On Naming a Blog and Awarding a Cookie

In which we investigate inside jokes and someone is both mocked and praised.


So this is my blog. Pretty exciting no? To be honest I had sat down multiple times over the last few weeks with the intention of starting a blog. I like the idea of writing one because I often find myself having ridiculous thoughts or ideas about various topics and this will, hopefully, give me an outlet for them. However, when I went to make my "blogspot" I could never get past the naming of the blog, it was my secret shame.

Literally at a loss for words I did what anyone would do in my position, I turned to Facebook for guidance. Ah Facebook, the last true bastion of creativity and deep meaningful friendships; where else can I find out what Pete from Vermont, who I only met once, ranks as his five favorite cheeses? (Zach, this is internet sarcasm, don't be confused). And so, via the status bar, I reached out and asked for suggestions as to what I should name my blog. The person who delivered the best name would win a cookie, any horrible ideas would be mocked.

To my surprise there were a number of great suggestions. More than once I found myself laughing at inside jokes that are now years old or simply laughing at clever ideas. As you can see from the top of this blog, and the URL code the winning title was "Bravo Deploy Satchmo." This title was suggested by Carrie Felton (who has her own blog here). She will be getting her cookie the next time I see her. That's not all though, she also has the distinction of suggesting the worst blog title also. That suggested title was jlog. Take a moment and let it sink in. Jlog. Really Carrie? You thought that was a good idea? I should spit on your cookie as punishment.

Well that is enough about how horrible Carrie can be. Let's talk about some of the other suggestions. I am going to list some of the favorites, sorry if you don't make the cut.

Inside-joke options: Seth Rowe was quick out of the gates with "fast car" "Frequent Bailency" and "Mother Father" and to be honest I was this close to going with "Frequent Bailency" but decided not to. But don't worry Seth it will make it's return as a blog posting sooner rather than later. I also was suggested "josh behind the josh" by Carrie which is a play on Seth's blog and I almost ran with that as "josh behind the seth" but didn't. The final inside-joke suggestion was "An Ode to Katie-man Cannon" by Katie Cannon, one of my most favorite Newburgh folks.

Name options: These were suggestions based around my name. Jace and Zach went with "Josh'in Around" and "I'm Just Josh'in You" respectively. Carrie, who goofs around on the Internet a lot while at work, threw down "joshball" for all you Settlers fans out there. But my favorite of all the name options comes from Zach Kovack with his wonderful "Milligan Again" which is just fun to say.

Wow, that post went on a lot longer than I expected it to. Thanks for joining in, future posting probably won't be as long winded. A special thanks to everyone that suggested a name or names for the blog, it was fun.

Bravo Deploy Satchmo. Welcome to it.