Why did you pick your DU screenname?

[Breeze54]

I picked Breeze because of that old song, "They Call Me the Breeze"! ;)

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/lynyrd+skynyrd/call+me+the+breeze_20086063.html

Lynyrd Skynyrd

"Call Me The Breeze"

By j.j. cale

Call me the breeze
I keep blowin down the road
Well now they call me the breeze
I keep blowin down the road
I aint got me nobody
I dont carry me no load

Aint no change in the weather
Aint no changes in me
Well there aint no change in the weather
Aint no changes in me
And I aint hidin from nobody
Nobodys hidin from me
Oh, thats the way its supposed to be...

more at link...

[_testify_]

1. Mine is a song also.

Testify by Rage Against the Machine

The movie ran through me
The glamour subdue me
The tabloid untie me
I'm empty please fill me
Mister anchor assure me
That Baghdad is burning
Your voice it is so soothing
That cunning mantra of killing
I need you my witness
To dress this up so bloodless
To numb me and purge me now
Of thoughts of blaming you
Yes the car is our wheelchair
My witness your coughing
Oily silence mocks the legless
Now traveling in coffins
But on the corner
The jury's sleepless
We found your weakness
And it's right outside our door

Now testify

With precision you feed me
My witness I'm hungry
Your temple it calms me
So I can carry on
My slaving sweating the skin right off my bones
On a bed of fire I'm choking on the smoke that fills my home
The wrecking ball rushing
My witness your blushing
The pipeline is gushing
While here we lie in tombs
While on the corner
The jury's sleepless
We found your weakness
And it's right outside your door

Now testify

Mass graves for the pump and the price is set

Who controls the past now controls the future
Who controls the present now controls the past
Who controls the past now controls the future
Who controls the present now?

Now testify

[Wapsie B]

2. Mine should be self-explanatory.

I just wanted to bring attention to just one thing our illustrious president did in his life. It was either that or cokedupfratboybabykiller.

[thefool_wa]

68. You could have gone with

CUFBBK - but then people would always be asking you to define it....

It would get a laugh every time someone asked though - I got a laugh out of it :)

[City Lights]

3. More lyrics...

Bruce Springsteen
No Surrender

We busted out of class had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a three-minute record than we ever learned in school
Tonight I heart the neighborhood drummer sound
I can feel my heart begin to pound
You say you're tired and you just want to close your eyes and follow your dreams down

We made a promise we swore wed always remember
No retreat, believe me, no surrender
Like soldiers in the winters night with a vow to defend
No retreat, believe me, no surrender

Now young faces grow sad and old and hearts of fire grow cold
We swore blood brothers against the wind
I'm ready to grow young again
And hear your sisters voice calling us home across the open yards
Believin we could cut someplace of our own
With these drums and these guitars

We made a promise we swore wed always remember
No retreat, believe me, no surrender
Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend
No retreat, believe me, no surrender

Now on the street tonight the lights grow dim
The walls of my room are closing in
But its good to see your smiling face and to hear your voice again
We could sleep in the twilight by the river side
With a wide open country in our hearts
And these romantics dreams in our heads

We made a promise...

I was originally DesertDem but switched to No Surrender after the 2004 election when DU had a screen name change grace period.

[_testify_]

7. I freaking love that song.

Well done!

[Breeze54]

35. Your name is my motto!

I love it! :hi:

November is not far off! ;)

We made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, believe me, no surrender
Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend
No retreat, believe me, no surrender!

[Reciprocity]

4. I choose Reciprocity because it.......

refers to in-kind positive or negative responses of individuals towards the actions of others. Positively interpreted actions elicit positive responses and vice versa.

[KeepItReal]

5. Because it's what you should do, kid

;-)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

6. It was my email at the time.

The email came from my favorite Sailor Moon lesbian character and the random numbers that yahoo assigned to me.

[smtpgirl]

39. mine,

in mail protocols for email SMTP means standard mail transport protocol, otherwise known as outgoing email.

I am an outgoing girl, so smtpgirl fits

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

41. Wow...can I call you ubergeek?

j/k

[Omphaloskepsis]

55. Wow.. I think I just fell in love..

I'm a little crazy but harmless.. Don't worry. I used a perl script to answer a question earlier. Saturday, time for the bar..

[thefool_wa]

71. That's cute

in a techno-geeky way. Very endearing to those of us who are also ubergeeks :)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Coincidence, sort of.

It was a screen name I was using elsewhere at the time I joined DU. Also, I like ocelots.

[Roon]

9. Roon is backwards for Noor the guest alien on star trek NG

They were neither male or female. And Worf was homophobic towards them...LOL

[graywarrior]

10. I've answered this question about 3 times and each one was

a LIE.

[undeterred]

11. because it gives me something to live up to

:hi:

[Breeze54]

33. Nice!!!

:hi: :)

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

12. Because I'm a Libertarian Anarchist who tries not to be an asshole

but occasionally fails :(

[wildhorses]

13. several reasons...but this is always the one that everyone says:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-omilgPm4Q

[Gidney N Cloyd]

14. Because Bullwinkle was taken.

Bastuhds.

[Ptah]

15. I thought it reflected what I do for money. n/t

[MorningGlow]

16. Optimistic lyrics

It's so hard to keep my chin up, these days, I figured I'd choose an optimistic name to help. (Sang this song, from the musical Pippin, BTW, frequently before the '04 elections, when I was SURE Kerry was going to win...:eyes: )

Morning glow, morning glow
Starts to glimmer when you know
Winds of change are set to blow
And sweep this whole land through
Morning glow is long past due

Morning glow fill the earth
Come and shine for all you're worth
We'll be present at the birth
Of old faith looking new
Morning glow is long past due

Oh, morning glow, I'd like to help you grow
We should have started long ago

So, morning glow all day long
While we sing tomorrow's song
Never knew we could be so strong
But now it's very clear
Morning glow is almost here

Morning glow by your light
We can make the new day bright
And the phantoms of the night
Will fade into the past
Morning glow is here at last

[Breeze54]

32. Very nice!

Welcome to DU, MorningGlow! That's a soothing name! :hi:

[tinfoil tiaras]

17. Mine's from some lyrics of the R.E.M. song

"E-Bow the Letter". I was a bit obsessed with the song (and album, New Adventures in Hi Fi) when I joined here! :D

[Kingofalldems]

18. Because I am

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. It was the only letter combination left.

[qnr]

20. Been using it on boards and whatnot since 1981. It's a communications

code the means "I am approaching my point of no return"

[WritingIsMyReligion]

21. Self-fricken-explanatory.

I mean, really.

:evilgrin:

[Breeze54]

36. lmao!!

Yeah, I'd have to agree! Pretty obvious! :rofl:

:hi:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

76. Subtlety is SO my thing.

:7

:hi:

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

54. Godless heathen

:P :hide:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

77. Yup, that's me.

:P

:hi:

[Cobalt Violet]

22. / ko • bawlt vie • (uh) • luht /

It's one of my favortie pigments.

[Iniquitous Bunny]

23. Because it's rather paradoxical.

People have, at times, perceived me as trying to cause harm, but I'm quite harmless in terms of intent. I wish no one ill will and am a humanist in a genuine sense, but I don't particularly like being crossed either and have often had to protect myself.

Likewise, I "look" incredibly harmless in reality, but I'm pretty damned tough when I have to be.

[mad-mommy]

24. because I'm a mommy...

and happened to be mad as hell when I joined.

[Breeze54]

28. Welcome to DU!

:hi: I'm a Mommy too aka 'Mom" or "Hey Maaaaa???"
I'm always pissed off about something! Welcome to the club! ;)

:rofl:

[mad-mommy]

34. thanks for the welcome

[Floogeldy]

61. At what person, place or thing were you mad, mommy?

:)

[mad-mommy]

70. I was mad because...

middle class americans are going down the tubes. And no one in the current administration gives a crap.

[Breeze54]

25. Wow! What a creative bunch of very cool people!!

I'm impressed and I like all the names and the reasons, so far!
You all put a lot of thought into them! I'm impressed!
:applause: :applause:

:hi:

:)

[ReadTomPaine]

26. Easy question. n/t

[Wapsie B]

27. Self-explanatory

I want the world to know just one thing our illustrious leader did in his day.

[Katina]

29. favorite family nickname nt

[deadparrot]

30. I'm a Monty Python fan.

:hi:

[Breeze54]

42. No you're not!!!

:rofl:

'The Argument Sketch'
http://www.mindspring.com/~mfpatton/sketch.htm

(Walk down the corridor)
M: (Knock)
A: Come in.
M: Ah, Is this the right room for an argument?
A: I told you once.
M: No you haven't.
A: Yes I have.
M: When?
A: Just now.
M: No you didn't.
A: Yes I did.
M: You didn't
A: I did!
M: You didn't!
A: I'm telling you I did!
M: You did not!!
A: Oh, I'm sorry, just one moment. Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?
M: Oh, just the five minutes.
A: Ah, thank you. Anyway, I did.
M: You most certainly did not.
A: Look, let's get this thing clear; I quite definitely told you.
M: No you did not.
A: Yes I did.
M: No you didn't.
A: Yes I did.
M: No you didn't.
A: Yes I did.
M: No you didn't.
A: Yes I did.
M: You didn't.
A: Did.
M: Oh look, this isn't an argument.
A: Yes it is.
M: No it isn't. It's just contradiction.
A: No it isn't.
M: It is!
A: It is not.
M: Look, you just contradicted me.
A: I did not.
M: Oh you did!!
A: No, no, no.
M: You did just then.
A: Nonsense!
M: Oh, this is futile!
A: No it isn't.
M: I came here for a good argument.
A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
A: It can be.
M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
A: No it isn't.
M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
A: Yes it is!
M: No it isn't!

A: Yes it is!
M: Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes.
(short pause)
A: No it isn't.
M: It is.
A: Not at all.
M: Now look.
A: (Rings bell) Good Morning.
M: What?
A: That's it. Good morning.
M: I was just getting interested.
A: Sorry, the five minutes is up.
M: That was never five minutes!
A: I'm afraid it was.
M: It wasn't.
Pause
A: I'm sorry, but I'm not allowed to argue anymore.
M: What?!
A: If you want me to go on arguing, you'll have to pay for another five minutes.
M: Yes, but that was never five minutes, just now. Oh come on!
A: (Hums)
M: Look, this is ridiculous.
A: I'm sorry, but I'm not allowed to argue unless you've paid!
M: Oh, all right.
(pays money)
A: Thank you.
short pause
M: Well?
A: Well what?
M: That wasn't really five minutes, just now.
A: I told you, I'm not allowed to argue unless you've paid.
M: I just paid!
A: No you didn't.
M: I DID!
A: No you didn't.
M: Look, I don't want to argue about that.
A: Well, you didn't pay.
M: Aha. If I didn't pay, why are you arguing? I Got you!
A: No you haven't.
M: Yes I have. If you're arguing, I must have paid.
A: Not necessarily. I could be arguing in my spare time.
M: Oh I've had enough of this.
A: No you haven't.
M: Oh Shut up.

This was probably the first Monty Python sketch I heard and I was crying, I was laughing so hard!!
;)

[deadparrot]

43. Is this a five-minute argument or the whole half hour?

:eyes:

:P

[Breeze54]

45. Oh, this is futile!

A: No it isn't.

:rofl: I just love that line!!

and this one!

Q: I came here for a good argument.
A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.

He,he,he!!

[thefool_wa]

73. Man, just reading that made me laugh my butt off

I love frickin Monty Python!!!

[Breeze54]

87. lol

Hey? You didn't say why you chose your DU name.
I'm guessing you're from Washington state?
I know you aren't a fool though! ;)

Welcome to DU!
:hi:

[thefool_wa]

89. Thanks

Check later in the thread, I posted it earlier.

[thefool_wa]

72. Sweet!

"This is an Ex-Parrot!"

:rofl:

[koneko]

31. Mine means "kitten" in Japanese

My "kids", Frank & Beans, were still kittens when I joined DU.

[querelle]

37. Querelle

Is the name of the title character in a 1953 book by Jean Genet. He is a gay sailor, but also a thief and murderer. While I'm not a thieving murdering sailor, I am gay. The character always fascinated me. Fassbinder made a movie of the book starring Brad Davis. A favorite film of mine to this day.

Q

[Breeze54]

46. Interesting!

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[Skittles]

38. named after a beloved 26 pound bundle of solid black feline love

my Skittles passed away last week on my fifth anniversary on DU (yes, I named him after the candy)

[Breeze54]

81. Awe....

sorry to hear that. :hug:

[CrushTheDLC]

40. I think mine is self-explanatory.

Or at least it is to anyone who gives a shit about saving the Democratic Party. :beer:

[Breeze54]

44. That name comes across loud and clear to me!!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

:hi:

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

47. its a mixture..

i'm a Siouxsie & the Banshees fan and my best friend was a big Frank Zappa fan, so I mixed the two and there ya go. Plus all my female pets I've had have been named susie.:crazy:

[electricmonk]

59. Hello fellow Siouxsie fan

:hi: Listening to the Creatures at the moment.

My name comes from a Douglas Adams novel (Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency) and I've been using it for ages on other message boards so when I joined here I used it again.

[Breeze54]

83. I like it!

I forgot about 'susie creamcheese'!
I used to refer to it all the time... ;)

Welcome to DU!
:hi:

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

48. 'cause Buckaroo Banzai ROCKS!

And it's my favorite bad movie from the 1980's to watch.

I still need to get the DVD, though. :hide:

[Kool Kitty]

63. Love, love, LOVE that film, too.

My name's explanation-I smoke Kools, and I love cats.

[thefool_wa]

74. Whoa!

That is NOT a bad movie. Buckaroo Bonzai is classic film making at its best.

John Smallberries - man that cracks me up!

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

82. I should have said "cult movie" not "bad movie"

You're right.

[thefool_wa]

84. There is a fine line

Between cult and bad movie.

[NNadir]

49. I stutter.

Not really, but it sounds good.

[Breeze54]

79. He,he,he!!

:rofl: Very funny! ;)

[dropkickpa]

50. Because I usually feel like kicking something

It's my usual sceenname online, and I forgot my login info when I reformatted my computer, so to join back up, I added the PA, which is the state I live in (didn't post much before, tho).

[Breeze54]

80. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

51. Here you go........

Well, my name is Peggy.......

And I live in California.........

And I wanted people to know both those things about me......:shrug:

[Spaceman Spiff]

58. Yeah, same here

My name is Spiff

And I'm an astronaut for NASA




Nah, not really. I'm just a big "Calvin and Hobbes" fan!

(Nevermind. That pic was waaaay too fucking big.)

[Breeze54]

91. Hi there 'Spiff'!

Lmao! :hi: Welcome to DU!

[Breeze54]

88. He,he,he!

:rofl: <---goes good with sunday morning coffee!!

[FredStembottom]

52. Because it is my sacred duty to spread knowledge

of an old radio show that was known as Vic and Sade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_and_Sade

Fred Stembottom was a character that had a large role in the goings-on...but never actually appeared.

This is simply the funniest, most original show of any kind I have ever heard in my life and I have devoted a number of years to reviving it's memory (in my own small way)

But I digress..........

[The Sower]

53. Because I had to pick something?

No wait, it's for the Sower on top of the Capitol bldg.

[City Lights]

57. Hi, The Sower!

:hi:

Welcome to DU!

[The Sower]

62. It's good to be here.

Thanks! :D

[Breeze54]

93. Thanks for the info!

I didn't know that WAS on top of the Capitol!

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[NMMNG]

56. Mine is a play on the TV show

And it illustrates my disdain for Fundies. :puke:

[auntAgonist]

60. I picked mine because I am.

:hi:


aA

[Breeze54]

99. lol! I like it...

it's to the point! :hi:

[Broken_Hero]

64. Its easy to remember...:) nt

[yellowdogintexas]

65. I am a Yellow Dog Democrat and I DO live in Texas...I wanted

to be sure everyone knew there was at least one yellowdog in Texas..(I now know there are others on this board, but didn't when I chose my screen name)

[Guava Jelly]

66. I just love republicans

:rofl:

[thefool_wa]

67. My significator in the Tarot

In many systems the major arcana of the Tarot are reserved for sysadmin names (or at least that is what I assume because there are a lot that won't let me us just theFool and do not have other users with that name) so I added _WA to indicate my state of residence (more personal than a number and less dorky than going with one of your standard screen name numbers like 69, 420, 101, etc)

Why theFool? The image shows a jester staring at the sun as he steps off the cliff. He is juggling and what he is juggling is typically dangerous (knives, torches, snakes, etc). At his heels is always a small dog that is barking in alarm warning the fool of his impending fall.

The card represents a person of boisterous, colorful personality who typically has his eyes focused on his dreams (the sun) instead of his feet which are typically in on the verge of that last disastrous step into oblivion. If that weren't bad enough, theFool's life is typically complex and deserving of its own attention (juggling dangerous things), yet he continues to stare into the sky, confident in his ability to do that which is at hand. The good news is that theFool, by his nature, is beloved by nearly everyone and always has those around him to call his attention to his feet when the cliff approaches (represented by the dog).

A friend of mine adept in the reading of tarot card's also described theFool as having "Infinite wisdom and zero common sense."

This is me, to a T, and has been my entire life. I even have a tattoo representation of the card on my upper right arm.

[NewWaveChick1981]

69. I love late 70s and early -to-mid-80s New Wave, Punk, and

alternative music, and I really started getting into it in 1981 during the summer after high school and as I was starting my freshman year in college. To this day, that's pretty much all I listen to.

I chose NewWaveChick1981 because it sounds better (and really is more descriptive) than AlternativeChick1981. :P

[Breeze54]

96. I like alternative music too!

Your name says it all! Good choice over 'the alternative' lol ;)

[ashling]

75. "Ashling" is a Gaelic (Irish) word

it means DREAM

[Breeze54]

97. Beautiful!

:hi:

[brentspeak]

78. My first name + the word 'speak'

[hfojvt]

85. Why? Why? Why?

Since you asked why, I get to show this really long video and you cannot stop me.

Clearly at the time I could not think of a good acronym, so I thought this would be a clever riddle of sorts. gppm would have been more apropo though. It also is a trick I use to make unique usernames for the billions of on-line usernames the internet requires.

[RetroLounge]

100. Wow, that is true Genius!

:D

RL

[hfojvt]

106. just like

Wile E. Coyote.

[fight4my3sons]

86. Here's why I picked mine:

[Breeze54]

95. Very sweet!!

Three great reasons to fight and take our country back!!
:hi:

[auntAgonist]

102. such happy campers!

Your boys are adorable, and well worth fighting for as all of our children are :)


Handsome dudes!

:hi:

aA

[MrScorpio]

90. Because I wanted to sound like a cool motherfucker

[Breeze54]

94. And it worked!!

:rofl: :hi:

[calico1]

92. I picked my name in honor of

this kitty:

[Breeze54]

98. Huge cat!!

Is that a farm cat? My sister in law has a huge cat too! I think it weighs 16 lbs! omg!

:hi:

[calico1]

103. No, she wasn't big!

The picture makes her look big. She only weighed about 12 lbs. She was down to 7 lbs. when she died. Her fur was very "poofy" which made her look bigger than she was. Plus the picture was an up close one.

Here is another picture of her:



She wasn't a barn cat. When I first moved in with my fiance she was an outdoor cat. She was around 11 at the time. I slowly coaxed her into coming indoors. And that is where she stayed mostly. She lived to be 17 1/2. She loved people, but hated cats. LOL.

[RetroLounge]

101. It was my login on another board

where i ussed to sell 1950's and Mid-Century Modern collectibles and furniture.

Just kept it...

RL

[LeftyMom]

104. At the time I stopped lurking and started posting, there was a lot of

anti-child crap on the board and I wanted to emphasize that there's no conglict between being a liberal and a devoted parent.

Thankfully there's less of that crap spouted around here these days, because anybody who dismisses a parent as a mere "breeder" is an asshole and it's probably best that thier genes die with them.

[Breeze54]

105. You're definately a fighter!

I always liked your name! Still do!! ;)

[Blue Gardener]

107. I'm a gardener and a democrat.

I didn't put a whole lot of thought into it, but I like it.

[billyskank]

108. If I'd known what "skank" means to an American

I'd never have chosen this name. :(

[CaliforniaPeggy]

111. We still love you, my dear billyskank.......

And we always will! :loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[billyskank]

112. Peggy

:hug: :loveya:

[Orrin_73]

109. Its very close to my original name

[JitterbugPerfume]

110. at the time I was reading Tom Robbins

and one of his best books ever is Jitterbug Perfume

[Kickoutthejams23]

113. The MC5 of course

Actually The Illuminatis trilogy was one of my favorite books growing up hence the name.

[buddhamama]

114. my fave

MC5 is it for me.

[Lilith Velkor]

116. Illuminati reprazent!

:headbang:

[buddhamama]

115. it was a nickname

a somewhat tongue-and-cheek one at that but i liked it.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

117. Perverted irony.