What's In a Name

I have found that people will go mad trying to satisfy their curiosity. That is why the mad scientist stereotype exists: "Must... strip apart... every... hidden thing... discovery is... everything... must..." Throw in a mwuhaha for good measure.

But I am a kind human being, not willing insanity on anyone else (having tasted it myself as a junior high teacher); so I will reveal the dark secrets of PlasticMind. Why Plastic? Why Mind? What nightmare-inducing drug, you ask, were you taking to come up with such a name? I'm afraid, like many things in life, the reality is much less exciting than the imagination or anticipation of it.

It all started five years ago, as an assignment for a graphic design course I was taking in college. I needed to create a brand name, then advertise it. So I drew a blonde-haired bowling-ball and thought (oddly enough) of myself and the plastic-like state of my mind.

And that's it.

You must all be disappointed; I suppose could make up something more creative. But, ah well. No "converted drug-pusher" story. No "Lassie saved me" story. Just a guy and his PlasticMind.

  • posted on 6 January 2006
  • by Jesse

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6 January 20061. Jeremy Killian:

Hey...I've heard that before...did you copy and paste...from the old Plasticmind.com? When are you going to include my blog on your site as a contact?

6 January 20062. Jesse Gardner:

Ya dude! I just found it on the old internet wayback machine. It was one of the only things I'd not transferred over to my blog, so I figured why not. I'm adding your link as we speak...

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