The Icon Experiment, Take One

  The world wasn't ready for what he was about to do.  Hell, he wasn't ready for what he was going to do, but it had to be done.  If not now, then never. The world would change, but would it be for the better?
   He made the final adjustments to his work.  This was only phase one, and there were still so many things that could go wrong.  He had to stop thinking about the what ifs and just go with what he had.  At first, not too many would notice this first attempt.   Maybe a dozen or so, maybe a few more than that.  Whatever, as long as the subject matter was out there, more would learn about it.
   This first attempt would be in two parts.  The first part would accomplish the minimum amount of change.  Some would recognize it for what it was.  It would only be with the success of the second part, which might still fail, that would be making the real changes.  Part two was the one that the world could notice.
    If that failed, then it would be on to phase two.  That was the one that would be earth-shattering.  He was hoping that it would not come to that.  So much more work would have to be done before the second phase could start.  He tried to put it out of his mind.  This will work the first time!  It must.
   The trepidation was growing.  "Should I do it?' he thought.  It would not be hard.  It would only take a few seconds.  Even if the second part would fail, this first part of phase one had no such vulnerabilities.  It could not fail.
   The time was there.  It was now or never.  One last thing to do and ...

   The first attempt at an icon logo for this blog was added to the page.  This would become the first image seen in links on social media, and possibly on some searches.  Now, I only have to see if the image is square enough to be accepted by Blogger to be added officially to the blog, and I am home free.