About Michael J. Faris
I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
This blog serves as a place to think through things, record thoughts, share interesting stuff, and hold conversations. Welcome!
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tag cloud of new chapter 1
Here is a tag cloud of the draft of Chapter 1 I am turning into Lisa this morning: academic argue baoill become being believes bloggers blogosphere blogs boards brooke chapter claims class classroom comments community composition considered content conversation course … Continue reading
Posted in Thesis work
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a five minute break from my thesis
I turn in a draft of what is now my first chapter to Lisa later this morning. I am so frustrated… I just want to bash my head on a rock. I don’t know how many times I hit my … Continue reading
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Seventeen explains how to hook up with a blogger
My friend Drew in Iowa points to Ezra Klein’s post about Seventeen magazine’s article on dating. Evidently, in addition to the standard “How to date The Emo Guy” and The Store Clerk and The Club Promoter, Seventeen now includes The … Continue reading
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standard format in submissions…
I’ve never been a big fan of Microsoft Word, and now I’m really starting to abhor it, but it seems to be the general required submission format for files, which is icky. I find myself drafting in either TextEdit (.rtf) … Continue reading
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is democracy inherently good?
Yesterday in Creative Democracy Professor Orosco asked us to write and share our ideas on two questions. It hadn’t occurred to me to blog about this, but then Luke did, so I thought I’d go ahead and type up what … Continue reading