David Foster Wallace has been popping up a lot lately, so much that I’m contemplating making 2013 the Summer of Infinite Jest.  We’ll see.

A few years ago, DFW gave a commencement address that has become quite the sensation.  A couple of years ago the speech became a nice gift book.  Then, just this past week, an abridged version of it became a YouTube hit.  “This Is Water” gives some great perspective not just on education, but on living life plain and simple.  There’s something sincere and true in what he says, something worth thinking about for a good, long while.

Tomorrow: another piece of my absent-mindul mix- something from David Brooks.