Author Archives: Katherine Wikoff

About Katherine Wikoff

I am a college professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where I teach literature, film studies, political science, and communication. I also volunteer with a Milwaukee homeless sanctuary, Repairers of the Breach, as chair of the Communications and Fund Development Committee.

Michael Caine on life as a never-ending audition

Posted on November 15, 2018

While doing some background research for the academic article on movie trailers that I’m writing with a psychology professor in my department, I stumbled across a book by Michael Caine titled Acting in Film: An Actor’s Take on Movie Making … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and reading, Life, Movies and film, Popular culture | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sorry about that!

Posted on November 10, 2018

WordPress used to have a nice “rebloggung” feature, and maybe they still do if you’re on your computer, but I tried to reblog a neat post on the Armistice earlier today using my phone and was not happy with the … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Leave a comment

France – November 11, 1918 – 100 years ago , the Great War ended there : The clearing of the Armistice – 40 photos

Posted on November 10, 2018

France – November 11, 1918 – 100 years ago , the Great War ended there : The clearing of the Armistice – 40 photos France – November 11, 1918 – 100 years ago , the Great War ended there : … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Late Bloomer

Posted on November 9, 2018

Found this dandelion among the fallen leaves on Monday. Kind of a cheerful sight, but talk about terrible timing: Milwaukee is predicted to get approximately three inches of snow this morning (Friday, November 9)!

Posted in Life, Milwaukee, Nature | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Discovering Twitter’s “Bookmarks”

Posted on November 8, 2018

Maybe you’re not a Twitter user, in which case you’re probably not going to be interested in today’s blog post 🙂 But if you do use Twitter, maybe like me you didn’t know about Twitter’s bookmarks. The bookmark feature has … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Popular culture, Technology | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

Color Blocking

Posted on November 7, 2018

Sort of. One day I suddenly noticed the bright red of the bathroom stall in my building. Took a photo. Decided to edit it so that it no longer bore strong resemblance to a bathroom stall. Because, really: Who takes … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Photography | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

20 gallons’ worth of network security?

Posted on November 6, 2018

Saw this truck parked outside an office building in downtown Milwaukee last Friday morning. I don’t know what business these hats’ owner works in, but given the “white hats,” I figured network security was as good a guess as any … Continue reading →

Posted in Milwaukee, Photography, Technology | Tagged , , | Leave a comment