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It happened this morning. I was bitten by the blog bug.

Imagination took flight..........Maybe I have some talent hitherto undiscovered - some acclaim perhaps? A large sip of self indulgence rolled around the tongue and savoured............Maybe even a rank stranger moved enough to leave behind an approving comment - highest order of praise for a weekend blogger. Maybe...... maybe...... maybe even a book with a collection of posts one day!!! A BOOK ??!! It felt heady........

Guess humans are universally designed in a way to believe their own bullshit.

The set up process was easy enough. "Choose a name for your blog". Reflections? Musings? Whats in a name anyway? Come on, lets get this over with and get down to the real stuff. Substance over form; thats the way to go. Fortunately the weak moment passed. I couldn't name what will potentially become a book "Stray thoughts", "Stories from here and there". Too hackneyed.

I reminded myself, its a statement of YOUR personality. YOUR brand name. YOUR label. Make it count. I was like a first time father and fresh resolve surged through.

It should have a play on words. It should have a hint of self deprecation. Maybe some black humour. And it has to convey a person with pretensions to writing. Maybe a "Pretender"? Nope, unoriginal. Maybe an "Upstart"? Too sterile. Too bad Underwriter already means something else in the Queen's lingo. Hang on a sec. Play on words? Tick. Self deprecation. Tick. Black humour. Tick. Pretension to writing? Tick. Thats it! That wasn't tough was it?

I fed in the name. I wasn't even noticing the "check availability" field alongside. "Sorry, name is unavailable". Pipped at the goal post. "Underwriters" perhaps - same theme, almost identical to the original choice. Same result. "Under_writer", "Under_writers". I was getting desperate.

"Underwrite" - only available option. I regarded it with a jaundiced eye. I couldnt kid myself. It may bear an optical resemblance but it cant hold a candle to the original choice. But for now, it would have to do. The great journey would have to start with a faulty spark plug. Guess the world has a way for putting paid to the best laid plans

I wanted to be an underwriter but now I shall now underwrite. I consoled myself saying its only a matter of tense.

Cheers