Wednesday, October 15, 2014

It's not a blog...it's a GALAXY!

I'm posting in my galaxy!  I won a contest announced by Cloth Paper Scissors editor Cherie Haas to find a better name for the unlovely word "blog."  I always thought the word "blog" sounded like the noise your stomach made when you were feeling really rancid, so I agreed with Cherie that a better name is called for.

 The word "blog" started life as a shortening of what it is - a web log - so at first I thought maybe "webbie" or even "webster" would be a better name.  Then I thought maybe it should be much broader, because a person's web log does reach near and far, and someday maybe very far, so I submitted "Galaxy."

I liked it, and Cherie did, too, so I won a wonderful, wonderful assortment of mixed media supplies from Cloth Paper Scissors.  I'm trying them out bit by bit, and so far I really love those Fiskars mixed-media scissors that cut through chipboard, canvas, plastic net and more.  Look at all this great stuff!