Why I Changed My User Name For This Blog

When I started this blog all those many days ago (four, I think), I had the username "nolaguy." I was just playing with the idea of doing this and entered that username in the form for Blogger not realizing that that name would be the name on the blog. It's not a bad username. I was surprised actually that no one had already taken it in the Blogspot universe.

Then I thought, "I have lived here less than a year, so it is pretty arrogant to call myself be a name that implies long term residence." So I thought a bit and then chose "enolaguy." This was a multiple pun, most evidently referring to the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. And, of course, referring to "nolaguy."

After a day, this didn't sit right with me. Punning on the death of many people just wasn't funny. I also decided that this blog is about me (no kidding!) so I should be identified. The days of pseudonymous blogs is over. We are not writing the Federalist Papers or marxist/fascist radical tracts. So I am who I am, Jonathan David Tankel, and I take full responsibility for what is written here. It is important to understand the consequences of taking on a name. Just ask the Teabaggers, oops, Tea Party, if you know what I mean.