Ophthalmologist by day, Blogger by Night.
Penn State Football Fan 24/7.
Welcome reader to Living the Eye Life!
One might wonder where that name came from. I guess the primary reason is that the names I really wanted were already taken. When you sign up for a WordPress site, you have to choose a name. The site then informs you whether that name is available.
I am not new to blogging. I blogged for PennLive for six years writing about my greatest passion: Penn State Football. I still blog about Penn State football at The Lion’s Den.
But I wanted to blog about other passions in my life: my work as an eye surgeon, life at home, running, golf, politics, or whatever strikes me as amusing at the time. I am easily amused most of the time. But I digress.
In my mind, I was thinking of calling the new blog “The Village Idiot.” I live in a town small enough to be considered a village. I am not a complete idiot, but I am a partial one. But both villageidiot and thevillageidiot have already been taken. Apparently, there are a lot of villages out searching for their idiots.
I love the catch-phrase ‘I digress.’ So I tried idigress as a website name. Taken. I am not the only digressor here in the world of WordPress.
Vitreoushumor. I’m an eye surgeon and while there is nothing funny about vitreous during cataract surgery, I do enjoy humor, I consider myself funny looking, and it seemed like an obvious winner.
Taken. As was the British spelling, vitreoushumour.
Aqueoushumor was taken, but not aqueoushumour. It just doesn’t have the flair or feng shui of vitreoushumor, though. And I’m not British.
Laughter is the best medicine. Bestmedicine already exists!
I am now running low on ideas and short on patience. And a doctor without patients is not a doctor–perhaps a teacher. Or just another somebody in a white coat.
So I tried a few “eye” names. Iforaneye. TAKEN! And some others names that I can’t even remember now. But WordPress denies me almost faster than I can type in the suggestions. It’s a wonder I have any hair left.
But as I sipped my Miller High Life, I was struck by an epiphany. It wasn’t available either but “the eye life” was.
So here I am. Living the EYE LIFE. Blogging the Eye Life.
I hope you enjoy it too.
I think you should write here what exactly you blog about. It helps for people who are not familiar with the blog.
Just saying 😮
Hi Todd! I just found your blog…thanks for the “giggles”!
Love ya’!
I’m glad you popped on over to my blog because now I get to enjoy yours. Thanks for the laughs!
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I’m tired. Sorry for the minimalism.
Nice! Thanks for liking my post.
Ha! Just checked back after your comment. I worked for an Ophthalmology/optometry practice managing the optical departments for 15 years. Got kinda bored (crazy?) managing women and went into construction management and publishing. Your blog looks good so I’m signing on!
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The search for an ideal name was probably the hardest thing about this blog. Especially finding one that wasn’t taken, and one that sounded just right haha! I liked the one you settled with though 🙂
Hi! I’ve been following you ever since I started this blogging thing, and now you’re following me. How cool is that? Since you’re an eye surgeon, you might like this post I wrote about my Lasik surgery. http://dustylizard.wordpress.com/?s=eye+surgery
Tough times for a Penn State football fan, but hang in there, eyedoc. PSU will right the ship and be a world class program again.
Hey! I gave you the One Lovely Blog award- go check it out!!
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Good way to live a life if its the way you write and the way you see it!
Thanks for humour.
You are welcome! Thanks for stopping by!
And what happened to our boys in Blue and White this past weekend? It was sad…. Nice blog Eye doc!
Hi! 😀 I just nominated your blog for The Liebster Award. I hope you’re interested. You can check that out here: https://sophiespeaksup.wordpress.com/2015/02/18/the-liebster-award/ Thanks! ❤ More blogging power to us! Haha! 🙂