

Long-Haulers Are Redefining COVID-19

Our understanding of COVID-19 has accreted around the idea that it kills a few and is “mild” for the rest. That caricature was sketched before the new coronavirus even had a name; instead of shifting in the light of fresh data, it calcified. It affected the questions scientists sought to ask, the stories journalists sought…

Ready to teach another set of students what research is (and what it isn’t).

Similar:When she's grown and flown, I will miss the thick deposit of glitter in my back seat.When she’s grown and flown, I will miss …AestheticsI'm happy with today's #steampunk control panel. To fill out the master plan I'm constrain…One of many steampunk control panels I’v…AestheticsThe crying Honduran girl on the cover of Time was not…

Ratified 100 years ago today, the 19th Amendment, proposed by Illinois Republican James R. Mann, granted women the right to vote.

Similar:Why NORAD Tracks SantaThe call had come in on one of the top s…AmusingThe Dog and the Oyster (Aesop Fable)I always enjoy my visits to the studio. …SpeechThe Most Disastrous Typos In Western History The Most Disastrous Typos In Western H…BooksDr. Seuss Racism Controversy: A Dr. Seuss Expert Unpacks the Author's History With Racism,…Nobody is…

If you think I’m wrong that the media fairly covered the Cannon Hinnant murder, but you’re still reading, then I welcome you.

Plenty of news organizations have reported on the tragic case of a white boy who was murdered while riding his bicycle. One must ignore easily verifiable opposing evidence to claim that “the media” are universally ignoring this story. It’s even more unhinged to latch upon the conspiracy theory that the reason for this (non-existent) lack…

Name-calling and ad hominem attacks don’t provide anyone with reasons to change their mind.

Similar:A quick primer on semicolonsIs your Sunday feeling incomplete becaus…CultureNo one’s ready for this: Our basic assumptions about photos capturing reality are about to… Everyone who is reading this article…CybercultureThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (workshop premiere of a new musical by Greg Kerestan) I really enjoyed seeing the first work…CultureDuring World War II, Literature Reigned…

Not doing well. As usual.

Similar:Sharing a root beer float with your dad doesn't fix everything that's wrong in the world, …AestheticsSome new locations for my #neovictorian #steampunk personal project. Created in #blender3d…AestheticsWhat, exactly, am I looking at here? I’m so confused.What, exactly, am I looking at here? I’m…PersonalMore #Blender3D practice. Additional details for a steampunk control panel. Just because.AestheticsMore…

‘This is no longer a debate’: Florida sheriff bans deputies, visitors from wearing masks

On Tuesday, as Florida set a daily record for covid-19 deaths, Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods prohibited his deputies from wearing masks at work. His order, which also applies to visitors to the sheriff’s office, carves out an exception for officers in some locations, including hospitals, and when dealing with people who are high-risk or…

Don’t call it “social distancing” or you just might get a polite correction from the administration. These are *physical* distancing markers on the quad.

Similar:In January 2001, I was blogging about Bill Clinton's #WhiteHouse security deposit, anachro…In January 2001, I was blogging about …AcademiaHere’s What Happens in the Hour After You Drink a Can of Coke (and What Happened to Me Whe…As a kid, I remember liking the famous “…EthicsInside Voices — A Weekend MusicalCarolyn was in this short…

What are ‘Judeo-Christian values’? Analyzing a divisive term

block of American society. ­But for critics of how the term is used today, Judeo-Christian is vague, historically flawed and even inflammatory. These opposing views reflect a deep rift in American society and illuminate very different fundamental political beliefs.

“This is a term defined by exclusion,” said Shalom Goldman, a professor at Middlebury College in Vermont, arguing that the term is often used to reject secular values and Muslims.

“It’s essentially saying our values are not the values of the Enlightenment or the Constitution, but instead our values are the values of the Bible,” he said.

Rabbi Jack Moline, president of the Washington-based Interfaith Alliance, called the term a “generalization” and said it is one “Christians in particular use to put a patina of universality on a certain Christian culture in the United States.”

A shooting, the president snatched away – this episode of ‘The Trump Show’ was surreal even for veteran White House reporters

Good news writing, and praise for Trump’s cool demeanor during a crisis, from : The Independent The large man in the grey suit interrupted Donald Trump. No one interrupts Donald Trump – especially at the White House. At his White House. Then the man turned his back to the television cameras showing the utterly surreal scene live around the…