Monday, February 7, 2011

What's In A Name?


It is hard work trying to find a blog name, twitter name, email name, or any other name associated with the internet when you have a common name. I can't imagine how Jim Jones feels. Poor guy. I can imagine some guy on a quest for a simple twitter name:

"Okay, let me try Jim Jones.... Taken....James Jones... Taken... JJones... Nope... JJones1980... CRAP!... J_Jones_19_80... Are you serious?!?!?!?!? Fine, I will just stick to Facebook."

Anyhow, that's how I ended here, "thejeremypeters". It is not out of arrogance, but necessity. I am not "THE" Jeremy Peters, but rather "A" Jeremy Peters. In fact, a good friend of mine has the same first and last name on his birth certificate. I never thought that I would actually meet myself, but I did. So I didnt pick the name to slap the other men with the privilege of having this beautiful name, but it was all I could find that would work on Twitter and a blog. Actually, as I sifted through domain names, this name was suggested by my good friends at GoDaddy. Well, they aren't my friends, unless of course they want to endorse me, or give me free hosting or take Joan Rivers out of their advertising... then I shall call them my friends. But until then, I am "thejeremypeters" the non-friend of GoDaddy.