1st DU2 EXPLAIN YOUR SCREENNAME thread (newbies welcome)

[Bossy Monkey]

Mine, as I've mentioned before, is supposed to be a joke on Cheney. Unfortunately, he came out of hiding about the same moment I chose the name. Oh well, too late to switch to disclosedlocation.

Again, this is particularly for people who haven't answered this question five times already, although of course everyone is welcome.

[bocadem]

1. bocadem

I live in Boca Raton, FL and I'm a Democrat.

Boring. Yes, I know. ;)

[OneBlueSky]

58. One blue sky = first three words of a Pete Seeger song . . .

MY RAINBOW RACE

Chorus:
One blue sky above us
One ocean lapping all our shore
One earth so green and round
Who could ask for more
And because I love you
I'll give it one more try
To show my rainbow race
It's too soon to die.

1. Some folks want to be like an ostrich,
Bury their heads in the sand.
Some hope that plastic dreams
Can unclench all those greedy hands.
Some hope to take the easy way:
Poisons, bombs. They think we need 'em.
Don't you know you can't kill all the unbelievers?
There's no shortcut to freedom.
(Repeat chorus)

2. Go tell, go tell all the little children.
Tell all the mothers and fathers too.
Now's our last chance to learn to share
What's been given to me and you.
(Repeat chorus one and a half times)

Words and Music by Pete Seeger (1967)
(c) 1970 by Sanga Music Inc.

[CatWoman]

2. Look at my sig line

'nuff said :D

[REP]

70. ...I Don't Get It

(of course I'm kidding)

[PunkinPi]

3. I chose mine because

I think it sounds sweet and tough at the same time...I could be wrong?

[sendero]

46. well....

... I don't know about sweet and tough, but it is a really cool name :)

[PittPoliSci]

65. i see the tough.

also the sweet. listen to punk do you?

[leftist_rebel1569]

4. I doubt my name

needs any real explaining

[Bossy Monkey]

15. Why 1569?

Inquiring minds and all that

[leftist_rebel1569]

25. well...

15 is my age, 69 is...well...

[rocktivity]

5. It's the name of my hard rock/heavy metal web site

Rocknation is both a place and a state of being.


rocknation

[Wonk]

6. WONK!

[Kellanved]

7. not very imaginative

The name of the past Emperor in a fantasy book I like very much.
The other ideas were already taken.

[asjr]

8. screen name

Mine is simply my initials. I figured that was easy enough to remember. I have thought of several goodies since then, but am too lazy to change it.

[mapster]

9. Nickname

My son used to call me Mapster when he was about 12. I have no earthly idea where he came up with it. My other son and a friend of his used to go around adding "bert" to everyone's name so I was Mombert to him. Long before Dilbert.

[Master Gracey]

10. The name

My username is that of the owner of Disney's Haunted Mansion, according to the legend made up over the years by Disney CMs and ride afficionados. There's a grave outside that reads:

MASTER GRACEY
Laid to rest
No mourning
please
at his
request
FAREWELL


The name on that tombstone was the nickname given to Yale Gracey, the Haunted Mansion's chief animatronics guru, who was also an animator on almost all the Goofy cartoons done in the '30s and '40s. Master Gracey is the name of the "ghost host" who's the ride's narrator, and his picture is the one that changes in the foyer right before you enter the stretching room.

[MercutioATC]

11. I played Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet" in high school (some years ago)

and I'm an air traffic controller (ATC).

As a benefit, "MercutioATC" is NEVER taken when I switch ISPs, meaning I can just go from "[e-mail]" to [e-mail]" and never have to think up a new username.

[onager]

14. It fits in 2 ways...

"Onager" was a wild ass, or donkey, which fits since I'm a Democrat. The name was also given to a small catapult used by the Roman army, to fling fireballs etc. Since I love to fling verbal fireballs at right-wing morons, that fits too.

[Rhiannon12866]

133. I like it!

Welcome to DU, onager!

:toast: WELCOME TO DU, onager! :bounce: WELCOME TO DU! :toast: WELCOME TO DU, onager! :bounce: WELCOME TO DU! :toast:

[JohnKleeb]

56. ATC huh maybe you dont know me well but you know I work in ATC

I am not an ATC of course far too young but I work near the tower. I work at Dulles near Dc. Sorry about what happened to you ATCs under Ronnie Raygun. On my sn if you can read you will get it.

[Darranar]

12. Don't know...

It just came to me, I guess...

[Peachhead22]

13. Peachhead

A "Peachhead" is to the Allman Brothers Band as a "Deadhead" is to the Grateful Dead. "22" is just a random number. Peachhead and Peachhead1 were already taken at my ISP.

[Booberdawg]

16. Booberdawg

My faith pooch's name is Boober. It is in terms of endearment when I tell him he is jus' a Boober Dawg, or call him my Boobie Dawg.

Linda

[Rick Myers]

17. It's my name

When I was 17 I had a chance to do radio, but I had to promise my parents I'd never use a fictional name. Since these are MY opinions, I choose not to use a screen name. :shrug:

[Aaron]

129. Same deal here. (n/t)

[UrbScotty]

18. This is only the fourth time I've explained it.

I hate the GOP!

[Darranar]

20. Didn't see the h...

Thought it was I ate the GOP! LOL!

[Az]

19. Its my nick from my IRC

I was an SOP on Dalnet #atheism. A debating channel. Its actually an old RPG name I used to use.

[Papa]

21. I have a Greek last name

I've been called "Papa" for ages, it's an abbreviation of my last name. I kinda wish I thought of something wity for this board tho... I do see a poster named "Papau". I wonder what his deal is...:-)

[NJCher]

22. NJCher

New Jersey Cher.

I'd rather be "Organic Gardener" but I, too, am too lazy to change it.


Cher

[SweetZombieJesus]

23. Mine's a "cool test"

If you know where I got my screename, consider yourself one of the cool kids. ;-)

[Rick Myers]

24. It reminds me of the rythym of the name

ThrillKillKult! :shrug:

[nuxvomica]

52. Futurama. A reference to the 2nd Coming.

In which Christ returned as a zombie.

[Exultant Democracy]

55. the CTN cut it out

so that isn't really a fair. People that only got cool since it started on CTN won't ever be in the know.

[Duncan Grant]

91. I won't pass the cool test but...

your screen name is my favorite one here at DU (I appreciate the irreverent, so it really appeals to me). Enjoy your posts, too!
:hi:

[MissMillie]

26. My cat's name (n/t)

.

[short bus president]

27. It's never too late

says the DUer formerly known as WhataBildeberger.

[Bossy Monkey]

28. Oh man! The best screenname on DU

(if the iffiest-spelled) bites the dust!

Recommendation: add the fact that you were WABB to your signature, so we'll recognize you.

[WhataBildeberger]

29. I disavow

all knowledge of short bus president.

:evilgrin:

[foxy]

32. Mine's self explanatory

thank you!

[Bossy Monkey]

33. So now NC owns all the banks AND all the screennames? (n/t)

[short bus president]

39. Yes, it's true,

we outclass the scurrilinians in just about everything, but "y'all" now have you're revenge. Your state's oldest living embarrassment is dead and gone, while my state's lingers on, just waiting for the chance to go on local newscasts to mutter unintelligible sounds that are probably racial slurs or something just as nasty.

[foxy]

44. I wish I was there..............

:(:(:(:(:(

[AnnabelLee]

30. Edgar Allan Poe

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love-
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we-
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea

See the poem in Poe's handwriting here

[Rhiannon12866]

112. I have long known and loved that poem and

recognized the reference. I hope you knew that, kitties not withstanding. :-)

[dofus]

31. My husband calls me

dofus. Not doofus. dofus. Long o. think doefus.

When I selected it I didn't think I'd be posting much, but here I am more than a thousand posts later. I should have changed it a long time ago. What I sometimes use in other places is Duchess of Gadsden. I lived in Tucson part of my life, which is in the Gadsden Purchase, and a friend used to call me that.

Oh, well, at least people know who I am. I'm probably on thousands of ignore lists.

[BuckeFushe]

34. Does mine need any explanation?

:evilgrin:

[BrotherBuzz]

35. I watched too much television in the 1950's

And the 'Wonderful World of Brother Buzz' was one of my earliest memories of television. Another was Crusader Rabbit, a name I would have chosen, had Bush* not besmirched the name when he was tagged with 'crusader bunnypants'.



Actually, Brother Buzz is my alter ego and really I should be Mr. Pack Rat as he's more befitting of my true self. My brother stopped calling me Mr. Pack Rat and started calling me Brother Buzz the day he realised that I was taller and faster then he was...respect and sibling friendship happens in funny ways.



http://chesseartsltd.com/1951-1983.BroBuzz.html

[Paragon]

36. A model of excellence or perfection of a kind; a peerless example

Nuff said. ;-)

[WilliamPitt]

37. It's my name

WilliamPitt = William Rivers Pitt.

I wish I were more clever. :(

[soleft]

38. I'm so left I'm ambidextrous

[mopaul]

40. my first name is mo, my last name is paul...

i left out my middle name....rebecca

[KCDem]

86. I was SO wrong then!

I thought your name was Paul and you lived in Missouri. You _are_ in the KC area, right?

[ScreamingMeemie]

41. It comes from a Spoonerism...

at the dinner table with some friends I told they're children that something (can't remember what) would make Mrs. Grumpy very Harpy...instead of Mrs. Harper very grumpy...or it was Mrs. Grumper or something like that..I can't quite remember but anyway, there it is ... I think I just mentioned this the other day...and hey look, it only took 6 months for me to reach 300 posts...Yaaay Me.... (150 of them are from this weekend)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

42. Well...I woke up one morning.....

[nolabels]

43. I spent a while not even posting here, just checking the News

Then I noticed you could post here and not be subjected to nihilistic attacks. I never had gone to any other forums like this before or even posted anything online. I saw all these people with various positions on this or that, and thought maybe they were only seeing their side or part of the debate. I was kind of jealous of these people that had all these sig lines and various advertisements that thought maybe they had to do something special to get them. I knew very little about the internet at the time ( I am putz, I know).

Now that I got it figured out a little bit, I am trying to stick to my original thesis. Really thou, my main reason for coming here is my discussed for * and him stealing my vote. That * dude is not the president, I am doing what I can to get him out of there.

I try not to get too stuck on supporting other things (but it happens), trying to keep on the main focus of getting * out of there is what I am about and keeping "nolabels" handle keeps me adaptable to that end.

[northofdenali]

45. Break it into 3 words -

It's where I live.

[sendero]

47. a couple years ago...

... my wife and I bought 40 acres of north Texas. It is our dream hideaway, teeming with wildlife and covered with trees. We named it, tentatively to be honest, deseo - which is Spanish for "dreams" or "desires".

We have since settled on a permanent name, "sendero", but I'm not gonna bother changing my name here :)

[thebeaglehaslanded]

48. I've shared my life with beagles since I was a kid,

and when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, I could have sworn he said "The Beagle has landed", but maybe that was what Darwin said (though I wasn't there to hear Darwin, of course). Anyhow, when I had to pick a name, I wanted something catchy and amuzing and easy for me to remember, and that where my name came from.

[FEqualsMA]

49. Do I really need to explain this?

[Bossy Monkey]

82. Well... yeah

Fluorine equals Massachusetts? Federal Equals Management Agency? Color me flummoxed; I'm sure I'll feel very foolish once it's explained, though.

Edit: Whoops! Too late! He's banned already. I'm sure it was some kind of subtle freeper putdown that just went under my head.

[EOTE]

121. Force equals mass?

Beats the hell out of me.

Anyway, my handle comes from an acronym used to describe Bobba Fett(Enemy of the Empire). Although, I take mine to mean Enemy of the Establishment, the establishment in this case being the bush admin and regressive policies in general.

[Ivory_Tower]

141. Um, close....

F=Ma -- Force equals mass times acceleration. Newton's 2nd Law of Motion.

(I hope you weren't being facetious, or I'll feel REALLY stupid butting in and trying to explain it...but then again, given my sig, I'm supposed to make pronouncements from on high with no life experience...)

[roguevalley]

50. Rogue Valley in southern Oregon, where I would still be living if the

economy didn't bite. Ah. Oregon. (Ory-gun) I hardly knew ye.

[procopia]

51. I stumbled across the name

Procopia in a baby name book; it means "progressive."

[Aristus]

53. It's the Latinized version of Aristocles, Plato's real name.

It's also the name of an obscure Catholic saint. I'm not Catholic, I just like the name. I also don't compare myself to Plato; again, I just like the name.

[gyopsy]

54. Operation G.Y.

So far, it has been a complete success! :-)

[Ein]

57. Cowboy Bebop

Ein the Data Dog (Welsh Corgi!) <--- He's is the man.

[Spintronic]

110. I so hoped that was the reference

My folks came up to visit and saw the Cowboy Bebop DVDs on the counter. My father made me put it on (there was nothing else to do, I'm horrible at entertaining guests).

He liked it!

Watched 2 more epsiodes.

[sasquatch]

59. I wear size 18 shoes

I earned the nickname "Sasquatch" because of my large feet

[PittPoliSci]

60. PittPoliSci

pretty self explanitory. I go to Pitt, I major in Political Science and history.

My name is Wil. That's pretty much all I got.

[Qutzupalotl]

62. So you're Wil at Pitt?

There's someone I'd like to introduce you to, but his name escapes me at the moment.

[PittPoliSci]

64. correct

not to be confused with that "other" pitt character i've seen hanging around these parts. :-)

[Qutzupalotl]

61. So, it's like a weekend, right?

You know?
:beer:

And I'm looking at the empty fields in the DU registration window. And I ask myself, What do I want to be? And all I can think of is that Sex Pistols song...And I....wanna be !....NRK.

:toast:

[MikeH]

63. My First Name And Last Initial

More precisely the name I am usually called (Michael is my middle name) plus my last initial.

Not very original.

[talkinghand]

66. Ficticious radio character

on KRAB in Bakersfield 1998 - 2002.

[LiberalLibra]

67. Astrologically I am a Libra and am definitely liberal, although.....

....not liberal enough for some at DU. Nonetheless, I sure don't fit in with the neo con crowd. So LiberalLibra was the winner after much thought.

[izzie]

68. Izzie said no deal as I told you once.

n/t

[REP]

69. My Initials

also, my current job description.

[shatoga]

71. greywolf in lakota for old guy who raised & trained wolves

gentle animals.

a poodle is more likely to bite you.

Wolves I trained appeared with Charlton Heston in "The Mountain Men" and were on the Grizzley Adams TV series.

In my wild and crazy biker days, I wrote "Wolf's Tales" by "Wolf-the-Loner"

Now just another old guy annoying total strangers on the internet by posting the truth as I see it.

Having been a Republican, before Barry Goldwater convinced me to change sides. (1993)
I know what they are capable of.

I was once part of that Web of Deceit
they train volunteers and PR company employees to overwhelm the media
to "make it look like there are more Republicans than there really are."

Usually a team of 3 infests a forum to argue for Bush on all topics.

IMHO
911 could never have happened with a President Gore in office.
Clinton's administration proved that.
(search term: "Payne Stewart" for links to irrefutable evidence of standdown on 911)

[EOTE]

122. I've always wondered about yours....

Interesting story and good to hear from ya. :-)

[Throckmorton]

72. Throckmorton

First part is Throck, second part is Morton; hence, Throckmorton.

[Mokito]

73. Mokito

I once read somewhere (could well be right here on DU) about someone writing a book called "They Have A Word For It" and one of the excerpts talked about the word "Mokito". It is thought to be a Maori word meaning "A truth everybody knows, but nobody speaks".
That word stuck with me ever since, so I eventually chose it as my screenname for DU.

[chiburb]

74. I live in the Chicago suburbs... n/t

.

[StrongBad]

75. See for yourself...

http://www.homestarrunner.com

StrongBad Rocks!

[leftist_rebel1569]

105. That site is awesome

Trogdor the Burninator. 'nuff said.

[GOPisEvil]

76. Awwww...do I have to?

:evilgrin:

[JackDragna]

77. My namesake

..was a half-baked Los Angeles gangster. True, he ran LA during the 30's and 40's, but he was a lesser power, forever bossed about by mobsters from New York and Chicago. Dragna was also never much good at getting rid of competing California mobsters. The name reflects my intentions in the world: I'd love to run things and be in the know about what's really going on, but I always end up beholden to the wishes of others.

[GOPisEvil]

78. If you saw the movie "Bugsy"...

...ol' Jack doesn't come off too well.

I always wondered why you picked that name, but upon your explanation, it makes sense.

[GumboYaYa]

79. GumboYaYa means everyone talking at once.

It is from an old voodoo curse "grisgris gumboyaya" made famous in a Dr. John song from the seventies.

I think it describes DU pretty well.

[RandomKoolzip]

80. A reference to the Firesign Theatre's "In the Next World...

You're on Your Own." The main character is named Random Koolzip, and he looks like a 40-year old potato in a trick suit, but he's some kind of rumpled hero to his family.

My sig line as well comes from this album.

[StaggerLee]

81. borrowed from African- American folklore

Stagger Lee (stack-o-lee) (Stag-o-lee) was presumebly a man who shot another man over the loss of a stetson hat- either through gambling or outright theft-
The story has been retold through song for over a hundred years.

I don't really know why I picked it for a DU handle- it just popped into my head when I registered.

[Maeve]

83. The legendary queen of Connacht

She went to war over a great white bull. I became politically radicalized after the Selection of 2000--another large amount of BULL!

[ForrestGump]

84. "I'm Forrest Gump.....

People call me Forrest Gump"

[blondeatlast]

85. Let's just say I have my own Civil War--

the North (hair) and the South (hair) do not agree!

[KCDem]

87. aha, the carpet doesn't match the curtains, eh?

Well... whose does? :evilgrin:

[ForrestGump]

103. Kinda brings a whole new meaning to the term 'carpet burn'

That friction can be rough.....

[KCDem]

88. to confuse people

'cuz I live in TX. :hi:

Nah, I'd been checking DU out for several months... maybe even a year. At one point, I signed up with a screenname and posted a few threads. Then, we moved, but I didn't want to give up my measly 60 posts. How ridiculous that was, now I'm stuck.

Oh well, I don't like it here, either, so maybe I'll be back in KC some day!

[Rabrrrrrr]

89. Cuz I speak frontier gibberish!

no meally-mouthed ratter-spatting crackercroager is gonna frammer ram, flishbahort!

well, something like that.

Blazing Saddles, anyway.

[Cheswick2.0]

90. a japanese foriegn exchange student, a movie and my chest

when I was a senior in HS, we had an exchange student who could not pronounce my nic-name (which sounds like peace only starting with a T).
It always ended up sounding like Ches-z when he said it. Then a bunch of us went to see Cuckoo's Nest for our english class, and a guy, who was infatuated with my Chest, decided that calling me Cheswick (suggested by the character name) was just the funniest thing he ever said.

I have no idea why that name came to mind when I was signing up here...no one had called me that in 20 years.

[greeneyedpookie]

92. Greeneyedpookie

came from, well, I have green eyes and have been called pookie a lot, so it came together.

:bounce:

GEP

[murphymom]

93. My cat

is named Murphy. I couldn't think of anything more original.

[Rhiannon12866]

125. Welcome to DU, murphymom!

I am named after my cat, as well.:toast:

You will find quite a few animal lovers here, and especially cats.:-)

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

94. perry white @ The Daily Planet

[Duncan Grant]

95. For those in the know...

about San Francisco; 94114 is the zip code for the Castro. People with a Queer sensibility (straight, gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, etc.) have called this zip code home for almost 30 years.

94114 is also one of the most politically liberal places on earth. It's not perfect (by any measure) but it is a great place to call home. :hi:

[BrewerJohn]

96. Just because I'm a homebrewer

And now I even have a beer avatar to go with it!

[TXlib]

117. So am I!

Any good homebrew clubs where you live?

[ikojo]

97. My screenname

I am a fan of the Grateful Dead and Iko Iko is one of the songs they would sing in concert and well I love the song and my middle name is Jo....hence Ikojo the Deadhead from MO.

Surprised there aren't other Deadheadish names on the list.....

[Capn Sunshine]

98. My Nickname from Dept of Defense days

Once in another lifetime far ago in an unamed galaxy known as Central America I advised for the DOD. Unlike everyone else in OPs, I was from California, a surfer dude and a captain of my own ship.
My nickname related to my preference for "orange sunshine".I did a LOT of it back then to "get by". My happy demeanor was so far removed from the other tightass Langley "assholeiates" as the grunts referred to Us, that I aquired the nickname "Capn Sunshine" :) !Oye, como va!

Based In Pital and also Merida, but we spent a lot of in country time between Tugucilgalpa and Managua.
:hippie:

[Breezy du Nord]

99. Breezy's my nickname, real name's Briana

Think they call me Breezy cuz I got air in my head... :eyes:

[Shakeydave]

100. Shakeydave is the name!

Don't make me eat peas with a fork, hold a piping hot coffee mug filled to the brim or do brain surgery and we're all good!

[ScottNeelan]

101. It's Simple Really...

I used Scott Neelan because it's my pseudonym/stage name. And, if you're wondering, the name actually comes from my middle name (Scott) and I thought Neelan sounded cool w/ the name Scott.

No, no mysteries here...no symbolic meanings, no obscure references...just what I thought sounded cool about a year ago when I made it up and now use everywhere online.

[bushisanidiot]

102. Mine Has Hidden Meaning

What I'm really trying to communicate is that AWOL is an idiot.

I wonder if bushisanosepicker is taken..

[Bossy Monkey]

104. We should call him Pinky!

It would cover both his booger-hunting activities and his intellect, comparable to The Brain's less gifted sidekick.

[Madrone]

106. Madrone

Is my USUAL online name - for everything. The first moniker I've ever chosen, and suits me nicely. Dual meaning - a type of tree (and I am a tree lover), and the name of a character in a book I finished reading right around the first time I ever got online - The Fifth Sacred Thing, by Starhawk.


sooo -

When I finally decided to register with DU after 1 (or 2?) years of lurking and after they made it a site requiring registering to post the GOP had just gotten busted about that "subliminal" ad they were playing on TV that flashed "RATS" in a way that was not evident unless you were really looking for it.

I was so pissed off about that and so irritated by them turning a "rat" into a bad thing in much the same way they use "liberal" as a swear word that I decided to deviate from my standard handle and stand up as a PROUD DemocRAT!

To flesh the idea out a little more - 1; I have 4 (one died a couple of months ago) rats as pets. My first rats, but not my last! They are intelligent, cooperative, loving, and social - everything a Republican is NOT. So contrary to popular belief being equated with a RAT is not such a bad thing! 2; I AM a RAT by birth, according to the Chinese Zodiac. 1972, baybee! :)

So I figured fuck the GOP! Damn straight I'm a RAT. Not only that, I'm a PROUD RAT and a DEMOCRAT. The meshing of the 2 makes me a PROUD DemocRAT.

Sometimes I regret not using my regular handle, Madrone. It feels more comfortable to me, and being a PROUD RAT gets me a lot of DU grief about being a "freeper" :puke: - as if! Anyway, I've decided not to change it. Changing it would as far as I'm concerned let the GOP win - and I'm not willing to do that.

PROUD DemocRAT it is.

[Plaid Adder]

107. All is explained here:

http://www.plaidder.com/scourge.htm

Welcome newbies,

The Plaid Adder

[Darth_Ole]

108. Darth_Ole

The Darth part is obviously from Darth Vader. And Ole is the Scandinavian name. (Pronounced OH-lee. Not oh-LAY) There is also a statue in Alexandria, MN of Big Ole.

[opihimoimoi]

109. the limpet... that sleeps

Come, we find mangos

[Spintronic]

111. Physics buzzword

I'm grad student in Physics looking to do experimental condensed matter physics. Spintronics is a field that interests me, and someday, when I pass my quals, I will do research in this field. Untill then it also makes a nice double entendre in political forums.

[TXlib]

118. When are your quals?

I was a physics grad at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The qual there was pretty nasty. Good luck!

My field was astrophysics...

[Room101]

113. BEFOREATHOUGHT - I used because.......

Morale of the story don't trust marketing names and withhold judgment until you read the substance and rational of the pages beyond the headline. It has nothing to do with me. The patriot act is anything but patriotic. Beforeathought posts include critical thought.

[JewelDigger]

114. My name refers to

a desire to find 'gems' of truth, wisdom, beauty, love, etc. - the things that have REAL value - among the common and the everyday. You have to dig for them a lil bit sometimes, but they're there.

I have to confess that this is not an original name. There was someone I used to talk with on excite chat YEARS ago ('97 maybe?) who used this screen name. I just thought it was a really cool one (so thanks 'Jeweldigger' wherever you are!)

[noonwitch]

115. noonwitch-A symphonic poem by D'vorak.

My favorite composer

[Rhiannon12866]

116. I have probably explained this before

but Rhiannon was the name of the best cat I will ever know. When my uncle died, his unpleasant wife got rid of all his animals. No one would take his cats, so I agreed to. She was just going to drop them at some shelter and I just couldn't stand the thought of this. I had known the other one, Angela, because she had belonged to my aunt, who had also died, but knew nothing about my ``bonus'' cat, except that ``it'' was friendly. What an understatement! When I opened her carrier, the most beautiful long-haired cat did this delicate little leap out. That very first day she made friends with both of my dogs. She came when she was called, would sit on any lap and didn't really need a carrier. She was so fearless, it scared me, especially since she was declawed.
:scared:

No one seemed to know her name, and that one seemed to suit her, especially since ``Rhiannon'' has long been a favorite of mine. It was perfect for her as she answered to it immediately.:D

When she first got sick, two years ago this month, my regular vet exhausted all his options. He knew I would do anything, so he sent me to a wonderful place which has so much on offer. They even gave her acupuncture, and the vet there said he could do things with her that he had never been able to do with a cat before. She was so good and would usually just fall asleep, despite the acupuncture needles. Even with all this, I lost her in September of 2001, at age seven. I still think of her so very often and still miss her.;(

When I registered with DU, ``Rhiannon'' was taken, so I just chose the first number that came to mind, the zip code of her terrific vet's. I have since looked up Rhiannon, since he/she is listed right next to me in the profiles. He/she apparently registered, but never came back, as there are zero posts listed.:grr:

[Skittles]

119. SKITTLES

is a 24 pound solid black bundle of feline love. Yes he was named after the candy; he has a step-brother named Milk Dud who can be viewed in the Gallery. :D

[Wonk]

127. Hi Skittles. I think you'll get a kick out of this :-)

I found it in a fark.com photoshop contest.

[Boudicea]

120. Boudicea

My first foray into web forums was undercover trying to get the scoop on a 30-something "interested" in my underaged daughter, and Boudicea represents the ultimate mother's revenge.
http://travesti.geophys.mcgill.ca/~olivia/BOUDICA/

[Rhiannon12866]

130. Wow! Awesome statue!

I pity the internet predator who took you on! More power to you and a most enthusiastic welcome to DU, Boudicea!

:toast: WELCOME TO DU! :bounce: WELCOME! :toast: WELCOME TO DU! :bounce: WELCOME! :toast: YOU ARE A GREAT MOM, BOUDICEA! :bounce: WELCOME TO DU! :toast:

[Chovexani]

123. Chovexani

Chovexani means "witch" in a few Romani dialects.

So chosen because, well, I'm a witch, and it's a nod to my Romani heritage.

[Not a robought]

124. my name's just an indication

that I'm not a bought and paid for robot that will just accept and endorse the propaganda fed to me from corporate media.

I refuse to get on the consumer treadmill of fear - and comsumption to alleviate that fear. Thus Not A Robought.

[redeye]

126. There's a certain sci-fi book I'm cowriting...

...with a strong anti-American message, where there's a communist resistance fighting the Empire called the Red Eye. I am not a communist, nor is the book about the Red Eye mainly (it's mostly about another resistance), but I got stuck with the name because I didn't want to reveal my real name here, which was partly because there was a certain bitch I was hiding from.

[ReadTomPaine]

128. Self Explanatory!

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.
Thomas Paine

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
Thomas Paine

It is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express it, that mental lying has produced in society. When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.
Thomas Paine

But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.
Thomas Paine

Character is much easier kept than recovered.
Thomas Paine

From such beginnings of governments, what could be expected, but a continual system of war and extortion?
Thomas Paine

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.
Thomas Paine

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.
Thomas Paine

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
Thomas Paine

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
Thomas Paine

If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
Thomas Paine

These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Thomas Paine

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
Thomas Paine

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were deprived of the use of them.
Thomas Paine

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Thomas Paine

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.
Thomas Paine

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
Thomas Paine

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Thomas Paine

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
Thomas Paine

My mind is my own church.
Thomas Paine

Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
Thomas Paine

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.
Thomas Paine

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.
Thomas Paine

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord.
Thomas Paine

Time makes more converts than reason.
Thomas Paine

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
Thomas Paine

To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not.
Thomas Paine

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.
Thomas Paine

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen and unsupposed circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end. It has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes.
Thomas Paine

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.
Thomas Paine

What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
Thomas Paine

[angee_is_mad]

131. Angee

Well its my name and the way I feel, and no I'm not an angry blk female, lol. I'm just mad in the direction the country is going, and I also thought it was kinda cute in a pissed off kind of way.
Go ahead and smile! You know you want too!!!!

[St. Jarvitude]

132. messiertom

Well, I idolized Mark Messier as a real youngin', and my name is Tom. So there. :)

[Stuckinthebush]

134. Stuckinthebush

Pretty self explanatory, but I took it from Jesse Jackson's warning to all of us to "stay out of the bushes!"

Well, we didn't and now I'm stuck in the bush.

[Withergyld]

135. It's is fairly simple

When I was in High School, I never really fit in to any of the mainstream social groups. I found an organization that re-enacted medevil fighting. In order to participate you had to come up with a name. While reading Beowolf, one part lists his ancestry. Withergyld was one of Beowolf's ancestors. I still use it all though I haven't been with the group for about 10 years, because it is so unique.
For those curuious as to the group I belonged here is a link. Don't forget to check out the pictures page.
Dagorhir

[TreasonousBastard]

136. On a certain usenet group...

the wingnut contingent called our peacenik contingent Saddam-lovers, traitors, and gawdallknowswhatelse.

So, I decided to wear the moniker Treasonous Bastard with pride.

Thought about registering a domain, but someone already had TreasonousBastards.com with a rant about Jane Fonda.

Shit!

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

137. Mine is self-explanatory

really it's not hard. :D

[greekspeak]

138. I loved learning to read ancient Greek so much...

that I often use Greekspeak as my alias. I know...I know...ancient Greek is really read more than spoken, technically. But Greekread just doesnt have the same lilt off the toungue!

[dolo amber]

139. When I was a kid

I had twin brothers for neighbors, they always wanted to play *secret agent* ...one of them came up with the name 'dolo amber' for me as my spy name (although my name isn't even close to amber, it's diane :shrug:)...I originally was using dariastwin (from the MTV show), which is a perfect nickname for me, but when the forums changed I couldn't get it back for whatever reason so my secret agent name came to mind...funny too, I hadn't thought of it in years. :D

[NightHawk63]

140. My Screen Name

..comes from my bike, a Honda NightHawk.

Paul

[Uzybone]

142. Nickname

most of my friends have called me this since I was like 14.

[LadeJarl]

143. Earl of Lade...

LadeJarl means Earl of Lade.

Lade is the name of the section in the town I was born in, Trondheim, Norway.

LadeJarl was a old viking title used from around 800 AD and up until around 1300 AD. The place was a very old Viking settlement initally and later grew to the 5th most important pilgrimage site in Europe. It was, in those days, the captial of Norway, the political and religious centre.

[Bossy Monkey]

154. Trondheim's the coolest! Welcome, LadeJarl. (n/t)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

144. I serve cyberpints to all deserving mortals

(Other brews available upon request)
:toast:

[FarLeftRage]

145. It is what I used to fly into

whenever I was watching or hearing the corpoRATe-controlled media, whether it be tv or radio.
I am not a Democrat, but an anarchist/Chomskyite, hence the "Far Left" part of my DU moniker...

[tarkus]

146. Tarkus= armadillo tank

There was an song by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer called "Tarkus" about this dude that was like a machine-tank-armadillo thing that kept terrorizing things.

[stoner_guy]

147. stoner_guy

After my favorite pastime :hi:

[Bossy Monkey]

148. Kick, 'cause I'm hoping activationproducts will see this and answer

(ie DU's newest member, c. 1:30 pm ET, 8/6)

[kmla]

149. KMLA - its stands for.....

KISS MY LIBERAL ASS!!!!

This is usually said in response to the Freeper contingent that calls my wonderful state their home.

I would be willing to lend those 4 letters to a talk radio station that tends to lean left... Just think of the wonderful promos that they could do with those 4 letters.

:bounce:

[phillybri]

150. I'm from Philly, my first name is Brian. Hence, phillybri....

I'm creative, aren't I?

:eyes:

[tsakshaug]

151. one of many

with no imagination.
first inital, last name
Closing in on 100 posts, going to do it today

[L.A.dweller]

152. For the fact that

I live in the Los Angeles area.

:silly:

[THUNDER HANDS]

153. springsteeen song

From my favorite song, "Jungleland"

Well the Ranger's at a homecoming
In Harlem late last night
And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine
Over the Jersey state line
Barefoot girl sittin' on the hood of a Dodge
Drinking a warm beer in the soft, summer rain
The Rat pulls into town, rolls up his pants
Together they take a stab at romance
And disappear down Flamingo Lane

Probably Springsteen's most beautiful song, IMO - with a great sax solo by Clarence Clemons.

[LuLu550]

155. Both

A repetition of my middle name (spelled differently) as well as my initials.
LuLu