If you have not already asked, you may be tempted to do so. Why would someone choose a name like "stiff lizard" for a blog and what is it supposed to mean?
Well, not everything has a rational explanation. When I chose the name, it had no real connection to anything, no hidden meaning, no inside joke.
I read that you should name your blog something that people will remember. Many years ago, when I was young and had hair growing in all the right places, a friend of mine commented that if we ever had a band we should call it "Stiff Lizard." He was eccentric too.
As far as I know, we never started that band. However, the name stuck in my memory for more than 20 years, so I figure it ought to be easy to remember. The other recommendation was to make sure the name is easy to spell. I think I have that covered too.
In many ways I am an old fashioned guy, who was probably born 20 to 40 years too late for my own good. Even though women and men are equals, I think a man should hold the door for a lady, walk on the street side of the sidewalk and pick up the check on a date. I didn't want to go to school to learn a specialized profession or to get a good job; I wanted to learn. I don't want to be the best at any one thing; I'd rather be pretty damned good at a lot of stuff.
Some people may call me a dinosaur. Last time I checked, they were all dead; a bunch of stiff lizards. Maybe there is a connection.
© the stiff lizard
© the stiff lizard
generalists make a nation, then specialists get rich there.
ReplyDeleteI love it!! Q right on the mark!!
ReplyDeleteI have recently discovered that "stiff lizard" is a literal translation of the Greek "ankylo saurus" or Ankylosaurus. Here are a few more fun facts:
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1. Ankylosaurus was a quadrupedal herbivore.
2. Ankylosaurus had bony armor and a clubbed tail.
3. Ankylosaurus lived during the late Cretaceous period, about 70 million years ago.
4. Ankylosaurus lived in the region which is now known as North America.
5. Ankylosaurus means "stiff lizard".
6. Ankylosaurus is of the order Saurischia ("lizard-hipped").
7. Ankylosaurus was 10 meters long.
8. Ankylosaurus weighed 5 tonnes.
9. The skeleton of Ankylosaurus was first discovered in Alberta in 1908.
10. Ankylosaurus had armor-plated eyelids.