From Beer... to Wine. Yep, there were issues

in my younger domain dreaming days. I actually had a fight with a buddy of mine that led to a multi-domain purchase. It was more to piss him off then anything else. See, I had a recipe site... actually, it's still around and I still own the domain, but it's an inactive site. RecipeSourceOnline.com is what started all of this, but that's another story for another day.

My friend considers himself a wine expert. An "amateur sommelier" if you will... while he has a huge ego and claims to be an expert on almost everything "cultured", this is one subject where he can back up his boasts. Frequent trips to Napa Valley combined with social events he was personally invited to by the proprietors and wine makers due to some family connections, as well as a general addiction to alcohol provided the base of his knowledge.

I "commissioned" this friend to write a weekly food pairing wine column for the site under the pen-name Jackson Elliott. It's not there now, as there was a server problem and the original site was wiped clean. Dumb bastards. ANYWAY... of course in a drunken stupor.. or hangover... I can't remember which... we found ourselves in a disagreement over who was the actual "owner" of the columns. Yes, the idea of Jackson Elliott was his, but the idea of the columns was mine.

After about 30 email punches and a nasty voicemail or two, I found myself back at GoDaddy hurredly snapping up everything I could think of that was Jackson Elliott and wine related.

Of coures... JacksonElliott.com was already taken. A quick "whois" search told me what I already knew... the asshole had bought it for himself before I could get to it.

Sooo... I scarfed up WineByJacksonElliott.com among a few others. I let the rest expire... but kept this one.

Oh... and in the revenge category... put a back-up on JacksonElliott.com for two years. Sneaky, eh? Yep... puppy is all mine now...

Where is my buddy? Bankrupt. Not because of this, though... and I'm still not rich. But I own the freakin' names!!!! BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!