If this week's poll is lame, which I have freely admitted, how about last Thursday's blog title -- "Today's Blog." That was clever. I presume the topic just didn't lend itself.
Back in my days as an academic musician when I used to compose music, I had a real flair for naming the pieces I wrote. For instance, I wrote a string quartet called String Quartet, and a set of five short pieces for piano is called Five Miniatures for Piano. My real triumph in naming, though, was just a little something I wrote for solo xylophone called Something for Solo Xylophone.
Probably I used up whatever creativity I had in composing the music and there was nothing left for the titles.
There was one piece for orchestra that I never finished. I was going to call it Rug because all it did was lay there. Maybe that's why I never finished it.
The title of yesterday's post -- "A Couple Thoughts" -- is accurate, if uninspiring. Of course, when I do get whimsical, nobody gets it. Like the one about homophones that I called "Homophone T. E." If you read it more or less backwards, you almost get E.T. phone home (although actually it looks like I'd be telling him to call a gay person).
I prefer to end a post with a punchline, but I can't today. I'm depleted.
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