What is in a Name? - Pilot

What is in a name?  A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. ~Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

         Well, what is in a name?  Quite a bit, actually.  As much as we would hope to be well educated, unbiased, just people, no one can escape the preconditioning effect that knowing what something is called has on how we perceive it.  Take this blog, for instance; at first, the subheading made it sound like I was going to write only about highly poetic, philosophical lightbulbs that light up my average day.  After more than a month of inactivity, it finally hit me that it was entirely impractical and uninspirational for me to limit myself like that on these pages of cornflower blue.  I love writing such deep inquiries of the everyday, don't get me wrong - but by piling on those lovely stones of description, I accidentally stacked a wall of unintentional boundaries around the Anecdote Chronicles that were never meant to be.
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          Have no fear, dear reader: this cumbersome title sub-text has been amended to more accurately (and openly) describe what I hope to actually write about here.  Oh frabjous day! Calloo, Calay!  Being able to write freely is rather refreshing.  You should try it sometime!

          This is the rickety intro to a new series centered on names. I left the topic ambiguous on purpose.  See what I did there?   Oh, the cleverness of me!  Some of the things I hope to write about are topics that fascinate me: names of people I know, and how name meanings change how I see them; the naming of animals, places, and inanimate objects; how names can lead to labels, both good and bad, our human need to name and label things; titling infamy, glory, and everything in between; designer labels and the power of presence.  Fear not, the above list is merely a springboard for me to base future stories on, not a set-in-stone cast list of all future players.

Now that the simple yet crippling inhibitor of a narrow sub-title is fixed, the opportunities are endless.  Let the proverbial ink flow!

Until next time,
~Melissa

P.S. - stuff in pink/red is not my original work.  If there isn't a label, that means you should know it from cultural context.   If you still don't get it, go read some books and watch some movies, you'll find them eventually.    :-D