Explaining the Title

A few days ago I told my Mom I set up a blog. She said, "A what?" So I attempted to explain what a blog was.

Then I told her the name of my blog: "T's Tomes". I said, "I always wanted to have my own bookstore. I wanted to call it T's Tomes even though most people probably don't know what a "tome" is. If it was a good bookstore, it wouldn't matter if people understood the name or not. When I was a kid, I thought if I had my own bookstore I could somehow spend the whole day reading and get paid to do it. When I grew up (sort of), I realized I would go out of business because I would be too busy reading my books to actually sell any which is obviously why I have the job I have instead. I would also be fired from my imaginary librarian job that I used to want to have because I would be hanging out in the stacks reading stuff instead of shelving it.

So I have a blog now, instead.

Mom said, "What's a tome?"

I told you most people don't know what a tome is.

A tome is a large or scholarly book or a roll of papyrus. Even though this blog is obviously not a book, will probably never be scholarly and does not resemble papyrus in any way, I called it T's Tomes because of my bookstore I never got to own and of course the novel that has been written in my mind, published, and sits in the coveted best seller location in my imaginary bookstore. I may have gone on book signing tours but if you weren't paying attention you probably missed me when I was in your city.

The other idea I came up with was Delta Deffely's Diatribes and Dialogue or The 4 D's. But that seemed like too much of a mouthful and even though there might possibly be one or two people who might comment on this craziness I've concocted, I doubt there would be actual dialogue. However, on occasion I reserve the right to go off on a diatribe if I want to. It's my blog and I can do what I want.

This is T's Tomes and if you laugh a little while you are here, then my work has been successful.