Wednesday, November 15

Today is Wednesday of Week 13. The second part of the reading is due today, and I hope you are getting some good ideas for this week's story! Here is a link to this week's assignments.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. Yesterday I read and replied to the projects turned in before 5PM on Sunday, and today I'll keep working my way through the Sunday assignments. While you are waiting on comments back from me about your Project assignment, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.

Extra Credit. If there was another reading option that tempted you this week, you can do that for extra credit! Find out more in the extra credit section of this week's assignments.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Class Twitter. From yesterday's Twitter @OnlineMythIndia, here is something from one of my favorite OU professors at Twitter, DrMCar, aka Meta G. Carstarphen: 11 books to read for National Novel Writing Month.

Words from India. Today's word from India is CHAKRA. The Sanskrit word refers to a circle or a wheel and, thanks to the popularity of yoga, the word chakra now refers in English to the body's centers of spiritual powers.

Storybook Archive. This project is from the Myth-Folklore class: Tokyo Underworld. Orimi works for the Urban Legend Department of the Tokyo police force, and she has a gruesome murder to solve. You'll have to pay close attention while she interrogates Teke-Teke, Tanuki, Kuchisake-Onna, Jinmenken, and The Professor if you want to find the murderer!

Free Book Online: Today's free book is The Katha Sarit Sagara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story by C. H. Tawney. See the Freebookapalooza blog for links and the table of contents. This is a massive collection of stories from India: all ten volumes are available online!

Story of the Day. Today's story is from Aesop's fables: Hercules and the Wagoner. This is a story about how the god (Hercules) helps those that help themselves.

Video: The video for today is one from Manish Vyas: Jaya Shiva Omkara. Find out more at Manish Vyas's website.

Growth Mindset: Today's growth mindset cat knows that learning is more than just about finals: Study to learn, not just to ace the test. You can find out more at the Growth Mindset blog.

Event on Campus: Yes, it's the third Wednesday, so there will be Waffles for Writers at the Writing Center this morning from 9AM-11AM (details). Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.

November 15: Johannes Secundus. One of my favorite Latin authors, Johannes (or Janus) Secundus, was born on November 15 in the year 1511. Yes, that's right: 1511 — not in ancient Roman times, but in Renaissance Europe. Johannes Secundus is what is called a "neo-Latin" poet, rather than a classical Roman writer. He is most famous for a series of poems he called Liber Basiorum in Latin, or The Book of Kisses. To learn more about Secundus and his all-too-short life (he died when he was just 24 years old), you can take a look at this Wikipedia article, and here is a portrait:

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