In response to someone's rant about a dream of theirs, a New Englander would often respond with, "Yeah right, when pigs fly!" I'm not a dreamer, but I tend to see the opportunity and adventure in life so this statement was always too pessimistic for me. But, before writing off the cliché, I would paint a mental picture of a pig flying; I love this image. It became almost a natural concept to see a pig flying because I'd replayed this in my head so many times.

When I considered the saying for a website address, I knew I was onto something. But "whenpigsfly.com" still had that undesirable pessimistic undertone. After fiddling with the words for a little while I came up with "mypigsfly.com". Click. The name immediately resonated with me. It's exactly the change of words I was looking for to achieve my desired change of meaning.

I love words. I love their power and acuity. I love how a simple two-letter word can entirely change the meaning of a saying; it's like magic. It's because of this love that I took time to find the right words for my website address. The essence of these words is synonymous to my beliefs about life: anything is possible.

View my resumé [47KB PDF]
Get Acrobat Reader