Recent Exercises

  • Happy Birthday Snap Specs

    If you don’t follow me on Snapchat you are missing out. Today is a very important anniversary! Snapspecs Vending Machines in the pop-up shop on 5th avenue in…

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  • Zeb Freeman

    This is a bit of an unusual post but I felt like writing down a bunch of memories I had about my grandfather, pictured with me here in…

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  • The National Conference of the National Communication Association

    Thanks to the suggestion of my public speaking students and my own curiosity, I’m going to vlog most of NCA this year in Dallas. You can follow the…

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  • Answering Some FAQs

    Q: Why so cranky/are you depressed/mentally ill? The etymology of crank is a good one – the “crazy person” is related to the person who is angry, upset,…

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  • Farewell Tournaments!

    Up at 6, drinking the flavored coffee I love, reading an essay on Poetry.org, feeling happy. Feeling much happier than I did yesterday leaving the restaurant, hearing, “Thank…

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  • The Vision Quest Composition Pedagogy

    The vision quest is the primary model of composition that undergraduate students use. A vision quest, roughly defined is a ceremony involving sleep deprivation, possible chemical enhancement of…

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