Comments on: This is water http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/ Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:16:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: This is Water | Trendero Blog http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/comment-page-1/#comment-26317 This is Water | Trendero Blog Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:40:24 +0000 http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/#comment-26317 [...] If you haven’t read David Foster Wallace’s well-known commencement speech, “This is Water” (also now a popular quick-read book), then check it out at this link: http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/. [...] […] If you haven’t read David Foster Wallace’s well-known commencement speech, “This is Water” (also now a popular quick-read book), then check it out at this link: http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/. […]

]]> By: Mike http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/comment-page-1/#comment-25481 Mike Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:26:20 +0000 http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/#comment-25481 There's a 3 minute mp3 clip of him reading it here: http://www.wpr.org/book/090823a.cfm near the bottom. I wish the whole thing was available. There’s a 3 minute mp3 clip of him reading it here:
 http://www.wpr.org/book/090823a.cfm

near the bottom. I wish the whole thing was available.

]]> By: Varjak http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/comment-page-1/#comment-25432 Varjak Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:13:27 +0000 http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/#comment-25432 This is beautiful. Thank you for posting it... Does anyone happen to know a place where I could hear the audio of David Foster Wallace speaking it? I imagine there would be something slightly different revealed from hearing him speak his words as this is something that was originally intended to be listened to... This is beautiful.
Thank you for posting it…
Does anyone happen to know a place where I could hear the audio of David Foster Wallace speaking it? I imagine there would be something slightly different revealed from hearing him speak his words as this is something that was originally intended to be listened to…

]]> By: A place to stand « gopher down under http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/comment-page-1/#comment-25423 A place to stand « gopher down under Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:40:58 +0000 http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/#comment-25423 [...] I am viewed with a grain of salt. I know, because I do it. When I catch myself, I remind myself “this is water” and try listening to the person like I would listen to anyone else I respect and want to learn [...] […] I am viewed with a grain of salt. I know, because I do it. When I catch myself, I remind myself “this is water” and try listening to the person like I would listen to anyone else I respect and want to learn […]

]]> By: Lek http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/comment-page-1/#comment-25251 Lek Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:52:11 +0000 http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/#comment-25251 Wow. Why not give the copyright info and mention the book? Wow. Why not give the copyright info and mention the book?

]]> By: sarah http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/comment-page-1/#comment-25167 sarah Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:16:52 +0000 http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/#comment-25167 THANK you SOO MUCH! I got the book at Boarders and read it five times straight, and I so wanted to share it with my friends. THANK you SOO MUCH! I got the book at Boarders and read it five times straight, and I so wanted to share it with my friends.

]]> By: eldred http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/comment-page-1/#comment-25143 eldred Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:48:39 +0000 http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/#comment-25143 tnx for the text. just read the book and wanted to "share" with friends... this was perfect. Also loved your old surf shots... ah, the good ole days! tnx for the text. just read the book and wanted to “share” with friends… this was perfect. Also loved your old surf shots… ah, the good ole days!

]]> By: Mary http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/comment-page-1/#comment-25017 Mary Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:25:54 +0000 http://www.stevey.com/2009/06/09/this-is-water/#comment-25017 This is a prayer. Turning off the default setting is the hardest work you can do besides grief. This is a prayer. Turning off the default setting is the hardest work you can do besides grief.

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