Strength in Complexity - a blog by Rob Pensalfini
The above picture is satire. It’s a response to a new arrival on the Brisbane scene, though it’s been performed in Melbourne and in London for a while with great ‘success’: an interactive/immersive cocktail bar in a high security prison setting. Hilarious, I’m told, though my reaction is one of disgust. This piece of prison [ ]
Time is no thief.A thief takes that to which they are not entitled.Time is merely our way of measuring change.Change does not take what did not already belong to it. Everything is change. Change the noun change the verb change.Nothing is static. Except at zero kelvin thank you Isaac. Zero is nothing.To be unchanging is to not [ ]
About twenty years ago, when I was fairly new at the University I have now been working at for twenty-five years, I was nominated for an ‘Excellence in Teaching’ award. I was pretty happy about that, as I love teaching even though I had never set out to be a teacher (or an academic at [ ]
by Rob Pensalfini This seems like an outrageous claim in a time when educational institutions are bending over backwards to be inclusive – or at least setting up committees and policies to make it seem that way – but one group which has found universities to be places where they could not only survive but [ ]
Yes, that’s right, the history of the future is included. Spoiler alert, here’s the bottom line: I can see he/him and she/her and maybe it) becoming obsolete, but I can’t see neopronouns like ze coming into regular let alone standard use. If you’re about to get on your high and sturdy horse about what people should be saying, please take Geoffrey Chaucer’s advice to [ ]
There are many ways to make biscotti. The defining characteristic is that they are cooked twice (bis = twice; cotti = cooked), first baked in a loaf, slices of which are then gently toasted to dry. They go by various names, and with many variations, in different parts of Italy. The almond and lemon ones [ ]
Unfriending culture and the dumbing down of debate Information technology is argued to have brought the world closer together and exposed all those who partake in its gifts to a broader range of information and opinions. This, in turn, should have increased diversity and tolerance. What I see, however, is the opposite: fragmentation and self-righteousness. [ ]
As I ve mentioned before in my recipe posts, desserts were not a big part of my upbringing, but some events call for something a little special. One such event that has become a tradition within the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble over the last handful of years is the final official meeting of the Core Ensemble, (the [ ]
I’m an atheist (and a reluctant Buddhist), but that doesn’t mean I don’t take an interest in religion I’m keenly interested in human psychology especially as it relates to political and social movements. I like to kid that I was raised lapsed (Catholic), because my family went to Church twice a year, but they [ ]
I know, there are thousands of recipes for roast turkey available in books and on-line, what makes mine so special? Nothing, except that it s green. And if you make gravy from the pan drippings, you get green gravy! It s delicious. The coating and basting, as well as the quick temperature change at the beginning, helps [ ]