What’s in a name? A lot.

Names are important. Always have been. Always will be.

I’ve hated the name StereoTyping for a long time. When I started this blog, I envisioned a music blog – in the style of Nialler 9, egoeccentric or Off Her Rocker – and so the name StereoTyping was entirely appropriate. And, I thought, rather witty. You listen to music on a stereo and I was going to be typing about. StereoTyping. See? Hilarious.

But the idea of this blog quickly changed and for a long time the name hasn’t fit. I’m not saying all the problems with this blog – the inconsistencies, the absence of new posts for weeks at a time -  are directly down to the blog but I realised it plays a significant part. It embarrasses me and so I’m embarrassed by the blog itself, discouraging me from writing in it. Then when I do get around to writing something, it’s very often a self-indulgent, introspective rant about the nature of the blog. And I’ve had enough.

It’s time for a fresh start, a blank slate with a better name where I can do what I want without feeling like certain topics or themes don’t “fit”.

So from now on, you’ll find me here – I Bought A Little City.

Will I post more regularly now? I hope so. I like to think so. I have ideas to keep it going and I feel good about it. So we’ll see.

By the way, the name is a short-story written by Donald Barthelme. It’s not the greastest the story I’ve ever read (though it is pretty good) but there’s just something about that sentence that is just so pretty to me; perfect in it’s simplicity.

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