On Stuttering

i cant even imagine what it would be like to have a stutter.  i know what it feels like to have "a frog in my throat"; i used to get extremely nervous before performing on stage.  i felt this piece by edward hoagland was really effective and his memories were so vivid i feel like i know him personally.  one of the most fascinating things to me was that he would be able to speak without a stutter when he was angry.  "that is, if somebody made fun of me or treated me cavalierly and a certain threshold was crossed, a spurt of chemistry would suddenly free my mouth and--like popeye grabbing a can of spinach--i could answer him."  i would think that when angry, stuttering is more prevalent, so i this statement caught my attention very quickly.  overall, the way that hoagland wrote was extremely effective to me, and he held my attention through the very few pages of his writing and actually left me wanting to know more about his life.