In anticipation of creating a website…I recently secured several domain names…now…the first rule of marketing…will tell you…always…read thatalways…secure…your name dot com…whether you use it or not…only problem is…when I type in…Jane Carroll…I get a message…this domain is already taken…try again…

This isn’t a new problem…it’s been happening to me for years…she’s had that one for a long time…and…she ain’t sharing…but…it did set my mind in a tangent…what if…it were that way for our names…

Having worked in Maternity Wards for a number of years…and having given birth a couple of times…it’s easy for me to envision this scenario…

Mother…in hospital gown…proudly holding newborn infant…when the birth certificate tech comes in…and…asks the name of the baby…mother…declares the chosen name…Homer
Smith
…the tech enters it into a laptop…only to relate the bad news…that name is already taken…try again…

In frustration…and…desperation…mom begins racking her brain…for an acceptable name…settling…after about an hour…of…no-goes…on…Homer Not of the Odyssey Smith-Baby//2012

And…little…Homer Not…begins his life…

Now…of course…I did check…and…just as suspected…Homer Smith dot com…is
not available…but…I did check out…Jane Carroll…one more time…and…it is up for auction…for only $$$…I can by my own name…

Hmmm…not this year…maybe next…

Jane