expiration notice
First came the webhosting saga from hell, wherein a young, fledgling leather egg was offline more than it was online. Then came the sequel: incompetent webhosting company strikes back, wherein the blogger known as Ron was sued for non-payment by said company even after his money was refunded.
And now, dear readers, much to my chagrin, I must report the nightmare webhosting story of leather egg has devolved into a trilogy: the domain name leatheregg.com has expired. It expired this past Saturday, despite my efforts during the past month to either transfer the domain name or to renew it with the current name registrar. I’ve filled out online forms, I’ve written e-mail, I’ve called a San Francisco office where no one answers the phone, and I’ve called Australia. Twice. I’m apparently the ultimate z-lister, because no one returns my calls or e-mail.
I’ve not thrown in the towel quite yet. I fired off another round of e-mail messages yesterday and will call the Melbourne office again, in the middle of the night (here) if necessary, and brave “please hold for the next available representative” at international long distance rates to try to sort this mess out before the absolute drop-dead date. And as a precaution, I’m in the process of registering an alternate domain name. Further news as events warrant, but don’t be surprised if I suddenly disappear sometime in the next week.
In the meantime it will be business as usual, which today includes two followup items. Rolling Stone still hasn’t fixed it’s rolling home page/search page problems yet(!!), but I did manage to find a direct link to the 50 coolest albums of all time. My reaction? I’m so NOT cool. I only own 7 of them, and there are at least 7 more that I’ve never even heard of. Pavement? The White Stripes? Bikini Kill? Madonna? (HA HA … just kidding about that last one.)
I also heard back from an inquiry I sent to the webmaster at BigTenChallenge.org (see! he returned my e-mail!). Apparently Ohio State wanted nothing to do with the challenge, including being the only Big Ten school completely and utterly absent from the web site. So there is a good explanation why the Buckeyes are missing. It still doesn’t explain why they chose to not even be listed. Perhaps the fact that they’re Ohioans must suffice.
Oh, and I only own one of those 50 albums in Rolling Stone’s list. Naturally, it’s at number 50.
My vote for Woofy Wooferson… It’s just very Jim Henson.
shouldn’t it be woofy mcwooferson?
Can’t you just re-register your domain with another company? Dotster.com has been working out rather well for me. Heh.
Woofy Wooferson. Haha… sounds like a name for a game show host.
And now it’s time for “Name That Porn Penis,” with your host, Woofyyyyyyyyy Wooferson!!!”
It’s really ‘BUCKEYE’, not Ohisian and we are a mysterious people. There is no apparent rhyme nor reason for what we do or at least to anyone not from the Heartland. Just ask my man…he thinks we’re all fucking nuts just because we grew up tipping cows and drinking Busch beer out of cans.
Ohisian! I vaguely remember having a conversation about Ohisians over Captain’s punch at Sloppy Joes! Or was it mango madness? Or red/white wine? Or rum and anything leftover in the fruit basket that could be stuffed into the blender? Thanks for the laugh!
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What about “WoofyWooferson.com”?
Judy! Judy! Judy! Don’t let the cat out of the bag.
Ha ha ha Woofy Wooferson. That’s dreadful, I love it.
Okay: that rolling stone article? Is it available somewhere on like… ONE PAGE? It took me 5 minutes on dialup to see the first 6 albums. I’m gagging.
And yes I own them all. Heh. Sad, really. Trend-follower.
Furthermore good luck with your ass-hosters in domain land. Don’t let them punish us all with lack of you!
Hey! I answer your emails… then again, I can’t solve your domain problems, now can I?
Hey Ying for your information the term for a resident of the Great State of Ohio is Ohisian. It rhymes with lesion. It is indeed lamentable that you may have to change the name of Leather Egg but you could host a contest to name the blog site. Think of the Neeto names your readers could come up with like – Blog Code Stealin’ Son of a Bitch or Or you Ain’t Heard the Last of This By a Long Shot or The Big Giant Gazing Head or Its All in the Traffic or Leather Jogstap Pouch or Fuckallyall or My Hanky is Orange and Loving It or Snow Softly Falling on Tamarisk – need I go on? Seriously though any moniker you hang on it we will be reading it anyway.