I started my blog back in the days when I was in rehab for a crushed leg, then it was titled, “Studies and Observations”. I have long been a political animal, mainly in political thought and not so much into the day to day activity of a party….although I have from time to time bitched and moaned like most of the others bloggers on certain topics and issues.
In the beginning it was mostly a spot for me to comment on the war between Lebanon and Israel……and cut and paste of accounts of that war……and then I started injecting my political thoughts into to content and it began to morph….it was at this point that I decided to re-name the blog, Info Ink, in honor of a company I started back in the early 90’s…….after awhile I changed the name again because I figured that if it was Googled most of the pings would be for ink prices and such….the new name was Opus Libertas or Liberty’s Work.
Today I have to decided to try again to find that perfect title for my blog……Opus Libertas is just not doing it for me. But what to change it to was the gnawing question….and over coffee I was thinking about my past…..the days when I was an anti-war activist, a union organizer and political writer I was attending a conference presenting a paper on the shortcomings in theory of non-violence and was introduced as a proven agitator and a working class warrior…….after about a pot of coffee my decision was simple and clear…….
Since I am a deep blue political person and I live in a deep red state the choice of a name was all too obvious…………why not return to my days of agitation? My blog from this point forward will be titled………Blue Nation Agitations!
The idea is sound, but when I look at “Red State Agitator” it immediately looks like it might be written by a Red Stater who is in the agitation game. I know the idea is probably to agitate against red statism but it just doesn’t look that way to me. Of course I could be wrong. There is a major blog out there named “Red State” already. Is there a way you could get more of an idea of “Blue” into the title? How about something like “The Blue Alligator” or “The Big Blue Agitator” or something like that? Just some suggestions. Another thing: I tried to change my e-mail subscription by cancelling your blog out of my “following” list and by re-subscribing but it still comes up with the old name on my Word Press “following” list.
John, I appreciate the assistance…..and the more I look at it the more I must agree with your observation…..so far I like Blue Nation Agitations…..the other thing….it may take some time for the change to register….I have had that problem in the past…..
I propose “The Pragmatic Curmudgeon” (in jest however)
Terrant….not bad…….thanx
Name changes are always a tough thing. It is a shame that you are looking to lable yourself in the media contrived team color of Blue for Demcorats. So far your thoughts have seamed beyond the steriotypical political ideas and it would be a shame to see you box youself into looking like a mascot for the Dems.
Of course I do not have a suggestion, like I said renaming is always hard. I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
FL, I do not much like many Dems….I feel they are too timid nowadays……once the reader reads my stuff you will see that I am Left of center…..in some cases….way Left….
Happy hunting! (Metaphorically speaking)
Thanx…it is daunting….