Cutting
The comments are back on the first chapter of the dissertation. Most of them are good, a few them are frustrating in that I ever made the mistakes in the first place. For instance, I was told that my punctuation was terrible. That's probably because the most consistent writing that I have been doing in the last decade or so, has been blogging. I typically don't worry about punctuation when I'm doing it, but, I should. The most troubling thing is that I have to cut and entire section that I rather liked. I have to cut it because the academic world has largely disagreed with the position being taken. The position is not with specific regard to my focus on conspiracy theories. It is however the foundation for a position on conspiracy theories that a different person takes. So this leaves me with two options: either cut it, or spend thirty pages trying to resurrect a dead horse. The first, obviously appeals to my laziness. Cutting it means that it's gone and I never have