I received another complaint about my blog yesterday from Ionia. This has begun to become rather a common place occurrence. Sadly it is another legitimate comment, as usual. This one was regarding the tagline associated with my blog. Essentially I have been far too lazy to have ever bothered to change it from the default of ‘JUST ANOTHER WORDPRESS.COM WEBLOG’.
This led me to thinking about what I could change it to that would be more descriptive of either the content of my blog or of me in general. I had a few ideas, but I am really quite undecided about what to change it to. I thought that I would get the opinion of you guys to help me out. I have put a few suggestions below and would like to get your comments on which you think would be the best line to use. Feel free to suggest alternatives in the comments also.
So a few crap suggestions from me, I do hope you can come up with something better:
My Reading Experiences
This, that and the other
The F!*?ing Englishman
The Ravings of a Madman
Please help me!
Julian Froment's Blog 
My adventures through books, tomes, and stories.
Not a boring blog.
My other blog is a notebook.
Worth the papercuts
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Nice ideas Charles, thanks. Perhaps I could amend the second one to ‘Not always a boring blog’ then I can be boring sometimes.
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Oh fuck me! Come on. Really?
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Okay, later, be patient.
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Fear me
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I do, believe me.
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We are still good then.
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Of course
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Always
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Forever
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You need to come back
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I am back, trying to fix skype, but can’t find anything
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I meant back to Nevada
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Okay, soon, you know that.
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I know I’m impatient
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There is no need this time. I will be there real soon
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That would give you some wiggle room if you’re having an off day.
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That was my thinking.
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Excerpts and expletives
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I like it, but you had some better ideas.
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Reblogged this on readful things blog and commented:
I don’t know why he loves me.
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you could always go for: I don’t want a sodding tag line, so leave me alone! 🙂
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Nice, I like it. Thanks for the comment.
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I wrote, I posted, I conquered.
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Nice Michelle, I like it a lot. Thanks for the idea.
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It was the best I could come up with on short notice, lol. Which tagline are you leaning towards at the moment?
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Not sure just yet, I want to get more ideas in before the christening ceremony, perhaps on Tuesday. I am leaning towards
Life, Literature and Lewd Comments
at the moment though.
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I like the L alliteration. But the real question becomes: will you be using an Oxford comma?
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To be fair, yes I probably will. It reads better with one I think.
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I have that, too. I kind of like this humble tag line. Mine is just another WP blog. 🙂 But now you had to get me thinking about it. I will surely louse it up with something worse now…
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Yes, it is not something I had really bothered about before, but I guess now I have to make a few changes.
I am sure you will come up with something brilliant Chris, but failing that, cheat like me and get everyone else to think of great ideas for you.
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How about: Through the Reading Glass of a Mad Englishman ?
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That’s funny. I like it. Thanks for the idea, it will go in the pot before a final decision is made 🙂
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Who are the followers that you wish to attract, and what is it about your blog that’s unique and valuable?
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I am not sure there is anything unique and valuable about my blog, except perhaps my enthusiasm for literature and desire to encourage others, especially the young to read.
The followers I would like to attract are those that are interested in literature but maybe need that extra push to actually to find the love of literature and the respect for books that I have.
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Through the Reading Glass of a Mad Englishman, I like this one in consideration of the followers you wish to attract. You are unique and valuable. That is enough. I think Green Embers offers a tag line that says, “I am an experienced reader, like to have fun, and be funny sometimes or get a little weird.” I think that would be attractive for drawing an element of humor into something that you are serious about. I wish i could offer you five witty examples, but please, my tagline is A journey into Social Progress with S. K. Nicholls (What is social progress anyhow? Social media exploration?)) and my site name is mybrandofgenius only because I could think of anything and my husband typed it in as a joke.
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Thanks for that. I quite like Green Embers suggestion. I suppose a tag line that is at least a little descriptive of things people may find on my blog is a good idea, I have just never really bothered about it.
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“Another Bloody Englishman with another F**king Opinion regarding Classical Literature?”
Hey! You started it….
(And educate me, should I have inserted asterisks in the ‘bloody’?)
😀
I agree with the others – your goals for you blog certainly dictate what title you choose – When in doubt, pick a language you don’t know, but pulls at your soul and then go look up various words and find two or three to string together….
(how else do you think ballybin came about? LOL)
Best wishes!
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My advice would be not to use asterisks in the bloody, but then I rarely use them in fucking either.
Thanks for the advice. It would be nice to have a title that is at least half descriptive of what people can expect should they deign to read it.
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I’m silently raising my eyes in thanksgiving that you didn’t reply:
“There is no cut worse in my culture than linking the B word with Englishman. I cannot, simply cannot, believe you were so crass as to write this”
🙂
I sometimes worry after I hit the “Post Comment” button when I realize that I’m probably not as familiar with another culture as I ought to be….
🙂
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We use bloody all the time. It is a pretty mild expletive. I have no problem being called a bloody Englishman, my girlfriend does it all the time 🙂
I do agree that sometimes it is worrying when relating to people from a different culture, especially when using language that could be considered offensive. Unfortunately I have a poor filter when it comes to expletives and I rarely use them in a censored form.
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Again, I’m grateful for the opportunity to engage with those of like mind! :). LOL
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The F!*?ing Englishman has my vote. Why do people complain about other people’s blogs? that makes no sense. Just don’t stop in and read them. Geez.
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Thanks for the comment – I quite like that tag line too.
In general I agree with you about people complaining about other people’s blogs, but in this case it was fairly tongue in cheek as she is my girlfriend 🙂
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I dunno. I’m kinda partial to “This, that and the other.” Or Michelle’s suggestion: “I wrote, I posted, I conquered.”
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Thanks for commenting. There have been a few good suggestions and I am still undecided about which to choose. Thanks for your votes 🙂
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I really like this one- Through the Reading Glass of a Mad Englishman 😉
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Quite a few people have mentioned that one. I am still not sure which way to lean at the moment. Thanks for your vote though 🙂
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Love the new tagline. This one suits you. The F*&#ing Englishman was pretty good too, though 🙂
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Thanks. I am glad that you like it, I was fond of the F*&#ing Englishman too, but at least this one is semi clean.
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