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The Runner Up

Time to announce the winner of the Blog Name Contest ….

First, the runner up. Jolene Flores’ nomination of “Uncorked” was wildly popular with nearly everybody who has an interest in wine, a love of good food, or who has enjoyed Goble hospitality (which, to be fair, is primarily D’Aun’s hospitality). It’s a great name for a blog because it has meaning on multiple levels. There’s the obvious meaning of an uncorked bottle of wine, which implies a good meal (or a wild party). An uncorked bottle has many cultural and religious overtones, which is ideal for the topics I …

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Blog Name Award Winner #4

Blog Name Contest Award Winner #4: Helicon Kuan wins Most Imperialistic And Globally Thinking for his nomination of “Goble-ization”. I really like the name, but dude, it’s just a bit narcissistic! Still, I’ll give you a foreign bottle of wine next time we connect.…

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Blog Award Winner #3

Blog Name Contest #3: Melody Rhode wins for Best Inside Joke when she nominated “Mo’ Betta Blogs”. If you were in Belize on October 6, 2006, you heard the laughter that was shared … and you’d understand Melody’s joke. Melody, even though you have a PhD, you mo’ betta than ever.…

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Blog Name Award Winner #2

Blog Name Contest Award Winner #2: Rachel Sparks-Graeser wins Best Rhyme for “Wine, Dine, It’s Goble Time” and also for “Written With Time and a Good Glass of Wine”. Sparks, I owe you some hospitality. Why don’t you come visit?…

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Blog Name Award #1

Blog Name Contest Award Winner: Mark Rhode wins “Highest Number of Names Nominated” with over a dozen names nominated! The best was “Scraps From The Table”, which unfortunately did not win. Mark, I owe you a case of Bud Light as an award (to reflect the sheer quantity of your ideas).…

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Blog Name Part III

Thanks to everybody who has “voted”. Still waiting for bribes, but I appreciate the thoughts and ideas.

We are now down to the Final Four. Here they are:

– Junkyard Uncorked

– Scraps From the Table

– Junkyard Wisdom

– Uncorked

Let me know what you think!…

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Blog Name Part II

The nominations have been made. Serious deliberation has ensued. Wine has been opened. The ridiculous has been taken far too seriously. Bad spelling has been overlooked. And far too many inside jokes have been shared….leading us to the Elite Eight.

That’s right, there are 8 possible nominees for the naming of this blog. To eliminate bias, I’ve kept the nominees confidential (though it’s not hard to figure out based on facebook postings and comments on the entry below this). If they win, they get a bottle of really really good wine. If they lose, they probably get a bottle anyway, …

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Blog name

Several people have pointed out that this blog has a really dumb name. “Roy Goble’s Blog” isn’t exactly an inspiration. Descriptive, yes, but …. still lacking.

I’ve thought about changing the name to something that reflects my life. How about “Chaotic”? Or possibly “living in the tension”? Both taken. “Junkyard dog”? Kind of a cliche, but still reasonably accurate. As a teenager at the junkyard my nickname was “the kid” but that’s kind of silly for a 50-something man.

Friends of mine have cool names for their blogs. The Temple. The Moxy Project. Let’s Put the Kettle On. …