Potpourri this week is an eclectic mix of links. We’ve got Library Promotion and Anti-Objectivist screeds and Star Wars. At the end of it all, we have a sad good bye letter from a dying genius.  In other words, it’s a typical potpourri. My favorite links of the week, distilled for your pleasure:

• It’s well known that I love the Old Spice Guy (despite assorted problems with the ideology that I try not to think about much) – that said, BYU’s riff on the commercial for their library? Borders on genius: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ArIj236UHs
• If you’ve seen Scott Pilgrim, you should see it again. If you haven’t, you need to go. Most importantly, you need to give the box office money for Scott Pilgrim, so we can continue to have nice things: http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2010/08/go-and-pay-to-see-scott-pilgrim-right-now.html
• I’m sharing this because, despite my love of Rush, I generally dislike Randian Objectivists: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2010/8/12hague.html
• From our “Unexpected Genre Mashups” department – adorable Star Wars art in the style of A. A. Milne.  http://blastr.com/2010/08/wookie-the-pooh-is-the-st.php
• Finally, let me say that the too-young death of Satoshi Kon this week hit me terribly hard. I have always enjoyed his work, and think his non-conventional ideas and storytelling style made him a unique, luminary voice in Anime and the world in general. If you’ve not seen “Millennium Actress” do yourself a favor and watch it. I could sum it up as ‘Sunset Boulevard as a love song’ but that genuinely doesn’t do it justice. In his final days, he wrote a letter to his friends, fans and family, which has been translated into English (for those of us who don’t read Japanese). It is tragic, sad and touching. Take tissues with you. You’ll want them: http://www.makikoitoh.com/journal/satoshi-kons-last-words