May 8th, 2009

Dear muddy bubbly,

A seething mass of links for the brink of the long weekend!

• David Foster Wallace 2005 Kenyon Commencement Speech.
  • Good Gods! How was he permitted to say these things? Highly inspirational.
• Weather the Storm: A Natural Gas Crisis.
  • Fantastic article on weathering cold weather in the absence of non-renewable fuel sources, from a variety of cultural perspectives.
• Andrew Trotman.
  • University of Otago in Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand senior lecturer I’m considering contacting for advisement on pursuing a self-directed PhD in Computer Science.

Thar she blows! It’s off to dinner-time, evening comfort, and a delightful showing of Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) (2001) — the now-classic “…first feature film ever to be written, directed and acted entirely in Inuktitut, the language of Canada’s Inuit people.”

Love,
Sess! (Brian.)

Brian Curry. From his blog, Mysidian Dreams.