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Someone asked me recently why I chose .us as the extension on this website.
Actually, just about anybody I tell about the website asks me that. (With the unspoken 'you idiot' to be inferred at the end of the question.)
In fact, one person (who's pretty tech savvy in the realms outside the internet) said, "When did THAT happen?" Referring to the .us extension, of course.
It makes me sick to think back on it, but there was a time when imaginaryfriends.com was available. I saw it, right there on the registry page. I could have bought it. I put it off because I had registered a couple of other sites, and I thought, "Oh, it'll be available..."
Two or three months later I check back, and not only was .com gone...so was .net...and .org...and maybe .biz. I could be wrong about .biz, but who gives a damn about .biz, anyway? (Sorry, .biz fans.)
A band / group of composers nabbed .com. It's a nice enough site, with pretty colors and nifty fonts and Flash animation on the main page. But it's not mine, so it pains me to visit it. One day I might try to buy it from them...if they're kind enough to let it go. For the pittance I can afford. Ha. Yeah, right. Maybe if I could harness enough of you, faithful readers, to deluge them with wrathful emails...
Until then, .us was the best choice. By the way, I don't pronounce it "you ess". Forget issues of patriotism - it's too long. Too wordy.
It's "you and me," baby. Dot US. As in ALL OF US.
So of course, I tell the beautiful women it's all part of my master plan...
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