Registered: THISLAMP.COM
11/07/2005 16:56 Filed in: Miscellaneous
Adjust your bookmarks...
Over the weekend, I registered the domain name THISLAMP.COM which will now take you directly to this blog. I am phasing out the use of ricksblog.net .
What's the story behind the name? Well, two years ago when I started this blog, I was curious as to what I would cover. So I brainstormed a list that consisted basically of things I was interested in: religion, technology, movies, books, and politics. I thought to myself that this seemed like a long list, and without thinking too much about it, I added the words, "and this lamp, and that's all I need." Of course that's a line from the Steve Martin movie, The Jerk , but hardly anyone has ever gotten this reference.
When I first started the blog, I simply called it "Rick's Blog." I even registered ricksblog.net. However, every Rick and his brother has a blog called Rick's Blog. So eventually, I shifted "This Lamp (and that's all I need...) to the beginning of the banner rather than at the end, and started calling the blog "This Lamp."
That's where we are, and I plan to leave it like that. Ricksblog.net will remain active for the next year or so (although I'm going to direct it to a transitionary page), but then I will auction it off on eBay or somewhere. Somebody ought to have use for ricksblog.net, don't you think? It's a pretty catchy domain name, I think.
"This Lamp" was originally just a catchy tagline, but now it's the title. I'd like to think that's it now carries more meaning than merely a line from a movie.
Jesus said, "None of you lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead you put it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light" (Luke 11:33, TNIV). Perhaps this blog can be a lamp now and then to folks who find themselves in the dark.