not an original thought

I often have the delusion that I've come up with an original thought.

Case in point, in naming this blog I tried for one of about a dozen phrases that I thought were original or close to it. Two dollar guitar was probably the tenth thing I tried. I think it works ok but I was surprised at all the things I wanted to use which were already taken.
(Aaanndd, I find there is a musical group going around by the name of Two Dollar Guitar -formed in 1992(!)- No Way!)

This same type of thing has happened to me any number of times and I guess I shouldn't be surprised by it anymore. I even had this idea about how the universe and EVERYTHING works and thought That was original too, then I read a book called The Dancing Wu Li Masters and discovered most of my ideas about that were already thought of too.

so...this partially explains why so many movies and tv shows are remakes and sequels... original thought ain't easy.