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Born from an illicit night in a Howard Johnson Inn after too much Honest Ben's Lemonabe, the Misopogon retired early from his job as apostate emperor of Rome soon after learning the whole "burn your ships" thing was supposed to just be a metaphor. He now resides in Detroit, Michigan, where, when not blogging, he typically sits on his porch and yells at Fernando Rodney to tuck in his shirt and straighten his damn fool hat.Actually, I was "Misopogon" long before I found MGoBlog. I've used it as a user name on boards and such since college. It's my name on SB Nation. It's my name on friends' blogs and friends' friends' blogs. It's my name on my own short-lived blog. It's my name on World of Warcraft (I was the dwarf character before Cartman!) It's a lot better than previous nicknames I've had, such as "IMMAUEL" in the Log Log, or "Twinkie: the Creampuff Hider of Nourishment," or "Fishblades" or "Fun 'n Games." I chose the name as my universal Internet handle after reading The Misopogon for an Ancient History class at M. It's a play by the Emperor Julian that literally means "Beard Hater." It was written when the Emperor was making a visit to Antioch, as kind of a spoof on the plays put on by the Christians, who dominated the city and hated his guts. Think of it like George W. Bush going on Saturday Night Live at the peak of his unpopularity and doing a perfect parody of George W. Bush. I liked the idea of a Roman Emperor walking into a nest of people who wished him very ill things (I get to a lot of away games) and having a sense of humor about himself. Plus, I have a beard and get shit for it, so there's some solidarity. The whole ship-burning thing was just a fortunate coincidence -- Julian the Apostate wasn't the first nor the last guy to actually try this, but he was almost certainly the least successful guy to burn his ships behind him. "Misopogon" is also kind of a homophone for "Michigan." And also, the first time I posted on MGoBlog (I was a regular reader at the old loc for like a year) some guy said this name was awesome, and I was like, "I'm home."
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I found this thread way late, am on the the third or fourth page and this is actually a post that made me laugh hard in my office!
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