Comments on: Blog names http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:42:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: JB http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-115818 JB Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:10:48 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-115818 I've been "mother of All." The taglline was "when you're to blame for everything, you must be the mother of All." I was thinking how huge natural disasters get called things like "the mother of all storms." Also, it's a name for Biblical Eve in my church, and then there's the fact I have a lot of kids, including the neighbors kids who come over, it seems. As my blog started to develop a readership after a few years, I got nervous about even the limited renamed references to my children. Most motherhood blogs are about preschoolers for a reason. When your kids are in Junior High, you don't want their friends to find you boasting about how badly you keep house. Today, for example, I took the kids kite flying, though there is still food under the kitchen table from last night. "Yardful of Weeds" because I'm busy with the kids, not keeping up with the laundry, and we're all playing on the stomped-down weeds in the backyard. Things are growing out of control. And some of the kids are taller than me now. Yet there is a certain beauty to weeds. There's also Dis Organized, again reflecting my love/hate obsession with being organized and getting anything done. Perhaps I would be more organized if I didn't keep disparaging the effort it takes. I’ve been “mother of All.” The taglline was “when you’re to blame for everything, you must be the mother of All.” I was thinking how huge natural disasters get called things like “the mother of all storms.” Also, it’s a name for Biblical Eve in my church, and then there’s the fact I have a lot of kids, including the neighbors kids who come over, it seems.

As my blog started to develop a readership after a few years, I got nervous about even the limited renamed references to my children. Most motherhood blogs are about preschoolers for a reason. When your kids are in Junior High, you don’t want their friends to find you boasting about how badly you keep house. Today, for example, I took the kids kite flying, though there is still food under the kitchen table from last night.

“Yardful of Weeds” because I’m busy with the kids, not keeping up with the laundry, and we’re all playing on the stomped-down weeds in the backyard. Things are growing out of control. And some of the kids are taller than me now. Yet there is a certain beauty to weeds.

There’s also Dis Organized, again reflecting my love/hate obsession with being organized and getting anything done. Perhaps I would be more organized if I didn’t keep disparaging the effort it takes.

]]> By: Susan http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-111747 Susan Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:00:24 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-111747 My lj blog is named after the nickname of a Japanese band that I like. I started it when I was living in Japan, and the tagline means "I don't get what you are saying", in Japanese. It just seemed to fit at the time, and still does. It's pretty much all private, though. My lj blog is named after the nickname of a Japanese band that I like. I started it when I was living in Japan, and the tagline means “I don’t get what you are saying”, in Japanese. It just seemed to fit at the time, and still does. It’s pretty much all private, though.

]]> By: B. http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-110335 B. Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:03:13 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-110335 I have renamed my blog several times and am not sure how to find a good sounding name. I like my current blog title pretty well though. It's inspired by a poem that says, "the authentic is a line.." I have renamed my blog several times and am not sure how to find a good sounding name. I like my current blog title pretty well though. It’s inspired by a poem that says, “the authentic is a line..”

]]> By: Profane http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-109743 Profane Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:45:39 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-109743 My blog name, Profane, is a play on what I am, a 'Prof-fan', and what DI intercollegiate athletics has become. My blog name, Profane, is a play on what I am, a ‘Prof-fan’, and what DI intercollegiate athletics has become.

]]> By: kate.d. http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-109622 kate.d. Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:13:55 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-109622 the seemingly nonsensical name of my blog seems that way because it's a direct translation from another language. but that'll all i'll say about it, because i like for it to remain as nonsensical-seeming as possible :) the seemingly nonsensical name of my blog seems that way because it’s a direct translation from another language. but that’ll all i’ll say about it, because i like for it to remain as nonsensical-seeming as possible :)

]]> By: Sumana Harihareswara http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-109540 Sumana Harihareswara Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:02:08 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-109540 My first name is Sumana and my boyfriend, now husband, once made the offhand line "Cogito, ergo Sumana" in an email to me. I enjoy the reference to the famous Descartes line and the pun. There aren't many puns that include my name! So there you go. My first name is Sumana and my boyfriend, now husband, once made the offhand line “Cogito, ergo Sumana” in an email to me. I enjoy the reference to the famous Descartes line and the pun. There aren’t many puns that include my name! So there you go.

]]> By: Sneha http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-109169 Sneha Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:43:36 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-109169 no real story behind "reveries & ruminations." just a moment of alliterative inspiration. no real story behind “reveries & ruminations.” just a moment of alliterative inspiration.

]]> By: Mother Laura http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-109108 Mother Laura Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:03:22 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-109108 As a Catholic female priest (now bishop), "Junia's Daughter" was the perfect title for my blog because it refers to the one female apostle explicitly named as such in Scripture (Romans 16). I explain this, with a couple of relevant links, close to the top of the blog. As a Catholic female priest (now bishop), “Junia’s Daughter” was the perfect title for my blog because it refers to the one female apostle explicitly named as such in Scripture (Romans 16). I explain this, with a couple of relevant links, close to the top of the blog.

]]> By: Ginger http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-109025 Ginger Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:49:44 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-109025 I gave <a href="http://diaryofafreakmagnet.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Diary of a Freak Magnet</a></em> a full explanation <a href="http://diaryofafreakmagnet.blogspot.com/2006/01/why-this-blog.html" rel="nofollow">here.</a></em> I gave Diary of a Freak Magnet a full explanation here.

]]> By: Bonnie http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-108740 Bonnie Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:14:00 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/09/02/blog-names/#comment-108740 I called my blog <a href="http://christianfeminist.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Christian Feminist</a> because that's what I am. The sign-off tag, "PJ," dates to a long time ago, however, and isn't my real name. I suppose I should change it. I called my blog Christian Feminist because that’s what I am.

The sign-off tag, “PJ,” dates to a long time ago, however, and isn’t my real name. I suppose I should change it.

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