Do I have a lame blog title? Sorry to repeat the question, but I think it is seriously lame. It lacks any kind of wit or subtelty. Maybe I could be straightforward for once? Maybe.
But I do like the Rumi quote, it's so prescient, pertinent and sums me up like a treat. What a genius that man was.
But on the topic of blogging (it seems like most of my blogging is going to be about blogging, but what can I say, I love blogging), blog branding is important as it is part of your blogger identity and therefore your blogging impact and longevity. Should you change this identity on the pure whim of your capricious moods, it would be like waking up every day and starting a different life (well, not exactly). Like any brand, you've got to pick your name and stick with it. Pick it sooner rather than later, but at the same time give it a good think because you're pretty much stuck with it for life.
You could always take the cop-out and use the name someone else chose for you before you had barely gained human consciousness. I'm talking about your real name. The one your momma gave you, the one you had no choice over and that you have based the whole edifice of your self-consciousness on. It seems to make so much sense that such an important word in your life was dreamed up by someone else in the first few minutes of the aftermath of agonising pain. If my mother went to so much trouble, I don't see why I should throw that all back in her face.
So I'm sticking to my real name (notice how it's in the URL?). The title of the blog is irrelevant and will change on the whim of my capricious moods.
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Do I have a lame blog title?
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Seriously though, I think your blog title fits fine, and you should only change it if you feel it doesn't. As for it not being witty? Ha! My blog title is so bizarre I am ashamed to say it to people. I try to get away with mumbling it, and when that doesn't work, say it very fast, punctuated with a burst of 'It's named after a line in a Destiny's Child song, OK?! Lose My Breath, for your information! Kelly Rowland sings that bit! It seemed like a good idea at the time!'
My tagline also falls short, being as it is, nothing more than Wire-worshipping geekery. That doesn't bother me though - I revel in The Wire like pigs revel in mud.
Ahem. Yes. So do what you will, and unless you go Looney Tunes, I'm sure I and your other faithful readers will hang on for the ride.
Hehe, thanks. I'm shocked that I have faithful readers more than anything else. I hope you don't subscribe to my posts because I am want to republish them many times after obsessive re-editing.
I guess my title isn't as specific as yours. If you like an artist and their song, there is no shame in that! I once had the Beatles' song 'I am the Walrus' as my blogger ID. I don't know much about the Wire, but it seems your blog is specific and personal rather than, ahem, grandiose like mine.
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