Saturday, September 14

HAPPY WEEKEND! Today is Saturday of Week 4. Here is a link to the Week 4 assignments and also Week 5 if you are ready to go go go.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. On Friday I replied to all the projects turned in by 5PM, so if you turned something in later on Friday, you'll be at the top of the stack on Monday. I'll update the stack periodically over the weekend so you can check the stack to make sure I received your assignment. The sooner you turn in your project assignment, the sooner you will get comments back. So, don't wait until Sunday; if you can turn in your assignment today, you'll get comments back from me much earlier next week. :-)

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. One of the fun things about learning how to make memes and other graphics is being able to use them for your projects. Hannah made this graphic for her Storybook about hate mail for Heracles:

Storybooks. And speaking of Heracles, here's a Storybook from the past: The Cat Gods and the Tales of Heraclaws.

Twitter Stream. One of my favorite cartoonists at Twitter, Debbie Ridpath Ohi, @inkyelbows, breaks crayons and draws with them; here's one of my favorites: a dragon!

Mindset Cats. This mindset cat is ready to face today's dragons: Every day new and larger dragons come along.

Story of the Day. Today's "why" story is one of Aesop's fables: Why the Bat Comes Out at Night.

Indian Epics Today. The character for today is a really cool one: Jambavan, the leader of Rama's army of bears. More about Jambavan. Here he is with Sugriva and Hanuman climbing a mountain:

India Video. Bickram Ghosh is one of my favorite musicians: Rhythm Jam.

Proverbs. And here's a wonderful proverb from Liberia about drums: An untouched drum does not speak.

H.E.A.R.T.. As the semester progresses, take some advice from Buddhist teacher, Jack Kornfield: A day at a time.

HEART Video. And here's a feel-good video for the weekend from Pharrell Williams: Happy!

Event on Campus. It's the Black Student Association's Show 'N' Tell tonight, 7PM-9:30PM, in the Union Ballroom (details).

September 14: Typewriter Ribbon. Today marks the anniversary of the day in 1886 when George Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patented the typewriter ribbon. Now, I'm not sure how many of you (... any of you...?) ever typed on a typewriter with a ribbon, but I learned to type in 1973 on a manual Royal typewriter, complete with a typewriter ribbon. You can read an article about the history of the typewriter here at Wikipedia. Here is an old Hermes typewriter — and why was it called Hermes? Probably because Hermes was a speedy messenger... or perhaps because he was the Greek god credited with the invention of the alphabet!




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