A while ago I launched “Benjamin’s Real Man Poetry Blog”, so named to allow me to share my literary genius while deflecting accusations of being a pansy. Unfortunately, my poetic well seems to have run dry, and my last poem was a gasping attempt at defining the unfortunate situation.
Since then, I began a philosophy course under the direction of philosopher Thomas Hilton. Although I’ve only been taking philosophy for about six weeks now, I think I’m about ready to become the grand-master of my own cult. The first step towards that goal is schooling the world on how the universe was created, the purpose of human existence, and why I should be your leader. As this poetry blog seemed to be crying out for new life, I decided to use it as my primary tool.
The blog will now be called “BnmnG Poetry and Philosophy”. I left “poetry” in place because those creative juices may start flowing again and because I realize the whole grand-master thing might not work out. I deleted “real man” to allow me to share my philosophic genius while deflecting accusations of being a pig. And I decided to replace “Benjamin” with my world famous handle, BnmnG, which, by the way, is not pronounced “bunnemminnig” as I’ve heard in local circles; it’s “beeyennemmenjee”; stands for Benjamin (no middle name) Goldberg.
This might be a fair time to mention that Professor Hilton gives extra credit to students who keep a journal, and I’m hoping this blog could be worth a few points. So while grandmastership might be nice, I’ll be happy with a few points added to my final grade.
So I started the poetry blog to show the world what a great poet I am, and turned it into a philosophy blog for a few points towards a class that I’m only taking as a breadth requirement. Gosh I’m deep.
But hopefully not too deep. Get ready folks, real heavy stuff is on the way.
