Thanks for the mention, Constantine. I kept telling myself I needed to name my ‘stack something catchy but each time I’d go off on a tangent and it just never happened.
I'd say those tangents have served you well. Not to mention that the Epistles and Beatles reference wouldn't have had the same effect without "Paul's Substack" :)
I’m far from a marketing expert but your name is enough. An insight into subscribers from ones pov. I follow until I leave another Substack to subscribe to another. I intend to subscribe to you, perhaps many others follow this path too.
Is perseverating over names a part of being "mulish", or has it come about as a result of the decades spent writing? As a mule myself, who only thinks a little about the names, I'm wondering about the forecast...
Well, Ides of March is used, but I've never come across an Ides of Mark before :)
Thanks, it's always fun to hear what people like and don't like. There's never unanimity on it, which is also fun.
Avoiding sensitive people and decreasing SEO... ha! Each of us with our foolish backstories. Same Shit, Different Government is no nonsense and straight up. I like it
No kidding! And there I was thinking I had scoured the internet for any reference to Ides of Mark. Had you actually heard of these Ides of Mark's before this? Whatever the case, Touche.
Nope. I just looked before I commented. It was part of my devious plan to pop your bubble. I don't feel right unless I destroy at least one substacker daily.
Thanks for the share, Paul
Thanks for the mention, Constantine. I kept telling myself I needed to name my ‘stack something catchy but each time I’d go off on a tangent and it just never happened.
I'd say those tangents have served you well. Not to mention that the Epistles and Beatles reference wouldn't have had the same effect without "Paul's Substack" :)
I’m far from a marketing expert but your name is enough. An insight into subscribers from ones pov. I follow until I leave another Substack to subscribe to another. I intend to subscribe to you, perhaps many others follow this path too.
Yes, that makes sense. It would get much more complicated if people were changing personal names as well as Substack titles...
I read this playful post in its entirety. Loved it. A heart deservedly earned. :)
Ha, no skimming is a rare thing! Appreciate that, Thales. I had fun with it
Fire n’ Chainz is still a good one.
A singer-storyteller-mythologist called his practice "Mythsinger." His tagline was "Mything in Action." He's dead now. I Myth him very much.
I just looked him up. He worked with Robert Bly too I see. Thanks for sharing that.
And, ha, yes, many puns to be had with myth. The lispiness of the "th" does give it a little extra something...
I remember too choosing the name. Stressful! Mostly myth is s good one!
Indeed, but a fun stress. Mostly Myth actually began as a joke: "the man, the mostly myth, the legend"
Depending on who’s the legend! 😂
Me, of course! Hence the "mostly myth" to tongue-in-cheekly call out the self-aggrandizement as bullshit :)
Say no more!!! 🤣😅😁
Is perseverating over names a part of being "mulish", or has it come about as a result of the decades spent writing? As a mule myself, who only thinks a little about the names, I'm wondering about the forecast...
At first I thought you misspelled persevering. Thanks for the new vocab word. Sounds like you think about words more than you let on…
Mulish comes with a price but it has its upsides
Well, I somewhat regret clicking on that 'Golden banana' link ... but 'mythery loves company' made me CQTM (chuckle quietly to myself).
The reviews are worth reading... and, by the way, you made me COL (chuckle out loud)
Mithery loves company, lol. Good way to start my day.
Credit to my friend Armando for Mythery Loves Company. He was pushing for that as the title. He may have been right!
YESSSSSS. A chuckle + a hint of community = a winning combo!
Nice tweak on mythery, by the way. Better brings out the misery...
'The Ides of Mark' is terrific but unfortunately used. 'Taglines' is great, feels topical and posty. 'Mostly Myth' - good choice.
I went for one that would help me avoid sensitive people, and decrease my SEO :)
Well, Ides of March is used, but I've never come across an Ides of Mark before :)
Thanks, it's always fun to hear what people like and don't like. There's never unanimity on it, which is also fun.
Avoiding sensitive people and decreasing SEO... ha! Each of us with our foolish backstories. Same Shit, Different Government is no nonsense and straight up. I like it
It's you who lives the name, and becomes it. It's only what you like that matters. Naming a substack is reason to stay single!
PS:
https://soundcloud.com/ides-of-mark
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20934774.Mark_Joseph_Young/blog
No kidding! And there I was thinking I had scoured the internet for any reference to Ides of Mark. Had you actually heard of these Ides of Mark's before this? Whatever the case, Touche.
Nope. I just looked before I commented. It was part of my devious plan to pop your bubble. I don't feel right unless I destroy at least one substacker daily.
Ha, it takes more to pop my bubble
Good!
I like to think of it not as indecision or contradiction but as containing multitudes :)
But who knows! That’s just a guess.