Posts Tagged ‘Blog Ideas’
Can you write a song parody?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 17th, 2009
OK, maybe you’re not a rock star. Maybe you can’t even play an instrument or sing. But if you’re a blogger, then you can write. Pick out a popular song, one most people will recognize (like Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”). Find the lyrics online using a search engine like Google. If it’s not already part of your music collection, (legally) download a copy (such as from iTunes or Zune Marketplace). Listen to it a few times.
If you have a blog that focuses on a specific topic, brainstorm all the words you can think of that relate to your topic and write a parody of the popular song using terminology from your blog’s content area. If your blog isn’t focused on a specific topic, your task could be simpler, since you can write about anything you like.
For example, if your blog was about nursing, you might parody the Beatles’ “I Want To Hold Your Hand” with the phrase “I Want to Take Your Pulse”.
Is it possible to be too open-minded?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 16th, 2009
Comedian Tim Minchin has a song entitled “If you open your mind too much, your brains will fall out (take my wife)” in which he conveys the point that it’s possible to be so open-minded that you’re believing things that simply don’t make sense. (See the link for a YouTube video of Tim singing that song.)
Recently I read a similar quote:
If you keep your mind sufficiently open, people will throw a lot of rubbish into it.
William Ornton
At first, I thought those seemed rather silly viewpoints. However, the more I think about it, the more I think there could be something to it. I know several very intelligent, open-minded people who seem to have picked up (somewhere along the way) very firm beliefs that just don’t stand up to a logical, scientific examination.
How about you? Do you think it’s possible to be so open-minded that you start believing things that have absolutely no basis in fact? Have you seen examples of this in your own life?
Have you ever seen “cool” graffiti?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 13th, 2009
Personally, I have never cared for graffiti. I think it’s extremely disrespectful and rude to paint anything on someone else’s property without their permission, so I suggest this topic with a certain amount of concern that it could encourage something I disagree with. But, have you ever seen an example of graffiti that you thought was especially artistic or cool? Can you snap a digital photo of it? What’s cool about it? What’s your opinion of graffiti in general?
Who do you ask for advice?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 11th, 2009
When we face a difficult situation, we often seek the advice of others to help us look at all the angles of a situation and think through the possible repercussions. When you face a tough decision, whose advice is important to you? Why do you respect that person’s opinion? Are there people you ask for advice because you tend to do the opposite of what they suggest? Would you go to different people for different kinds of advice?
What’s fast food can’t you live without?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 9th, 2009
If you were required to give up all fast foods except one, which one would you keep and why? What’s special about that particular food? Why is that one so important to you? If you’ve given up fast foods, which one do you miss the most?
What would your ideal romantic evening be?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 7th, 2009
If you could have the ideal romantic evening with your signficant other, what would that evening be like? How would you dress? What would you do? Where would you go? What would make it a really special evening?
Who would you trade places with for a day?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 6th, 2009
If you had the power to exchange places with another person for a day, who would you choose? Perhaps you might select someone whose life you admire. You might instead choose someone you think is out of touch with “ordinary people” in the hopes that they spend a day living without their wealth, fame, power, etc. Who would you choose and why?
What would your “bucket list” be?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 5th, 2009
I’ll admit, this idea was inspired by the movie “Bucket List” even though I haven’t seen it…
If you knew that you only had six months left to live, what would you like to spend those six months doing before you died? Would you travel? Spend time with loved ones? Try to change the world for the better? Just enjoy yourself? Share your “final to-do list” with us.
What would you choose as a new name?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 4th, 2009
Although I realize that it’s very possible, and probably not that difficult, to change your name legally, most of us never bother to do that. But what if you did? What name would you select to match your personality and how you see yourself? How would that name better reflect who you are than the name you were born with?
Do our worries and fears control us?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on February 20th, 2009
Haddon W. Robinson was quoted as saying:
What worries you masters you.
I suppose there’s a certain amount of truth to that, in that we might hesitate to act if we are worried about the consequences of failure. We might alter our normal behavior out of fear or worry that something undesirable will happen.
What do you think? Do our worries and fears control us, or do we control them?