Rae, you know, one think Prof Althouse probably should have considered was just having blogger.com run in a frame on her own website, so at least she had website if blogger fouled up.
But no worries. Live and learn. I bet the new blog will be far superior.
I'm guessing that the post about Hawking earlier today got'cha thinking.... And you decided to branch out -- way out -- and go New Edge, more earthy, with a dash of gu-hooery tossed in.
That is, "pataphysics," with an emphasis on Cosmic Law.
That sounds like cyber-squatting to me. But maybe you'd have to have "Althouse" trademarked in order to pry it away from them without paying them their ransom.
I get so annoyed by url sitting like the one you deal with--you made althouse.com valuable, but because someone else got there first, they get to make you pay them for it. Sounds like free riding to me.
Web addresses shouldn't be considered personal property. Once registered, you should have a fixed amount of time to use it or lose it. And a useless collection of links doesn't count.
I would go through a broker to make an offer of $500 for althouse.com; communicating that it is a final offer. The domain troll will either see reason and sell, or be stuck with a worthless domain.
Once registered, you should have a fixed amount of time to use it or lose it.
I'm glad this isn't the case. On the day my son was born, almost 11 years ago, my husband registered a number of domain names with son's name so he'd have them to use one day if he wanted them. (We figured if he didn't, the likelihood would be they wouldn't be available). He's still a little young yet, but we definitely want to keep the rights for him. We planned ahead and paid the fees and kept renewing and paying; it's really not our problem that someone didn't beat us to those names.
I think it's very unfortunate Althouse doesn't have Athouse, and that price does seems outrageous; however, she could have reserved her own domain names years ago herself, if she'd wanted to and got there first.
(Note: I'm not whacking Althouse with that--it's a reference to something she wrote quite a while back on the blog and later came up again on the blog.
I'd search the blog to provide a link, but--effin' Google.)
You know, I quite like that last one. Wish I hadn't posted it in a comment. Oh, well. We're not currently in a position to make up whacky domain names and then reserve them for future use, as in old times.
Alas.
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I like "sloofy," too, God knows why. But I do! Cute. Pithy. Catchy. And unaccountably humorous, too.
Don't think it's quite right for Althouse, though--absolutely, seriously no offense intended.
You know, I can see real possibilities in that (dog, digress, dogress, transgress & etc.), though again, probably not for Althouse. Maybe for rhhardin's sister?
No idea, although I've always thought Analthouse would be pretty funny.
Glad you're going to move though. That Google stuff was ridiculous and would make me very uncomfortable if I were you. You've got years of work invested in this blog.
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Last I checked, althouse.com wasn't taken.
Moving the blog to something you kinda sorta control?
AlthouseLawSchoolRankings.com
MeALawProfessor.com
MyBlogIsImportantAndWasMentionedInTheNYTandReadOnTheFloorOfTheUSSenate.com
Rae, you know, one think Prof Althouse probably should have considered was just having blogger.com run in a frame on her own website, so at least she had website if blogger fouled up.
But no worries. Live and learn. I bet the new blog will be far superior.
NoShorts-NoSquirrels.com
(The Crypto Jew)
“Hotlawyerluv.org”???? “lawyergonewild.com”? “wtfdidivoteobama.com”? “cruelneutrality.org”?
Nuns Oath Ale.
Althouse.com, unless a squatter has it, then Althouse.something-else (.org, .edu, or maybe even .xxx ?)
pajamasmedia.com/althouse ?
I do hope it's something other than althouse.com.
I'm guessing that the post about Hawking earlier today got'cha thinking.... And you decided to branch out -- way out -- and go New Edge, more earthy, with a dash of gu-hooery tossed in.
That is, "pataphysics," with an emphasis on Cosmic Law.
freespeechcesspool.net
vw: ramin; tasty Japinese noodles
alt.hillbillies.net?
cruelneutrality.com and derivations are available. Until someone snaps them up, anyway.
MenInShorts.com
rashomon.geocities.com!
ForbiddenToWork.edu
I still have WisconsinHeldHostage.com, free to a good home.
jatroc.com
(just a tad right of center)
www.AnnandRushwerebornonthesameday.com
AtTheAlthouseCafe.com
Notamachoresponse.com
www.BloggerDoneMeWrong.com
talesofamysgarden.com
flowersanddogsurinating.com
pinchmyloaf.com
Edgy? I vote for A-ho.com. That works in so many ways.
But I guess that's a different kind of site.
blogadvertising.com
Somebody already owns althouse.com and wants $33,500 for it. What the hell?
It's forced me to look beyond the obvious.
Remember, analhouse.com is taken.
By the way, does anyone here know anything about the marketing and distribution of really vile hardcore porn?
Not that I have any use for such advice, of course; just curious.
Althouse.well.com?
(Jokes the man that still uses Livejournal)
My first thought was vortex.com, but of course that's taken. But thevortex.com might be available.
That sounds like cyber-squatting to me. But maybe you'd have to have "Althouse" trademarked in order to pry it away from them without paying them their ransom.
rushlimbaugh.com/althouse
Alternet.com
Oh wait, that's taken.
I get so annoyed by url sitting like the one you deal with--you made althouse.com valuable, but because someone else got there first, they get to make you pay them for it. Sounds like free riding to me.
Web addresses shouldn't be considered personal property. Once registered, you should have a fixed amount of time to use it or lose it. And a useless collection of links doesn't count.
You'd certainly want annalthouse.com, and then just have that redirect to your edgier, more creative URL.
NitecruzrProbablyHasATinyMaleApendage.com sounds kinda edgy.
And a useless collection of links doesn't count.
One man's useless collection of links is another man's Instapundit.
Oooh! Oooh! I know!
Shit. Don't tell us yet, Palladian. I haven't taken a guess.
It's some word-play on "edgy", isn't it?
Oh, shut up, Palladian, how could you possibly....
Ssssssay, waaaaaiit a minnit!!!
IGottaBeMe.com
Chimpanzees_in_heat.com
Taken?
Althouse.comistoodamnhigh.com?
YeahIvotedforObamaSoWhat.com
I really like AtTheAlthouseCafe though.
I would go through a broker to make an offer of $500 for althouse.com; communicating that it is a final offer. The domain troll will either see reason and sell, or be stuck with a worthless domain.
annalthouse.com
- - - - - - - - -
professoralthouse.com
wv: ainte (it ainte either one, is it?)
Shit, I can't take the pressure.
beautywalksarazorsedge.com
From Dylan; too fucking long.
It's got to tie in Dylan, egg salad, and vortices. Shit. I have to go to my daughter's softball game, I guess I'm done.
meadespancakes.com
letstakeacloserlookatthosebreasts.com
bloggingheadssucks.com
Oh wait....I own that url..nevermind.
IGotBupkus.com
NoEggSalad.com
letstakeacloserlookatthosebreasts.com
You can use that one, Trooper.
I'd suggest eggsaladsurgery.com, but I doubt that anyone would get the Emerson Lake and Palmer reference.
But at least it ties in egg salad and edginess. Sort of.
AtHerHouse.com
AlterHouse.com
MenInShorts.com
AnnAlthouse.com
Althousian.com!!
I_knew_that_wasn't_Santa_when__I_was_only_ two.com
Oh, I see. This is a not so subtle bleg for ideas on what URL Althouse should get.
Fair enough.
TheTimeTheBloggerForgot.com
althouse.us
DailyPotato.com
Something with "daily" in it would be apt.
I have no idea. I hope the emphasis is on a good name, rather than "edgy." "Edgy" is almost never as good as people think.
dontthreadonme.com
You could just call it Newsweek.
I hear that sold for a dollar recently. Offer them 2.
Once registered, you should have a fixed amount of time to use it or lose it.
I'm glad this isn't the case. On the day my son was born, almost 11 years ago, my husband registered a number of domain names with son's name so he'd have them to use one day if he wanted them. (We figured if he didn't, the likelihood would be they wouldn't be available). He's still a little young yet, but we definitely want to keep the rights for him. We planned ahead and paid the fees and kept renewing and paying; it's really not our problem that someone didn't beat us to those names.
I think it's very unfortunate Althouse doesn't have Athouse, and that price does seems outrageous; however, she could have reserved her own domain names years ago herself, if she'd wanted to and got there first.
She said "Bet you can't guess!" Gotta think outside the box.
ChipmunkFeedStore.com
INeverWriteAboutLaw.com
DylanSucks.com
ProbablyNot.com
Aunty_Feministing.com
Sorry for the mixture of "he's." But it's just a dashed-off comment, after all.
www.keepyourdamnballsoffmylawn.com
Too late to the party. Most of the good ones have already been suggested.
MyHouse(isAveryVeryVeryFineHouse).com
Robert_Farley_wears_a_hat_
because_he's_bald_bald_bald_
plus_he's_a_Candyass.com
http://www.meadehouse.com
Lets face it.. its a lot easier to change than a tatto ;)
LawyersShortsAndSquirrels.com
ItsMyVortexDammit.com
BeInteresting.com
DontMakeMeAngry.com
MeadeAndPoenaAdPaucos.com
Bigbowloforanges.com
So you don't like being called Ann...
MrsMeade.com
Not edgy.
Meadette?
Meadonna?
If you don't like the name Ann- maybe changing that should be Project Number 2....
Oh wait....
Althouse sometimes writes about law dot com.
Not edgy.
annalthouse.com comes across as a bit annal.......not that Titus thinks there's anything wrong with that.
My_edgy_new_URL.com
alexandrialibrary.net
livingfreelythroughwriting.com
marginalia.com
newmeadiabyalthouse.com
newmeadiaalthouse.com
vortex.net
althousevortex.net
Eh, think I'm too distracted today to do this.
wv: explat Yep, that's pretty much how I feel today.
adultwomenshouldlooklikeadultwomen.com?
Peter
behavingbadlywhenbored.com
(Note: I'm not whacking Althouse with that--it's a reference to something she wrote quite a while back on the blog and later came up again on the blog.
I'd search the blog to provide a link, but--effin' Google.)
squism.com
Or some variation thereof.
Just use whatever your next captcha phrase is, Althouse!
In my case: sloofy
My New Edgy URL Discuss dot com.
freespeechandbodilyfluids.com
You know, I quite like that last one. Wish I hadn't posted it in a comment. Oh, well. We're not currently in a position to make up whacky domain names and then reserve them for future use, as in old times.
Alas.
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I like "sloofy," too, God knows why. But I do! Cute. Pithy. Catchy. And unaccountably humorous, too.
Don't think it's quite right for Althouse, though--absolutely, seriously no offense intended.
ASatisfiedMind.com
Althouse should come up with an acronym to name her blog and challenge people to guess it correctly over the next few years.
Wait. Surely you didn't pick:
betyoucantguess.com
!
wv: dogress
You know, I can see real possibilities in that (dog, digress, dogress, transgress & etc.), though again, probably not for Althouse. Maybe for rhhardin's sister?
: )
ann-althouse.com seems to be up for grabs.
packerssuckdogdick.com
Can you tell I'm really supposed to be cleaning up after our pets just now, but am procrastinating instead? For real.
Well, this is more fun.
That_wasn't_addressed_to_you_Mr._Meade.com
Shamelessly_trolling_every_corner_of teh_Internets.com
MenWithoutShorts.com
You'll have an interesting new set of posters, that's for sure.
InTheHouseWithAlthouse.com
Nah. Sounds like a cooking blog.
evilbloggerlady.com
(really couldn't resist ...
but if Trooper hadn't popped up this probably wouldn't have popped into my mind ...
so it's his fault, really)
lookatmyshoes.com
annluvslarry.com
bluetapeonly
The Yanks got swept by the Sox at their own house dot com.
Thats my favorite.
youpussy.com
HoneyBadger.com was already taken, but that would have been a good one.
blogmistress.com
Based on your coverage of Wisconsin politics I'd guess:
JethroWalrustitty.com
HowDoesItFeel?ToBeOnYourOwn.com
Althouse in Abstract.
Me and My Houseboy-Gestalt.
Reification.
Reidefication.
In my frame.
AnnOldhaus.com
You could translate the parts separately:
oldmaison.com
vieuxhaus.com
wv: joyok
Today's edgy is tomorrow's stupid.
"Feelin' groovy... "
Wv: shiati
And I hope that some poor schmuck is scrambling to register all the suggestions. It's only money, pal!
dontcallmeann.com
I've_got_blisters_on_my_fingers.com
Althousian.com!! ? he killed his wife with an ax
118CommentsonEdgyURL.com
FreeTheAlthouseArchive.com
crustycrunchy.com appears to be available.
meadhouse.com is not.
www.bloggingalthouse.tv
Postcardsfromtheedge.com
bitemelem.com
or
itsalongseasondouchenozzle.com
Man Licking Shoes on New York Subway dot com.
No idea, although I've always thought Analthouse would be pretty funny.
Glad you're going to move though. That Google stuff was ridiculous and would make me very uncomfortable if I were you. You've got years of work invested in this blog.
SkatingOnThinIce.com
Lem,that was a Met fan but did you see the shine he got on that shoe?!
AlthousianPost.com
So, how long until Althouse can cash out, Arianna style?
He did make em shine.
cruelneutrality?
outcastlaw?
lawanddylan?
Hmm...
ASullivanIsBatShitMental.com - got a nice ring to it.
AlthousianPost would make her AP.... No Way.
wv: mantsm - I guess Titus knows all about that...
www.AndYouALawProfessor.com
Althome.com? I'm kidding.
But I do like the suggestion AtTheAlthouseCafe.com, though.
Intellectuallyinertbrats.com
"lawanddylan?"
Dylan!? W/ Meade, there's no need. Think more landscaper:
LawAndLawn.com
Kim is on to something:
Altmansion.com
She's movin' on up.
felines_are_evil.com
Edgy?
www.shaveme.com
facebook.com/althouse
@Lem
Yes the Sawx made my weekend complete.
Monkey see monkey do.
Evilbloggerlady is taken. So I give up.
meadehouse.com
sweetymeadeystomato.com
meadessweetie.com
ihategoogle.com
OR
googleatemystuff.com
So, how long until Althouse can cash out, Arianna style?
Don't know if she can pull that, our contribution probably decreases value....
AnimalAlthouse.com
coughwhinecough.com
teabaggerheaven.gov
deadinthewater.net
crymeariver.us
imemine.org
aa.museum
wtf.ca
doa.ru
I_still_havent_seen_one_I_like__THINK!.com
Speculation-schmeculation. Are you going to tell us before bedtime tonight?
annalthouse.com
CrazedSexBadgerInHeat.com
Don't care Ann as long as those nasty anti-meat google ads go. Really.
Or honeybadger.com which kinda describes you when you get pushed?
ShiloTheOnlyIdiotThatInjectedPolitics.com
I vote for cruelneutrality.com
fuckugoogle.com
Oh wait - you said "edgy." I'm going with the topical, "Nitcruzrrimsdogs.org"
lawgoddess.com?
Actually, if you combine Mutnodjmet and Ignorance Is Bliss, it kind of sings,
crazedsexlawgoddessinheat.com
Or something.
sexyatsixty.com
althouseandmeade.com seems to have been taken. Those ingrates and imposters.
Althousereport.com
Instaalthouse.com
Thebitchandherjerk spouseisback.org
wehavenofriendsjust thisblog.com
winespoliodrinkingwinepassthatbottletome.com
cheriedanielsandmearesoulmates.com
swinglowsweetvagina.org
How about
civilitybullshit.com
Ann-a-pundit?
(*ducks*)
... So, on a serious note, does this mean that you're moving from Blogger?
Thanks for all the guesses.
I'm not ready to reveal yet, but I will say: It has been guessed!
If its already been guessed than its. AtTheAlthouseCafe.com
To me that one clicked when I saw it. But we shall see.
It has been guessed!
crymeariver.us
Congrats! :-P
Althouse.yahoo.com? It would be droll and ironic.
On second thought Mr. Nitecruzer probably has a part time gig there.
donlemoncameoutasgayandnowiamhorny.com
I'm not ready to reveal yet, but I will say: It has been guessed!
Fine.
We take I_still_havent_seen_one_I_like__THINK!.com off the table.
Now, we have to guess which one was guessed....I guess.
it's pinchaloaf.com isn't it?
If I was a blogger my URL would be either tits.com or hog.com or titsandhogs.com
Well drat. I was hoping for Althouse.notblogspot.com
wv: urboot. Strangely topical. Just needs an L in there.
So the mystery here traces back to Joe Malchow, founder of Dartblog, friend and contributor at Powerline and a very impressive resume for one so young.
How is it that he owns the althou.se domain? What's up, Professor?
gutsymeade.com
Don't let her throw you off with that "he/she" stuff.
If you type the correct URL in the address bar you'll know.
Well, I'm calling it a night. I tried once and was wrong. it won't get better.
Don't forget to get the other extensions .com, .net, .org, etc!
MenInShorts.com???
"This domain has recently been listed in the marketplace at domainnamesales.com." then a telephone number.
Someone is lurking.
WV: gonses
The new domain is gonses
P.S. - Google just asked me to verify my account info by SMS to my phone. I declined and my Comment posted anyway.
Screw Google.
WV: spayep -- A-yep. Screw 'em.
I'll bet Maguro had the winner at 3:16. At least I hope so.
Looking at the guesses, I'm going with Ex-madtown girl's: "cruelneutrality.com"
It has been guessed! And I bet that the person who guessed it knows he/she got it.
Irene?
@Trooper York.
flowersanddogsurinating.com
LOL. That will have to be the Althouse2.
Superbowlchampiongreenbaypackers.com
Greenbaypackersgreatestteaminfootball.com
Oh, someone already guessed?
AtTheAlthouseCafe.com sounds like a winner.
I thought meadeite.com would be funny.
cruelneutrality.com
Sounds good too.
Althome.com sounds like a serious contender.
Irene can't be right.
That Cash song is too anti-rich for the so-called hillbillies.
OTOH, that would be edgy, for the wealth worshipers around here.
pbAndj, Dylan recorded it, too.
...and The Byrds.
Yeah but....are you sure you want to move now and risk the wrath of Blogger/Google and lose all your previous posts permanently?
On second thought, affiliation with anything called "Blogger/Google" should be suspect.
CtrlAltHouse dot COM
Yeah, I'm with Lem. I think that sinister mastermind Freeman Hunt had it with cruelneutrality.com.
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