About Michael J. Faris
I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
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Monthly Archives: December 2008
tag cloud on new years eve
A tag cloud of recent posts: I’m trying to figure out how to get Worlde to do a tag cloud of more than just recent posts, but I can’t figure it out.
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Nancy Goldstein on Milk
From Huffington Post: Yet Milk is curiously placid and sterile, even prudish. We never see more than a tablespoon of blood at a time. The 10-second sex scene we only partially see in a dark bedroom between Milk and a … Continue reading
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my books in 2008
According to my goodreads account, I’ve read (and finished) about 60 books in 2008. WOW! John listed his top three fiction books of 2008, top three nonfiction books of 2008, and top 3 movies he saw in 2008. I’ll try … Continue reading
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new years on the west coast and some cool stuff
I’m in Oregon! It’s fantastic, of course. While in Iowa, I didn’t nearly get enough work done on my syllabus for next term or revising a few pieces of writing, but hopefully I’ll get some work done here. An interesting … Continue reading
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the depressing thing about Christmas
The depressing thing about the Christmas season—isn’t it?—is that it’s the time when all the institutions are speaking with one voice. The Church says what the Church says. But the State says the same thing: maybe not (in some ways … Continue reading
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