Thursday, October 15

Today is Thursday of Week 8. Here is a link to Week 8, along with a link to Week 9 if you want to get a head start now. This Review Week is a really good moment to reset your schedule so that you can start working ahead!

Class Procedures and Reminders

My schedule today. I'll be out of the office for most of this morning and at least part of the afternoon, so I may be more slow to respond to emails. But I should be able to get caught up by the end of the day on replying to any questions. Thank you for your patience with that today!

Project Stack. If you turned in your project by 2PM on Sunday, you should have comments back from me now, and I'll keep working on the Sunday afternoon assignments today. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your project.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. Emily shared this motivational cat in her post, and I thought it was so cute; here's Emily's blog post.

Twitter stream. I saw these medieval cat tracks at Twitter:

Plus a fun dog from Tom Gauld at Twitter to go with that cat (larger view).

100-Word Stories. There's a cat as part of the chain of events in this story of The Hermit in the Forest.

Laura Gibbs · 146. The Hermit in the Forest

Storybook. For those of you who have been reading Japanese stories in Myth-Folklore, here's a lovely Storybook: Of Monsters and Myths: Sakurasou to Ume.

And a video about Hindu Gods in Japan:

With some thoughts on writing from PhD Comics (larger view):

And some thoughts on reading from Lunarbaboon (larger view):

Finally, I thought this was a great piece about the international pandemic music video sensation: Jerusalema: soundtrack to a world in lockdown.... there are videos from all over now:

Here's one at a wild rhino sanctuary in South Africa:

Plus an Indian rooftop version:

October 15: Sai Baba. Today marks the 102nd anniversary of the death of Sai Baba of Shardi, a man who is revered as a saint by both Hindus and Muslims. He died in 1918, but the year of his birth is unknown, and it is not clear whether he came from a Hindu family or a Muslim one. He lived the life of an ascetic and preached a gospel of love, charity and simplicity. You can read a detailed account of Sai Baba's life and teachings at Wikipedia, which is also the source of this icon, a painting inspired by one of the photographs of Sai Baba taken during his lifetime:

Here's a short video about Sai Baba from Epified:

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