November 2005


Obviously crime pays, or there’d be no crime.

G. Gordon Liddy

Maybe these companies should have thought a little more laterally about their domain names:

Firstly there is Who Represents, a database for agencies to the rich and famous: www.whorepresents.com

Second is the Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views: www.expertsexchange.com

Looking for a pen?  Look no further than Pen Island: www.penisland.net

Need a therapist?  Try: www.therapistfinder.com

And there is an Italian Power-Generation company: www.powergenitalia.com

Finally we have the Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales: www.molestationnursery.com

via email from John Farrell, Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:42:06 -0800

And one that is missing from this list that my company registered for an Internet Service Provider leasing program, www.ispleasing.com.  We actually had an on-line porn company call us to see if we would be interested in selling the domain name.

PS: I just ran across another one this afternoon, Transfiguration Catholic Church and School, www.tranny.org, guess they don’t know what a tranny is; but sort of appropriate/amusing given the sex scandals in the Catholic Church.

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

Muhammad Ali

Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.

Putt’s Law

Whenever you’re asked if you can do a job, tell ‘em, “Certainly I can!”  Then get busy and find out how to do it.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858 – 1919)

The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy’s will to be imposed on him.

Sun Tzu
  1. When anger rises, think of the consequences.Confucius
  2. Anger at lies lasts forever. Anger at truth can’t last.Greg Evans
  3. But when [people] get angry, they bring about a change.Malcolm X
  4. I have a right to my anger, and I don’t want anybody telling me I shouldn’t be, that it’s not nice to be, and that something’s wrong with me because I get angry.Maxine Waters
  5. Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.Harriet Lerner, ‘The Dance of Anger’

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