tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24472989067695207882011-08-18T09:11:12.495-04:00and other odditiesstephens opinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479275020285917954noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447298906769520788.post-37410763993155241782010-11-19T22:17:00.000-05:002010-11-19T22:17:48.634-05:00speaking of expressing myself this article from The Art of Manliness seems apropo. <a href="http://artofmanliness.com/2010/11/14/classical-rhetoric-101-an-introduction/">Classical Rhetoric 101: An Introduction</a> one of the big reasons i started this blog is to vent. i have strong reactions and even find myself getting angry at all the rhetoric i read on the web. it seems like it's all bullshit, manipulative rhetoric. the article seems to talk about it intelligently and should be informative as it progresses. i wonder if i'll learn anything and calm my reactions a bit. i hope so. enjoy.<br /><br /><div id="content"> <div id="share_buttons_wrapper"> <div id="share_buttons_single_page"> <div class="wdt_button"> <a href="" name="fb_share" type="box_count"></a></div><div class="wdt_button"> </div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2447298906769520788-3741076399315524178?l=stephensopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>stephens opinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479275020285917954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447298906769520788.post-12663519898444121502010-11-19T15:19:00.000-05:002010-11-19T15:19:22.115-05:00i'm starting over again with a new nicname. i got tired of my old nicname. i'm not sure i want to tell you what it was at this time. maybe at a later time. for now i like this one.<br />it's funny my need to blog. i've never been much of a writer. it was a subject in school that caused me much anxiety. i avoided it throughout grade school and high school and it's the only subject missing from getting a college degree. but with this new web blogging thing going on i'm discovering a repressed urge to write. i don't think i'm bad at expressing myself but i do suffer from spontaneity anxiety. second thoughts and self conscienceness about how i'm reflected. sheesh, it doesn't end with me.<br />i guess i'm the reserved type but i do admire those that seemingly just go for it. i have a need to state my opinion though and a desire to be heard and considered. so with that said i hope to learn something. inhibitions and criticism sensitivity be damned. i shall slay my self conscienceness and procede with confidence. why the hell am i analyzing and explaining myself anyway? sheesh.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2447298906769520788-1266351989844412150?l=stephensopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>stephens opinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479275020285917954noreply@blogger.com0