Its time for a "explain your screenname" thread!

[TZ]

It's been awhile since there was one of these in the Lounge and after having a talk about it with someone I thought it would be fun to do it again.
I'll start since mine is a bit cryptic really: Turtle is my old cat whom passed away in 2005:

And I am Susan (or Sue to some) and I live alone so...I keep the screeenname in memory of the sweetest kitty ever (well that and its unique)
So whats the story with your screen name? Enquirering minds want to know!:hi:

[Lyric]

1. oktoberain = October Rain

It was a phrase from a poem I was working on at the time (this was years ago) and I have good associations with rainy days in October, and I am of Germanic heritage, so...it became Oktoberain.

One more interesting tidbit--my dog's AKC name is "______'s Golden Oktober" (we call him Toby).

:hi:

[Labors of Hercules]

161. ahahah.... what's with removing the kennel name eh? eh?

what breed is toby?

[Rhythm]

174. Toby's a goldie tornado...

He's a gorgeous golden retriever, with more energy than both of us put together!

[Labors of Hercules]

180. Goldies are so fabulous!

I used to breed weims, but grew up with a goldie named Tee.

[Rising Phoenix]

2. I changed mine to Rising Phoneix when a big change occured in my life

the meaning came from the phrase "and rise from the ashes like a phoneix" I had help on DU picking out my new name....and I really like it.

[gmoney]

49. Mine's just a stupid nickname a friend's brother calls me

seemed stupid enough to be a screen name, and I wanted it to be unique to DU, so here it is...

[Catsbrains]

3. Hmmm... my nick name is cat and about 12 years ago I was ...

out with some friends drinking and smoking some pot. Apparently, I say some witty shit when I'm high (note to self: get high more often) so my friends started calling me catsbrains. Ta Da !!

[SPKrazy]

4. okay mine is kind of dorky i think

my son was 4 and playing soccer... I kick with my left foot but am right handed

I live in the South

So I came up with Southpawkicker

:shrug:

[Droopy]

5. I couldn't think of anything better

When I was signing up for DU I wanted a user name that was catchy but not too pretentious. I was also fairly new to politics and didn't want to try to make a political statement with my user name. So neutral, catchy and non-bubble heady equaled Droopy. Any rumors that the name is a reference to a sexual trait are untrue. :D

[trof]

6. the retired old fart

[TZ]

8. bwahaha!

Now that, I would have never guessed!:D

[Mrs.Matcom]

128. hahaha!

I never knew that either! What a hoot!

[GenDem]

7. I should change mine, but I don't want to start over.

It's not very original.
I was a lurker since 2004. In 2006, I was working at our county elections headquarters and it was a few days before election day. Our data person signed me up from across the office. She asked for a name and the only thing that I could think of fast was GenDem -- Gen is for Genesee, my county and Dem is self explanatory.
:hi:

[NewWaveChick1981]

9. Mine's pretty self-explanatory.

:hi: I started college in 1981 and really got in to New Wave/punk/postpunk/alternative music when I got there. I'd heard a decent amount in high school, but college was way cooler because I finally had access to the obscure music I'd been craving. :bounce: :woohoo: To this day, that's about all the music I listen to. I've got almost a thousand songs on my iPod, and they're all from 1978 to 1990 or so and all from one of the genres I mentioned. And most are obscure as hell :D

[zabet]

10. Mine...

a bad twist on Citizen Kane.
Jane is not my name just a
generic Jane Doe reference.
Hence 'every woman' so to
speak.
Does that even make sense?
:shrug:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

26. I actually think that's way cool.

:D

:hi:

[MrMickeysMom]

112. Sure makes sense to me!

:-) I'm enjoying reading these...

[Manifestor_of_Light]

203. There's a biography of Jane Fonda by that name.

[kaiden]

11. The name of my handicapped grandson.

[Angel]

12. It is my

nicname. As in "Daddys Lil Angel"

[stuntcat]

13. Turtle is beautiful.

Mine's one of my cat's nicknames. We inherited Puddy and her dumb name reminded me of that bird Tweety, WHO I HATE, so we gave her nicknames- Spain, Egypt and Stuntcat. We still call her Puddy, but when she runs and jumps she's STUNTCAT :)

[TZ]

15. Thank you. Puddy is pretty too.

My new kitties might qualify for "stuntcat" as well. Especially when one of them uses the curtains the way Tarzan swings on a vine!!!:o

[Deja Q]

14. I should have thought of Bender, but

they aired the episode of "Futurama" where Hypnotoad buzzed and got a buzz off of it instead...

[Ptah]

16. An Egyptian deity or I misspelled Path.

[bluethruandthru]

41. I thought it was the sound

someone makes when they spit out a sunflower seed shell!

:hi:

[Ptah]

44. That would be Ptooh.

:hi:

[NJCher]

53. I thought you were mimicking someone's accent

and your real name was Peter.



Cher

[Ptah]

55. No accent; just a simple country boy

[quip]

129. I thought it was the Klingon expletive

:hi:

[Ptah]

132. Pshaw

[quip]

137. hehe well the irony is that that is about to what "ptah" is translated!

:hi:

[av8rdave]

17. Hopefully mine is self explanatory

[Perry Logan]

18. It was a dull and nondescript name.

[Eurobabe]

19. the sane half of the electorate that voted against Bush.

I changed mine in 2004 when Skinner gave us name amnesty. Previously it was Crozet4Clark. Easy to figure out. :hi:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

20. North Carolina and my birthstone the Peridot

[WritingIsMyReligion]

27. I love peridots.

My mom's birthstone, too.

:hi:

[bikebloke]

21. The result of a genetic splicing experiment.

You can't really notice it, unless my chain needs oil.

[radfringe]

22. radfringe = radical fringe

alluding to those of us who felt bush stole the 2000 (s)elections and were making noise about it at that time - bush refered to us as "those on the radical fringe"... later it morphed into the radical fringe element or the radical element on the fringes

[auntAgonist]

23. auntAgonist , because I am. n/t

[Robb]

24. When I joined DU

...there was this odd thing where everyone was ending their polls with the option "Robb is a Dingbat."

I thought, hey, instant notoriety, and chose my screen name thusly.

[lightningandsnow]

34. That's too funny.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

25. I'm not sure mine needs explanation.

:evilgrin:

When signing up, I thought it would be a funny little jab to include my love for words in my disdain for traditional organized religion, as in WritingIsMyReligion.

:P

:hi:

[KG]

28. coz 'KG' practically screams 'creamy smooth, yet minty fresh'

:)

[lightningandsnow]

29. I wanted something kind of in-your-face,

but it ended up sounding kind of stupid. I wish I could change it.

[Drum]

30. a few reasons for mine:

...I used to seriously play drums all through my school days;
...drums have been used throughout history to communicate, to rally communities;
and
...I'm a poor typist, and wanted something simple to use when I log in.

:hi:

[livetohike]

31. I live to hike!

But I'm considering changing my screen name to livetocanoe because I'm finally back East where we have plenty of canoeing opportunities :-).

[mtnester]

32. Mine is exactly what you think it means

hubby and I are YOUNG parents...our son graduated from high shcool in 1999...I was not yet 40

so, we only had ONE child...thus I am an MT Nester (empty nester)

[blondeatlast]

168. LOL! Y'know, I just figured your screen name out yesterday.

I thought it was Mountain Esther or something and it clicked for me yesterday somehow.

From one often believed to make the towheads wait the longest for dinner... :rofl:

[mtnester]

181. Snort!

hee hee

With all the abbreviations, etc...sometimes I myself feel like I have some kind of techno dyslexia at times

:)

[Dystopian]

33. My residence

Wherever I live. :cry:


peace~

[Haole Girl]

35. I wanted "KC" originally....because they were the call letters/call sign of an awesome

woman fighter pilot. Short for "killer chick"! lol Someone already had the user name "KC" so I took KC2. Now you know the rest of the story! :hi:

[femmocrat]

115. That is very cool! I thought it meant "Kansas City"!

lol

[Rob H.]

36. Using my given name--Beefy McMeatbuck--would've sounded fake

:silly:

IIRC, I used Rob H. because (1) I didn't want to use a pseudonym, and (2) my first choice (Robbo, a nickname I had in college) had already been used.

[MrMickeysMom]

113. That's hilarious-

DId you get that "Beefy McMeatbuck" from teh Mystery Science Theater 3000 YTube? God, I think I died laughing at all the names they came up with!

[Rob H.]

117. Wow, close!

There was a freeware program years ago called "The MST3K Action Hero Name Generator"and each click would get you a different name. "Beefy McMeatbuck" was one of the ones I remembered, but there were some other funny ones, too. Wedgie Meatyblast, Bullet Wadbuck, Randy Deathhair, Squat Blastgrunt, Brick Backrip, Boom McGruntthrust, Flank Flintmeaty, Crash McSmashwad, Bullet Plankflex, Skull McPorkdeath, Steve Skullrock, the list goes on. I giggled like a schoolboy every time I used it. :D

[MrMickeysMom]

124. B'wahhhaaaahhahahah!

Oh, baby-

Boom McGruntthrust!

[evlbstrd]

37. I have a thing about vowels.

[Giant Robot]

38. Reminiscing

Watching bad Japanese sci-fi shows as a kid growing up. It felt right at the time to take this name after my favorite show. And Ultraman sounded much too boastful.

Watch some of it. It's horrible now, but growing up this was the shit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY0e3aTj3pQ

[TZ]

43. Talk about bringing back memories!

Yes, I loved that shit as a kid too! Ultraman was one of my favorites as a child!!:thumbsup:

[Giant Robot]

63. Most of the episodes are on Youtube I think

They were both great. The station I watched them on in NJ played one then the other. I was in geek heaven then. I can't remember too many episodes of either one, but I do have some very specific memories of some episodes, which is really neat I think.

I'm glad you enjoyed the trip down memory lane.

[ashling]

39. Mine is Irish Gaelic for "Dream"

We called our place in the country Ashling Ranch and had a small business with that name. We sold woodturnings: bowls & pens that I turn by hand. We had to sell the ranch because we borrowed against it to put my daughter through college but my wife was laid off so we got behind on the payments and so we sold. Moved to Denton Tx where we still follow our dream and are in graduate school at TWU. We have a piece of art on the bookshelf that says Dream. I still do woodturning (when I am not buried in history research) and sell my stuff under the name Ashling Woodturning. Follow your Dream.

:hi:

[SallyMander]

40. What a fun idea for a thread!

Mine isn't that exciting... i am in grad school in biology and i study salamanders.

I tried "salamander" first but it was taken... by "member since 2002, 0 posts." So i totally should have been able to steal it! :rofl:

[Kajsa]

42. It's my nickname.

Pronounced 'Kaj (rhymes with 'hi') sa'.

[fizzgig]

52. now i can say your name

i've spent months trying to figure it out

hope you're having a good sunday (sorry 'bout your hawks)

:hug:

[Kajsa]

170. Thanks, Kagemine!

It's confusing.

The 'aj' throws everyone off.
;-)


There's always next season for the Seahawks.
I'm sooo happy the Chargers won, yesterday.

:woohoo:

:hug:

[Fox Mulder]

45. Mine is from my favorite tv character.

[DarkTirade]

46. Mine is a character I created for an RPG I was designing a long time ago

One person, somehow split into two seperate entities. One wore dark armor and had a cape, Dark Tirade, the other Light Tirade (usually just Tirade for short. He showed up first so he got to use the name without any additions on it. :) ), had shiny armor and no cape.

I tend to use Dark Tirade as a SN more often than I use Light Tirade because that character was a little more like myself. Longer hair, a little more open about any 'darker' feelings inside. Whereas his other half was 'Light' not because he was really any different than the dark, but rather because he tried to hold his darker side in and show only the good stuff.

Although if the name isn't taken, I'll usually just settle for plain old Tirade, since adding 'dark' to the beginning makes me sound like a wannabe goth. :P

Alternately, I do http://www.stickmanltd.com">video games and http://stickmanltd.comicgenesis.com/d/20031112.html">silly little comics featuring stick figures, so I'll often choose the screenname Stickman or StickmanLtd.

[GCP]

47. I used to love Archie Bunker's rants about commiepreverts

Although I was firmly on Meathead's side! As I'm also an atheist, the name kind of fit.

[graywarrior]

48. Mine's pretty obvious.

[asthmaticeog]

50. Mine's pretty obvious.

I mean, shit, you'd have to be a complete fucking idiot not to see right through it.

:P

[MrMickeysMom]

114. Do they even MAKE eog inhalers these days?

I mean, you'd need a special mouthpiece to take your medicine! :P

[asthmaticeog]

116. Why yes, they do!

[MrMickeysMom]

118. Holey Shit!

No (cough-cough) wonder!!!!

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

51. I think my name speaks for itself

I've been waiting for this action to be taken; alas, to no avail. CAN NO ONE HEAR MY CRIES?????

[catmandu57]

54. I'm a veritable cat magnet

They find me, I've been adopted by my wife's cats my neighbors cats, there's always been a cat around. to distinguish myself from the other cats I use 57 my birthyear.

[Richard Steele]

56. I'm not clever enough to come up with a good fake name. nm

[TZ]

61. aww, thats not true!!

You are very smart! And one of my favorite people here..lolcatz rule!!
For you:

:hi: :hug:

[CreekDog]

130. I'll bet the next frame is even funnier!

:rofl:

[NJCher]

57. Easy

I'm in NJ. My nickname is Cher. NJCher.

I didn't give my screen name any thought. I've been posting on forums since time began, so I just stayed with the same name.



Cher

[Writer]

58. Writer

...

:shrug:

[CJCRANE]

59. Misheard a character's name

on the West Wing.

C.J. were also my grandfather's initials (who was a big influence on my views on religion and politics).

[pokerfan]

60. It's an anagram for Fake Porn

[Hawkeye-X]

62. I have been asked a thousand of times if I'm from Iowa...

I'm not. I'm always been a great fan of Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H, and he was a great pacifist, and I identified a lot with him. I included X because I am the last of the Gen X'ers.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

64. Awww...What a sweet tribute to your kitty!

~sniffle~ :cry:

Before 2000, I used to hang out in a chatroom where I'd hand out pints of cyber-Guinness with elaborately embossed heads.

One of my friends dubbed me the Goddess of Guinness; and it became my screen name. :-)

[BarenakedLady]

65. I'm naked?

Not really, I'm just a fan of Barenaked Ladies. Plus it's a cool name. ;)

[BrotherBuzz]

66. I'm the spokes-bee for the The Latham Foundation for the Promotion of Humane Education

Our mandate is rather simple but damn important, nevertheless:

*To foster a deeper understanding of and sympathy with man's relations -- the animals -- who cannot speak for themselves,
*To inculcate the higher principles of humaneness upon which the unity and happiness of the world depend,
*To emphasize the spiritual fundamentals that lead to world friendship
*To promote the child's character through an understanding of universal kinship.

Brother Buzz's television program, The Wonderful World of Brother Buzz, was the first program I watched on the weekend. It came on right after the test pattern retired for the night.

[struggle4progress]

67. "Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reforms ...

The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions, yet made to her august claims, have been born of earnest struggle. The conflict has been exciting, agitating, all-absorbing, and for the time being putting all other tumults to silence.

It must do this or it does nothing.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightening. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.

This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what a people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress."

-- Frederick Douglass

[TZ]

68. very nice

and probably one of most appropriate one I have seen for this board, specifically. (well that and DeposeTheBoyKing):)

[struggle4progress]

78. Douglass was a genius

[RainDog]

69. jockey full of bourbon

has there ever been a better name for a song?

wiki can tell you about my screen name- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_Dogs

[Redstone]

70. It's, uh, my name. Not saying if it's first or last or other, but it's one of them.

Redstone

[femmocrat]

71. Thanks, Sue! I love topics like this!

My screen name is a variation of my email address, and a kind of "tribute" to the early feminists. I became very intested in women's history while doing research for grad school. :hi:

[rateyes]

72. Childhood nickname...which is a helluva lot better than

one of my best friend's nickname---"Rectum" (because the coach wouldn't let us call him "asshole.") :D

[zingaro]

73. zingaro means gypsy. nt

[EstimatedProphet]

74. This link should explain it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzOyHuRzzq0

[MrScorpio]

75. I'm a Scorpio and I'm a man

It's as simple as that

[Marrah_G]

76. My first name, my last initial

[CaliforniaPeggy]

77. My name really is Peggy...

And I'm from California!

I wanted something to say who I really am...

And this does!

I love the story behind yours too, my dear turtlensue...

:hug:

[Hatchling]

79. I joined in 2004.

I was such a novice when it came to politics and so I wanted something to express that. I also like dragons, think they are an emblem of power, so I thought of myself as an newly hatched baby dragon going to grow in power. Ha!

I really don't like it now and have considered just changing it because I have so few posts, but I don't want to give up the join date. Newbies joining up right now are sometimes treated to scorn if they voice an opposition opinion in a thread.

[SallyMander]

83. I think you should keep it!

Not that my vote matters. :D


:hi:

[Hatchling]

94. I might change it after the Democratic convention.

:hi: Thanks for your vote!

It depends if I have a significant number of posts by then. I have another user name on some other forums that I like a lot better but I will wait.

This Lounge is a nice place. It seems to be the safest forum on DU, right now. ;)

[SallyMander]

104. Probably wise to wait

until after the primaries... and avoid getting slammed! :silly:


The Lounge rawks. I pretty much stay here and LBN... GD and GDP are toxic right now!

[Hatchling]

108. No kidding! LOL!

Btw, I love the little salamander in your sig. A salamander in a bed of flames was my first tattoo.

[SallyMander]

110. Thanks!

A fellow Lounger found it and i promptly stole it. ;)


Sounds like a neat tattoo! I have a gecko on my back, but now that i'm working with sallies everyone just assumes that's what it is. :)

[helderheid]

80. helderheid is the Dutch word that my real name translates to.

:hi:

[SallyMander]

85. What does it mean?

It sounds pretty! :hi:

[helderheid]

86. Thanks! Clarity :)

:hi:

[SallyMander]

88. Ooh, i LIKE that!

Something i am often striving for. :D

[helderheid]

119. I rarely live up to it but I try!!

:hi:

[AspenRose]

81. Desert Rose was taken

:-)

[motorcity]

82. Let me know if anyone needs me to explain mine.

I doubt it.

[SallyMander]

84. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[motorcity]

87. Thanks. I need to rack up some posts

so I can start my own thread.

[SallyMander]

90. It'll happen quicker than you think

Especially if you get addicted to the Lounge like i did. :D

[motorcity]

91. Sounds good!

Here is one more post.

[IronLionZion]

89. It's from a Bob Marley song

I want to be Iron, like a Lion, in Zion! which is a reference to Emperor Haile Selassi aka Ras Tafari.

[Chovexani]

92. Chovexani is a Romani word

Chovexani is a Romani word derived from Armenian that means "witch". It's a nod both to my spiritual practice and my Roma heritage. As a happy coincidence, I've since discovered that it's also the name of an NYC-based Gothic bellydance troupe, which is something definitely up my alley.

Oh, and FYI: it's pronounced "cho-vay-SHA-knee". :)

[DarkTirade]

122. Y'know, I've wanted to ask about the pronunciation for a while.

Just didn't want to look like a doofus doing it. :)

[Chovexani]

138. I'm always sure to include it in these posts

It makes meetups hilarious. Especially the ones in loud bars.

[DarkTirade]

147. Well, I have the memory of a stoned canteloupe.

So I'm sure I'll forget this if we ever actually meet. :P

[Xipe Totec]

93. I like to scare people out of their skins

and then wear them.

Like everything I do, it has multiple meanings and interpretations.

I am not keen on linear thinking.

[Blue-Jay]

95. Nickname given to me by a fellow musician.

[Critters2]

96. We're all Dems here--me and my critters, too.

Critters
not the sharpest tool in the shed, but not altogether the dullest either

[TZ]

100. Hey anyone that has a sigline as cool as yours

Is indeed "not the dullest" one!!!:thumbsup:

[thegsxrrider1000]

97. because

I ride a GSXR1000

[TZ]

101. Welcome to DU,!

:hi:

[SallyMander]

103. Wow - first post!

Welcome! :hi:

[SocratesInSpirit]

98. The first philosopher

I ever read was Plato, and I became a big fan of Socrates. When I was in college, I liked to debate with people, and one of my favorite ploys was the Socratic method...you know, ask a lot of leading questions until the person wants to kill you for catching them in a logical bind. :D

Now I'm more of a "live and let live" type. :toast:

[Bicoastal]

99. Born and went to school in LA; Grad School and Work in NYC.

QED.

[Dastard Stepchild]

102. Ugh... mine is so dull

S is the initial of my first name.
J is the initial of my middle name.
Bech is the beginning of my last name.

It's embarrassingly uninspired. I have some great user names on some of my other website forums that I visit, but I tend to not use the same names on different sites out of a paranoid fear of being linked site by site.

[ismnotwasm]

105. For the "isms"

That still exist, especially the horrible ones, like racism and sexism. Dumb-- I know, and "wasm" isn't close to being a word, but what the hell it's just a screen name

[yourout]

106. yourout.........baseball umpire.

[MrSlayer]

107. I'm a huge fan and Slayer expert.

Thus I am Mr. Slayer.

[DarkTirade]

121. Slayer as in the band or the person who kills vampires?

[MrSlayer]

126. C'mon now.

[DarkTirade]

127. So... both? :P

I keed, I keed.

[applegrove]

109. All my ancestors had apple trees in their backyards or had houses

built on former orchards. So I'm applegrove. Even though apples don't grow in groves...oranges do. Nevertheless applegrove is my name here.

[MrMickeysMom]

111. MrMickeysMom

As another mother of cats (I have 3 in total, two who are brother and sister are Mickey and Mallory, in honor of "Natural Born Killers"), and the elder, is Scoobie, who looks like my icon.

However, Mickey is so much "my son", I acted upon it when joining DU as "Mr Mickey's Mom"

Ta-Dah!

[Arugula Latte]

197. Oh my gawd, he is gorgeous!!!!

:loveya:

What a face! Such dignity!

I love big kitties like that. Then again, I love all kitties. :)

[Release The Hounds]

120. "Man Getting Hit with Football"

[LaStrega]

123. LaStrega is my last name & what my friends call me n/t

[LuckyTheDog]

125. Pretty simple

I have a dog. Her name is Lucky.

[The Wielding Truth]

131. I want the pen to really be as mighty as the sword,so that when

we all speak for change in this country Our words would wield the truth and it's power would sever the propaganda and strike the hearts and minds in a unison awakening. That's all. Only if,huh?

Democracy with the twist of consciousness and respect for all that has come before and all that will come after.

Hey, you asked.

[asjr]

133. Mine is simple just so I can remember it.

Believe me at my age that is a luxury.

[qnr]

134. It doesn't translate to humanish. n/t

[Awsi Dooger]

135. I had a beloved apricot poodle named Awsi

Dooger is what I called a dog as a young kid. My parents made a big deal out of it, so it sorta stuck.

When I first started posting on message boards I always had Awsi lying beside me. I decided to honor him by calling myself Awsi Dooger.

Except on DU, for the first year or so, '02 to '03. That was maddening. I somehow typed AwsieDooger while registering and didn't notice. So for more than a year I was posting under a misspelled name, until Skinner allowed a brief window to change user names without losing post counts and everything else.

Awsi died in July 2005, 2 months shy of 16.

[trackfan]

136. Mine speaks for itself, but it should be noted

that the reason I did not use the DU-preferred spelling of "moran" is because my screen name predates the famous moran guy photo.

[quip]

139. I explained the genesis of mine a while ago

HERE

:hi:

[TZ]

148. Shalom, my friend (which is about the limit of my hebrew)

Thats very interesting. Your screen name was one of the ones I was very curious about--thanks!
Now, if I can just figure out what the hell an "Orrex" is my curiosity will be curbed for awhile anyway! ;-) :hi:

[quip]

173. Actually, his is read backwards as well and doesn't reflect a very high esteem

(I think it is his intelligence quotient, or the number of times he's gotten laid-- I forget which) :evilgrin:

He couldn't even spell it correctly, either! :hi:

[TZ]

179. BWAHAHA!!

I'm SO doing a "what is an Orrex" thread! With that is the starting point.

[Sacajawea]

185. Maybe he/she didn't know how to spell "oryx?"

[sakabatou]

140. The sword of this guy

[Starbucks Anarchist]

141. Okay:

A former co-worker told me about a friend of his, a real yuppie type, who said he thought of himself as an anarchist.

My co-worker laughed and said, "More like a coffee table-book anarchist," and I immediately replied, "Starbucks Anarchist."

And there you go.

Also, I really like coffee. ;)

[Duer 157099]

142. Back in the "dot com" heydey

I found that every time I typed "dot coms" I would transpose the m and the s, producing "dotcosm" and I especially liked the juxtaposition of the "dot" or the very smallest thing, with the "cosm" or the very large thing -- it felt like it perfectly described my philosophy about life and our place in the cosmos -- we're but tiny dots but yet we are also the whole cosmos at the same time. It's very zen :D (no, I wasn't high!)

[SeattleGirl]

143. I'm female and live in Seattle.

[TimeChaser]

144. I've been using this name online since 7th grade.

I had, and have, a fascination with time.

[Dogmudgeon]

145. It's NOT from Harry Potter

I never read the Potter books -- but not out of spite. Which is why, during the one-week name change back in 2004 (?), I changed from BareKnuckledLiberal to Pigwidgeon. It was one of my Usenet nicks back around 1990.

Pigwidgeon is a middle-English word, probably via Anglo-Norman, which means "a person of no particular importance". In other words, a "John Doe". The word probably originally derives from pecunius, Latin for "a small counting unit". The words pecuniary, puny, pickaninny, and Spanish pequeño.

Now? I get tons of mail from teenage girls; the last person to have my "name" at my ISP must have been about 11.

I'm thinking of changing my name again, even if it zeroes out my posting record. It's a shame it's such a hassle to change the user name here, but that's a small one for the community DU offers.

Even if half of you bastards are voting for the wrong candidate.

:evilgrin:

--p!

[Skittles]

146. I named him after my departed big black feline Skittles

who I did name after the candy :)

[Cannikin]

149. Project CANNIKIN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v73VDbhuLxI


Project CANNIKIN was a nuclear test conducted on Amchitka Island, Alaska, at 11:00 a.m., Bering Standard Time, on November 6, 1971. CANNIKIN, a slightly less-than-five-megaton device, was the largest underground nuclear test conducted in the United States. CANNIKIN was conducted to proof test a warhead for the Spartan missile, a Safeguard Ballistic Missile Defense Program. The shock registered 7.0 on the Richter scale, the seismic unit of the time. Within two days after the explosion, a crater more than one mile wide and 40 feet deep formed.

Cannikin was a big event, and though almost every nuclear event represents some kind of technical breakthrough, Cannikin is outstanding both in the number of “firsts” and in size:

First major project under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, which required the preparation of an “Official Environmental Impact Statement.”
Largest mined shaft in the United States with a single elevator to 6,000 feet.
Deepest 90-inch hole—6,150 feet.
Longest diagnostic canister—264 feet.
Largest off-continent diagnostic system—250 scopes with 100 percent data retrieval.
Largest load lowered downhole—over 400 tons.
Largest emplacement drill rig—1,000 ton mast.
First operational field computer system.
First successful downhole alignment with a laser beam.
First use of over 100 miles of downhole cables.
Largest cavity (52 foot diameter) mined through a mile-long shaft.
In addition, Cannikin required the use of the largest number of recording trailers. Shock mounting the trailers was a challenge because the trailers and interior instrumentation, located about 2,000 feet from ground zero, had to be able to withstand a ground upheaval of 15 feet at shot time.

[SKKY]

150. I'm a Sailor, and I'm Liberal...

...not much more to it than that.

[Benfea]

151. Mine is elvish for "without spirit"

There's supposed to be umlauts over the second "e," but I generally don't put them in because it makes my name annoying to search for on message boards and in online games.

It comes from gaming. I was creating an elf character and decided that for once I would think of an appropriate name that would not be out of place in a fantasy setting. I decided to try and translate "atheist" into elvish (I don't remember which of Tolkien's elvish languages it was to be honest, I looked it up on a web site), but the closest I could get was "without spirit."

It's pronounced "ben fey ah" but even I pronounce it "benfee."

[chknltl]

152. because I share THAT tendency with Chicken Little.

Go ahead, ask me about the hazards of Depleted Uranium, or about Corporatocracy destroying Democracy or...well... I have a tendency to get easily agitated over things I feel strongly about, then I wind up telling EVERYONE! Sometimes my fears are groundless... I've learned the hard way that our Government has no intentions to tax our E-Mails for instance, so the shoe fits nicely.

besides I felt that removing the vowels made it look prehistoric Incan. (being as how I suspect that in a prior life I was a pre-Columbian Incan Stone Mason, a screen name which looked Incan became irresistible)

[TZ]

153. I have a suggestion for a sig line/mascot for you....

How bout this:

I figure someone who self-admits to being named after Chicken Little has got to have a good sense of humor;-)

[chknltl]

154. I have a warped sense of humor and a strong love for ...

kitty's! That one made my morning! Thanks turtlensue. Someday, when I have a better computer and someone shows me how to use it, I plan to use Disney's latest Chicken Little as my mascot... although after seeing your kitty in chicken's clothing I confess to loving it even more than the one I have in mind. Those eyes! Who could argue with a DUer who had THAT face staring out at them in each post?

[Wetzelbill]

155. My name is Bill Wetzel, hence "Wetzelbill"

although I heard somebody one say it reminded them of "Beezelbub." That would explain the birthmark and all.

I should kick my own ass for using the word "hence."

[SallyMander]

159. I think it sounds like some kind of exotic bird

:hi:

[XemaSab]

204. Maybe something South African?

:shrug:

Or maybe Indonesian or Papuan? Like the Writhed Hornbill? :shrug:

[Burma Jones]

156. My Wife's Nieces were a little scared of me when they first met me

They come from a very quiet family and they are all quite small. They were about 5 and 3 years old when I met them. I am large and loud, something very strange to them.... So anyway, my wife tells them "he's just like a big friendly bear" and then they started calling me Bear, except being small children, it came out beawr. I started out as Beawr, but forgot my password and found it easier to just create a new account, hence new_beawr. I think I had about 350 posts as beawr.....

[greymattermom]

157. greymattermom

My son is an electronic musician "infinite grey" and I'm a neuroscientist. Don't you love my stupid name? Especially with "grey" spelled the British way?

[Inchworm]

158. My umm.. worm...

Oh nm...




No particular reason reeealy.

:hi:

[GigiMommy]

160. GigiMommy is...

comprised of my initials and being the mommy to this little one who's now 8 years old.

[Labors of Hercules]

162. It's not easy being a Democrat in a red state.

Actually, it refers to the Agatha Christie novel where Poirot solves 12 crimes that losely mirror the 12 labors of Hercules from Greek Mythology... :thumbsup:

Plus it has a really cool abbreviation!

~ LoH

[PRETZEL]

163. not that big a deal here

it was a nickname I got about 40 years ago. It stuck.

[SteppingRazor]

164. Da shitstem isa bomboklaat!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-s_htrB2-nk

[annonymous]

165. Because I keep a low profile and avoid controversy

I lurk way more than I post and I prefer to post in the Lounge.

[Ellen Forradalom]

166. 'ellenforradalom' is Hungarian for counterrevolution

'ellen' being the prefix meaning 'counter'

I studied Hungarian for a while, for no other reason than it is fascinating.

[sazemisery]

167. sazemisery

saze - four letters randomly typed with the left hand one night when I tried to get a screen name and got upset after my 4th try
+
misery
=
screen name I can usually get on the first try.

:shrug:

[blondeatlast]

169. No, I don't make the towheads wait for dinner until everyone else is finished!

After about 9 different shades of brown and red, I went blonde in my late 30s and have never looked back.

[deepthought42]

171. awwww...

^__^


What's my story? I am the Answer, that's what! And it only took me several million years to come up with it. ;)

[Benfea]

188. I think anyone can see that's a Douglas Adams reference.

Only uncultured boobs would miss that one. ;)

[Catbird]

172. I like birds. I like cats. And all my first 25 choices were taken. nt/

[quip]

177. Ever read any Thurber?

I believe he coined the phrase "Catbird Seat" in his http://cathy.likeafire.net/?page_id=92">short story of the same name

:hi:

[Catbird]

196. Thanks for the link.

I read the story years ago and should probably reread it now.

I picked the screen name without thinking about the story. The connection occurred to me later.

[dbackjon]

175. dbackjon

Diamondbacks (Arizona MLB team) + first name

[Rhythm]

176. Mine comes from my bracelet...

In the spring of 2006, i ordered a bunch of these blue rubber bracelets; the words "Think Blue" and a check box are written on them, as well as the dates of the 2006 and 2008 general elections. I kept one (which i still wear), and put the others around the antennas of cars that i saw in parking lots which had pro-Democrat candidate bumper stickers on them.

1966 is... well... when i cursed this planet with my arrival.

:hi:

[mwdem]

178. When I joined up, I lived in the Kansas City area.

I never changed it.

[crim son]

182. Mine is an embarrassing reference to a broken relationship

just about two years ago. The man in question used to sort of stalk me here, so I changed my screen name from what it was then, to what it is now. I should have just kept it :eyes:

[bicentennial_baby]

183. I was born in '76

:)

[opiate69]

184. alrightythen....

Opiate: The first album by the band Tool. Also, an outstanding song on said album. Also, a subtle reference to the famous Marx quote which sums up my beliefs about religion.
69: The year I was born.. also, the obvious sexual connotation.

[KamaAina]

186. A local Hawai'i resident, as distinguished from a visitor,

is known as a kama'aina. (Visitors, and foreigners generally, are malihini.) There were (and are) very few Hawai'i posters at DU, so I arrogated the name to myself even though I had only been here a few months at the time.

Various attractions, hotels, etc. offer kama'aina discounts to residents, which is really just a sneaky way of playing our favorite game, Soak the Tourist. (i.e. kama'aina rate = actual fair price, quoted rate = ripoff)

[NightWatcher]

187. "NightWatcher" is what I do. I'm a private investigator

[Minimus]

189. Animal Farm, Animal Farm - Never through me - Shall thou come to harm

[AZBlue]

190. I guess I had the "Turn AZ Blue" campaign in my mind when I joined DU.

That and the fact that I wanted to declare my blueness in a red state.

[fortyfeetunder]

191. scuba diving

the best scuba diving around here is 40' under!

[Qanisqineq]

192. Inuit for 'fallen snow floating on water'

The thought of that is very relaxing to me. I grew up where it snows in the winter and my parents house is right by a river. In the winter, before the river froze, I could look out my window and see the snow falling into the water. Very beautiful, very peaceful.

Plus it was unique so no one else would have it. Half the time I can't remember how to spell it though.

[Snarkturian Clone]

193. As I said in another thread...

I am THAT Star Trek fan that likes Star Trek: The Motion Picture. For that movie, a whole bunch of Alien races were created and seen in the background at the beginning of the movie. One of them is the Arcturian Clone. Read about them here: http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Arcturian

Since DU is full of Snark, I decided as a play on words that I shall be the Snarkturian Clone.

By the way, Therbians kick ass: http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Therbian

[Chan790]

194. I'm boring.

It's my middle name...Channing. 790 is a random number I use whenever I need to lengthen a username.

[Meshuga]

195. My story is boring -- P-Funk reference

I couldn't think of a good screen name and I was trying to think of one. I happened to be listening to P-Funk ("The Motor Bootie Affair" CD) at the time and "Mr.Wiggles" (the first track) was playing.

[From The Ashes]

198. I went through a major upheaval...

...in my life over the spring and summer of '07; including the death of my best friend, the collapse of my marriage and a move to Texas. 'From The Ashes' is part of a phrase which I had been thinking about since the move to Texas. The full phrase is 'from the ashes of my old life, I am reborn.' So I shortened it to From The Ashes. And there you have it.

[Daddy_is_a_Dem]

199. mines pretty self evident

my son asked what I was one day and I said...... There ya have it.

[arthritisR_US]

200. mine was a toss up between wrinkles or arthritis ...since they

are both rearing their sodding heads:argh:

[Spiffarino]

201. Because it reminds me of this guy

Bob.

[ChoralScholar]

202. Well, I suppose I'm a scholar of Choral Music. EOM