What is the story behind everybody's user name?

I joined DU after the election and I was so pissed off, that RagingInMiami was the first thing that popped in my head because it described my mood perfectly at the time.

Do tell, FY!

Trust me, there aren't any moderator perks in that arena. :shrug:

Just curious.

:)

Colleen Moore was a beauty...

It changed as soon as we were allowed after the election. Thanks again, mods.

"The Undisputed Voice Of Reason."

Who says irony is dead?

hence the name Arnheim and the name of my website, which is the name of the story, "Domain of Arnheim."

I love Poe!

ON EDIT: Welcome to DU

I've been using it as my net identity for several years.

My time coming, any day, don't worry bout me, no
Been so long I felt this way, ain't in no hurry, no
Rainbows end down that highway where ocean breezes blow
My time coming, voices saying, they tell me where to go

Don't worry bout me, no no, don't worry bout me, no
And I'm in no hurry, no no no, I know where to go.

California, preaching on the burning shore
California, I'll be knocking on the golden door
Like an angel, standing in a shaft of light
Rising up to paradise, I know I'm gonna shine

My time coming, anyday, don't worry bout me, no
It's gonna be just like they say, them voices tell me so
Seems so long I felt this way and time sure passin' slow
Still I know I lead the way, they tell me where I go

Don't worry bout me, no no, don't worry bout me, no
And I'm in no hurry, no no no, I know where to go

California, a prophet on the burning shore
California, I'll be knocking on the golden door
Like an angel, standing in a shaft of light
Rising up to paradise, I know I'm gonna shine

You've all been asleep,
You would not believe me
Them voices telling me,
You will soon receive me
We're standing on the beach,
The sea will part before me
(Fire wheel burning in the air)
And you will follow me,
And we will ride to glory
(Way up the middle of the air)

And I'll call down thunder
And speak the same
And my word fills the sky with flame
And might and glory gonna be my name
And men gonna light my way

My time coming, anyday, don't worry bout me, no
It's gonna be just like they say, them voices tell me so
Seems so long I felt this way and time sure passin slow
My time coming, anyday, don't worry about me, no

Don't worry about me...

Mine is just my son's nickname. Like you, it was the first thing that popped into my head.

i did for the chimps.:)

Thanks for clearing that up!

I thought it might be someone I knew here in the valley. Nope, a writer from Nevada. Just shows to go how myopic we all can be.

we, in the Napa Valley use it all the time to designate Napa Valley whatever. You have no idea how many businesses use Napa Valley in their names. NV Tire, NV Wine Auction (which has just changed to Auction Napa Valley). Etc. Just easier and faster to type NV... no offence meant to Nevada.

It seemed typically odd... :-)

And I despise the Neocons that have gotten us into a war in Iraq and into such a hole with the rest of the world.

Die Neocon scum!!!

I can only imagine what your name means...

and I forgot my password on my name I use everywhere else on the internet....

of undetermined breed(s) or origin from the SPCA. He's just a medium brown dog. He is an attractive fellow, and people stop me on the street all the time to ask "what breed is that dog?" And I reply "He's a Medium Brown Dog."

He doesn't pretend to be anything more than he is, and I don't either.

Very grumpy. :hi:

End of story.

..no, really.

:bounce:

I like it when Dems get the inside joke. It's my name on most message boards.

...and I happen to be a public information officer, so my nickname at work is also "CJ".

...because that is an important question.

And we thank you for it.

We are pressed for time, however, so we are going to need to move on to the next question.

:7

from a novel I'm trying to write...

Though it looks like the only novel I've been writing recently is already out here on DU!

Kind of just one of those things people call me, without realizing it, even sometimes. My best friend growing up, her father (who was like blood to me) used to call me Cyndee Lou Who and Cyndee Windy :shrug: all the time. He recently passed away and I learned to embrace the silly name.

Edited for typo and :hi:

:headbang:

and as I age I sort of lumber.

But he was the greatest lefthander in history.

called "Manic Depression". I believe in individual expression of self, and that expression must be true, and therefore, free and spontaneous. I got the idea wording from the song and changed the words to mean this sentiment.

Born on the Iberian Peninsula. Founder of the stoic school of thought.

You have to be stoic to endure these tough times. Plus, try to keep reason from being clouded by emotion (hope that doesn't sound Spockish - just trying to frame the idea in lay terms). :-)

Cassara's... Cassara's German shepherd was a noisy dog and howled frequently. The neighborhood dogs howled back. In David's diseased mind demons lived within the dogs and their howling was the way they ordered David to go hunting for blood -- the blood of pretty young women.

According to Berkowitz, he was driven to the edge: "I'd come home to Coligni avenue like at six-thirty in the morning. It would begin then, the howling. On my days, off, I heard it all night, too. It made me scream. I used to scream out begging for the noise to stop. It never did."The demons never stopped. I couldn't sleep. I had no strength to fight. I could barely drive. Coming home from work one night, I almost killed myself in the car. I needed to sleep....The demons wouldn't give me any peace."

Through extensive genealogical research, I have discovered literally millions of Effingbrokes worldwide, inhabiting every continent - I've heard rumors there are even a few Effingbrokes in Antarctica. Without a doubt, much more common than the ubiquitous Smith or Jones.

Sadly, new family members are being added at a seemingly exponential rate, and I chance upon heretofore-unknown relatives at every turn. The inevitable introductions follow the same sorrowful path, to wit:

long-lost relative - "Hi, I'm (your name here) Effingbroke!"

me - "I'm Sylvia Smoot-Hawley, and I'm also Effingbroke - join the club!"

Best user name EVER on DU! And a fellow Texan, too.

(I'm now a Texassippian, but I have Texas bona fides :-) )

:hi:

And have tons of relatives there, everywhere from Port Neches to San Antonio to Teneha, Timpson, Bobo, and Blair.

:hi: back!

I was jchild, but when Skinner allowed us to change our names, I chose my scottie's name.

Dubya stole the 2000 election. NEED I SAY MORE?

because i stipple with little dots in the poo sleds i churn out.
also jdots is ignored on most sites.i would have come up with a snazzy political net name but all the good ones are used up here.

I also like frogs alot. Believe me, I spent a lot of time agonizing over the decision.

I'm French-Canadian.:loveya:

do you want to let me marry you so I can get out of the country?

Really, I'm ready to become a mail-order bride at this point.

US-Canada border to help the American refugees escape to a free country.

:shrug:

I picked it when I joined hypocrites.com in May 2003, I had NO IDEA it was a porn name or a Frederick's of Hollywood-type lingerie supplier.:)

I think it was the mood I was in, and it was the nick for my avatar kitty.

T= the name of my city, Toledo (home of Tony Packo's and the Mud Hens)
Ohio=Well, That should be self-explainitory.
Liberal=Gee, thats what I am!

Trekkerlass (my old name) is because I am a Trek fan, and female.

Obviously, I'm a leftie and I think my left-wing point of view is "right." I am also an aspiring writer, so I threw in the pun just for fun.

differentiate myself from the other three Sean's I work with. (I was also called Big Sean but I thought you lot might think I was boasting...)

So I chose this.

I really would like to think up some catchy, creative story for my screen name.
I just don't seem to have one, though. ;)

-chef-

I set the remnants of a bottle of water on top of my computer. Slowly, over time, it festered and turned green. When I was creating my account, I was looking around for name ideas, saw the bottle said "Do Not Refill" on it, figured that was GREAT advice considering the inch of green scum in the bottom of the bottle, and my name was born.

and proud 2 b that.

Also tired of liberal getting a bad rap. Not here, but everywhere else - at least it seems.

I really "heart" it.
I was also a DJ in the Jump Rope for Heart at my school. It seemed appropriate.
I was a long time lurker before I got the courage to post.
:loveya:

...is the eerie refrain intoned by emotionally-fragile River when she recalls the perpetrators of the painful experiments she was subjected to in the special government academy.

It's from the TV show "Firefly" and the upcoming movie "Serenity" by Joss Whedon.

http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/?u=Gallivant

Now I'm thinking of all *kinds* of names I could have come up with. Oh, well...next amnesty. :D

Husker = I live in Nebraska
Law = I'm a lawyer (and not a very creative one at that)

will travel .. from Heinlein's junior novel .. i read the book as a young boy and something about that character has stuck with me through the years

The Legend Of Zorra
In the early days of Spanish California, there were many injustices dealt the people by evil Governors. Only one woman opposed them, she was garbed in black and her name was.....ZORRA. (Well, actually that is from the old Zorro series, but I had to change the O to an A make it a female name)

Zorra means "fox" and can mean bitch in Spanish.

Zorra spelled backwards is Arroz, which means rice in Spanish. Rice is the staple that feeds over half the world.

But i think of the moniker as sweet heart.
It is both too personal and common, a bitchy crabby person... lke
"yea sweetheart"... to a seer... a million year old ghost of
myself long dead, re-read from the archives by an archeologist of
ancient civilizations.

This name change amnesty had me seriously debating going anonymous
with an id like "573F83A3225" but then i figured i'd forget my own
ID if i had to re-log in... and what the heck.

Sweetheart is the opposite of how i feel sometimes. I feel like
a callous asshole who failed in my duty to protect the constitution
for those whom i love... and sometimes, she's a she... and sometimes
a he.

As well, i'm bad at remembering usernames, and am sweetheart on
about 10 other sites... except ebay. :-)

In a propaganda sense, if the sweet heart, is against bush and pro
feminism and pro justice, its just a matter of time until the bastards go down.

At least i have to believe that, or i've been wasting my time these
years. I figured that i'd delete the ID come this winter solstice,
and now figure i'll just be a mute lurker, putting my energy back
in to action... like my hero Rousseau once wrote:
I may be asked whether i am a prince or a legislator that i
should be writing about politics. I answer no: and indeed that is
my reason for doing so. If I were a prince or a legislator I
should not waste my time saying what ought to be done; I should
do it or keep silent.

In the spirit of Rousseau, 2005 is a year to get back to 'doing it'.

"True hunting is over. No herds to follow. Without game, men prey on
each other. The family weakens by the bite we swallow...
True leaders gone, of land and people. We choose no kin but adopted
strangers. The family weakens by the length we travel... All of us with
wings..."

A reminder not to hurt people mentally or physically.

"The Blue Angel"

Cuz I love Marlene and my last name and party are Blue. :)

I have some friends who create and tape record their own phony talkradio shows, with fake callers and fake commercials. It's pretty funny stuff. And the host's names are all based on their real names. There's "JoeShow", "MattTalk", "Mark After Dark", and for me, "BrentSpeak".

.....and as General Zod is the greatest, most over-the-top villain in movie history, it was a no-brainer.

named after the candy. :D

drilled into my teeth without Novocaine. Throughout my youth, I repeatedly told that I was bad, no good, useless. I just came to the conclusion that I must be the devil. Hence, devilgrrl.

I got to see Maya Angelou speak in person about 6 years ago. She made such an impact on me because of her authenticity, her power and her ability to speak from her soul, that I finally got a glimpse of the kind of voice that I would one day like to uncover. She has a unique cadence when she speaks. So when I was thinking of coming on here and starting to peak out with my voice...that's what I thought of.

30997 is my birth date.

But I'm pretty mature for my age.

One of my closest friends and second cutest guy I know - gave me the nickname "Princess" because as he says - "It fits but in a nice way" (said with a Texas twang you would be flattered too).

So it stuck.

all Siberian Huskies, and my little red one does a LOT of howling at me. The other name I've used on the internet for almost 10 yrs was already taken, so......

I love gazing at the heavens and pondering infinity. It seemed like an optimistic thing which fits the way I felt when I joined and since I still refuse to be a pessimist, I've kept it.

plus I'm prickly around strangers.

Due to some struggling with my computer I had to change that. So I decided that "new" is better anyway - Old Europe used to follow the US like a lapdog, while the "new" Schröders and Chiracs are becoming a bit more independent.

Mostly I hike in the beautiful, rugged Adirondacks

...and snakes have long been a passion of mine. When I was younger, I used to have some great ones as pets.

I reckoned that after a few posts, surely no one would mistake me for an actual professional author anyway. }(

because i am paranoid.

anyway, jesusbloodcult is probably too incendiary.

her email name is she devil....her real name Emily...... so I Incorporated it to shesemsmom. Have had it for several years

who works with primarily Spanish speaking Hispanic students who are learning English.

another is 'boo'.

I wanted a name of a woman in a mobster movie. I didn't want Kay Corleone, so I picked the sister. Even though she was weak in the first movie getting beat up all the time, she became strong by the third movie wanting to make the Corleone family powerful again with her nephew in charge.

I was going to change my username last month but decided to keep the username I have.

My family clan was part of the great Ui Neill (O'Neill) clan of Ulster in 14th century Ireland. They were from the Fanad peninsula between Lough Swilly and Mulroy Bay, in the northeast of the barony of Kilmacrenan, county Donegal. The sept of Ua Bresleáin (O'Breaslan or Breslin) are noted as early chiefs of Fanad, later noted as Brehons (Lawyers/Thugs :) )for Maguire of Fermanagh.

What, too much information? :hi:

For --- sugar magnolia, the Grateful Dead song. My husband called me "sugarmags" when we were dating and it stuck. I also have a dog named after Sugar magnolia -- but we call her "Maggie".

86 slang for get rid of, refuse to serve, or no longer available.

43 = *

8643 :hi:

as I used to waitress and know the "86" oh so well.

Wish I had thought of it!! :)

:)