Where did your username come from?

Just for kicks here. I tend to ask this everywhere, just because the answers are always interesting. I'd love to hear some of your stories, and I'll share mine in a bit. :)

:hi:

auntAgonist. aka aA

physics, mathematics, and computer engineering.

:sarcasm:

I had to add this because it seems that the word "cat" is in more usernames than any other word.

trying to spread the word a little, lush because i enjoy a little beer and wine now and then (weekends) a reminder to those that think that vegans are all about sacrifice

:hi:

to have your boy come home in a box

what ever happened to protest music?

what are we fightng for?

which, sadly, have been squandered.

I think the first couple I tried were taken and there were some ole VCR tapes on my desk, including 'Harvey', so I just typed in Elwood P Dowd.

but as usual, we all get nicknames, so we called him Napi. I named my business after him "Napi's Corner" and the stupid 21 was added when I had to change ISP's. The first change my name became Napi1, then Napi2, and then we moved again and thus the 21. No reason but didn't like Napi3.

My dear boy died 3 years ago at age 19, but he will forever be my favorite and my Screen name.

changed mine to 91B...I felt it was better to save lives than to take them...:patriot:

.....and on another political forum, I came up with the name "Uben Scrude". It took some a few minutes to figure it out, and eventually I just shortened it to Uben and have been using the name ever since.

From Isaac Asimov's Foundation stories.

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent" -- Salvor Hardin,

I've had it for a while...

and (usually unlike the past week when it rained for 7 straight days) in California it's a rare and special treat. :-)

I'm a big "What's My Line" fan, and Arlene Francis ("the delightful star of stage and television") was always my favorite panelist. Smart, funny, and classy as hell, and they don't seem to make too many like that anymore (Kitty was in the same league too, in my book). There you go. :D

That was about 15 years ago. They just aired it for a two-week run, but there's demand to bring it back permanently. Politically-minded as I am anyway, I started a petition (the site is in my signature). ;)

or that it's misread and I own something called gans, 5 of them to be specific.

Reality is, I'm in Florida and a vegan. flvegan

:P

this is why we can't have nice things.

:rofl:

The reason behind the "X" in place of the "Ch" is a bit of a history lesson.

The complex history of the people who are romantically remembered by European authors as the "Aztec," were originally known as Mexica pronounced "may-SHE-ka." When the post-invasion scribes wrote down for the Spanish Royal Court, the phonic representation of an American native word, in Spanish alphabetic pronunciation, an "X" -mark was used (for unknown) to denote a "sh" sound (as in Chevron). Since there were so many native words translated into Latin text with this sound, Spanish scholars first placed an "X" where the sound was enunciated then later actually grafted the letter "Che" behind the "c" in the Spanish alphabet, for this "sh" sound. Thus we have Mechica, Mechican, Mechicano, Chicano -or- Mexica, Mexican, Mexicano, Xicano. Using the "X" in place of today's "Ch" is what I consider to be rebellious.


Peace,
Xicano

Mandarin also. Maybe in all Chinese languages, but Mandarin is the one I know best.

I've seen that "X" represented in a LOT of Meso-American names and languages and I've always wondered if there was a long ago connection between Chinese and these languages. The "X" story makes more sense. :)

I mean that is interesting given that anthropologists believe Meso Americans (Olmecs being the first) trace their origins back to Mongolian or Siberian origins.

I kinda also like the thought of using the X instead of the Ch in a similar way Malcolm X used it. I have a Spanish last name, but, for similar reasons to Malcolm I don't really know what my real (native) name is. So using the X is kinda rebellious in that way too. :evilgrin:


Peace,
Xicano

Since Q and X (and in some languages, J) don't have their own exclusive sounds in most European languages, translators/transliterators (usually missionaries) assigned Q and X to sounds for which there was no exact equivalent in their own native languages -- so that Chinese "Qing" is pronounced more like "ching", and "Xiao" is close to "Shiao", but each is subtly different from the sound Europeans were used to (and ching and shiao may well be different words from these). One of the systems used to trasliterate Chinese was created by Germans; the modern Vietnamese alphabet shows a strong Portugese influence; and no doubt the rendering of Mexico, Texas/Tejas, etc. reflected Spanish practices, though it should be borne in mind that Spain was not exactly a one-language country at the time of colonization. For all I know, there may even be some Basque (Euskara) or Catalan influence -- both are noted for greater use of 'X'.

Things were less messy when standard transliterations were devised for languages that use other alphabets than Modern Roman, such as Russian, or Japanese katakana. Languages that had a non-alphabetic written language, or no written language, led to some pretty arbitrary renderings in the Roman alphabet, even by speakers who shared the same native language.

one is actually a double-dapple, and a friend of mine calls them the dappleganger twins.

I love daschunds.

Not original but there it is

ATB, my initials. Not very creative but I won't forget it. :)

Now that's a set of initials NO ONE would forget. ;)

That said, what we now refer to as a "mountain bike" used to be called an "ATB" for "All Terrain Bicyles."

Regardless of how they feel about mountain biking, I think most people would prefer an ATB over an APB any day. ;)

I used to do a lot of table top gaming, and I had a play style that, for some reason, involved my almost dying and then coming back to win. Someone hung the lazarus moniker on me for that, which tied nicely with...

Lazarus Long, the primary character in Robert A Heinlein's fictional universe, and one of my favourite characters in fiction.

So I adopted it as my name way back in the late 90s on Usenet.

It wears me out!

I haven't read those books in years. Maybe its time to dust them off again!

I used it in honor of her. She used to hiss and spit a lot.

because i've always read it as a bastardization of hissy fit which left an impression of someone pissed all the time. not really you, i know. lol

She was always having hiss and spit hissyfits.

And I have had my rants here, from time to time.

It was my longest living character ever and kinda took 'command' as my online nickname almost everywhere

:)

Laughter is good.

:crazy::crazy::crazy::crazy::crazy::crazy::crazy::crazy::crazy:

:shrug:

hawk comes from the fact that I'm an Iowa Hawkeye fan, although it might give some the absolute wrong impression. The year 1987 was a special year for me. That about covers it. Happy holidays!

Actually it's because I'm a huge fan of and expert on the band Slayer.

First thing that popped into my head when I was signing up.

Could've just as easily been Lame-o, Nimrod, Punkass, Estupeed, etc...

Although I do remember the first instance of "Iggo". Me an my sis were watching TV back in probably the early 70's. A Cheetos commercial came on. "Cheetos. Cheese that goes crunch." A thought popped into my head. I shouted "Iggos. Iggs that go crunch" and proceeded to sack the kid, probably til she called Mom for help. Ah yes. Good times.

The Badgers....I'm also pissy.

he passed away on my fifth anniversary on DU

Mine was 4-year-nightmare, then 8-, & then I took the first two letters of each part of my name &, voila, I became "pacalo".

yes INDEED :D

and Ralph Chessé



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQmuGyX5i6s

Although, one of the best UserNames I've ever seen is "AimingforYoko" at another site.

And I do wear suspenders, but rarely high heels.

YOU CAN"T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

It's the shortened version of "pipikaula", which is some sort of beef dish.


I love the Hawaiian language because it's so melodic.

So anyway, I've used the name on other discussion groups in the past for such a long time that I can't even remember why I chose to be named after food. I just thought it was sort of cute.

And that's my story.

:)

is so ono!

It's cowboy food, home made beef jerky kind of. Super ono.

Kaula is a rope, and pipi is beef.

I had a gift shop in a tiny northern MN town. In the summertime tourists took part in turtle races....so...Snappy Turtle was born.

BTW: Thank you....this has been fun to read!

The only thing I like to explain is that I picked the small "s" in socialist to denote that I'm not an official member of any official Socialist party. I'm probably closer to the SWP than anybody else though.

"I came into this game for the action, the excitement. Go anywhere, travel light, get in, get out, wherever there's trouble, a man alone. Now they got the whole country sectioned off, you can't make a move without a form."
-- Brazil, 1985

When I initially started using the internet and tried to get an email account, I attempted to use my first initial and my last name, pasted together. But it was already taken. So I tried the same thing again, but stuck the number "1" on the end. That one was also taken. I followed on with the process, I kept counting higher and higher until I finally got to the number "17", which I stuck on the end as I originally intended.

I use this same prefix, first initial/last name/number 17, for other email accounts and online forums, for consistency and to help remember my user name/password (I do use different passwords, of course).

in Maryland.

all over the net and landed on DU,and I love butterflies,and my birthdate has a lot of 7's in it,my birthday is in 2 days so two 7's..

Recent census results will result in my state likely losing one seat, if that loss is not contested. :-(

....I'm a real live uncle of my nephew Sam, born on 4th of July....

police harassment.


Never, never marry a cop.

My son is a cop in Ohio, but not in your city. I'd like to think that he and most cops are professional and genuinely want to help people. But the harassment that we are getting from the egomaniac small-time chief in this village, it's such an abuse of power, we are fighting to have this chief and crony mayor terminated.

in her dept that helped me, including the Sheriff, her boss. He even thought my life was in danger.

Funny enough now that I am known for civil rights and an authority on prejudice and discrimination...

I used to be a quite good mixer of records, film and Television scores. I worked with phenomenal talent in the Los Angeles studio musician market. In addition to The Ventures, Little Richard, oh lots of others that have passed fame of the time.

Well my cousin,Bob, moved to town and did not contact me for quite a while and had a simply wonderful rock and roll band. And he said "Would you like to mix some of our live gigs?" I at first declined but when I heard what marvelous musicians they were and how terrible the mix was... well my ego took over and I said "YES!!!"

Our first gig was at the famous Whiskey A-Go-Go on the Sunset Strip. I showed up for sound check and said "I am "Urban Circus" sound guy here to do the sound check."

The house sound guy was a reincarnated pirate with tattoos on nearly every part of his exposed body. Long blond hair, bandana, teeth crooked, he yelled at me and to everyone there, "Hey this is Urban Circus' sound guy. He's got short hair, glasses, a bag... I bet he doesn't even mix LOUD!"

I tried to do a sound check he pushed me aside and said let me teach you a few tricks. He taught me a few tricks. I pushed him aside. From then on we were one of the fastest set ups on The Strip. I owe him.

After the gig my elder cousin, Bob's mother, my godmother, came up to me and said "That was the best I ever heard them. I could heard all the lyrics for the first time. All the guitar parts. And it was bone crushingly LOUD."

Hence: LOUDMXR

been there and...well, you know...

:shrug:

I get a lot of shit for having a narcotic-themed name while also being a loudmouthed (asshole) straightedge, but I brought that on myself. :evilgrin:

my email address.

Erebus, the personification of darkness in Greek mythology.

West. West-Pac

Abbreviation for Western Pacific.

South east asia.

the b word. With pride.

Also originally I didn't want to be uppity b* because wanted to be taken for gender neutral. Just have my posts stand without the male/female prejudices.

doesn't fall far from the trees.

"What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature!"

I like Darwin and I liked the ring of it.

Until I discovered to my horror that Germanic Neo-Paganism is rife with White Supremacist evilness. :(

I appreciate the symbolism of Odin, sacrificing an eye for the gift of ultimate wisdom.

He called my country "Soviet Canuckistan". So I figured I must be a Canuckistanian.

I'm a small blue dot in a sea of red.

on netscape, i think it was, must be over 10 years ago now...every name with "barb" that i came up with was already taken. so i put down "barbtries" thinking "barb tries every frigging barb name imaginable" and it took. by now if you find a barbtries anywhere i think it's probably me.

didn't see any reason for a fake one.

peace

Because she is poetry in motion...:)

I named my bird 'Snoop dog' because when Snoop was a youngster, Snoop would, in bird talk, go 'woof woof'. So, that's why I gave snoop the name and in honor of the bird named Snoop, used it as my screen name...

A side story... Never knew the sex of Snoop - was kinda of a scarred-a-bird but would 'make it' with Tawney who I knew was a girl bird... Anyway, last year, I put a nesting box out and found out the hard way that I have 1 male and 3 female Conures. Snoop was in the nesting box and laying down like Snoop was dying. Seriously, scared the crap out of me. So I scooped Snoop out of the box and held Snoop tight like it was the end... Well Snoop leaped to my shirt and I said to myself, 'well better let Snoop go back to the nesting box and if Snoop was to die, well, I said good bye...

Silly me, About a minute latter, there was a big-ol egg in the box! Snoop was a girl and, poor thing, was just pushing out an egg!.

Well, of all my birds, Snoop has claimed me - I am her 'big bird'. (Making it with the other girl bird must of been practice or something). She loves me and she hates me.... who would of thunk...

woof woof....

A Borg designation coupled with Trek's fascination with the number 47.

we had to have him put down two years ago...What a cool
Dachshund.

My Grandfather used it as a property name for his property, and I've adopted it (and my owl) as my service mark and trademark.

-Hoot

That's where my user name comes from.

Their claymation crew were called "Tridimensional Animators" in the credits. I was really into 3D computer animation at the time, so I chose tridim for my screen name, AKA "3D".

It's a long story. But I worked for a guy who had charisma. He looked like Tarzan. I was one of the smallest roofers in the business. But I was so happy to be working for my charismatic friend, I outworked anyone and everyone. I suppose it's a combination of my first and last name, but he would affectionately call me Gregorian. It all ends tragically. But so does life. But the memory lives on. And i have no idea why I used it here.

about my beloved hometown.

have (and love) 6 wonderful dogs.

I owned a house on the riverfront on a bend,,,It was a beautiful view, with eagles, loons, herons, beaver, deer, beers , ducks, geese , groundhogs, otters, fox and all kinds of birds.

I was the only girl child, and Daddy's little princess ended up having a stubborn streak very early on.

In the midst of whatever particular disagreement we happened to be having, he would often say "Why do you have to be such a contrary one?"

Actually, he knew the answer to the question all along...I inherited it from him. ;)

I know that in reality anybody well motivated to find out who you really are can... in ten seconds flat over a slow connection.

over the network.

I learned that a long time ago when posting over at usenet...

Ping is useful to see what route things are taking.

Computer geeks are amazing. Hell, we got a virus from one of them regulars back in the day before viruses were a problem. It was a cute one, really. Meant to take us out of the net. It jumped when you formated a drive. It took a friend of my hubby's who is a white hat. He caged the damn thing (don't ask me how) as he found it quite cute.

delivered to The National Press Club April 15, 2003.

http://www.tim-robbins.com/achillwindisblowing.htm

"According to Diodorus Siculus<1>, she led a military expedition in Libya and won a victory over the people known as the Atlantians, but was less successful fighting the Gorgons (who are described by Diodorus as a warlike nation residing in close proximity to the Atlantians)"

Sounds like a pretty kickass identity .... :)

He was beside me on the floor of the den when I first signed up for a message board and contemplated a user name.

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

when I was a little girl, my baby brother (4 years my junior) could not pronounce my name so he called me "Rury."
He passed away about a year before I got my first computer, so I honored his memory my taking that moniker as my username.

**before I retired.


A burst of 2713 Hz will operate the Loopback on an analog data circuit.

IBEW # 134 here.

I read your profile. Before I went into the data field I did PABX and key
system work. A lot of the equipment we used came from Northlake. Thanks.
I worked for that "Gee! No ***" outfit.



:thumbsup: :hi: :thumbsup:

I taught my kid how drive in that parking lot. Before we "graduated" to the street.

white pelis seem to be domesticable: this one would dance for his fish

and an intense desire to find my way out of it. Gettin there... :-)

A good friend of mine is a front tire changer on a NASCAR Sprint Cup team. I've also always been a motorhead and classic car fan. Lugnut. :)

gibby is what we called the gibbons at the primate sanctuary I worked for. I took care of a baby gibbon who had been rejected by her mother. Best job I ever had!

And that's all I got to say about that.

on how to build an atomic bomb

...so why not combine the two? :-)

in a number of ways. I think Jefferson took an interest in the metaphorical story of the book from Sancho's grounded reason giving balance to Don Quixote's "Reach for the stars" romantic vision. The conversations between Don Quixote and Sancho are in many ways the kinds of conversations we all have with ourselves when striving for truth and noble pursuits. Jefferson was very aware that our hearts and our minds often point us in different directions. Of course the idea of reaching for the stars and the Quixotic challenges we are all faced with when up against the "owners" and power positions of the country also seems appropriate for a political discussion site such as DU.

Ooooh....X....QQQQQ....ME

hopefully I can remember, lol.

Asahina Kimiko :hi:

Auhea wale 'oe, Mahina o hoku
Ho'ike a'e 'oe, A i kou nani

Ua la'i na kai, Mehameha na pali
O 'oe a'o wau, E ho'oipoipo nei

E moani keala, O ka pua hinano
E apo mai oe, Me ku'u aloha

Ha'ina kou inoa, Mahina o hoku
Ke noho nani maila,
Maunalani ki'eki'e

Where are you
Full moon of the night
Reveal your
Beauty
The seas are calm
The cliffs are lonely
But you and I
Are making love
How fragrant
Is the hinano blossom
That captivates you
My love
Tell of your name
Full moon of the night
There beauty sits
Above the heavenly mountains
Source: Translated by Ainsley Halemanu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hG7euFMdhE&feature=related

we live under. It's like a plutocracy, but it's not specific to a group of people... just to whoever controls the capital. Not even necessarily who owns the capital, but those who control it... like the CEOs of corporations, and the Congress that gives them our tax money.

It's a word I came up with myself... although after Googling it, I found that apparently there's a French philosophy major who came up with the same idea.

Arthur C. Clarke, 1956

Obama's press sec'y. ;)

also, it sounds like something having to do with archery. I use archery terms for most all user names because in my culture, the archer represents attacking a problem with balance, poise and precision. It reminds me to stay balanced and on target in my online communication :)

Then I thought I would combine two things I was; drunk and balding. Alas, "dralding" was also taken.

So I settled on Progressoid.

:)

and I am eternally pissed off at the person who left here and glommed onto MY name when they signed up at that CU place:grr:..makes a google of my name now seem totally schizophrenic

Too late, someone here told me I should have signed up there & gotten myself banned (so no one could use my name)..:(

I was thinking of her for some reason right about the time I joined, and chose her name.

I had a book entitled PCIntern and when one site or another - possibly the Yahoo business board in its infancy - needed a screen name (whatever that was), I looked down and saw the title of the book and said to myself, "this is OK...who's ever going to see it really anyway?" That was, I believe, 1993 or 1994. Whodathunk it would become a significant part of my persona (IMO anyway).

:)

Mine is rather obvious. This was the first forum I joined and picked something appropriately for DU. But over time, I have joined other websites where my name is more closely associated with my avatar now.

I worked in a hospital setting that had LAN parties at lunch time.

We decided to form a gaming clan, and all picked clan names that had something to do with the medical profession. A needledriver is what doctors use to hold a needle when you get stitches.

I also hand-sew for a hobby, so I have done a lot of needle driving of my own!

The IChing is 64 bit.Most 64-bit consumer PCs on the market today have an artificial limit on the amount of memory they can recognize, because physical constraints make it highly unlikely that one will need support for the full 16 exabyte capacity...... the carpenter just uses it to put the pieces together.

Is that esoteric enough?

i am "onethatcares"

Bo is a male Scandinavian name, short for Robert.

B.ody O.dor.

:rofl:

enough that the hammer hit the nail and drove it home,
maybe not in one struck.... but I know your writings.

They are usually 16 to 32 bit.....sometimes 64 like the IChing

Happy Holidays.

and I really was for Barack Obama, the candidate to be specific. President Barack Obama, not so much. My processor is however, 64 bit but I don't take full advantage of it. See, there's was a deal on the processor and when I built this box I tried to keep future expansion in mind. Unfortunately, I could never afford the OS to take advantage of it.

I'm more of the artistic type (check out some of my ventures in the DU Artist's group.

came up........

57. Sun / The Gentle (The Penetrating

Sun is one of the eight doubled trigrams. It is the eldest daughter and
symbolizes wind or wood; it has for its attribute gentleness, which
nonetheless penetrates like the wind or like growing wood with its roots.

The dark principle, in itself rigid and immovable, is dissolved by the
penetrating light principle, to which it subordinates itself in gentleness. In
nature, it is the wind that disperses the gathered clouds, leaving the sky clear
and serene. In human life it is penetrating clarity of judgment that thwarts
all dark hidden motives........ more here



http://deoxy.org/iching/57

I'm not going to ask how or the why's but I will tell you that the observation was absolutely fascinating.

and what I know of you........ I ASS.ume

But some times....... I really do know.

It's all good.

I sensed global malaise since the Reagan/Thatcher neo-liberal 'new world order' and it was confirmed for me when the Supremes stole the election for Bush.

LOL

and then re-elected.

of an Cherokee ancestor.

because of my liberal views. I figured if I was going to be called the antichrist I should adopt the name of one.
:evilgrin:

which is a pretty rare thing. Unfortunately the majority on Estonian Americans are Republicans, but I've always marched to a different zither.

:rofl:

The apoprotein (empty of metals) of metallothionein.

as an expression of pride at being a liberal Democrat- despite how maligned (esp. "liberal") being either seems to be within public discourse.

I was a very unhappycamper at that time. :(

I had thought of changing my screen name after President Obama was elected, but his 'Team Of Rivals' stopped me from changing the name during one of the recent 'OK to rename yourself' offers from the Administrators of this site.

I first used "Ezlivin" as a nom de plume on Compuserve, then on AOL.

when I joined there was already a Chaz here at DU.

Gloria Swanson: "I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille."

Home of the Tigers (MU) and Pink for Pinko (what my conservative buddies call me).

and got involved again - reactivated. I live in CT now.

Shortly before that, a DU'er, long since forgotten, said something along the lines of "Wow! Rummy is really frosted about..."
It struck me as funny.

Short answer: A throwaway line by a DUer.

great name...

:hi:

She is me, I am her. Fiesty, Stubborn, Resourceful,Loyal, and prone to an occasional temper tantrum!

I laughed really hard and used it for our on-line group page and then heard about this site and used it here, too.

"Here Comes Everybody"

So there...

I like black and white Tuxedo cats and had two, now just one. My first name begins with a "K" hence the different spelling. One of these days I'll use a picture of one of the cats as my avatar.

car...


mark

but back home you will always go

as crossroads go as
Mr. Forkboy ans sweet Mislessia.

My username comes from the fact I've been running on financial fumes so long I can't remember what relative prosperity even feels like any more.

Like a Twilight Zone episode, woke up one morning and all my neighbors kind hearted, smart and the state budget wasn't near such dire straits.

it was my obsession-before Iraq got in the way.

resided in Camp Creek. The property where Camp Creek enters the Klamath River is where I lived as a child and is where I live in my age.

PufPuf is Karuk for the Pacific Giant salamander who made the water pure and was good luck. A modern watershed scientist would call the PufPuf an indicator species of pure water. Go figure.

I have gifted part of the land to the Karuk Tribe where I retain Life Estate (possession and use until I croak). Part of the active ritual sites for the World Renewal Ceremony / White Deerskin Dance / Pichi 'avich are on the property I inherited in 1996 and purchased the other 2/3s interest from my sisters.

The number is an occult number that humors me as a troll.

My parents (born 1919, 1922) were active politically on the left. When I was born in 1957 and they were trying to decide on a name for me they settled on Martin -- a choice that was inspired by the title character of the Jack London novel.

When I joined this forum more than 8 years ago I decided it was an appropriate DU name because it played a role in my real first name.

A man is feeling lonely living by himself and decides to get a pet
He goes to the local pet shop and looks over the puppies and kittens, birds and fish, but nothing appeals to him
Then the shop owner the comes out with a little centipede (correct spelling)
I has it's own habitat which includes a little house to retreat to when it needs some privacy
The man takes the centipede home and they start to get acquainted
One day, the man decides to take his new pet out to meet some of the other people he knows
The centipede is in his house so the man asks Do you want to go down to Joe's Place for lunch?
There is no response, so the man asks louder Do you want to go to Joe's for lunch?
The centipede still remains inside so he tries even louder Do you want to go out to lunch?
This time, in a small voice from inside the house, his pet says You don't need to shout, I'm still putting on my shoes

So simple.

I found that exceedingly funny, and presto, I had a new nickname.