Porter

His complicity with mediocrity has been impressively well realized.

About Me

You know what that is? That's precision

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

David Foster Wallace.

Music:

Johnny Cash, the Black Keys, Joy Division, Slint, Calla, Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Frog Eyes, the Walkmen, Jonathan Fire*Eater, the Smiths, Liars, My Bloody Valentine, the Jesus & Mary Chain, Dylan, Elliott Smith

Movies:

Wes Anderson, P.T. Anderson, Charlie Kaufman, David O. Russell

Books:

David Foster Wallace, Vladimir Nabokov, George Saunders, Thomas Pynchon, Dave Eggers, Ben Marcus, Heller, Steinbeck, McCarthy

My Blog

First OCS Writing Assignment

I was born in Vero Beach, Florida in 1980. I grew up in a staunchly Southern family, one whose conservatism was slightly offset by the efforts of my pseudo-Yankee mother. However much her heart bled, ...
Posted by Porter on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 03:41:00 PST

lying, cheating, and stealing: plagiarism holds the triple-crown of vice

Reading a paper this week I gave one of my students an extension on, I became suspicious when the topic started skipping around and the author continued employing scattered, technical philosophical vo...
Posted by Porter on Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:08:00 PST