You write so well and communicate your thoughts with such great clarity that I'm sure you would find a large audience if you did blog. I would have started a blog a long time ago if I had the ability to string a few sentences together without a Herculean effort.
I've only been a phil major for the last year and am just taking logic this semester.
ME = pwned
It would, in part, explain why philosophy majors average the 2nd highest LSAT scores.
Thanks for the compliments, but while I realize that I'm an above average writer, I don't really see myself in that way -- certainly not at the level you seem to have me at.
There are tons of fantastic writers out there (see: Drinky, White Man, -jinx-, and drohne); I've thought about pursuing a career in writing in some way, but always come back to that fact. This would undoubtedly make it very difficult to achieve any measure of success. Like Latrell Sprewell is fond of saying: "I need to feed my family."
(or at least I'll need to someday)
As much as we've quarreled at times, Mandark's writing always impresses me; that sort of concision is something I strive for (believe it or not
). He's a fantastic communicator; -jinx- too. Guys like Doug and drohne just have a natural flair with words that honestly leaves me in awe sometimes. But yeah, I've thought about it. I write well about certain things, and the length of my posts comes from the fact that, when I'm speaking on these subjects (i.e., things I'm passionate about), the words just flow out of me -- there's really no effort at all involved. To write a paper for a class is drudgery at times, but to write about the stuff I know and have reflected on? It just comes out of me; that's really the only way I can explain it. It's like a medium doing automatic writing.
I'm also not very technically proficient -- my grammar can be horrible at times since I've never been formally trained in English at an advanced level. Then again, I imagine that's what they have proofreaders for.
I want to write a book before I get too old and forget how to properly convey my thoughts -- or forget my thoughts entirely.
But I'll probably do that in drips and drabs on the side rather than as a career of any sort. Thanks again for the kind words -- considering how much flak I get on the boards for my writing style, it means a lot.
Btw, which major has the highest average LSAT score? Poli sci? Pre-law?
