I get asked quite often about where I came up with my
website name that I decided to look up and see how long I've
had this domain name. A good, long while. I'll preface my
answer with a little history. I had the name at least a year
– probably two – on a different host who proved to be the
last tech company I ever wanted to associate with. I
transferred my website to Go Daddy in 2008 and have been
happy since.... Then came the upselling and semi-constant
loading issues of cPanel that finally turned me off and then I
learned about
NameCheap.com.
No upselling – I chose what I wanted to bring to the party!
Go Daddy services are good – don't get me wrong. It was the
sell! sell! sell! No.
I have always come up with unique web names and learned the
hard way that "simplicity" always works best. That said, I
continue to reveal myself as someone who insists on 4
wheeling a front wheel drive car through mud and sticks on a
swampy, unpaved road. I'm special that way. Anyway – my
domain name has proven to be a hard enough name to spell out
for people to write it without bushwhacking the spelling.
Oh, well. The name stays and if one can't write it down
correctly – I don't need that person's email.
To that uniqueness, I'm a devout fan of the TV show,
Two and A Half Men. Character, Alan
Harper, calls his ex-wife's attorney "the Rabid Jackal". He
also watches his son, Jake, tear into a Christmas present as
a "Rabid Jackal".
My domain name needed to be dog related – and easier to
spell than my previously selected domain name – Canis
Spiritus. I thought people would be able to spell Rabid
Jackal – two simply spelled words but English-speaking
adults are proving to not know how to write down two words
that I spell for them.
Rabid comes out as
RABBIT and most recently,
Jackal was
spelled JAEKEL. I say it then spell it one letter at a time.
Clearly – it's not like I have a mouthful of socks when I
speak!
I thought I was doing better on picking domain names by
now....
Back to Canis Spiritus. I used that name prior to Rabid Jackal. And
rather quickly, I discovered I couldn't spell it despite my
best efforts. What was I thinking, you ask. Well, once upon
a time, I was a huge fan of the TV show,
King of the Hill. In an episode titled
"The Witches of East Arlen", the
character, Bobby Hill, wanted to be cool like these other
kids and become a warlock. The scene that inspired that name
starts at the 6 minute and 50 seconds mark.
Bobby's initiation involved having to drink "Caninus
Spiritus" – dog's blood. I'm a fan of paranormal things so I
thought that name would be perfect for me.... With a SLIGHT
change: I switched it to "Canis" instead of "Caninus" –
Latin for dogs. Wikipedia says "
Canis" is the Latin genus of
"the Canidae containing multiple extant
species, such as wolves, coyotes, jackals, dingoes, and
dogs". I'm a bigger fan of wild dogs so I went in that
direction.
(Wild) Dog Spirit is an accurate description to how I relate
to our dogs. When one connects with an animal, one can
quickly and easily communicate on an energetic level. I know
what they're thinking and what their tells are. Stares and
sounds, such as a soft grumble while not blinking, can deter
our dogs from doing something they know they shouldn't. I
don't need to tell them "no" or "bad". I just grumble and
they know. It's like playing poker with professional
gamblers. If you're going to talk the talk, you better walk
the walk. NO FEAR – dogs know when you're bluffing!
Husky Body Language
