Change on the Horizon

Manifesto (noun):  a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.

When I started writing back in 2005, I wanted to title this something fun and catchy.  I was fresh out of college and adrift in life.  I hadn't gotten a job yet, I had just moved down to Kansas, and I was just around.  I don't remember exactly how I came up with the title 'My Own Manifesto', mainly because it was so long ago.  And it isn't some sort of crowning achievement.  It just rolls off the tongue so easily.  Anyway, I have decided to move away from the title.  There are a couple of reasons for it, but there is also a big problem with it.

If you, for some reason, are unaware, we in America currently have a big problem with guns and gun regulation.  Some call it an epidemic.  I really don't know what to call it.  I will just call it an issue that needs to be addressed.  Anyway, there have been several mass shootings that have gained national attention recently and after it is all settled and is investigated, it seems to come out that the shooter(s) have a manifesto in one form or another.  Whether it is online or written on their computer or actually handwritten (who does that anymore?), it comes out that they have some weird manifesto.  They cover some fucked up shit and have really scary ideas and thoughts.  I don't want that.  That is not why I titled this blog in that way.  The word has become tainted to me.  And who wants their writing to be associated with that?  Sure, you can search the word 'manifesto' on the internet and find all kinds of fucked up things, but I want to distance myself from that.

But here is the problem, I don't know where to go from here.  Yes, I know how to change the title, they make it so easy that someone like me can change it, but I don't know what to change it to.  I've actually been contemplating this for a couple of months.  Racking my brain trying to come up with a title.  Something that is both fun and something that encapsulates this blog.  However, I have a few ideas of where to go from here.  Don't fret, the URL is going to stay the same so you don't have to try to find this all over again.  But does that really solve the problem of being associated with crazies and their manifestos?  Not really.  So this just a band aid?  Yes.  Yes it is.  But whatever, I'm not all techy and whatnot.  I did some research to see if there was a way to transfer all my info and old posts to a new blog without losing it all and couldn't find anything.  So if there are any tech savvy readers out there that want to throw some ideas my way, I would not turn them down.  

Hang tight, dear readers.  Hopefully soon I will overhaul this blog.  Plus, it's always exciting to shake things up a bit.  The facade needs an uplift and it is time.  And who knows, maybe at year's end, I retire this blog and start up a new one.  

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