13 posts. Nearly 3 months of blogging about viruses. 1 central theme.
The musical wall-crawling Spider-Verse.
Most of my posts this year (2019) have been chosen not by the desire to speak about a certain topic, or because of the release of the latest scientific literature, or even the latest Flu numbers, but by whether I could shoehorn content under the banner of the next title – in order – from 2018’s soundtrack to the Academy Award-winning animated movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. A movie & a soundtrack that I really enjoyed.
And no-one guessed it though. Going into this idea I felt sure that one or two of you would have pulled me up for at least some of these pretty weird and unrelated blog titles.
| Track No. | Track title | Blog title |
| 1. | “What’s Up Danger” | What’s up d̵a̵n̵g̵e̵r̵ Flu? |
| 2. | “Sunflower” | SunFluwer |
| 3. | “Way Up” | Way up |
| 4. | “Familia” | Familia figures |
| 5. | “Invincible” | Invincible: viruses are always out there, take EV-D68 for example |
| 6. | “Start a Riot” | Starting a riot |
| 7. | “Hide” | Hide: it’s easy when no-one’s looking |
| 8. | “Memories” | Memories |
| 9. | “Save the Day” | Flu vaccines can Save The Day |
| 10. | “Let Go” | Will violence Let Go of the DRC long enough to kick out Ebola virus? |
| 11. | “Scared of the Dark” | Scared of the Dark risks |
| 12. | “Elevate” | Elevate the Flu baseline |
| 13. | “Home” | Home. It’s where the viruses spread |
It’s been pretty liberating not having to think about the content first, but rather how to find something to fit into the title. I recommend this approach as a way to inject some novelty into the writing process. Getting to the end of the tracklist also added pressure to produce content more quickly. Some of you may have noticed a faster rate of writing in recent weeks.
In the end, though almost everything I blogged was still contemporary (Memories being the exception), but perhaps that’s just down to my mad skilz in the use of puns. I saw that eye roll back there!!
Along the way, I think I picked up a more laid-back style to writing up some of the more complex stuff. I hope that sticks with me.
Back to normal programming from here. Blog post titles will at least contain the name of the virus.
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Well, I admit this you have had is a really good idea! I suspect some of my bleak blog’s posts would have been more alluring if titled after some of my favorite music: La Javanaise (or the lost H5N1 Indonesian story); My Weakness (on measles virus); Don’t look any further (to these nasty subjects)…