It’s gotten so hard to name a website that there are actually services that people use to have someone think of the name for them like the site PickyDomains.com. When you think about how much time and effort it takes to name a website, spending a few dollars to have someone else come up with it is usually a worthwhile investment!

Here are some signs you have a bad website name:

1. It’s Too Long: Don’t be tempted to register “Thisisthelongestwebsitenameeverreallyyesitis.com”.

2. Acronyms Are Bad Too: So your dream name is more than 56 characters long. Think twice before using acronyms – No one is going to remember TITLWNERYII.com either.

3. It’s Hard to Spell: Most of us are horrible spellers. And then there are words that sound like other words. If you make your website hard to spell you have a good chance of no one ever remembering how to get back to your site even if they wanted to.

4. The Words Don’t Do Good Together: My brother had a great idea for a scrapbook website – MyLifeScrap.com – of course, as a domain that equates to “MyLifesCrap.com”.

5. Unintentional Sexual Connotation: It’s all too easy to accidentally do this – and while mature audiences will likely overlook it, there is surely someone with their mind in the gutter who will find something wrong with it.

What do you think? What are some other signs that you have a bad website name? Know of any examples of bad site names? Would you hire someone to name a website for you? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

So, what do we have for you today?

What is this an auction for, you ask?

Allow me to quote the seller:

You are bidding for a play set (4) of Wrath of God. These cards have been placed on top of my cat (see photo!!!) for extra luck!!!

There is one revised in near mint condition, one ninth edition in near mint condition and 2 fourth edition that show wear from play (see scan).

*CAT NOT INCLUDED IN AUCTION*
**No animals were harmed in the making of this auction**

It’s good to know that at least the cat was not harmed I suppose. But you really have to think about why someone would think that would make their auction more appealing or interesting

Special thanks to Jordan for finding this one for me to share and reminding me what stupid stuff people come up with every day!

If you’d like to see this auction live then and search for auction #170405843100.

What do you think? Does the luck of the cat make these cards all that more appealing to you? And if you have something stupid you want to share, don’t hesitate to tell me about it – always love hearing from people!

Today, some stupid protesters were arrested for dangling themselves off the West End Bridge:

My husband drove right past these idiots today. And you look at this picture from the LA Times and can’t help but question what these people are thinking or what they’re really trying to achieve. Is this peaceful? Does this accomplish anything?

Anyways, I get too mad thinking about this to really write anything that’s not going to offend anyone, so instead I’ve decided to create a short little guide for all of our visitors we are welcoming into the city this week.

Here are some things you need to know if you will be visiting Pittsburgh this week:

1. The majority of Yinzers I’ve talked to would love it if the world actually warmed up. It was -20 degrees here all last winter. Most of us were wearing sweaters this summer. Bring on the global warming, please!! Carbon Credits? Yeah, we’ll trade you a beer for a kielbasi at the next Steeler’s game if that sounds good to you.

2. Speaking of football, for your own personal safety, please do not wear your home team’s football jersey while visiting. Wearing anything besides Black & Gold may result in accidental injury or harm to you and your loved ones. We take football seriously here. I don’t want anyone to get hurt.

3. I will predict that few violent outbreaks will be because of protester’s signs or causes or messages. Any possible violence will most likely occur because residents in the city of Pittsburgh have been detoured not only from construction for the past 20??+ years, but also because we now must detour even further so yinz can all hang out here.

4. We like to go fishing and boating in our rivers. That means we don’t want our fishing lines and hooks to be caught up in your banners you are dangling over our river, nor do we want anything to accidentally drop into it that would actually pollute it from your protesting efforts.

5. Our friends, family, and many residents here have fought and are currently fighting for you all over the world so you can have the right and the freedom to protest and share your viewpoints here. Please show a little respect to our city and to the people who have supported and your freedom.

6. We love our city and you better not f*** with it or any of us while you’re here.

Well, I’m going to bed tonight seriously wondering if I should perhaps evacuate somewhere else for a few days…but I think it should all be fine and most of us can’t wait for this to be over.

If you’re in Pittsburgh or from Pittsburgh, I want to hear from you about it and your thoughts on the whole G20 shebang – and feel free to share any of your thoughts and comments on this whole thing even if you’re not a Yinzer native

As you may know, Pixar is one of the divisions of Disney and they make all those sickeningly cute little movies like Cars and Wall-E and tons of others that my kids watch constantly. I’ll admit it: I like them.

And if you’ve ever watched any of these movies then obviously you’re familiar with the various Pixar Logos that incorporate that sweet little lamp:

Well, this little lamp is inspired by a pretty prominent lighting company called Luxo. They make task lighting, medical lighting – pretty much if you can screw a light bulb into it they make it.

Disney is scheduled to release a special Up – Limited Edition Luxo Jr. Collectible Lamp Pack on November 10th but there’s one teeny tiny problem. They named the lamp Luxo Jr. – and the lamp is not made by the company Luxo.

It really makes you wonder why the heck nobody caught this or thought, geez, we’re releasing a product that has the same name as a brand that we have nothing to do with…

And while this type of stuff happens quite a lot, it seems very strange to come from Disney…especially since they have sued others for similar violations. Apparently after doing some research it’s not the first time Disney nor Pixar has had legal problems with copyright infringement and been involved in a stupid lawsuit – but you would think something this obvious would be impossible to overlook.

photo credit: pink_fish13

At least the cabbage gets to do whatever it wants.

How about you? Do you know the difference between a cabbage and a cat?