LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE

That's right, twice in one day –– what a bargain. Two for the price of none!

I forgot to mention in the last post that you might be noticing the absence of the 'flooglemop' title to the site. Well, I'm keeping the domain-name and it still directs users to my homepage, but I've decided to act somewhat professional and just use my name. Fortunately I secured the domain first, beating that other fellow who spends his time in an institution that pays homage to narcoleptic apes. I also managed to top him on Google –– see, it pays to blog and network.

So why ditch 'flooglemop' and go with my name? It started at the San Diego Con in '07 when I met artist, Lee Moyer. He noted I should be using my name in my email address for professional reasons. So I made that change, but I couldn't as easily change the name of the site because it was already designed and I just didn't want to go back and do more work. But here's why I originally didn't use my name: I thought if I did that, it would come off as a bit narcissistic. I have no aspirations to personal fame, and I thought it may have appeared as if I had an inflated ego. But after perusing other artists' sites, I realized that that was just part of business. Name-recognition also helps appropriate gigs, and I figured I'd had enough of obscurity, "obscurity" being an albatross that still hangs across my neck. Hopefully that explains the name change.

Touching on another subject, I read through the Dave Steven's book the other night. Despite the guy's talent and experiences, I wouldn't trade places with him for all the bullets in Baghdad. There's something sad about the whole thing. Not just because he died, but he seemed so alone or something, his friends notwithstanding. I guess family means the world to me, and having reached the age he did without a wife and children seems too much of a waste for my taste. The entire thing left me a bit depressed. It was a good reminder that fame isn't all it's made to be.