I owe the title of this new medium to my roommate and friend Kemi. The roommate part is temporary, the friend not so much. The thought has been raised that this might appear incredibly conceited, as if I’m suggesting that the world is mine whenever I decide to pluck it. This is not the case. When Kemi suggested it to me, I thought of it in the sense of, “You know, it’s possible that some day I could take over the world. I doubt it, doesn’t seem very likely, but then again, life’s full of mystery and twists, so who knows.” It has a whimsical vanity to it that seems so perfectly suited to a blog.
But, if people are still put off by the implications of the title, I encourage you to devise other mnemonics for ictow. I’ve been doing it all day at work, it’s pretty fun. Currently my favorite is: “I couldn’t tow Orson Welles.” Or: “I culled Timmy, the orca whale.”
