Friday, April 16

It's....... FRIDAY! You have reached the end of Week 12! Here is a link to Week 12, and you can find all the coming weeks on the class calendar if you are working ahead (highly recommended as always).

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. Yesterday, I replied to all the projects turned in on Sunday, and today I'll finish all the Week 11 projects in the stack, plus as many of the early Week 12 and Week 13 assignments as I can. You can check the stack to make sure I received your assignment.

Finishing the class. Several more people have finished the class, which is always great to see! As soon as you reach your goal (410 A, 360 B, 320 C), you can fill out the "Finished!" form in Canvas to let me know you are done. I would urge you to make a plan for the rest of the semester (the end of Week 12 plus Weeks 13-14-15) so you will know you are on track to get to your target, and if you have any questions about that, let me know.


The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. Many of you now know Savannah, since she is in both classes — here's her Myth blog and her India blog — and I wanted to share an announcement from her: the Scandals finale will be this weekend, and the tickets for the virtual showing go on sale today at 5PM (the in-person tickets are sold out). You can find out all about it: CAC Scandals tickets.


Twitter stream. Something helpful from OU Libraries: they have an Ask-Us online chat to help you with library resources.


And everyone knows I am a fan of tiny stories, so here's one in fewer than fifty words that I saw at Twitter:


Some new music from Nirali of Maati Baani:


And a wonderful video from Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate, born in Tulsa, and a member of the Mvskoke Nation:


For pandemic insomnia, something from Grant Snider (larger view):


Plus some words for today, starting with a word from Greek mythology: CHAOS. The Greek word is khaos, χάος. In the ancient Greek story of creation, the world originally was a void without form or shape, a "gap" between heaven and earth. Find out more.


Here's a word from India that has become part of English: CALICO, a corrupted pronunciation of the name of the city of "Calicut" on the Malabar coast of India, where "calico" fabric was made. The bright colors of calico cloth then lent their name to the tricolor cats now called calico cats. Find out more.


And speaking of languages, here's a video about Elvish and Dothraki:


April 16: Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin was born on this day in 1889; he died in 1977. You can read more about his remarkable life and career at Wikipedia. His older films are in the public domain, which means you can watch them online for free: 65 Chaplin films online. Here is a clip from The Circus, the first film for which he won an Academy Award:





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