About… hmm… it seems like about a year ago… something like that… about a year ago I picked up average-bear.com and rolled it overtop my old bears-cave.com domain, mostly in an attempt to reduce my incoming spam email — most of which was thanks to the 400+ pages on this site to which I had once unwittingly appended “Contact us at mymainemailaddress@bears-cave.com”, complete with a mailto link once upon a time.

What I can I say? I was young and foolish.

Anyway, the end result is that the bears-cave.com address is irredeemably fouled — I ‘turned on’ my old bears-cave email address this morning to see if the spammegedon had subsided and got an advertisement for “FRee NeW Pr-zac” less than a minute later. When my ownership of the domain expires in 30 days I will let it go, and probably gladly — ten years from now some unwitting fool will reserve the domain and be inundated with 100 emails in the first three seconds simply because the bastards left the spam faucet running after I sold the house.

Which leaves me feeling a bit unsatisfied in the domain department, simply because I’ve never been one hundred percent in love with average-bear.com. I want something simple — something not-gimmicky. These asshats have testerman.com locked up for the next year or so, at least (and getting no business from it, I’m glad to see), and doycetesterman.com… yeah, not yet, I think.

Input? iamagoldengod.com might be a little long to type.

thetalkingstick.com?

houseofgrr.com?

heh. I like.

I kind of like how doyce.net has a kind of nonsense 'arpanet' feel to it.

Mmm... I do kind of like thetalkingstick. There would have to be a forum (or at least better comment code than what I'm using).

Redesign by Seki... mmm... warm fuzzies.

[Invader Zim voice] More! Give me MOOOOORREE!

Apparently, thetalkingstick.com is held by... nobody, but is unavailable, but can be backordered.

Hmm. thetalkingstick.org is pretty cool, though. Maybe switch things around a bit... get on multiple posters... hell, I'd just like to see a comment count that read "5 people have touched the talking stick". Heh.

Your comment code DOES give me the hives.

I ADORE iamagoldengod.com, btw. Though the first time I typed it, it was iamagoldencod.com, so take that any way you like. :D

Oh, you're one of the people I will never do a redesign for (incl. Michele and Dave)...you people like to FIDDLE too much. :)

Heh. You should see me editing documents folks give me for a "quick review ..."

Dunno if she's registered an opinion, but what does the Missus think? While she's clearly a Mrs testerman.com, I don't see her as a Mrs doycetesterman.com. Or a Mrs iamagoldengod.com. Though maybe a Mrs doyce.net But she could surprise me.

Huh. I'll let you know if I think of anything dazzling. I tend to be stodgy when it comes to domain names.

I giggle at the golden god. Too busy to think on it right now. Working on projects that will keep me here late if I don't do them now :(.

well there is always your casual moniker - testerfolk.com or notthatkindofbear.com

Dang. Margie beat me to it. I vote for testerfolk.com

Hmm... www.burn-your.tv has a certain appeal.