Jerz > Writing > Technical Writing Tips Similar:A salute lost to historyHistory is complex and baffling and fasc…CultureNINE officials have COVID-19 after 'superspreader' SCOTUS eventSo negative! Why does the lying America-…Current_EventsMy hard-working media students curated a collection of psychology student editorials & inf…My “Media Aesthetics” students worked wi…AcademiaYou are in a book. There is a typo here.Sigh.…
BURKE, Va. (AP) — On a recent car ride, my sons, Billy and Jimmy, were discussing an interactive “Minecraft” show on Netflix that allowed them to choose the direction of the story. I said it sounded like a “Choose Your Own Adventure” book, an artifact of my 1980s childhood. Then Billy, who’s 10 years old,…
Similar:What have my students learned about creative nonfiction writing? During class they are col…What have my students learned about crea…AcademiaI both like and hate that Canvas tracks the number of unmarked assignments that await me. …I both like and hate that Canvas tracks …PersonalAfter a productive run-through of West Side Story, the girl decided to…
Similar:My 14yo Helps Teach a Vacation Bible School Class In character as “Pontius Pilate,” wa…PersonalHow We ReadI feel a little nerdier than usual when …Aesthetics1949 NBC Radio Adaptation of Orwell's 1984Long before the Apple ad, and Michael Ra…CultureClose reading is hard to do in a state of normalized outrage.So this “Muslim ban” thing… is…
Was it a lizard person who was collecting a government dossier on the lying, America-hating fake news “journalists” at the BLM “protests,” or was it a lizard person who STOPPED the guy who was collecting the dossier? Real “patriots” who like to deploy “ironic” quotation marks demand “answers”! A senior Department of Homeland Security official…
I’m interested in the way the “Thin Blue Line” design remixes the American Flag. I’m amused by the quirky way the “Thin Bread Crust” meme remixes the remix. As I was fact-checking (as I habitually do before sharing) I found a 2018 USA Today article reporting that “drivers/sales workers and truck drivers” suffered 135.9…
This is a mask. It prevents the spread of coronavirus. This is not a political statement. It’s a mask. Please wear a mask. #factsfirst😷 pic.twitter.com/1nY7FAEHi1 — CNN Communications (@CNNPR) July 31, 2020 Similar:Another student matinee. So many excited kids for Frankenstein. @prime_stage BooksScript: Prospero Makes a Circle on the Beach. Scene Designer: "How?"I was amused…
Similar:Jury Duty UpdateI’m a happy, responsible, and no-longer-…GovernmentComing of Age (TNG Rewatch: Season 1, Episode 18)Rewatching ST:TNG A character-heavy e…MediaWe were pretty even for about 25m, but I let him get my queen, and I had no hope after tha…PersonalThe daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park.The daughter is performing now Twin Lake…PersonalVote for Carolyn's…
I don’t have scientific expertise. I work with people who do. I trust their informed opinions on scientific matters far more than I trust my own ability to “do the research” in areas where they have far more expertise than I do. I would not expect a metallurgist to be able to fix my rusty…
Hard-hitting column from Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post. Baseball is facing a new crisis not even a week into its pandemic-delayed season. It’s an axiom in sports: Your results speak for themselves. The scoreboard says more than a dozen major league baseball players are sick after just five days of play, and the only…
Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break After a tight recap of Part 1, we pick up where we left off. The jerry-rigged deflector dish weapon unleashes all its sparkly-glowy MacGuffinality at the vessel containing the Borgified Picard, and — nothing. “Your resistance is hopeless, Number One,” Locutus intones, borrowing Picard’s nickname for Riker. Chills! On…
We understand many readers find the kraken’s point of view dangerous, but that is why we offered it for public scrutiny and debate. Though Trallonous’ position may have seemed clear from the moment he regurgitated thousands of sailor bones to block every exit out of town, it is always important to critically examine where the other side is coming from. Doing so allows us to better understand the sea demon’s perspective (we should be his food) as well as our own (no we shouldn’t).
Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break The Enterprise-D finds a crater where a colony used to be, then apparently does nothing for a few days until a team from Starfleet Tactical arrives. Because it will soon be dark at the site, and tricorders apparently don’t work at night, Riker says they’ll wait until morning, and…
Similar:Out for a walk during some downtime. Paused to appreciate this beautiful city of #Pittsbur…Out for a walk during some downtime. Pau…PersonalGoodby big Android… hello little budget iPhone SE 3rd.I just removed from my syllabus template…Academia5 Fun Ways to Help Your Kids Learn Math OnlineMy son has finally found a math textbook…CybercultureHow to interact with…
After mounting a half-hearted defense of a woman who says masks don’t work, that there’s a cure for COVID-19, and that doctors make medicine from DNA from aliens and that experts are working on a vaccine that makes you immune from becoming religious, Trump ends a press conference by walking out of the room. Background…
Similar:Why Do So Many People on YouTube Sound the Same?So it turns out the “YouTube voice” is j…CultureThe Onion's Supreme Court Briefing on Satire Is StunningFrom October: A man who was arrested ov…AmusingApocalypse Rising #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 1) Sisko Infiltrates a Klingon…Rewatching ST:DS9 Worf and O’Brien wa…MediaIf you think I'm wrong that…
Similar:When backwards newbie poets writeWhen backwards newbie poets write Up rh…AestheticsWeird History offers a good debunking of this persistent myth.PersonalYour first test layout of medieval city streets will be your worst. #blender3d #medievalyo…Your first test layout of medieval city …DesignWhat's wrong with the way I talk?Wife & daughter competing w each oth…AestheticsCover your Backside with…
Similar:George Joseph Jerz (1933-2023)George Joseph Jerz, born on September 3r…EmpathyHappy Easter 2020 CultureNature walks 2012 and 2018.Aesthetics#SHUConvocation is about to begin @setonhilluniversityPersonalBeauty and the Beast (St. Vincent Summer Theatre)The girl (blue skirt and pigtails), who …Current_EventsThis happened the last time an eclipse was visible in the area. My students left the room,…Pinhole projection. Personal
Similar:Sad that NASA is taking a back seat to a private company, but still nerding over an Americ…BusinessNow I can relax a bit. (But just a bit.)PersonalLego goes steampunkBe still, my nerdy heart. Steampunk —…AestheticsMy Memories of "Joseph…" [an original cast member reflects on Rice/Webber/Waring's amazi…My high school Drama coach and freshman …DramaBryan A. Louiselle,…
This article focuses on a police officer who had just completed training in how to de-escalate an encounter with a mentally ill citizen, and just three days later found himself face-to-face with a mentally ill woman with a gun (and her toddler with a sippy cup). De-escalation training gives cops better tools than AR-15s, and…