I've been contemplating a new name for this blog -- one that reflected the spirit of the writing as opposed to the intentions of the writer. Jim's Notes was relatively narcissistic and to me implied a sort of authority held be me, of which there is none.
The name I first thought of was 'Shots in the Dark' as in the writing on this website is really no more than shots in the dark, random projectiles at unknown targets. Unfortunately,
shotsinthedark.com would have set me back around $3,000 -- not a possibility for a site that brings in no money and never will, written only for the love of writing and creation. So as I listed the closest synonyms to 'shots in the dark' that I could think of, one jumped out at me... 'guesses at nothing'. It tickled my mind in the spirit of a
koan as a sort of loose double entendre consisting of the meaning I originally intended, a compound noun meaning something similar to 'shots in the dark', and also more of a cock-sure-unwavering-declarative-statement, as in 'he guesses at nothing'. The writings here are sure to fall somewhere in between.
So, I bought the domain name and soon
jimsnotes.net will become
guessesatnothing.com. The site is also undergoing a redesign that will (I hope) represent the spirit behind the name 'guesses at nothing'. I'd like to thank all of the readers who've been here since day one. I hope that the quality of this blog has grown over the years and that you'll stick around for many more.
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