I’m not certain how these Fridays keep rolling around as fast as they do, but they are.  Yet this Friday is a bit different for the House of Brown as we celebrate my beautiful wife’s birthday and this weekend.

I can’t even put into words what my wife means to me.  I love her more than she’ll ever know.  She’s my wife, best friend, lover, and mother of our beautiful and fast growing family.  She’s sacrificed quite a lot to say the least to mother our boys and take on the thankless job of COO for the House of Brown.  Second to God, there’s not much that I can do without her.

So the boys and I will attempt to make a valiant effort to rough it this weekend, and give her a whole day to herself.  I’ll be fine, but I’m not sure about the boys.  Oh well, we’ll survive.

Looks like Michael Cyger is back at it again!  If you’re not familiar with Mike, then you might want to get to know him and a growing line of domain industry websites.  But before I share his latest news I stumbled across, let me give a quick background.

I’ve known of Mike since his days of successfully owning iSixSigma.com, and the selling it with his media company.  The lean six sigma training company I previously worked for advertised quite a bit of annual marketing spend with iSixSigma.com.

Then, there is also another project I was invited to participate in called Page2Sucks.com.   Come to think of it, I haven’t visited that site in quite a while. I got a personal invite when I called Mike to pick his brain about a personal project of my own that would mimic his iSixSigma.com’s advertising plan.  That project did launch, but Facebook and Twitter grew faster than it did. But onto Mike’s latest news…

Love is in the air, and Valentine’s Day is fast approaching is so is my wife’s birthday.  Fortunately, she’s very easy to buy for and doesn’t ask for much.  She’s truly a sweetheart and the perfect wife for me.  She doesn’t ask, demand or command that I buy over-priced chocolate and roses.

Nevertheless, I try to make up for lack of Valentine’s day throughout the year with random days of thoughtfulness and not just because mainstream America, rather Hallmark, says I should.  I love seeing her surprised and she loves being randomly surprised.

Nothing much going on for Hump Day.  Today’s domains are decent.  Most of the domains below are more that 15 years old, so you’ve got age on your side.  I’ve included a few geo keyword domains in the auctions list that I think are good domains to bid on.  And of course, I’ve included the popular 4L and 4C domains, both .net and .com.  

I wasn’t sure if it would happen or not, but a new extension was used in a Super Bowl commercial.  I personally didn’t see it, but looks like Elliot Silver did and reported it.  The new extension was .MOVIE and the movie was Gods Of Egypt.  I don’t get to the movies much, but it does look like an interesting movie.

So, is this the year and the beginning of new domains starting to go mainstream?  Personally, I think we’ll see many enterprise-level brands began to effectively use the new extensions as new marketing strategies are formed.   As for mom and pop shops, I doubt we’ll see much movement in terms of new extensions being used as a primary digital presence.

In other news and thoughts, I’ve been debating on whether to press my luck (dated myself there!) investing in LNNL, NLNL, and NLLN .com domains, and 4L .net and .cc domains.

Of course, there’s much talk of the current 4C, primarily 4L .com domains, domain explosion with China and other markets to follow.

As for SuperBowl 50, I’m not a fan of either team.  And I’m not certain who won only because the game is still going as I write up Monday’s (today now) domain auctions list.

There have been some weird commercials this Super Bowl year. One commercial that comes to mind is #PuppyMonkeyBaby.  I’ll leave it at that.  

It’s the top of the morning, and it’s an early Saturday morning.  While most everyone is asleep, I’m cranking away looking and reviewing quite a few domain auctions I plan on bidding today.

Of course, I’ll have to use GoDaddy’s Investor App because today will consist of 2 birthday parties, mowing the lawn, tweaking my 77′ Caprice Classic’s carburetor (cold starts are nightmare).  Seems that as the weather gets warmer, my Saturdays are more and more preoccupied with my weekly outdoor chores and birthday parties.

Ah, I’m grateful for both as they are simply seasons that come and go.  Might as well enjoy both while the season is here.  Too, I’m getting quite antsy these days anticipating the time change.  I’m ready for longer days and warmer weather.

As for domain auctions, there’s not much to see in regards to keyword domains and domains to brand.  There are a handful of 4L .net and few numeric .com domains to watch, but nothing more. Then again, there probably are a few more auctions to watch, but I’m REALLY ready to get outside and start my day.

Woohoo, it’s FRIDAY, and I’m glad about it.

Professionally, I’ve had a trying week of ups and downs when it comes to winning deals.  I’ve won some and lost some.

Heck, personally, I think I may have even lost a friend that chose money over our friendship.  But hey, that happens sometimes.  My mother always told me, “One can never lose a friend that one never had.” Enough of that talk.  Let’s get down to business.