Exploring the relationship between the historical development of sailing technology and the metaphor of “the journey of lifeâ€.
The Endless Knot: Paddle Your Own Canoe
The Endless Knot: Album
Tracing the unexpected origin and history of the word “album”.
From Gawain to Sherlock
Mark Sundaram of The Endless Knot has a fascinating new video, “A Detective Story” tracing the line from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to Sherlock Holmes. Give it a watch!
Thug Notes: Homer’s Odyssey
Thug Notes: Animal Farm
Thug Notes: Beowulf
Since I’ve got two classes studying Beowulf at the moment, here’s a rerun of guest lecturer Sparky Sweets.
Thug Notes: Brave New World
Thug Notes: Fahrenheit 451
Professor Sweets introducing our common reading text at Troy University this year, Fahrenheit 451. Join our gang of scholarly hoods.
Thug Notes: Of Mice and Men
Sparky Sweets tells us about Mice & Men, and Cain & Abel.
You can see the full text of Robert Burns’ “To a Mouse” and hear various people reading it here, and if you don’t know the full story of Cain and Abel, here it is.
And now, where we learn that Chinese characters are essentially just the Wing Dings font:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JlVqfC8-UI
Thug Notes: The Hobbit
Sparky Sweets on The Hobbit and Wagner.