A (Triumphant?) Return

I was gone a long time, too long they might say. Where had this lost child of the mind gone you might ask? It is a long and turbulent story...indeed with escapades not well suited to talking (Okay, I'm lying there ;). I have figured out some things, and made some decisions. I will indeed be going back to school--but for longer than I had originally thought. No simple Bachelor's for the Nelsonian One, nay that should not do. It will take an advanced degree--something on the order of a PhD will do. What, you may ask, need has one for a Doctorate in today's job world? Well, first you should ask what Doctorate I plan to obtain. Not something 'useful' like CS--but rather the far loftier pursuit of Philosophy. I can hear you asking what in this green world you can do with a Philosophy degree. I plan to do the noblest thing I can think of with it--teach college students such as my present self the value of critical thinking and analysis, and exposing them to different possible world-views. What greater benifit could I do for society than to bring up the up-coming generations to be rounded individuals with a clear grasp of their world-view? And to think I shall be paid for doing just that! No better deal can I think of for one whose mind lives in my climes. Anyway, tirade mode off. Your friendly neighbourhood Nelson, signing off.