Similar:Why is Elon Musk attacking Wikipedia? Because its very existence offends him So, the sight of Elon Musk charging to…BusinessI regularly teach Uncle Tom's Cabin, but have never seen it before. BooksWhat It Was Like to Watch the Beatles Become the BeatlesBeyond their music itself, their greates…CultureIf you like to play with words, good newsI…
Similar:My 1951 day DuoLingo streak was fun, but… Ever since DuoLingo announced it…BusinessWilliam Shakespeare, Playwright and Poet, Is Dead at 52 On this date — April 23, 1616 — the cr…CultureMore modular low-poly background buildings. I’ll do some more facades then move to the nex…More modular low-poly background buildin…AestheticsThe woman and the car: a chatty…
In light of current events, I’m dropping the bleak Waiting for Godot from my World Drama class (actually I’m making it optional; students could drop a different play) and adding Thornton Wilder’s absurdist but optimistic The Skin of Our Teeth. Writing while World War II was still raging, Wilder depicts a representative American family…
The blurb for a 2011 English version of the 1999 Chinese play I’m teaching this week: China’s most popular and provocative drama. A modern story of love and obsession, Rhinoceros in Love tells the story of a rhinoceros-keeper who develops a dangerous romantic fascination with the woman of his dreams: the uncompromising, unobtainable Mingming. Hear…
Rewatching ST:TNGÂ after a 20-year break. After the Federation colony on Raina IV is obliterated, the Enterprise discovers a perfectly preserved house with two elderly survivors. The standoffish Uxbridge impresses Worf by confronting strangers with a non-functional hand phaser, and the hospitable Rishon tells a charming story of how the two fell in love on Earth.…
Similar:Another homeschool year ends successfully. Here are the kids with their external evaluator…PersonalMedia Bias Chart 8.0 (Liberal / Moderate / Conservative on the X axis; Factual / Opinion /…Don’t reject a news source just because …AwesomeI remember these young people. I remember these young people. PersonalThe Cosmic Brownie fairy has visited my office. Is “brownie…
I submitted midterm grades at about 11 last night, quickly modeled a new object, and let the animation render overnight. Similar:Mom’s Fears About Daughter Leaving For College Channeled Into Fight About Storage BinsImpatiently scanning store shelves while…AmusingMy undergraduate connects the Leontes/Polixenes conflict in The Winter's Tale to a pro wre…Today’s class on The Winter’s…
Carolyn and were recently cast in a historical film. I recorded my video audition last week, feverish with an upper respiratory tract infection, coughing and gulping from a mug of tea between lines. Our characters are in different time periods, but we each get to fight someone in a duel. Filming for our scenes was…
Similar:Wonderful Retro Control Panel in Seton Hill University Dining RoomI gather the purpose of these consoles -…AcademiaSpecial ed teacher quits: ‘I just cannot justify making students cry anymore’The disorder is in the system which requ…CultureAdvice to First Year College Students on Freshman CompFull disclosure… I have marked AP Engl…AcademiaCarolyn and her friend Travis on Twin…
Are you unexpectedly home-schooling your kids? Every family is different, and every kid is different. But I think anxious parents who are in unexplored territory probably need to hear this: you won’t hurt your children if you don’t keep them academically occupied for a block of 7 hours. On a typical brick-and-mortar school day, kids…
Copper is antimicrobial. It kills bacteria and viruses, sometimes within minutes. In the 19th century, exposure to copper would have been an early version of constantly sanitizing one’s hands. Since then, studies have shown that copper is able to destroy the microbes that most threaten our lives. It has been shown to kill a long list…
My first lecture screencasts for my newly-online class. (Thanks, COVID-19.) Similar:Schieffer: 'We Now Don't Know Where People Get Their News'The legendary Bob Schieffer is calling i…CultureWhat Twitter Changes Might Mean for AcademicsThis is one of the reasons I still consi…AcademiaThe Business 9 Women Kept A Secret For Three Decades, by Lori Weiss Over…
CNN’s Stephen Collinson praises the president’s Monday press conference. This version of Donald Trump will save lives. The President offered Americans something they have rarely seen from him in his latest and most somber press conference yet on the coronavirus pandemic on Monday. He dispensed unimpeachable information based on fact. He called for national unity and…
There’s nothing particularly steampunky or villainous about kitchen utensils, but I am glad I feel well enough to get back to Blender3D. Similar:Amusing Ourselves to Depth: Is The Onion our most intelligent newspaper?Greg Beato, from Reason Magazine Online…BusinessYes, Duolingo is free and I’ve learned a lot. No, I don’t like the psychological manipulat…Yes, Duolingo is…
I found this image on Facebook (where it was being shared without attribution). Similar:Rules of Engagement #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 4, Episode 18) Worf is accused of destr…Rewatching ST:DS9 After a nightmare f…JusticeThe Unbearable Weakness of Trump’s MinionsNote that the URL of this story indicate…AcademiaFie upon your multi-page, ad-stuffed crapfest of shame. (Don't click!)What I…
I don’t know that much about the world of finance. This was a helpful explanation of what it means to say the Fed “injected” 1.5 trillion dollars. According to Slate, that money was in the form of short-term loans, not a gift. “Again, this is all short-term lending against the safest collateral in the world,…
Those mean fake news people at the Washington Post are at it again, this time pushing a series of four simulations that vividly illustrate the impact of social distancing. Where do they get off, creating clear and informative graphics to illustrate a scientific principle? What do they think they’re doing, some kind of public service?…
Similar:ifMUD IF discussion | Emily Short's Interactive StorytellingEmily Short on the limitations of parser…CybercultureMy Latest Classic Tales Online PurchaseJust finished listening to B. J. Harris …BooksI'd like to speak to the manager. Yes, I'll wait right here. The manager is of course somewhere e…AestheticsText Adventure Geeks Rejoice: Major Inform7 UpdateI have final grades, an annual…
Similar:IOC spokesman: Journalists free to Instagram at Sochi Olympics Journalists will be allowed to u…Businessâ–¶ Taylor Mali on "What Teachers Make"I find that re-watching this every year …CultureBreakfast Battle from "The Miracle Worker" (Pamela Lee as Annie Sullivan and Carolyn Jerz …Update: Here’s a clip of the whole break…CultureAirport retro video games collect spare coins…
People typically think of soap as gentle and soothing, but from the perspective of microorganisms, it is often extremely destructive. A drop of ordinary soap diluted in water is sufficient to rupture and kill many types of bacteria and viruses, including the new coronavirus that is currently circling the globe. The secret to soap’s impressive…