Eclectic Amateur

Name Change

I haven't been that happy with "My Place In This World" as a blog title, but it was the best I could come up with at the time (and it seemed marginally less lame than "Zach's Blog"). But I've had trouble coming up with a really good title.

Considered and rejected: on my old home page (before the deletion), I described myself as pathologically eclectic, but I don't truly believe that eclecticism is pathological (at least I hope not, I agree with Lazarus Long that "specialization is for insects"). I really like eclectic polymath, although I'm pretty sure I haven't attained polymath status. Eclectic dilletante is more like it, although it sounds more artsy and "kultcha" than I really am.

So eclectic amateur is the winner, at least for now. It will describe this blog pretty well: I certainly don't get paid for this, it could be about the oddest assortment of things, but it will relate to amare ("to love").