Naming My Blog ...

Well, sadly it turns out that the name I have for my blog is not really as wildly innovative as I thought it was.

I liked the name … “iblog”… sort of techie sounding (not that I’m a techie). Also, I thought it sounded kind of fashionable (like ipod). One could also think of it as having the pronoun “I” associated with the verb “blog”...so "I blog".

Besides all of that, I relate quite well to the letter “I” - since my name begins with I.

YES … I thought it was a very, very cool blog name – but apparently, as I now discover, there is a whole universe of ibloggers out there (associated with Apple, of course)…duh.

So, now I really do feel that have to come up with - a more unique blog name. Hopefully, the fun of blogging will still be as sweet … like the “rose by any other name”.

I have a short list of possible new blog names actually. They’re all based on favorite literary works by writers whom I have always found to be inspiring. The titles are tweaked, adjusting them to the context of my blogging activity. Here’s the list:

James Joyce

1. Portrait of the Blogger As a Young Woman
(Well 30 something anyway …)

2. Blogger’s Wake …

Maya Angelou

1. And Still I Blog …

Margaret Atwood

1. Wilderness Blog
2. The Edible Blog
3. The Robber Blog
4. Morning in the Blog Cabin

Michael Ondaatje

1. In the Skin of a Blog

Alice Munroe

1. The Love of a Good Blog

William Shakespeare

1. The Undiscovered Blog

2. This Powerful Blog …
Not marble, nor the gilded monuments of princes, shall outlive this powerful blog…
(Well, I guess Blog posts are actually fairly ephemeral, but that did sound good).

J.K. Rowling

1. The Philosopher’s Blog
2. Blog of Fire
3. The Have-Blog Princess

Other options …

Another Blog for the Fire
Blogs for the Pyre
Captain’s Blog … Star-date 2008

Now … the final decision … what name should I choose?

I’ll have to think about it for a day or two. Hmmmm…