So I'm on a list called Upworthy. They point out interesting stuff on the web. The one I got today on my facebook page was Tim Minchin's Occasional Address upon receiving an honorary doctorate of letters from University of Western Australia, in Perth. His address is hilarious, awesome, and very, very Aussie. His potentially offensive language in the speech made me think of sitting around the dinner table in Kalamazoo with my parents and grandma before I moved here, talking about Australia and what I thought it would be like. "You know, they use pretty rough language there, I've heard." Someone (not me) said. Then there was a long pause while we thought about who taught mom what WTF means - or some other spaces where my language hasn't been appropriate. Then we all burst out laughing. "I guess you'll fit right in," Mom said.
You can watch Tim's speech on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoEezZD71sc&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLF9B5176A1498705F
Michael Scriven was just here in Melbourne receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education. His speech was a bit longer, but also worth watching (though I might not have thought of sharing it without the nudge from Tim, above). Michael is one of the founders of evaluation, and my coursework adviser in my PhD. I love him, and being able to be there for this ceremony was lovely, but not as fabulous as watching him adapt to the strict time requirements when we asked him to do some video recording for our online subjects. That footage I can't share, but I wish I could. I always knew he was amazing, but he's even more fabulous than I realized. (For those of you who've had him in class, he CAN answer a question in under eight minutes.) So for a taste of a different kind of fabulous (not the 8 minute kind), you can watch the award ceremony and Michael's speech here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN6v1IAnI2g&feature=youtu.be
And here's me and Michael after the ceremony
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