What's in a name? How did you come up with a name for your blog?It was kind of shallow and yet deep at the same time, the way I decided on "A Dapple A Day"for my blog's name.
First the shallow part.
Gweneth Paltrow had just named her daughter Apple and I remember thinking too much about what it would be like to be in a grocery store, or on the beach, or somewhere and call out "Apple come here" or "Apple don't touch that!" or "Apple don't swim past the buoy!" So somehow in my mind I couldn't shake the "apple" sound from my mind.
Now for the "semi" deep part. As I was seriously focusing and trying so hard to come up with a simple phrase that meant--"something I use to write about my life each day" the word dapple kept popping up (hmmm..sure it's connected to the apple thingy). So I looked it up in the dictionary just to make sure I wasn't making the word up and as it meant "A small contrasting spot or blotch" I decided that was close enough and it is forever my blog's name now.
Gweneth Paltrow had just named her daughter Apple and I remember thinking too much about what it would be like to be in a grocery store, or on the beach, or somewhere and call out "Apple come here" or "Apple don't touch that!" or "Apple don't swim past the buoy!" So somehow in my mind I couldn't shake the "apple" sound from my mind.Now for the "semi" deep part. As I was seriously focusing and trying so hard to come up with a simple phrase that meant--"something I use to write about my life each day" the word dapple kept popping up (hmmm..sure it's connected to the apple thingy). So I looked it up in the dictionary just to make sure I wasn't making the word up and as it meant "A small contrasting spot or blotch" I decided that was close enough and it is forever my blog's name now.
The more interesting story is how I got the name for my web address for the site. As I had used all my mental capacity for my blogname, I asked my husband for a web address name. In a split second he said "use mcsmash." Now if any one knew me in high school they may know that I love to put "Mc" infront of everything. Like "We're going to McChurch" or I like my McFriend's house" or "I hate going to McSchool", so "mcsmash" seemed fitting. Anyway later when I asked Derek how he came up with mcsmash he said "Easy that's my World of Warcraft character's name".
Nice--seeing how much I Loooove World of Warcraft (being sarcastic!). I still like "mcsmash" though.
Nice--seeing how much I Loooove World of Warcraft (being sarcastic!). I still like "mcsmash" though.