What is the story with your DU name?

[Swede]

I'm a 3rd generation Swede, it just popped into my head when I registered here.

[qnr]

1. It is a communications operating signal, used by aviators:

"I am approaching my point of no return"

[EstimatedProphet]

2. Estimated Prophet-Grateful Dead

"Estimated Prophet"
Words by John Perry Barlow; music by Bob Weir
("Estimated Prophet" composed and written by Bob Weir and John Perry Barlow. Reproduced by arrangement with Ice Nine Publishing Co., Inc. (ASCAP))
(Barlow has posted the lyrics to his songs.)

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...

[Robb]

3. Er... um...

It's, ah, a secret. :shrug:

[Strong Atheist]

37. Are you the Robb of poll

fame? If so, what is that all about?

[Robb]

46. The answer to all questions

...is at our lovely Demopedia! :)

[Strong Atheist]

53. Ah. I have used it (the Robb is...) option once

recently, without understanding what was going on. Now I do ...

[MrSlayer]

4. I am the god of all things Slayer.

Seemed an obvious choice.

[Beware the Beast Man]

5. It is the name of my one-man band/music project.

It is also taken from the sacred scrolls in the original "Planet of the Apes" film.

[Call Me Wesley]

6. It's my tribute to

the most beloved Star Trek icon, Wesley Crusher:



Nah, not really. It's merely a joke about Wesley Crusher. Long story ...

[Swede]

8. A year or so back Wil Wheaton e-mailed me about DU.

Similar politics etc. Don't know if he ever joined.

[Call Me Wesley]

11. I don't think so.

I don't have hateful PMs yet. :scared:

:rofl:

No, here's the story:

My wife (DU Heidi) once sold two paintings in one day, and while I hugged her, I whispered to her (in a very loving manner, I have to add): "Well done, Ensign Crusher." The next day I signed up DU and thought that 'Wesley' would be a fun name, but it was taken, hence 'Call Me Wesley.'

[Swede]

17. Number One , I have to go for number two.

Make it so.

[Wetzelbill]

102. Heidi is your wife?

how the hell did I miss that. I am so not perceptive at all. Lucky SOB. :)

As Wooderson would say, "You gotta love those redheads." :)

[GrpCaptMandrake]

128. By God, that's a backstory!

"Make it so, Number One!"

I am Locutus.

[SeattleGirl]

7. SeattleGirl is just the name that came to mind

Not sure why, but I do like it.

[Ekirh]

9. On Ultima Online

There was a group who played as lizard men known as Ekirhs.

My best bro took this group and made a D&D class out of them and decided he wanted a non-experience RPGer to test it out. So with the promises of lots of cream soda and food I agreed and became a fan of the game and all of a sudden Ekirh became my username :).

[MissHoneychurch]

10. Mine is a character in one of my favorite novels

"Room with a view" by E.M. Forster

[fight4my3sons]

12. I have three sons.

I'm fighting to make this a better place for them :-)

[auntAgonist]

79. well done!

:applause:

[AtomicKitten]

13. my fav wallpaper

(see pic below)

[vikegirl]

14. okay.

I'm a (long suffering) Minnesota Vikings fan. And I'm a girl. :crazy:

[Deja Q]

15. Futurama episode entitled "The Day The Earth Stood Stupid"

HypnoToad makes his first of two appearances... the other one, I believe, is in "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV".

[Xipe Totec]

148. My favorite Episode

From my favorite show.

Good choice!

[PassingFair]

16. Mine is an adjective...

from Thomas Mallory's "Le Morte d'Arthur"

used to describe any maiden worth a story.....

[supernova]

18. I like astronomy

and supernovas are the most powerful force in the universe, creating and destroying elements with a single chain reaction. :evilgrin:

Actually, I just think they're cool. :-)

[Shine]

19. Shine is my magical name, used in ceremony and ritual

It's been my spirit name for years. I've been in a women's moon circle for over 12 yrs and we all have different sacred names we've chosen for ourselves....names that call forth our essential natures.

Shine is perfect for me. :loveya:

[Swede]

27. That's so nice Shine.

I like it.

[Shine]

35. Thanks, Swede.

and I'm glad you started this thread, b/c I find it very interesting to read.
:thumbsup:

:hi:

[djeseru]

20. Part of a temple name.

Hatshepsut's temple in Deir el Bahri, named Djeser-djeseru, meaning "sublime of the sublimes."

[mokawanis]

21. Mine is the name of a lake in Montana where I

accidently sprayed bear-spray into my face while backpacking. This was followed by 2 hours of lying on the edge of Lake Mokawanis, splashing water on my face to stop the burning. To make things worse, my hiking companion stepped on my eyeglasses that same day and really crushed them.

[Swede]

29. It sounds Cree.

Mokawanis.

[mokawanis]

41. Perhaps

I don't know the origin, but it's probably from the Blackfeet. There's a Blackfeet reservation bordering Glacier Park.

[Misunderestimator]

22. I tried about 6 other names that were taken already...

so I got stuck with this last ditch attempt at originality.

[Olney Blue]

64. I've always loved your name!

[auntAgonist]

23. my dad always called me an antagonist

go figger!

I'm really just the opposite, I think.

[u4ic]

61. Very clever, auntieA!

and here I thought it was a play on 'agony aunt'. :hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

24. A gift from a friend on another website

long ago.

Hi Wanderer, if you happen to see this! :hi:

[GOPisEvil]

25. Just the truth. That's all.

[trof]

26. the retired old fart

[qnr]

28. heheh n/t

[Swede]

32. ROLF

I like it. :bounce:

[Xipe Totec]

150. Never would've guessed

I thought it meant trace/off. In old BASIC there used to be trof and tron commands to turn debug tracing on and off. Tron became a movie. I thought you picked trof as a pun on tron.

Just goes to show how I can really go off the deep end making connections that aren't there... :freak:

[Porcupine]

30. Martial Arts- it's easier to be a porcupinte than a tiger n/t

.

[qnr]

31. How do you get to be a 3rd generation Swede? Did a Swede marry into

your family? Did your family move to Sweden three generations ago?

[Swede]

33. My grandparents moved to Canada in 1905.

Now we're everywhere.

[bicentennial_baby]

34. born in 1976

:)

[yewberry]

36. It's my given name.

Actually, I have no idea what I was thinking that day. I must've been desperate. Next time there's a name-change amnesty, I'm going to be first in line!

[Strong Atheist]

38. Unlike work, I can be open here

about my religious lack of preference....

[Swede]

43. Well S nice to here from you.

You can call me Godboy anytime. :)

[Strong Atheist]

50. Howdy!

:hi:

[Swede]

59. I am a Catholic to the bone S.

I think the bible is my guide,not the literal word of God. I think science overrules ignorance. Quantum physics is an interest of mine,as is astronomy. Philosophers not science makes me believe. Agnosty,atheism does not pose a threat to my beliefs. I extend friendship,and hope we can agree to disagree.

[Strong Atheist]

82. Sure! nt.

[Miss Marmelstein]

39. Miss Marmelstein....

My parents saw the Broadway play 'I Can Get It For You Wholesale' and my mom fell in love with the then unknown actress Barbra Streisand.

Years later when I had sprained my ankle I wanted to help my mom with dinner by setting the table. She said I needed to stay off my foot. I hopped into my dads study and borrowed his wheeled desk chair and used it to propel myself between the kitchen and dining room and had my mom in hysterics because this is what Babs had done onstage while singing this song. My mom nicknamed me 'Miss Marmelstein' and she still calls me that on occasion.

Miss Marmelstein! Miss Marmelstein! Miss Marmelstein!
Oh, why is it always Miss Marmelstein?
Miss Marmelstein? Miss Marmelstein?
Other girls get called by their first names right away
They get cozy intimate ... Do you know what I mean?
Nobody calls me: "hey, baby doll!"
Or "Honey Dear" or "Sweetie Pie"
Even my first name would be preferable
Though it's terrible, it might be better: it's Yetta!
Or perhaps my second name that's Tessye
Spells T-E-S-S-Y-E!
But no, no, it's always Miss Marmelstein!
You'd think at least Miss M. they could try...
Miss Marmelstein! Miss Marmelstein!
Miss Marmelstein! Miss Marmelstein! Miss Marmelstein!
Oh, I could die!
I'm a very willing secretary
Enjoy my work as my employer will corroborate
except for one disappointment one fly in the ointment
It's great I mean simply great
But the aggravation of my situation
I might as well get it off my chest
It's the drum appellation
Oh pardon the big words I apply
But I was an English major at C.C.N.Y.
Drum appellation!
Well, literally I am persistently addressed
Persistently, perpetually, continually and inevitably addressed!
Believe me, it could drive a person positively psychosomatic
Why is it always Miss Marmelstein?
Miss Marmelstein? Miss Marmelstein?
Other girls get called by their nick names right away
slightly naughty or riske
Do you know what I mean? Ha! Ha...Mmmmmmm!
Nobody calls me : "Koo-Chee-Koo" or "Boobala" or "Passion Pie"
Even "Hey There Babe!" thought not respectable
Ain't so objectable
It's kind of crummy but chummy
Of course if I got married, that would do it
So, where's the lucky guy? Ha...
Till then it still is Miss Marmelstein!
Everyday I get more and more fast
Miss Marmelstein! Miss Marmelstein!
Miss Marmelstein! Miss Marmelstein! Miss Marmelstein!
Oh...Oh...Oh...!
I could plotz!

[Swede]

45. Oy vey!

nt

[trof]

47. Your sig line gave me a chuckle.

I may do that.
Write a letter approving the next appropriate funeral.
Thanks for the laugh.

[swag]

40. Temporary SockPuppet was taken

so I had to settle for an anagram of "wags."

[REDKING]

42. NAMES

My name means what it says...My name is Rory
In realitly its Ruardhri.......it means redking.

[Swede]

51. Perhaps you are a fan of Robert Fripp?

Perhaps.

[auntAgonist]

80. cool! and Welcome to DU

:hi:

[blockhead]

44. I'm a bricklayer. n/t

[Xipe Totec]

151. Welcome to DU

from a Freemason who admires real brick and mortar masons.

[LeftyMom]

48. I am a mother and my politics are left of center (DU's center even)

:hi:

[Fox Mulder]

49. Named after my favorite tv character.

From "The X-Files", for those of you who don't know. :silly:

[Dervill Crow]

52. After being a long-time lurker I finally registered in November 2004.

I was feeling really, really blue that day.

[sakabatou]

54. Rurouni Kenshin fan

[TheCentepedeShoes]

55. The way I feel

Every day another shoe drops from the G W Beelzebush Admin. And yes, I know, it's misspelled. Started to change during the free "change your name" period but didn't.

[NJ Democrats]

56. Mine is because

I from NJ and I'm a Democrat!

[flamingyouth]

57. Book and silent film from 1923

[Xipe Totec]

152. Now I'll have to look for the book

I've always loved your name; it has very subtle emotional undertones.

:hi:

[Ellen Forradalom]

58. 'ellenforradalom' is Hungarian

for 'counterrevolution.'

[Swede]

63. All my friends were Hungarian in school.

Are you of that ethinicty?

[Ellen Forradalom]

69. No

But I've studied the language and made three trips there.

[ZombieNixon]

60. Long. I had to bookmark it so I wouldn't have to rewrite it every time

Bit of background: in Futurama, Richard Nixon's head in a jar is president of Earth. His voice is done in an over-the-top version of the real Nixon's voice. If you haven't seen this, you should; it's hilarious. In any case, I can imitate that voice, people tell me, perfectly. So that's the vocal impression.

When I signed up for DU on September 26th last year, my friends and I had been discussing what we were going to wear for Halloween. My best friend told me to get a Nixon mask and go as Nixon's zombie. Later on, we changed this to the four of us going as the Four Horeman of the Apocalypse. As it happened, my plan A would come to fruition.

The story: With the election really heating up, I canceled Halloween and went to volunteer at the local Democratic Headquarters, which happened to be right downtown, among all the Halloween festvities. At about 9pm, there I was, putting together a Kerry-Edwards sign, when someone comes back and tells me that there are three people at the front door asking for me. I guessed, correctly as it happened, that my friends had come to bother me, like they often did. In good humor, I went outside, looked around, and saw nothing. Then, I head ungodly yelling noises, and my best friend, followed by two other buds, come around the corner, clearly drunk off their asses. My best friend dumps a full pitcher of beer on me.

Now, I'm pissed, my clothes are soaked and I smell like cheep beer. I can't go back to work in this state, so I punch him in the face. He punches me back. This knocks loos the small chip in my front tooth that had become dislodged when I got hit in the face with a microphone two weeks earlier. Now I have a small chip in my front tooth (don't worry, ladies, I'm still cute; it's not visible as all). No one else has a free set of clothes, save for my friends zombie costume (basically a suit that looks like charred flesh with organs poking out, quite real looking in a really freaky way). At this point, we're all laughing quite hard; I can't stay mad at those guys, ever. So, I tell the people in the office that I've been there for five hours (which I had) and that I was calling it a night. In a hurry to dry off, I put on the zombie costume, they slather white theater makeup on my face, and I walk around in a zombie costume doing my put-upon Nixon voice all night. I was now forever Zombie Nixon.

This actually happened, I shit you not!

[u4ic]

62. I was always smiling and happy

haven't been of late, though. Too much chaos in my life at present. :-(

[Olney Blue]

65. Hope you are euphoric again soon!

:hug:

[u4ic]

66. Thank you!

:hug: :hi:

I hope so, too.

[auntAgonist]

77. I just LOVE your name

and I've come to really like the person behind the name too.

here's a :grouphug: maybe that'll put a smile on your face for a little while :hi:

[u4ic]

139. SOMEBODY just wants a bite of my Coffee Crisp

:eyes:











:rofl:

auntieA, you HAVE put a smile on my face. :loveya: :yourock: :loveya:

You're a sweetheart and an inspiration! :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

67. Well, when I joined nearly a year ago.......

I knew that I wanted my real name in my username...hence the "Peggy."

And I've lived in California nearly all my life.....:shrug:

Feel free, BTW, to abbreviate! Most people do.....:hi:

[Medium Baby Jesus]

68. Homage to Old Dirty

RIP

[bigwillq]

90. COOL!

That's what I thought it was a reference too but I wasn't sure. :hi:

[Cobalt Violet]

70. It's one of my favorite pigments.

[necso]

71. It's a typo.

It was supposed to be "nescio", "to not know".

(And that's about how well I type, especially if in a rush.)

It's word-play on one of my favorite songs, one by Trespassers William, "I Know":

I know i'll never see you
I know i'll never run into your body walking through the crooked streets
I know i'll never hear you
I know i'll never hear you like a sound that wafts inside from outside there
I know that if i waited
I know that if i wait a thousand days will lie wasted with thoughts of you
My love i've pictured this:
Your violet eyelids opened to say "here's where you've been"
Your lips open to say "my darling it's been so very long and i'm in pain"
I know i'll never feel you
I know i'll never get so close to you that i can't smell anything else
I know that it is raining
And I know that the rain will soak you through
And leave you like the tattered sky
I know i go in circles
I know the window panes bring only rain and not your face
My love i've pictured this:
Your violet eyelids opened to say "here's where you've been"
Sometimes i picture all your fingers
Sometimes they're crawling down my spine
Sometimes they're buttoning your jacket
Sometimes you're far but you're still mine
Sometimes i picture all your fingers
Sometimes they're crawling down my spine
Sometimes they're buttoning your jacket
Sometimes you're far but you're still mine
I know i go in circles
I know the window panes bring only rain and not your face

[skygazer]

72. It's always been my username

From my first email account. I love the sky, especially the night sky, and besides I felt it had an optimistic ring to it. I was feeling optimistic when I joined.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

73. Just something I thought up.

[Waya]

74. Short for....

Waya Vgilv - Wolfsister, Sister to Wolf

[Crazy Dave]

75. When I was a kid, other kids called me "Dave The Wave"

Now my family's kids, friend's and neighbor's kids all call me the same.

I've never surfed a day in my life.

[NoSunWithoutShadow]

76. There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.

(I'm sorry this is so verbose, but Camus would appreciate the words.)

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.

If one believes Homer, Sisyphus was the wisest and most prudent of mortals. According to another tradition, however, he was disposed to practice the profession of highwayman. I see no contradiction in this. Opinions differ as to the reasons why he became the futile laborer of the underworld. To begin with, he is accused of a certain levity in regard to the gods. He stole their secrets. Egina, the daughter of Esopus, was carried off by Jupiter. The father was shocked by that disappearance and complained to Sisyphus. He, who knew of the abduction, offered to tell about it on condition that Esopu s would give water to the citadel of Corinth. To the celestial thunderbolts he preferred the benediction of water. He was punished for this in the underworld. Homer tells us also that Sisyphus had put Death in chains. Pluto could not endure the sight of h is deserted, silent empire. He dispatched the god of war, who liberated Death from the hands of her conqueror.

It is said that Sisyphus, being near to death, rashly wanted to test his wife's love. He ordered her to cast his unburied body into the middle of the public square. Sisyphus woke up in the underworld. And there, annoyed by an obedience so contrary to human love, he obtained from Pluto permission to return to earth in order to chastise his wife. But when he had seen again the face of this world, enjoyed water and sun, warm stones and the sea, he no longer wanted to go back to the infernal darkness. Recalls, signs of anger, warnings were of no avail. Many years more he lived facing the curve of the gulf, the sparkling sea, and the smiles of earth. A decree of the gods w as necessary. Mercury came and seized the impudent man by the collar and, snatching him from his joys, lead him forcibly back to the underworld, where his rock was ready for him.

You have already grasped that Sisyphus is the absurd hero.

All Sisyphus' silent joy is contained therein. His fate belongs to him. His rock is a thing Likewise, the absurd man, when he contemplates his torment, silences all the idols. In the universe suddenly restored to its silence, the myriad wondering little voices of the earth rise up. Unconscious, secret calls, invitations from all the faces, they are the necessary reverse and price of victory. There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night. The absurd man says yes and his efforts will henceforth be unceasing. If there is a personal fate, there is no higher destiny, or at least there is, but one which he concludes is inevitable and despicable. For the rest, he knows himself to be the master of his days. At that subtle moment when man glances backward over his life, Sisyphus returning toward his rock, in that slight pivoting he contemplates that series of unrelated actions which become his fate, created by him, combined under his memory's eye and soon sealed by his death. Thus, convinced of the wholly human origin of all that is human, a blind man eage r to see who knows that the night has no end, he is still on the go. The rock is still rolling.


More at:

http://stripe.colorado.edu/~morristo/sisyphus.html

[countingbluecars]

78. countingbluecars because...

Counting blue reflects my politics, and c a r are my initials.

I own two blue cars.

Also, 'Counting Blue Cars' is the name of a Dishwalla song I like.

[BrotherBuzz]

81. I was a TV junkie in the early fifties

Brother Buzz was the first program broadcast Saturday morning after they retired the test pattern for the night.

[timber84]

83. second debate in 2004 election when bush was talking about lumber

companie "selling timber for 84 dollars"

[TheProphetess]

84. I was named by my SO, EstimatedProphet

He had referred to me, on DU, several times as "the Prophetess" before I ever joined. Then, I went to a march in D.C. with him where we met up and marched with several DUers. About a year or so later, we attended a local DU meetup before I finally decided to join DU. Keeping the name seemed appropriate since my fame preceeded me (haha).

[Sacajawea]

85. Sacajawea was a young Indian woman with Lewis & Clark's expedition.

I believe she acted as a translator for them. She traveled across more than half the continent (and back) with the Corps of Discovery (and with her infant) around 1803-1805. Her chance meeting with her brother in the absolute middle of nowhere (somewhere around the Rocky Mountains) is a fantastic story and this meeting was largely responsible for the success of the expedition in reaching the Pacific.

See Stephen Ambrose's "Undaunted Courage" for a really good telling of Lewis & Clark's story -- great book!

Anyhow, she was still a teenager when this all happened. I greatly admire her courage, and so I took her name in homage to her.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

86. I like to write.

Pretty straight-forward. :D

I also dislike organized religion, so it was kind of like a slap--WRITING is my religion, not any org. religion. Writing isn't really a religion, of course, but it was fun to do.

:D

[AllieB]

87. My name is Allison and my maiden name begins with a "B"

:-)

I've been called Allie for a long time.

[Inspired]

88. All my user names are as Inspired

I chose that because I am inspired by greatness all around me. On the DU, in the politians I respect, by those who have overcome obstacles in their lives. The word is in a line from one of my favorite quotes by Senator John Edwards, "I choose to be inspired."

[Kali]

89. I always try to have Kali as my ID -

usually it's taken :mad:

I friend gave me a cool little book with lots of artwork depicting Kali - DU is where I learned a few more computer skills (THANKS) so I scanned and shrank the image for my avatar. The same image is my desktop, but I haven't learned how to capture that and post it when the inevitable thread to do so happens...maybe next time.

[flvegan]

91. I'm in Florida, and I'm a vegan.

Says a lot, I think, about where I am.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

92. I'd lurked for ages,

then there was a LBN thread about a Saudi exile group based in London which I happened to know had close ties to Achmed Chalabi. I decided I'd post this interesting nugget of information, but that meant I had to register. I was trying to think of something random connected to Bush that hadn't been taken & the whole Bush/Monkey stuff sprang to mind. I couldn't think of anything witty though, but monkey stuck in my head and "Monkey See Monkey Do" seemed ever so slightly fitting to what I was doing - seeing a post and reacting to it.

Christ that's dull!

[Lochloosa]

93. Mine is about the "old" Florida. A song written by J.J. Grey of Mofro

It captures everything that was good about Florida and the south when I grew up.

MOFRO: LOCHLOOSA
“That warm, slow, southern, drawl. Words flow out of my Granny’s mouth like butter. Like many a southerner, she can also sit quiet and play the dumb one, never let on for an instance that behind those smoldering eyes she’s already read you like a newspaper. Her little tin roofed, heart pine, asbestos sided “cracker” house sits here -- an island in the high piney woods of north Florida.

“I've lived all my life beneath the watchful eye of these towering oaks, long leaf pine, cypress and cabbage palms. These red clay roads blistered out to sand by the intense Florida sun, these tea colored creeks warm and full of fish, these beautiful gardens full of whatever seasonal crop we’ve laid down. These old chicken farmers who helped raise me have given me so much more than a place to hang my hat. They’ve given me a home, they’ve given me roots and honestly that has as much or more to do with who I am musically as any of the songs I’ve listened to growing up.

“The heartbreaking southern ballad or the festive juke house romp. The joy to watch the butterflies beautiful dance in the summer sun by day or the mysterious fireflies by night, and then the hole it leaves in your heart, the sorrow, when they’re seemingly gone forever. The pain of walking this hard earth, and then the thrill of feeling your bare feet on the ground. The greatest inspiration of all.

“These men and women who sing, whose voices move me, whose songs tell me the stories of living, loving, hating, hurting, healing and dieing…Lord I hope I do them proud.” - JJ Grey

[ContraBass Black]

94. If you heard and saw me in person,

You'd understand.

[HuskerDU]

95. Husker Du was a great '80's band with obvious left of center

politics. I decided to capitalize the U in honor of DU. Besides, D Boon was taken.

[DBoon]

122. And I'm not giving it up!

nt

[HuskerDU]

124. You da man D!

Much respect to you Sir!

[justabob]

96. justabob

is a character I liked in a book I read last year.

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

97. My dad and I always viewed anarchy

as a better system than democracy, but since Anarchists are usually frowned upon and seen as slightly crazy, I put the word 'Friendly' in front of it, lol.

[Book Lover]

98. I've been making books in one way or another

all my life. The only thing I don't do is write narrative.

[young_at_heart]

99. I just don't feel like a 66-year-old....yet

[TOhioLiberal]

100. It's just a placename...

T for Toledo (my current city of residence)
Ohio is my state
Liberal = ME! ;)

[Wetzelbill]

101. it's my actual name, but, get this, IT'S SWITCHED AROUND!!!

I am so clever and original. :)

[Dangerously Amused]

103. Hey, clever and original Bill.

Where you been?

[SeattleGirl]

104. What about your name, DA?

Which, by the way, I really like!

[Dangerously Amused]

108. Aw man, busted by SeattleGirl.

I shoulda known! :)


Okay, my name. A couple of reasons for it. First of all I like to write for fun, and when I write I occasionally juxtapose words that wouldn't ordinarily go together, but which fit a particular context very well. Dangerously Amused is an example of that.

I like it because it's open to interpretation. It could be sinister, or... it could be irreverent. I like the ambiguity, because I think the anonymous nature of a place like this allows everyone the opportunity to be a little bit of themselves, and a little bit of their alter-ego.

I also think that upon seeing my name for the first time people probably assign different images or feelings to it depending upon which word they choose to emphasize, maybe reflecting a little bit of themselves. And that's fine.

Finally, I sometimes have a bad habit of becoming "dangerously amused," for example when I am driving and working out a complicated legal strategy in my head. Honestly, there are days when I shouldn't be allowed out of the house with car keys in my actual or constructive possession. :eyes:

[SeattleGirl]

110. Yeah, you gotta watch out for me!

Actually, thanks for the explanation. I love it. (And sometimes I shouldn't be allowed out with keys in hand either!)

[Wetzelbill]

105. on a secret mission for...

well, no actually, I haven't been anywhere really. Just not online as much. My brother moved in with me so I have to split computer time with the jerk. :)

but I missed you all though. Seriously. :)

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

106. Im a mad as hell New Yorker

:nuke:

[tjwmason]

130. The word "understatement" springs to mind.

:loveya:

[liberaltrucker]

107. Politics and occupation in one easy-to-use package

nt

[Crazy Guggenheim]

109. Skinner was taken.

:popcorn:

[SeattleGirl]

111. _._._

:P

[enigmatic]

112. I've been called enigmatic by a good chunk of people

who have known me throughout the years; it fits, I guess..

[LSK]

113. my initials

[Awsi Dooger]

114. My wonderful aprocit poodle Awsi

He was lying beside me when I discovered DU and decided to register in fall 2002. As a young kid I called a dog a dooger and my parents made a big deal out of that so it stuck.

Awsi was put to sleep last July 19 at 15 years, 10 months. He was a wonderful pal.

[Dangerously Amused]

123. Sorry to hear you lost Awsi.

:hug:

[bridgit]

115. simple = two things, 1...

http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/Bridgit & 2, a hubby painting
B-)

[Bjornsdotter]

116. It's who I am

I'm Björn's daughter.

Cheers!

[Moochy]

117. An attention starved neighbor cat we dubbed "Moochy"

The little charmer used to steal food and attention from us, and thought that we were her people.

[deadparrot]

118. Just a Monty Python fan.

:)

[DBoon]

119. One of my favorite bands in the 1980s

was the Minutemen

Plus I grew up in the San Pedro area of Los Angeles, as they did - never crossed paths though

[Redstone]

120. It's, well, it's my name, is what it is.

One of them.

Redstone

[RevCheesehead]

121. Clergy Packers fan in WI.

But I'll bet ya figured that out on your own. :hi:

[Heidi]

125. Heidi =

[Dangerously Amused]

153. Aw, look. It's Heidi and her horny old goat!

:7

[huskerlaw]

126. I'm originally from

Nebraska and I'm a huge University of Nebraska Cornhusker (aka the Huskers) fan. And I'm a lawyer. :)

[WildEyedLiberal]

127. When I was growing up, I was very politically aware

I was pretty much the only vocal teenage liberal in my town and I became sort of known around high school for my politics. When I signed up for instant messenger my freshman year of H.S, I thought it would be funny to call myself Wild Eyed Liberal, which was more of a joke at the conservative people I knew who thought I was some sort of crazy radical just because I was a vocal Democrat. 7 years later, it just stuck - I just like the sound of it.

[Indy_Dem_Defender]

129. simple

I'm from Indianapolis, Indiana; I'm a democrat, and there constantly a need here in this state to defend democrats.

so Indy_Dem_Defender became my name, kind of like a superhero LOL

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

131. Used to be "Jeff in Cincinnati"

Then I moved to Milwaukee. Before that, my original handle on DU was "ritc2750" which, as I often claimed, was the most idiotic handle on DU -- it was a former mainframe password three or four jobs ago.

[fudge stripe cookays]

132. From this guy....

www.oddtodd.com

http://www.oddtodd.com/index2.html (<--full story here. Dial up warning)

Plus, I like em. They're yummy. And I didn't want a political name. I wanted something a little more light-hearted.
fsc

[blockhead]

143. wow, odd todd, that's funnier than hell!

[William Bloode]

133. It's my name, more or less.

My middle and last. I'm also known as Willy-D, and Bloody Bill.

[azmouse]

134. I live in AZ and my nickname is Mouse.

[GalleryGod]

135. 1970 Boston Bruin Fans

Used to sit in the overhanging balcony in the REAL Gah-den.
"Pie" McKenzie named us.

[anarch]

136. I am a trouble-maker

also, I am the greatest non-ruler of the world. I hold power over nobody. Nobody, I say!!

[Arkansas Granny]

137. Mine is pretty self explanatory. Not much imagination, I guess.

[Ally McLesbian]

138. I used my nick for years

I'm lesbian, a fan of Ally McBeal, and definitely have Ally's temperament and fashion sense.

(And Ally had enough lesbian moments in the show to qualify as a closet case.)

I used to be skinny too when I first used the nickname, though that's no longer the case.

[Catchawave]

140. Because I live near, love and just am.....

"beachy". Catch-a-wave is a common local slang in surfing communities...with waves :)

[Midlodemocrat]

141. I'm just not that creative and all the good ones were taken.

[NFL80]

142. NFL80 = NFL Lady

I am a fan. GO BRONCOS

[Metta]

144. Part of my monastic name.

Thittametto, he who's heart is steeped in loving kindness. Bestowed on me by my first abbot, in Thailand. :)

[Burma Jones]

145. It's Bear as pronounced by a toddler

My wife's nieces, back when I first met them, were intimidated by me as I am 6'2" and about 275. I am also loud and boistrous. My wife's family are small and timid. My wife explained to the nieces that I was just a big friendly bear. They pronounced it beawr.

Now, I was oiriginally beawr on DU, but I switched computers and had forgotten my password. Since I did not change my password to one of the dozen or so I use, I found it easier to just start a new account as new_beawr....

[Left Is Write]

146. I'm a lefty (politically, of course, and I'm left -handed), and I write.

[Xipe Totec]

147. To scare people out of their skin

What else?

[AutumnMist]

149. My Name Came from A Deep Obsession

with the fall season. I would love to stand in a grove of oak trees and watch the fall leaves sway in the brisk wind. The fog would roll in and the mystery of mother nature would be even more beautiful as the mist surrounded the trees. Hence the screen name. I love it.

[bertha katzenengel]

154. Angels' (baseball) fan, dig cats

in German

:hi: