Tuesday, March 2

Today is Tuesday of Week 6, and here is the Week 6 link. It's another week of stories from the Middle East and India in Myth-Folklore, while it is the first week of the Mahabharata in Indian Epics. I hope you will enjoy the new reading!

Class Procedures and Reminders

Week 6 progress. Now that we are in Week 6, it means the semester is one-third over: 5 weeks finished, and 10 weeks to go. So, if you have not done so recently, you might want to check on your progress so far. If you are not where you want to be in terms of points, you can start doing some extra credit to fill the gap when you have a bit of spare time.

Project Stack. I made good progress on the Friday projects in the stack yesterday, and today I will finish the rest of the projects that people turned in on Friday and hopefully all of the Saturday projects also. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your project form.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. This is not from the blog stream; instead it is a cartoon someone shared at the Padlet; I am a big fan of Dinoman and can definitely relate to this one. :-)


And remember, you can do extra credit anytime during the week, including the check-in and connecting at the Padlet. People are sharing so much fun stuff there;


Twitter stream. Here's a beautiful image from India:


And some electricity giants in Iceland :-)


Some of you in Myth-Folklore read the Iliad earlier this semester; here are the opening lines read in ancient Greek:


And here's another video at Twitter: Gurdeep dancing in the Yukon again!


Some of you in Myth-Folklore have been reading the 1001 Nights version of Aladdin and the Lamp, so I thought you might like this cartoon about genies: 


And something to inspire those of you who are doing some reading today, a quote Tyrion Lannister, a character in George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones: Books are better.


And here are not one but two videos with the Game of Thrones theme done in Indian style: Mumbai Dhol Tasha Cover and Rishab Rikhiram.



March 2: Dr. Seuss. Today marks the birthday in 1904 of Theodore Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss. If you want to find out more about his life, his goals as a writer, including information about the poetic meters he used, take a look at this Wikipedia article. Dr. Seuss's books have been translated into many languages of the world — even Latin. Below is the book cover for The Cat in the Hat in Latin, Cattus Petasatus, The Hatted Cat:


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