Howdy,
Hmm …
I was just thinking … How do you follow up a post called “A week from hell …?”?
(That’d be a stronger question without the “…?” at the end of yesterday’s caption.)
And to be completely honest I don’t know, not at the moment. Not beyond what I did in yesterday’s post to bring it around.
Actually, I was just telling Sarah that tonight I feel like I should rename my blog to The Scarecrow. As in, “If I only had a …”
“If I Only Had a Brain”
If I only had a brain
I could while away the hours, conferrin’ with the flowers
Consultin’ with the rain.
And my head I’d be scratchin’ while
my thoughts were busy hatchin’
If I only had a brain.I’d unravel every riddle for any individ’le,
In trouble or in pain.
With the thoughts I’d be thinkin’
I could be another Lincoln
If I only had a brain.Oh, I could tell you why The ocean’s near the shore.
I could think of things I never thunk before.
And then I’d sit, and think some more.
I would not be just a nuffin’ my head all full of stuffin’
My heart all full of pain.
I would dance and be merry, life would be a ding-a-derry,
If I only had a brain.(The Wizard of Oz)
As you’ve probably figured out (don’t read that too closely or take it too much to heart), I was telling Sarah I should rename my blog The Scarecrow because I don’t feel like I have a brain. I’m fairly exhausted — and running around to keep up with the boys.
Also, I think The Scarecrow is a cool name. (Not thinking Batman villain here. Just a scarecrow, personified or brought to life by The Wizard of Oz, which is OLD, by the way! The film is 1939. (Old for a film, not a person, for those readers of mine who may be elderly. My grandma would have been too young to watch the film when it came out.)
But it would be a cool name for a blog because you could commence posts with “If I only had a brain …” and go from there. Maybe just once in a while or maybe every time, like my Mariposa “Howdy.”
Posts wouldn’t always have to be about oneself as the writer missing the quite-critical grey matter. There could be a theme of analyzing other bad ideas swirling around. Or a highlighting of bloopers we could all learn from without having to be the person caught on camera. Or, like I said, it wouldn’t have to be the topic of everything post, writing without ideas. Seems like that could be a dangerous feat to attempt too often. Makes me want to hug the cliff’s mountain on the inside of this narrow trail a bit tighter right now.
But if you’re the adventurous sort, a lion with some nerve, you might say, the website thescarecrow.com doesn’t seem to have much going on. If you want to steal my idea, please feel free. I’m sure it’s brilliant.
Or, I just felt like “If I only had a brain …” Hmm …
—Billy
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