What is the meaning behind your DU username?

[Lucian]

I'm sure this question has been thrown around many times before, but as I was looking through DU usernames, I was interested on how people choose their name.

"Lucian" is the name of the head lycan in the Underworld movies. Since I love dark vampire/werewolf movies (not the Twilight crap), I thought this name was apropos.

How/Why did you select your DU screenname? :)

[Ineeda]

1. Two meanings:

First, it's a spoof of the first name of a very successful novelist that I went to high school with. She was a b*tch then and, from what I hear, hasn't changed. Second, I'm fascinated by, and irritated with so many who whine that 'I need a' something or other, when they really just 'want' it.

[Lucian]

80. That's an interesting name.

:D

[oneshooter]

2. I am but one shooter of many. n/t

[Lucian]

90. Interesting.

Is that in reference to anything?

[Heidi]

3. My username comes from Johanna Spyri's book, "Heidi,"

about an orphan child living with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. I think I chose "Heidi" as a username because 1) After the Bush selection, I felt kind of like an orphan American living in Switzerland; and 2) I was extremely surprised that such a simple username wasn't already taken. :)

Good morning, Lucian! :pals:

[Richardo]

13. 3) You're living with a guy *old* enough to be your grandfather

CMW isn't around is he? :hide:

:hi: :D :pals:

[Heidi]

15. Hahahahahahaha!

I'm living with a man three years younger than me, truth be told. Unless you're counting TWAEBCNG, who is 37 years younger than me. :rofl:

Mornin', sunshine! :hug:

:loveya:

[Lucian]

81. Good morning!

:)

Switzerland is one of those countries on my list that I must go to someday.

[Heidi]

147. We await your arrival!

:hug:

[Oxy Contin]

4. I might be the last Oxy Contin left

Homage to the death of a great,great drug.

[Lucian]

82. That, and Vicodin.

Wait, what...?

:D

[Oxy Contin]

152. Too much Acetaminophen in Vicodin

the new OCs are called OPs and have an epoxy in them. They just added it to the existing Patent, no trial or test or anything, you could caulk windows with them. You know its gonna cause bowel obstructions.

[Glorfindel]

5. From the works of J. R. R. Tolkien - a character I admired

"Glorfindel was tall and straight; his hair was of shining gold, his face fair and young and fearless and full of joy; his eyes were bright and keen, and his voice like music; on his brow sat wisdom, and in his hand was strength."

That's a perfect description of me! :evilgrin:

[Lucian]

83. LOL.

I loved Tolkien way before it was cool to like Tolkien. When I asked my old college roommate what fantasy novel I should start at to get a grasp of the genre, he told me I had to start with The Lord of the Rings series.

[BillStein]

6. I feel so pedestrian

but to me, using my real name on discussion forums is important

[Lucian]

84. There's nothing wrong with using your real name.

A couple of others do.

[RedCloud]

7. Mine recalls Sand Creek and Washita Rivers

[Lucian]

85. Ah...

The Great Sioux War.

[Bertha Venation]

8. It's a Harvey Fierstein drag queen name from "Torch Song Trilogy"

I first started using it when my chorus director demanded that we singers list our donations to the chorus in the program. I rebelled and told the person preparing the program to put in "Bertha Venation" instead of my name.

And thus an alter ego was born . . .

[Lucian]

86. I've always liked your screenname.

A great play on words. :thumbsup:

[progressoid]

9. It's a fusion...

of 'progressive' and 'humanoid'.

[Lucian]

87. Interesting fusion.

[rrneck]

10. renaissance redneck

Started out life as a tractor jockey. Wound up an artist.

[Lucian]

88. What an interesting way to describe a redneck.

And an interesting life path.

[rbnyc]

11. In this respect, I am pretty boring.

My initials + the city where I was living when I first signed up.

[Lucian]

89. That name kind of rolls right off the tongue.

I love NYC. I can't wait to go back there someday.

[PRETZEL]

12. Nothing really special,

mine's a nickname I've had since I was a kid.

[Lucian]

91. How'd you get that nickname?

:D

[bobburgster]

14. Just a play on words.

I have used bob for many years....just added different last names.

[Lucian]

92. If it works, use it.

Always a great way to live life.

:thumbsup:

[Arugula Latte]

16. Mine is sort of a satiric poke at all the condecension aimed at

Volvo-driving, NPR-listening, argula-eating, latte-sipping liberals. The derision usually comes from the right, but during the campaign it was thrown out by Democrats who painted themselves as "real" Americans as opposed to people who like foamy coffee drinks and are therefore lesser. I thought I'd just embrace the stereotype. :)

(For the record I don't drive a Volvo. I drive a semi-crappy Ford.)

[Lucian]

35. Sometimes I embrace the stereotype.

Just last week I was walking around in a "Free Tibet" t-shirt, my hippy shorts, and a pair of Chucks.

[Arugula Latte]

71. Hey, if the Birkenstocks fit ....

:)

[Lucian]

77. I need to get a pair of those.

:)

[lazarus]

17. two meanings

one literary: Lazarus Long was the main protagonist for much of Robert A Heinlein's ouvre.

Also, back when I did a lot of gaming (tabletop miniatures and collectible card games), I inadvertently developed a style where it looked like I was toast and then came roaring back to life. Someone said I kept coming back like Lazarus (bible guy), and it clicked with the aforementioned character, who I loved, and a nickname was born.

[Lucian]

93. So was Lazarus a zombie?

:D

I keed, I keed.

[hamsterjill]

18. Mine has absolutely no meaning.

And I wanted it that way.

[Lucian]

94. Sometimes that's all a person needs.

:thumbsup:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. tuesday = best day of the week

afternoon = best time of day

elections are held on tuesday.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. Out here in CA, there is a company called Tuesday Afternoon!

I'd thought that maybe you'd picked it based on that factoid...

:hi:

[struggle4progress]

53. I's assumed your user name came from this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPLWBhNW3FM

[A Simple Game]

68. As did I. I really like Tuesday Afternoon but the one below is nice too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_n-Fh84TFc&feature=related

Edit: for a better video

[Lucian]

96. I'm more of a Friday night guy myself.

I love the end of the work week and I'm a night owl.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

151. as are most people but

a lot of people like saturday

[catabryna]

20. Obscure character in an obscure sci-fi book...

the character's name meant strong-willed woman and loyal friend.

Someone thought it was appropriate for me.

Your mileage may vary! lol! ;-)

[Lucian]

97. You must be a strong-willed woman and a loyal friend.

The best type of person. :)

[Lucinda]

21. Mine is

my name. :)

[Lucian]

98. Simple, yet effective.

:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Well, I live in California, and my name IS Peggy...

I really did want my own name as part of my username...

And I liked the look of it!

[Lucian]

99. Both words go together really well.

Just rolls along when it's said out loud.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

153. Thank you, my dear Lucian!

What a nice thing to say...

:hug:

[Kali]

24. um,

<<<

plus it happens to be my name for reals

[Lucian]

100. I really like that name.

A goddess associated with death, black, time..."lord of death."

Excellent. :thumbsup:

[KamaAina]

25. kama'aina: local Hawai'i person, as opposed to "malihini" (visitor or newcomer)

Of course, I've been on the mainland for nearly two years now, so it's one of those DU anachronisms that's stuck there 'til next election cycle.

[Lucian]

101. I have never been to Hawai'i.

And I'm glad you spelled it like that. What bugs me about the news is when they refer to the island of Hawai'i as "The Big Island." I want to bang my head because it's the only island called Hawai'i. :banghead:

[Tikki]

26. Our sweet ole doggie...

She was 5 years old when we joined DU....Now she is our sweet old gal at 14 years old. We will always
keep her name here.


The Tikkis

[Lucian]

102. Old dogs make the best pets.

Always loyal and still full of life.

[Raffi Ella]

27. Back when I joined D.U. I used DemEtienne.

But it sounded so serious and dreary so when Obama won the Presidency and we were given the choice to change our names I did.

I just liked the way Raffi Ella sounded, thought it was lighthearted/fun to say. Now that some time has passed and things are 'serious' again I wish I has chosen something more sedate but whatever- My real name is Amy :hi:

[Lucian]

103. I like the sound of Raffi Ella.

Sometimes we need lighthearted things around when times do get serious. It makes the seriousness of everything much more manageable.

[nolabear]

28. Homage to my beloved New Orleans and my admiration for the ursines.

I did wildlife work many years back and fell ass over teakettle in love with the black bears. The name is much cuter than I am.

[Lucian]

104. I love both also.

NOLA is a place I haven't been to in many years. I miss it.

[wysimdnwyg]

29. Heard the term wysiwyg?

That's mine, except with a "m(ost) d(efinitely) n(ot)" thrown into the middle.

[Lucian]

105. Haha.

I like that. :thumbsup:

[Gidney N Cloyd]

30. The moon men characters from the old Rocky & Bullwinkle show.

When I joined, variations on the names of the more prominent characters were pretty much exhausted.

[Lucian]

106. I don't remember those characters.

But I haven't seen that cartoon since I was a kid in the 80's.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

150. They were only in 3 or 4 story arcs. Here's a pic...

[woofless]

31. I was working as roadie for a rythm and blues band in

Gainesville. One day on the road the manager/sax player said to me, "Man, you woofless" (worthless). Happily it stuck. Woofless I be.

[Lucian]

107. I'm pretty sure you aren't worthless.

[Ohio Joe]

32. Well...

My name is Joe and I lived in Ohio when I signed up.

[Lucian]

108. Touche.

[dawg]

33. Multiple meanings.

First and foremost, I'm a University of Georgia bulldogs fan.

Secondly, dawgs are intensely loyal and loving. I think I'm those things as well.

Third, ever since the Clinton impeachment hearings I have been a yellow-dog Dem.

Lastly, it isn't the size of the dawg in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dawg!

[Lucian]

109. "Dawgs" are my favorite animals.

Hence my name as well. :)

[blueamy66]

34. I have blue eyes,

my name is Amy and I was born in 66.

And...I am blue alot of the time. :-(

[Lucian]

36. I feel your pain...

"I am blue alot of the time."

It sucks.

[blueamy66]

38. Sure does.

Just gotta try to get through life sometimes....

[dawg]

165. Don't be so blue.

That's my job. :)

[blueamy66]

167. You shouldn't have to carry the entire burden.

:-)

Aw, it comes and goes. Right now I'm doing okay.

Hope you get rid of the blues soon.

[ArnoldLayne]

37. ArnoldLayne was the first hit single by my favorite Rock Group of all time Pink Floyd.

It was from April 1967 written and sung by founding member Syd Barrett. He left the band in April 1968 due to mental problems and taking to much LSD. He was replaced by his and Roger Waters boyhood friend from Cambridge England,a guy by the name of David Gilmour. :hippie:

[Lucian]

110. One of the best rock groups of all time.

My favorite song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkJNyQfAprY

[Lady President]

39. College Mascot

Surprisingly, Lady President isn't political at all. The mascot of my college is the Presidents. When they first starting letting women in the school in the 70s, they tried calling them the First Ladies. That really didn't fly, so it was changed to the Lady Presidents.

[Lucian]

111. What college is that?

[Graybeard]

40. I just looked in the mirror.

And I liked that it is the word used to describe one who has been around the longest. (When I was born FDR's Veep was John Nance Garner!)

[Lucian]

112. With gray comes great wisdom.

I won't turn grey because I don't have much hair. :(

[Forkboy]

41. It was the song playing when I signed up.

Good thing I wasn't listening to Rectal Anarchy.

[Lucian]

113. Hahaha.

:rofl:

[Soylent Brice]

155. bwahahahahaaaaa!

perfect.

[panader0]

42. My name was given to me by my Hispanic co-workers yeras ago.

My last name is Baker, and in Spanish a baker is un panadero.

[Lucian]

114. I knew that one.

I've had many years of Spanish in high school and college.

:)

[book lady]

43. I work in an academic library...

[Lucian]

115. I love libraries.

And bookstores. If I could live anywhere for the rest of my life, it'd be one of those two places.

[Fire Walk With Me]

44. ...

"Through the days of future passed, magician longs to see.
One chance out between two worlds: Fire, walk with me."

[Lucian]

116. ...

:thumbsup:

[sakabatou]

45. It's the sword that Kenshin Himura uses.

[Lucian]

117. All I know is that it's anime, right?

I'm going to have to check it out sometime.

[sakabatou]

120. Yup

There's a manga and two movies (OAV).

[BarenakedLady]

46. obvious...

Well sort of.

[Lucian]

118. Well, it could have a couple of meanings.

When I first saw that name, I thought of these guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC_q9KPczAg

[BarenakedLady]

148. Yes

That was it originally. Not so much anymore without Steven Page. I'm more Lady Godiva these days.

[Moondog]

47. Old call sign . . .

from a different lifetime.

When I registered, my usual nicks were all taken. I was stumped. Then this relic from days gone by popped into my head, and no one else had used it. And now I've gotten used to it. May dump it after the next election if the opportunity presents itself, and I'm still around.

[Lucian]

119. I really like that name.

Two things I love: the moon and dogs.

[AngryOldDem]

48. When I registered I needed to come up with something.

I'm just not very creative.

[Lucian]

121. But it captures what you felt at the time.

Some of us are still angry old dems.

[From The Ashes]

49. I've actually had many names...

...and no I'm not engaging in sockpuppetry.

I originally signed up in 2003 with Trekkerlass, which is a gaming nickname I use.
After the 2004 elections I changed to TOhioliberal, because it expressed my (then) location and what I am.
In 2007, my marriage imploded, and I relocated to Texas. I felt like I was like the mythical Phoenix, rising from the ashes, and voila! a nickname was born.

[Lucian]

122. Great nickname.

Reminds me of Jean Gray from the X-Men comics. She can rise from the ashes when she dies (hence Phoenix).

[ChazII]

50. When I first became a member

there was already as Chaz. :)

[Lucian]

123. Well at least we can distinguish you from the other one.

:)

[Rob H.]

51. Someone had already used my first choice

My nickname in college, given to me by a girl I was crazy in love with, was Robbo, and that was the one I really wanted but it was already taken. :(

[Lucian]

124. That sucks.

:(

[Cannikin]

52. Taken from the code name for the largest underground nuke test in the US

which led to the founding of Greenpeace.

http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/history/amchitka-the-founding-voyage/

[Lucian]

125. Ahhhhhhh.

I've always wanted to know where your name came from. I bookmarked that link so I can read it later. :hi:

[femmocrat]

54. Mine is in honor of the early feminists.

And I am a life-long democrat.

[Lucian]

126. Those early feminists did many great things.

Sometimes those things they've done get lost among everything else that's going on.

It's nice to see someone honor them. :)

[struggle4progress]

55. West India Emancipation (Frederick Douglass | 1857)

"... Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reform. The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle. The conflict has been exciting, agitating, all-absorbing, and for the time being, putting all other tumults to silence. It must do this or it does nothing. If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing up the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress ..."
http://www.blackpast.org/?q=1857-frederick-douglass-if-there-no-struggle-there-no-progress

[Lucian]

127. Excellent quote.

And excellent screenname.

Frederick Douglass was a great man. It's too bad we only really learn about him in elementary school. :(

My favorite quote: "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong."

[Skittles]

56. Skittles was 25 pounds of solid black feline love

he passed away on my fifth DU anniversary

[Lucian]

128. That is a huge cat.

I once had a cat when I was a kid that got up to 20 pounds. He was fat, but he was loveable. He would actually jump up on the couch to sleep on our laps when we were watching tv.

[yellerpup]

57. My Grandpa was a self-proclaimed Yeller Dog Democrat.

And brought me up to heckle anyone who disagreed. I sure miss that old cuss, so I named myself for him only younger.

[Lucian]

129. I'm sure remembering your grandpa like that brings a smile to your face.

:)

[yellerpup]

149. Always, Lucian.

He was so witty. I especially loved his rants about Herbert Hoover. :hi:

[WCGreen]

58. Just my name

[Lucian]

130. Sometimes your real name is what really captures your essence.

:)

[pink-o]

59. In 2002, I was kind of a newbie with all this interweb stuff.

I wanted to make it "Pink-Oh" but I screwed up and didn't know how to change it. Pinko's are commie lights (not quite red, get it?) and I heard the title enough when I was a teen in the late 60s and had just started protesting against the Vietnam war. So like certain other slurs, I took it up and decided to own it.

It gets confusing, though: I'm a chick. I just posted something, and someone replied thinking I was male. It took me almost 2/3rds of the way through to realize what was going on, then didn't have the heart to correct the poster who was being really supportive. Maybe I should have gone for something more gender obvious...?

[Lucian]

131. Nah.

Names don't need to be gender obvious. Use what you want to use and that's all that matters.

[GoCubsGo]

60. The name of a song by the late Steve Goodman

Here's the story behind it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go,_Cubs,_Go

[Lucian]

132. Interesting story.

And it sucks that he died before the Cubs clinched the division title. :(

[pacalo]

61. My first DU name was "4-year-nightmare", then "8-year-nightmare", & after Obama

was elected I decided on "pacalo", which consists of the first two letters of my first, middle, & last name. :)

[Lucian]

133. And it all fits nicely together.

:)

[Curmudgeoness]

62. Can't you guess? nt

[Lucian]

134. Oh yeah.

I can be quite the curmudgeon myself.

[CherokeeDem]

63. Mine comes from my heritage.....

I'm English, Scottish, Swedish, and Cherokee...and a life-long Dem....so CherokeeDem, it became.

[Lucian]

135. Interesting.

I'm Austrian, Norwegian, and Chippewa/Ojibwe, from my great-grandmother's side.

[JohnnyLib2]

64. College nickname long ago.

I'm pretty consistent, LOL. The 2 was necessary after a messed up address change.

[Lucian]

136. It's interesting how college nicknames can stick with us...

throughout our lives.

I like that. :)

[HeiressofBickworth]

65. Relative

I'm not good at making up interesting names, so I picked the name of one of my ancestors. She was born around 1438 and is my 14th Great Grandmother. I've never been able to discover her full name; in early records, she is referred to as the Heiress of Bickworth.

[Lucian]

137. I wonder if I have any royalty in my heritage somewhere.

My mom once told me we might be related to Kaiser Wilhelm somehow, but isn't everyone?

[applegrove]

66. I did genealogy. All lived at places that had appletrees or were built on former apple orchards.

All of them. So I am applegrove. I owe my ancestors a lot.

[Lucian]

138. I love apple orchards.

Especially in the fall, with the leaves changing and the smell of fresh apple pie in the air and the taste of crisp apple cider.

Mmmmmmmm...

[Aristus]

67. I've been answering this question since 2002 or so.

Aristus is a Latinified rendition of the Greek name Aristocles, which was Plato's real name.

Although, a Google search did turn up a few saints named Aristus, so I guess it is a name in its own right...

[Lucian]

139. See, I did not know that was Plato's real name.

I learned something in the wee hours of the morning. :)

[Xipe Totec]

69. Intuitively obvious to even the most casual observer

:evilgrin:

"Our Lord the Flayed One"

Xipe Totec flayed himself to give food to humanity, symbolic of the way maize seeds lose their outer layer before germination and of snakes shedding their skin. Without his skin, he was depicted as a golden god.

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

[Lucian]

140. It was obvious to me.

But of course I love learning about Aztec mythology.

[mucifer]

70. I'm a hybrid half moose half lucifer nt

[Lucian]

141. Haha.

Love it. :thumbsup:

[Zorra]

72. Zorra

has several different meanings.

1) Female persona of the fictional character Zorro

2) Zorra means (female) fox in Spanish.

3) Zorra is slang for bitch in Spanish

4) Zorra is also slang for slut in Spanish

5) Arroz (Zorra spelled backwards) means rice in Spanish. Rice is the food staple of most of the world.

[Lucian]

142. Your name reminded me of this:

http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/Zora%27s_Domain

Zora's Domain in Zelda 64 (which is a great video game).

[Neoma]

73. Neoma is greek for 'New Moon.'

I chose this name because of the superstition about how full moons make people more violent. I'd rather have peace.

Or that's what I say to everyone. Really it's because I liked the Matrix movies and Neoma is just the female version of Neo to me. I was 15 when I chose this name, what can I say...

[Lucian]

79. I like the name "Selene."

If I ever have a daughter someday, I'd name her that.

[Kaleva]

74. It's easier to provide a link.

"Kaleva may refer to: Kalevi (mythology), the great king of Kainuu in Finnish, Karelian and Estonian mythology;"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevi_%28mythology%29

[Lucian]

143. What a great read.

Damn Christians. :shakes fist:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

75. I was living on the "left coast" when I joined DU, and I've always

liked the name "Lydia."

I no longer live in the Pacific Northwest, but I still live on the left side of a lake, so the name is still appropriate.

[Lucian]

78. I see you're from MN.

I'm located ~37 miles NW of you along I-94. :)

[Iggo]

76. Family pet name.

My sibs and I keep it pretty loose. Always have.

[Lucian]

144. Interesting pet name.

Where did it come from?

[Yukari Yakumo]

95. My nick

http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Yukari_Yakumo

[Lucian]

145. Is it because you sleep a lot?

:)

[dimbear]

146. Everybody remember the Bear of Very Little Brain, Pooh?

Actually, it comes from a finance board where I lurk pretty regularly. I decided to let dimbear try to forage on all the boards I occasionally inhabit. Bound to strike honey eventually.

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

154. Mine's the name of a Butch Walker album from 2002

Sadly also the last of Butch's albums that I thoroughly enjoyed (even though I've heard rumors that he hates it), because he subsequently put aside the rock guitars and started making pop music, which I find mostly bland and uninteresting.

The name also fits because musically I'm a total control freak and tend to drive my bandmates crazy. :evilgrin:

[ScreamingMeemie]

156. I changed during the amnesty. I got tired of being the trainwreck

that everyone was nice to because of said trainwreck. I changed to ScreamingMeemie after seeing it used to describe those who are fighting for GLBT rights.

[riderinthestorm]

157. I was listening to the Doors when I joined. A bit drunk. Sore from a fall that day off a horse

I was reading about Bush and thinking what a clusterfuck his Admin was....

It all just came together for me. I'm a professional in the horse biz so being the "rider in the storm" (a riff off of "Riders On the Storm") worked for me.

I thought of changing it during the amnesty but honestly, it doesn't feel as though we are out of "the storm" yet does it?

[digonswine]

158. Mine is from a movie I saw in 1994-I think.

It just stuck in my mind.

[mvd]

159. mvd are just the initials in my real name

:hi:

[Vehl]

160. I love the underworld series!

(lol I just went back and edited my post on the "favorite Sci Fi movies" thread to include underworld. Shame on me for forgetting it!)

As for my DU username, I chose it based on some characters(historical) from a compilation of poems, called the Purananooru(Four Hundred songs of war and wisdom),which I was reading at that time. The poems are about the daily lives of people from all walks of life in southern India; about 2 millenia ago, and about the traveling bands of poets and bards who composed these poems. The Velir, a group of Chieftains/minor kings famed for their truthfulness, bravery and sense of honour , extolled by these poets, caught my fancy and hence created my DU username as Vehl(can also be spelled Vel), which btw is the singular of Velir.

:)

[bluesbassman]

161. Music I love + instrument I play...

and it works into an homage to one of the amps that ushered in electric blues and Rock&Roll, the legendary '59 Fender Bassman.

[MissHoneychurch]

162. Love the book and movie "Room with a View"

and Miss Honeychurch is the main character. Easy as that :)

[Amaril]

163. Amaril = the name my son.........

.....who was 8 at the time -- gave to a cockatiel we adopted. I loved it and began using it as my nom de net. It's been with me ever since.

[raccoon]

164. I wanted an animal name. I tried one or two others, which were already taken. nt

[meegbear]

166. My first name is Michael ...

back in the late 90s, I was palling around with my cousin, her husband and a group of friends who knew I was gay. We'd hang out, party, etc. My cousin's husband (Bob) was a big SNL fan and liked the sketch with Rob Schneider as a copy guy, where his character would say "Bob, The Bobster, Boberino, etc."

Bob and I were talking and I made a funny, off the cuff remark. Bob laughed and said "You are such a quick wit! You're sharp like an eagle. An eagle, eaglestien, meagle, meaglestein, meeg!" meeg stuck and all my straight friends started calling me "meeg".

For an online persona, since I am a "bear" in the gay community, I added it.

[Philippine expat]

168. My wife is from the Philippines

and since we retired we split our time between the US and the islands
hence Philippine expat

[madrchsod]

169. i was mad after the 2004 election..the rest is my old du handle...

and it was my nickname in high school

[Seedersandleechers]

170. I'm a big fan of bit torrent.

Hence the name.

[geardaddy]

171. It's the singular version of a local band name "The Geardaddies"

They sing that Zamboni song.

[Luciferous]

172. Luciferous: bringing light or insight. I like obscure words

:)

[Lasher]

173. It's the name of a tool I used to use at work.

I enjoyed debates at a different (now defunct) message board where I first used this screen name, so I was throwing down the gauntlet just a tad with a double entendre.

[doc03]

174. I got the nickname in the Army because I had the same name

as a popular TV series doctor at the time.