Renaming my Blog

I think it is time to rename my blog. I created the blog when I moved from Austin to Mission, Texas, and the title is based on the distance between the two locations. The subtitle refers to "living and cycling in South Texas", and the "About Me" section mentions that I am trying to get back to Austin, or maybe Houston. It's all wrong. It doesn't align with what is happening in my life.

I already live in Houston. I'm 331 miles from lots of places, but that doesn't matter since I have no plans to move to or from any of them. I like the history of the "331 miles" name and it has deep meaning to me, as it is associated with a very trying section of my life, during which I found cycling, perhaps coincidentally, perhaps not. What I'm dancing around is that I really want to stay with the "331 miles" name, but it just doesn't make much sense in the context of my current life.

The result is that I've been mentally batting around a few name ideas. I'll probably subtitle the blog with "formerly 331 miles", even if it's an afterthought. Here are a few ideas.

Urban Cycling Cowboy

I'm not really a cowboy, although I wear jeans and sometimes boots. I know how to two-step, and can talk redneck. I live in an urban environment, which happens to border Pasadena, where the movie was filmed.

Houston...We Have a Cyclist

SUPERCHEEZE. I know. But it's so cheezy....it's almost good.

I Want to Run Over Bud Adams with My Road Bike

You have to be an good ol' days Oilers fan to understand. Not sure if he lives here anymore, but you never know.

Hammering in Houston

The blog is mainly about cycling, right? And cycling means the occasional hammerfest. Not my fave...

Living and Cycling in the 4th Largest City in the USA, which if You Don't Know is Very, Very, Very Car-Centric

Houston has a little tiny sprawl problem. Just so ya know. Not too many bike commuters, but there are more than I thought there would be. Might subtitle this one with something that contains the word Houston, just for search purposes.

Some of these are jokes, and some are not. Regardless, please hit me with your best critical shot in the comments. I'm not in love with any of them, so don't worry about hurting my fragile feelings.

NOTE: I love Larry Gatlin's "Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You)" song. But I couldn't figure out how to plagiarize it and twist it into a decent blog title.