Let Us Commence
A few years back, the inveterate Chris Dunn told me about a comedian and filmmaker he liked, Mike Birbiglia. I've since checked out his work and, if I'm not at the same high level of appreciation as the Dunn fellow, I do agree with him that Birbiglia is good, and I like the fellow.
As it happens, Birbiglia was asked to give a commencement address at Georgetown University to the Arts & Sciences College, of which he's a graduate. And like all such commencements these days, it was a virtual one. (A common feature of all these is that they tend to be short. Even Barack Obama's commencement address to all high school graduates was only about six minutes. And Birbiglia's falls in that same range.)
He gave the address a couple weeks ago, and what with other things taking precedence we're only getting around to it now. But from there to here --
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