I can make it through this week...

Don't you hate it when you get to class and realize that the seventy page paper you've been working on all semester didn't actually save last time you hit "save" and then you email half of it to yourself to turn in that morning by 11? Wow. I'm dead.

Alden, don't be scared. He's not my favorite hero. And my mouth is very rarely ever that dirty.

Robert brought up a good point when he said "how are we supposed to use this stuff?" I think it all goes back to the issues we've cared so much about. It goes back to why we're in school. I am at least speaking for myself here when I say that I'm not going to be rich from college...or I would have gone into physics or something. I picked my path because of the things I care about. Probably, what we're supposed to take away from this class is a firmer grasp on how to approach these things we care about. Annie could make a great campaign for tazers and be able to acheive her desired affect with her audience. I'm too scattered to pick just one example for myself, but I think you get the idea.

Richard, wonderful job. Your presentation sort of captures the nature of modern rhetoric. It seems all of the presentations have dealt with issues on the forefront of our understanding of rhetoric. When it comes to book banning, mass manipulation through commercials, being able to speak out against the things you're unhappy with, these are all issues that might not have been seen as being used rhetorically, according to Aristotle. It seems they would have made merry discourse about whether or not the stuff is harmful, but here we are saying there is a certain amount of rhetoric to these issues. So does this mean that rhetoric creates a product? I'm still not sure on that one. Perhaps the man who opposed comics would have been happier if comic book makers would have taken a little more responsibility for the rhetoric in the comics. Is anything ever just entertainment? Who knows.

C.A.--great job with your speech and congratulations on the massive trophy. =)

Everyone, it's been fun. I've even grown to like the blog, go figure! Hopefully I'll still see everyone around in the fall.