The most difficult decision to be made when creating this great canvas for the masterpiece that it shall become was, of course, giving it the proper nomenclature. One of my great useless talents is coming with a treasure-trove of easily rejected names for hypothetical bands (Dead Salmon), fantasy football (JackedLikeEdHoculi) or trivia teams.
You give me a topic, I give you a witty name. Arrested Development fans on a softball team? Loose Seals. Oklahoma State grads on a bar crawl? Get Your Eddie Sutton On. BAM! That simple. Where's my royalties?
But naming this wasn't so simple. It had to be unique, witty, lasting, memorable and had to embody the true nature, spirit and purpose of the blog itself. That being pointless. But I digest. . .
Disillusions of Grandeur - Already taken by a blog about styling nails. Evidently Nail Ninjas are very self-aware. And besides this blog is going to be grand. Believe it.
Bo Knows - An obvious rip-off of the classic Bo Jackson marketing campaign. Rather smug considering my unofficial King of Useless Knowledge crown.
Park Bench Pontifications - named after where I spend the majority of my reading and neighborhood people watching time. While often an origin for ideas and philosophies, not the location where they would be codified and published for posterity. Also socially unacceptable place to not wear pants.
Apropos of Nothing - taken by a blog last updated in 2003. Have enough problems focusing and getting motivated as it is. Though much here is apropos of nothing, don't need a defeatist title to go along with it.
Binge Thinking - the original working name for the blog and the name of the most brilliant bar stool philosophers club ever. EVER! The name of a book based upon the phenomenon of young people way over thinking things in a way to depressing way. Also a blog full of haiku. I don't write haiku, because with poetry I was told there was to be no math.
But in the end, this is a Word Hard world we are living in.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Welcome to the Club
Hello and welcome fine denizens of the neighborhood to this, the Word Hard World. A new fantastic universe of life philosophies, observations, theories, and other random musings awaits you. Be prepared for deep thoughts and shallow jokes. And shallow thoughts and deep jokes. And the full spectrum that lies within and beyond.
Word Hard. What does that even mean? Well, ostensibly it means nothing. It was derived from a typo in a work email about leaving typos in our work and was pointed out in an attempted scathing rebuttal by a disgruntled co-worker. As one who often uses (/over-uses) the word 'word' within casual conversation, particularly as a means to say goodbye, I found 'Word Hard' to be way funnier than 'Work Hard' could ever be serious. And thus a moniker was born.
While traversing this road of life I often find myself devoid of motivation, full of useless knowledge and facts and philosophize on the obscure and the mundane. Sometimes in a deep, profound way. Sometimes in just a witty out-of-leftfield way. Nevertheless, too often I find myself lacking the opportunity to have said conversations with a peer and instead have them within my own noggin. This blog is my attempt to record said thoughts for posterity, to share with the world and the billions or six of yous whom will read this, and to provide an outlet through which it is hoped to save some of my sanity. There will be brutal honesty within, thus you can see the 'Not wearing pants' tag to this post. For those who wish to think this author is some loser who sits at home in his underwear and blogs I will take the burden of such guesswork out of your hands and inform you when I publish something sans trousers. Working pantsless is quite riveting. I suggest you try it.
So what is 'Word' supposedly contrived to mean as a verb within this context? To 'word' is to exercise to think, to write, to share, to joke, to observe. All done in a manner that is off the beaten path and brings forth enlightenment, education or at the very least, entertainment. It can be serious, but is never to be taken too seriously, as the point is not be right, but explore those pathways we travel to discover what we believe. And to enjoy ourselves along the way.
We all could 'Word Hard' more often in our lives. This is my attempt to do so. Won't you join me neighbor?
Word Hard. What does that even mean? Well, ostensibly it means nothing. It was derived from a typo in a work email about leaving typos in our work and was pointed out in an attempted scathing rebuttal by a disgruntled co-worker. As one who often uses (/over-uses) the word 'word' within casual conversation, particularly as a means to say goodbye, I found 'Word Hard' to be way funnier than 'Work Hard' could ever be serious. And thus a moniker was born.
While traversing this road of life I often find myself devoid of motivation, full of useless knowledge and facts and philosophize on the obscure and the mundane. Sometimes in a deep, profound way. Sometimes in just a witty out-of-leftfield way. Nevertheless, too often I find myself lacking the opportunity to have said conversations with a peer and instead have them within my own noggin. This blog is my attempt to record said thoughts for posterity, to share with the world and the billions or six of yous whom will read this, and to provide an outlet through which it is hoped to save some of my sanity. There will be brutal honesty within, thus you can see the 'Not wearing pants' tag to this post. For those who wish to think this author is some loser who sits at home in his underwear and blogs I will take the burden of such guesswork out of your hands and inform you when I publish something sans trousers. Working pantsless is quite riveting. I suggest you try it.
So what is 'Word' supposedly contrived to mean as a verb within this context? To 'word' is to exercise to think, to write, to share, to joke, to observe. All done in a manner that is off the beaten path and brings forth enlightenment, education or at the very least, entertainment. It can be serious, but is never to be taken too seriously, as the point is not be right, but explore those pathways we travel to discover what we believe. And to enjoy ourselves along the way.
We all could 'Word Hard' more often in our lives. This is my attempt to do so. Won't you join me neighbor?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
