Posts Tagged ‘AIM Chat Log’

August 27th, 2008

How A Blog Gets Its Name

Many of you have asked me how I got the name for my blog.  Since yesterday the site and half the Internet were down, I couldn’t post it.  Today, here it is:

[18:25] Lynn: i have them email open, i
[18:26] Lynn: ‘ll just forward even though i havent checked it out
[18:26] Me: okay
[18:26] Lynn: youremaail@gmail right?
[18:26] Me: with one a
[18:26] Me: yes
[18:26] Lynn: sans the double a
[18:26] Lynn: ya
[18:26] Me: .com
[18:26] Me: at the end tooo
[18:26] Me: sans the o
[18:26] Me: sans your serif face
[18:26] Lynn: yesyes sans your pants
[18:27] Me: sans your pants
[18:27] Me: !
[18:27] Me: .com
[18:27] Me: what a great domain name
[18:27] Me: or band name
[18:27] Me: or blog name
[18:27] Me: i think its gonna be my blog URL
[18:27] Lynn : sansyourpants ?
[18:27] Me: yes
[18:27] Me: .com
[18:27] Me: do you like it?
[18:27] Lynn: i bet its taken
[18:28] Me: doesnt resolve
[18:28] Lynn: o
[18:28] Lynn: nice
[18:28] Lynn: its pretty catchy
[18:28] Lynn: but could be read as smutty by up tights
[18:28] Lynn: which is maybe funny too
[18:28] Lynn: nerd smut
[18:29] Me: nerd smut
[18:29] Me: from a beach hut!
[18:29] Me: Sans Your Pants.com
[18:29] Me: ‘Nerd smut from a beach hut.’
[18:29] Me: dont tell anyone

A) Thanks Lynn.

B) Secret’s out.

C) What strokes of genius have you had in 4 minutes or less?