Paul Jokes A Lot came about because Paul Swears A Lot was already taken and Paul Bikes A Lot sadly isn’t true. Or at least as true as it should be if you’re going to name your blog that. Paul Gets Confused A Lot, while true, doesn’t really distinguish me from anybody else on the planet. Ditto for Paul Sings Off-Key A Lot and Paul Would Rather Be Sleeping Now.
Paul Lives in Vermont was too misleading as it gave the impression that the blog would be about all the outdoorsy stuff you can do here, which it won’t. Paul Gets Lost A Lot And Injures Himself Repeatedly While Doing So had the advantage of being closer to reality but was just too damned long.
My daughters suggested both Paul Farts A Lot and Paul Needs To Get Us A Cat. I in turn suggested Paul’s Daughters Could Be Yours For A Surprisingly Low Fee. We decided to go in different creative directions after they countered with Paul’s Nursing Home Will Be An Abandoned Winnebago.
Paul Overthinks A Lot was the frontrunner for a while but then I began questioning how I know that I’m not thinking about things the exact right amount and everyone else is underthinking them. So I started two lists where I put down evidence why I was either overthinking or underthinking. I was hungry at the time, though, so they both turned into grocery lists. Then I started worrying I had ADHD so I spent the next 4 hours researching that instead. Which is a long way of saying, yeah, this probably should have been called Paul Overthinks A Lot.