I thought long and hard about this blogspot... well really short and quick and a bit impetuous. I wasn't sure what to call it. I liked what JD (my nephew) did with "The World According To JD" as it sounded pretty worldly and since he has traveled quite a bit and is living overseas, I thought he had a great title. Then I realized it was http://www.theworldaccodingtojd.blogspot.com/ where he left the "R" out of the middle and then I wondered if he did this intentionally as a means to spoof everyone or to see if anyone was paying close attention. He seems to keep people off balance with his thoughts. Then he deflated my expectations when he said he had been having a bit of trouble with his computer keyboard as the "r" was a bit sticky. I guess I was reading too much into his mind. Uh oh... didn't really want to venture there.
Well, I liked the idea as it was pretty catchy and also wanted mine to be on par with his, but more tuned to my personality. "The World According to Jimmy" was perfect, but then as I thought about it, that would be like copying and not very clever... almost like repeating the same joke after the person before me really nailed it. I need to be more original with my concepts.
I also thought about the "The World According to a Big Hick" but thought my family and friends might substitute the letter "H" and that kind of defeats the purpose of a cutting edge thought... not that there will be any brilliant prose logged into this blog. On occasion I might stumble across a sane thought or two... at least something I might consider as acceptable, but not everyone will agree... especially those... well, you know who you are... and if you don't all the better for me.
Then I ran across a concept, that perhaps each post could start off with "I Know Better," especially if I might enlighten some people, but then that sounded a bit presumptuous... even if I was correct in my writing it might turn off the "uninformed" with knowledge of less than trivial matters... although I might bring up a few concepts about ancient Egyptians or why beer actually makes people smarter... I was all set to go with it, until I discovered that someone else beat me to the name and came up with the same brilliant idea. How can I always be so late? I was late to the "Beer on a Stick" concept... the one that would have made me a zillionaire at the State Fair. I was also late with the "Snuggy" idea, you know the one advertised on late night TV that is a blanket looking like a kimono, but available in just plain royal blue and ugly red. The colors I would have selected would have been mauve, serengeti or taupe... something I have no idea what they were. (Note: now the "owners" of Snuggies have Leopard and Zebra print for the more discriminating tastes. Even I would not have ventured into the wildlife field. Suggestion to the brainiacs there - make the next series in camo and target another market). But I digress. Well at least I thought the url was brilliant.
Yet the more I thought about it the more I realized "I Know Better" was a little too cutting edge as I may on an occasion, make one or two incorrect comments. I know that isn't probably the way to start... be positive... know for certain you are correct, but sadly I do make one or two mistakes a year. Just ask my wife.
But I really liked the concept. And since I will more than likely make a few offhanded, incorrect, and down right offensive comments to a few people... the new title fits. "Me Knows Better Than to Say This... but I will."
If anyone does read this, you were warned.
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