Thursday, September 26

Today is Thursday of Week 6. Here is a link to the Week 6 assignments. Some of you will be writing a Story post today, while some of you will be doing Story Lab: I hope you will enjoy the experience whichever choice you make.

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Project Stack. If you turned in your project assignment before 6PM on Sunday, you should have comments back from me by now, and I'll keep working on the Sunday assignments today. Meanwhile, you can check the stack to make sure your project is in the queue.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. I wanted to mention Neal's post where he did a revision of his Week 2 story for the Story Lab: The Brahman, The Tiger... and The Fox. This is one of the Story Lab options for those of you who are doing Storybooks; it's a chance for you to go back to a story post in your blog and revise it, kind of like what other people are doing with their Portfolios. So, if you are doing a Storybook, check out the Story Lab options for revising a previous story, and also the Storybook research option. And, of course... have fun! Here's Neal's fox:

Twitter Stream. And here's another Grant Snider cartoon, this time via the Writing and Editing Twitter account.

Story of the Day. Today's "why" story is from Nigeria, and it is a love story... specifically, a story of love gone wrong: Why a Hawk Kills Chickens.

Indian Epics Today. The character today is the wind god, Vayu, father of the Pandava hero Bhima (my favorite of the Pandavas), and also father of Hanuman. More about Vayu. This Epified video is about the meeting of the two sons of Vayu as told in the Mahabharata:

Storybooks. And here's an amazing Storybook from Indian Epics last year, an architectural fantasy (written by an architecture student!): The Konark Dialogue.

India Video. To go with that, here's another Epified video: Temples in India.

Words. And here's a word from mythology; it's the name of the day today, Thursday, or Thor's-Day, from the name of the Norse god Thor.

H.E.A.R.T.. And if the semester is stressing you out right now, here is a way to sort throughout your tasks: Importance and Urgency.

Mindset Cats. The mindset cat knows all about staying focused:

Event on Campus. Come paint with Bob Ross in the Cross DIY space from 6PM to 8PM tonight (details).

September 26: European Day of Languages. You can find out more about this holiday at Wikipedia and at the EDL website. Celebrate the holiday by practicing your European language skills. For me, that means I will be singing along to Italian and Polish pop music. Maybe you can find a fun way to use your languages today!

A blast from the Polish past with Lady Pank; it has the Polish lyrics with an English translation:

And an Italian favorite: the late, great Fabrizio de Andre. You can see the Italian lyrics and English translation here.

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