“While my dad has always spoken lovingly and fondly of his old Camaro he sold for my ‘diaper money’ he was never sour about it,” Jared confesses. “There wasn’t negativity about it. He wasn’t sad. He wasn’t angry. He talks about the selling of the car like it was a duty.” This diaper money Camaro…
I may have mentioned that I have a daughter who does things. @frontporchtheatricals Similar:Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of AustriaOn 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinan…CultureHamlet!PersonalUshering The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. @prime_stagePersonalProfessor Sees Parallels Between Things, Other Things”By drawing parallels between things and…AcademiaPict Free Summer Webinar: Shakespeare’s HeroesCultureGo not to the elves for counsel,…
If you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show. Similar:Gathering background objects to create cluttered shelves. This Baby Gund “Rainbow Hector” …AmusingAdorable Dolphin encounter makes Texas sloth video go viralMy social media feed just featured adora…AmusingMy 1951 day DuoLingo streak was fun, but… Ever since DuoLingo announced it…BusinessUnion siege cannon, printing press,…
I am not in the splash zone but still definitely out of my comfort zone. Support the arts in your community. Similar:Another section of #steampunk control panel. #neovictorian #design #aesthetics #blender3d …AestheticsNational Dance DayIn the restaurant parking lot after dinn…CultureMy 14yo Helps Teach a Vacation Bible School Class In character as “Pontius Pilate,” wa…Personal[E-Mail is…
I have a daughter who does things. If demon curses and buckets of stage blood are your thing, join the fun this weekend in Greensburg. (I will not be seated in the splash zone.) Similar:Carolyn performed as Ariel yesterday in the New Renaissance Theatre Company's production o… Carolyn performed as Ariel yesterday i…AmusingThe "Monsters, Inc"…
Yes, Duolingo is free and I’ve learned a lot. No, I don’t like the psychological manipulation. I’m still using it but I changed my user name. Similar:I just realized I've been misspelling and mispronouncing "detritus" all my life. I’ve been a college English faculty …AcademiaFrog and Toad at the Mountain Playhouse with the daughter.Frog and…
“Murdering meteorologists won’t stop hurricanes. I can’t believe I just had to type that.” — Michigan-based meteorologist Katie Nickolaou. A wide range of misinformation has been spread as Helene and then Milton gathered pace in the Gulf of Mexico, such as claims spread by Trump that Fema had run out of cash for hurricane survivors…
It’s so heartbreaking seeing the amount of disinformation being spread by elected officials and partisan agitators with lots of followers. FEMA is not out of money, it’s not confiscating damaged property, and it’s not biased for against any ethnic groups or political affiliations. Similar:xkcd: Headlines It: nailed. xkcd: Headlines.AmusingSo We're Supposed to Be "Amazed" or…
My mother-in-law invited me to try out the 60- year-old tape machine that belonged to my father-in-law. When I worked in radio news in the late 1980s, we were still loading reels and splicing tape, so it all came back to me pretty quickly. Similar:‘One of the great American stories’: the incredible life of…
My job is often to help students understand things that they aren’t good at doing yet. If a student arrives in my classroom with a solid ability to construct clear sentences and summarize difficult readings, using an AI tool that helps them spot grammar mistakes with less effort and capture the gist of a reading…
Did you see that guy’s license plate? Similar:Today's second 10sq cm of #steampunk control panel. Love those letter flip tiles. Maybe I'…AestheticsThat's it my boy, throw the clickbait into the water, cast it wide.AmusingOkay, not my most thrilling #blender3D creation, but a fantasy steampunk ship-of-the-line …DesignPrepare to lower the personnel deployment gondola from the forward…
Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000. Similar:The Strangest, Most Spectacular Bridge Collapse (And How We Got It Wrong)At a glance of the edited footage, it’s …DesignEmail (finding the right tone as a writer) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXlgO…CybercultureA 20 sq cm section of #steampunk #blender3d goodness. #blender3dartAestheticsPhysics simulation…
A healthy respect for the free press and the institution of journalism is absolutely crucial for a healthy democracy. Media literacy matters, while a jaded “I don’t trust journalists, I do my own research” DIY attitude is easily co-opted. A false claim that Vice President Kamala Harris was involved in a June 2011 hit-and-run incident…
What is this? I do not like this change, @duolingo (For some reason I can’t practice to recover from an error.) Similar:Why Can't My New Employees Write? | Just VisitingWe’re talking about elite students here …AcademiaIn November 2000, I was blogging about the US Presidential election, mirrors, Arts & Lette…In November 2000, I was blogging…
About 30 years after I first saw John Speed’s 1676 map of York, today I was working on a region labeled “Z.” Or is that a “2“? There’s both an X and a 3 nearby… confusing context! A glance at the legend shows how brilliantly Speed handled the ambiguity. #usability #ux #ui #design #medieval #cartography…
Added an overhead minimap to my #medievalyork #unity3d simulation. #mysteryplay Similar:A pie slice from the ring surrounding the ballroom, from the #steampunk bedtime stories I …AestheticsA serious summer activity.Once classes start again, we will all ha…CultureMore delightful #steampunk control panels. These are computationally efficient bitmap rect…PersonalRascals (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 7) Transporter glitch…
Talkback session after the matinee and my brother and faculty colleagues after the evening performance. Audiences were gasping, laughing nervously, exclaiming sotto voce about “fingerprints!” and “the key!“ and “Was that *supposed* to happen?” and “This is *good*!” @thepublicpgh #dialm #understudy (We knew well in advance Carolyn would be performing yesterday.) My daughter informed me…
Looking forward to this! @thepublicpgh Similar:#blender3d is teaching me more than I ever thought I’d need to know about roof geometry. E…#blender3d is teaching me more than I ev…PersonalHere's how Maria amuses herself on the ride home from dress rehearsal. #WestSideStoryPersonalSelf-Regulation: American Schools Are Failing Nonconformist KidsFor a while, we were part of a homeschoo…CultureMy…
She’s on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder. Similar:The “Other Side” Is Not Dumb.The song “No One Is Alone,” from the mus…CultureKhan Academy Gets Rare Partnership To Close Wealth Gap In College Test Prep“We think we can make the playing field …Academia11 Tips H.P. Lovecraft…
My simulated city has 1000 capsule inhabitants that are just smart enough to gather around markers and wait. In May, I had nothing. I‘m learning. #medievalyork #mysteryplay #unity3d Similar:The History of Typography Told in Five Animated MinutesOpen Culture. AestheticsDrumhead (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 4, Episode 21) Federation Loyalist Tramples Justi…Rewatching ST:TNG An earnest, somewha…EthicsVerizon's $4.4…