Explain Your DU User name!

[aQuArius]

I am NOT an aquarius! LOL Believe it or not, I am a Sagittarius. However, I love the song "Aquarius" from the musical HAIR. Now, the reason why I capitalize certain letters is my own secret...... Something to do with QA that only ONE DUer could figure out. SO, what the big secret behind your DU identity????

[deadparrot]

1. I'm a Monty Python fan.

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. But you're bleedin' deMISED

You've passed on! You've ceased to be! You've expired and gone to meet your maker! You... are a late parrot! You're a stiff! Bereft of life, you rest in peace! If we 'adn't nailed you to the perch, you'd be pushin' up the daisies! You've rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible!

You... are an ex-parrot!

:hi:

[TahitiNut]

73. Nawww... 'e's pinin' for the fjords, is all.

:rofl:

[Arugula Latte]

149. That's practically my favorite line ever.

:rofl:

[asthmaticeog]

2. Never.

:P

[LaraMN]

3. I will NOT! and you will all die in agonizing contemplation of it...

So there.

[aQuArius]

5. Fine! We'll just have to assume

You're name is Lara and you're from Minnesota. But, we'll always just have to wonder until the TRUTH is revealed!

[LaraMN]

9. Yeah, well..... you know what happens when you "assume".

Although, in this case your assumption would be correct, so that kind of kicks the rule in its teeth...

[aQuArius]

I prefer....

ass-kicking....

[Buddyblazon]

34. What happens when we assume?

YOU MAKE AN ASS OUT OF UUUUUMMMMMAAA THURMAN!

Couldn't resist...Franken has that on his show all the time.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. It was based on a conversation with a friend.

He was telling me about a friend of his, a real yuppie type, who told him that he fancies himself as an anarchist.

My friend laughed and said the guy was more like a "coffee table book anarchist," and then I modified it when I said, "Starbucks Anarchist," and it stuck.

Also, it's a contradiction in terms, much like myself.

[aQuArius]

16. I always DID wonder about yours

Thanks for the explanation! I will WONDER no more!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

20. Someone wondered about me?

Thanks! :hi:

[aQuArius]

25. Yup!! I did!

I frequently wonder about DU names I can't figure out myself. Most DUers assume I am an Aquarius,lol. Hey, you're cute by the way! ! :pals:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

29. Thanks!

;)

[Deja Q]

6. I loved the HypnoToad, a character in Futurama...

Unlike that HypnoToad, I lack any powers of persuasion. Even if I make up for it in other ways!

[Crazy Guggenheim]

7. It means bad ass. Whew!

:popcorn: :popcorn:

[Maraya1969]

10. Maraya was a Snow Leopard that I used to help take care of at a

shelter for exotic cats. She was my favorite and I just loved her. She passed away and I was heartbroken.

People think Maraya is my name and I'm fine with that. (although I've just given myself up!)

[SeattleGirl]

11. I think mine is somewhat obvious

:P

[Crazy Guggenheim]

13. What's that a ho?

:popcorn: :popcorn:

[SeattleGirl]

21. Ptttttthhhhhhh!

:spank: :spank: :spank: :evilgrin:

[AirmensMom]

69. You do? Really?

:silly: :rofl:

You could just be trying to throw us off. We know that. :evilgrin:

[SeattleGirl]

103. Damn! You got me!

I'm actually a good ol' boy from Alabama, and a troll to boot! :P

[AirmensMom]

121. You can't fool me ...

I saw you driving down the road in that pickup truck with the gun rack and confederate flag on the back, and hound dogs riding in the bed. You might want to scrape off that Bush/Cheney bumper sticker soon. :shrug:

[Arugula Latte]

150. Yes, we "Northwesterners" are sneaky with our screen names.

See, I'm actually typing this from Sardinia. I've never actually been to Oregon ... Throws 'em off the scent, ya know.

[Random_Australian]

It isn't difficult to guess.

And put that arse away!

[aQuArius]

19. You don't like my arse??

I have rarely heard someone not liking my arse! Shake your booty!

[NMMNG]

12. I am a fan of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer

and no fan at all of Fundamentalists, who I feel are a menace to society. The username came up as a humorous play on the former that takes a stab at the latter.



I even have my own smiley, which another DUer made for me:

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. 'Rex' is an old nick

whose history I shall not bore folks by explaining.

But it goes well with "Oedipus," in a Greekly mythologic way, and since I'm a copy editor — or "oeditor" — I added the 't' because I'm clever that way. (I first used it as a username in a copy editors' forum.)

[In_The_Wind]

50. I already figured out the first 1/2 of it.

Maybe someday you'll tell me how you came to be called Rex.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

59. Isn't "Rex" also Latin for "king"?

So you really are Oedipus the King!

:D

[Oeditpus Rex]

98. That's actually part of the story

But that's as far as I'm goin' with it.

[DBoon]

15. I'm a fan of the Minutemen

Saw them back in the 80's. Also I'm from San Pedro as well.

[aquaman]

18. You have good taste......

what other bands are you liking these days?

[DBoon]

28. Deerhoof

Sleater Kinney

[aquaman]

17. I drink a hell of a lot of water....

always have, when I was a teenager my friends started calling me aquaman.

[Fleshdancer]

22. I know it's hard to believe but....

my first name really is Gloria and my last name really is Smith. I just couldn't think of anything cool at the time I signed up.

[Polly Hennessey]

134. Name

Me too Gloria. I wasn't being clever when I signed up. I really am Polly Hennessey. At least we are never in danger of forgetting our sign up names.

[BrotherBuzz]

23. Brother Buzz has been the Latham Foundation spokesperson since 1927

To foster a deeper understanding of and sympathy with man's relations -- the animals -- who cannot speak for themselves,

To inculcate the higher principles of humaneness upon which the unity and happiness of the world depend,

To emphasize the spiritual fundamentals that lead to world friendship

To promote the child's character through an understanding of universal kinship.



I'm been in story, radio, and television - I'm famous!

Thank you, Ralph Chessé, for introducing me to 'The Wonderful World of Brother Buzz' many years ago. Your values have served me well (even before that funny word, Ecology, was invented).

[AmyDeLune]

24. It's unique and I can remember it, that's pretty much it. n/t

[Broken_Hero]

26. okay...

my last name is peterson, my first name starts with a D...pretty simple

[cssmall]

27. My name actually.

C is my first initial, S my middle initial and Small the first five digits of my last name.

[sakabatou]

30. Rurouni Kenshin fan

[Buddyblazon]

31. A nickname a younger kid gave me....

because I used to smoke a lot of pot (didn't quit...but cut down significantly because I actually wanted to get stuff done in my life). Then I used it as a gamer name for years (UT...murder, death, kill). I've still got the hotmail address.

It's just my alter-stoner-ego.

My close long time friends still call me that occasionally.

Just a weird name I've had for years.

[bridgit]

32. 'bridgit' is two things: 1, a painting of hubby's primarily based on #2...

a piece of conferencing software = http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/Bridgit we do corporate compliance :shrug:

[Random_Australian]

33. Actually, Random_Australian means

RA for 'Resident Assistant'
ND for 'No Damage'
OM because that's the hindu meditation word,
AU for 'Gold' (it's gold's elemental symbol)
ST for 'Sin Theta' (my interest in maths)
RA for 'Righteous Actions'
LI for Jet Li, whose absolute skill and dedication I admire,
N for 'Not really anything, I just made that all up on the spot' -- had you going though... c'mon admit it!

AND PUT THAT ARSE AWAY! ;) :) :P

[aQuArius]

35. Very Creative ..... AND...

NO! NEVER! I my

[flamingyouth]

36. My username is from a book & silent film from 1923

"Flaming Youth" starring Colleen Moore. Sadly, it's lost to time.

[long_green]

83. it's so lost to time that I thought it was a KISS reference

nm

[flamingyouth]

105. Well, it is a KISS song too

But that's not why I chose it :D

[Skittles]

37. Skittles is a 26 pound solid black bundle of feline fur

yes INDEED (OK yes, I did name him after the candy)

[blondeatlast]

54. "Skittles" is what my hubby calls my son. I wanted to use it when I

registered, but I was late to the party, so to speak!

[Skittles]

104. lol

cute nickname.....I never really thought about it much - I thought of it on the spor when I first registered because Skittles was wailing to me at the top of his lungs to go outside (he is a farm cat) :o

[TheBaldyMan]

38. I have a fine head of hair

so fine nobody can see it !

[Wetzelbill]

39. It's a synonym for Beezelbub....

either that or it's my actual name, last name first. I report... you decide!!!! :)

[Omphaloskepsis]

40. sure thing...

Contemplating one’s navel as an aid to meditation.

This word seems to be relatively new, at least the Merriam-Webster “Word of the Day” column claims it to have been invented only in the 1920s. It turns up in only a few dictionaries and seems to be a word that survives more for the chance to show off one’s erudition than as a real aid to communication. If so, this article is a further perpetuation of its unreal status. It is formed from two Greek words, omphalos, “navel, boss, hub”, and skepsis, “the act of looking; enquiry”. The former turns up in words such as omphalotomy, “cutting of the umbilical cord”, in the related omphalopsychic for one of a group of mystics who practised gazing at the navel as a means of inducing hypnotic reverie, and omphalomancy, an ancient form of divination in which the number of children a woman would bear was determined from counting the knots in her umbilical cord at birth.


It worrks. Grrrl power.

[obxhead]

44. here I thought you were skeptical

of Oompa Loompas.... lol

[TK421]

76. Very clever! I like it...

[Bzzzz]

41. My Sportscar...

It reminded me of a bumblebee when I purchased it.

[FunkyLeprechaun]

42. It was my first AOL screenname

I was trying to think of a SN and my sister suggested ZenziC and she was ZoeMST3K. (She has a funny memory sometimes, she accused me of taking her sn and completely forgot about Zoe) I wouldn't suggest IMing those sns now that both of us no longer use those sns.

Just found out a zenzic is also a math term, a square number. Zenzicube is the square of the cube, the 6th power of a number.

I failed math, don't ask me to explain it further :-)

[obxhead]

43. I love the OBX

And if ya trash my beach I'm comin' after you damn it.

[TK421]

81. We used to get a house in Corolla ( I think thats the right spelling )

Love it down there...

[orleans]

45. if you guessed i bet you'd be close!

:evilgrin:

[eeyore]

46. Eeyore...

The grumpy donkey from Winnie the Pooh. First thing I tried, and it was actually available.

[file83]

47. If 1984 happens, this is the file you would study to learn how it happened

:tinfoilhat:

[6000eliot]

48. Random number + Favorite author

[wickerwoman]

49. It comes from Mikhail Bulgakov's novel

"The Master and Margarita".

Bezdomny is a poet who sees the devil and goes insane. I'm a writer and every time I see George Bush I want to go running naked through the streets screaming at the top of my lungs.

It also means "the homeless one" in Russian and I'm an ex-pat so it just seemed to fit.

[Iniquitous Bunny]

51. I'm sweet and cute,

but I'm a shear bad ass at the same time when it is required that I be one. At times I have a knack for stretching the "comfort zone" of people. The name is paradoxical (like me).

Also, my daughter is such a huge Donnie Darko fan that the term "Evil Bunny" is frequently used in my house. I gave it my own little kick. :D

[blondeatlast]

55. Welcome to DU! Those qualities will pay off in General Discussion.

:toast:

[Iniquitous Bunny]

77. It seems as though you have to be a bit thick-skinned over there.

:scared:

My first post was pretty jumped on for being "Anti-religion'. On the positive note, the poster said "with your attitude, you should fit right in around here".

In the words of our un-esteemed (and not-quite-elected) leader: Bring it On. :7

[sadinred]

52. After the last election I was very sad in a red state

I'm still in a red state, but not so sad. Maybe I could become Notsosadinred - or, waitingfor'08inred - or wishiwasbackhomeinblue.

[LaurenG]

53. Self explanatory I think

Next time Skinner has a amnesty period for name change, I will change mine though.

[blondeatlast]

56. At the age of 42, I decided that it wasn't necessary for the drapes

to match the carpet.

I can't speak for others, but I truly have had more fun!

[eyepaddle]

57. This actually came up yesterday

I unintentionally caused much speculation with my name--usually involving S&M or some other fetish, as well as one person thinking I might be an eye doctor--named for the thing you use to cover one eye at a time.

None of that is true--as colorful as they may be! I foundthis smilie on a different forum and knew it would answer the question. eyepaddle (I paddle) a kayak as a hobby/passion. :)

[wildhorses]

58. wildhorses

Skinner said it was a good name...how could I go wrong?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

60. I'm a writer. I like writing a lot.

What's so hard about that? :shrug:

:D

I intended it to be kind of a slap in the face, with the emphasis on "writing"..... So it's like "No, no, writing is my religion."

:P :P

:hi:

[GOPisEvil]

61. Do I really have to explain?

:D

[eyepaddle]

62. Yes.

[aQuArius]

63. Tell me, NOW!!!

DAMMIT...

[Orsino]

64. Orsino is the melancholy, somewhat airheaded duke...

...in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. It's the part I wanted to play in a college production, but because I'd written music for the show, the director pushed me into the Clown/Feste role, perhaps a much better fit.

But in being once half-blinded by love, and then getting it so very right the second time around, I rather identify with the Count. Hence my avatar.

[billyskank]

65. No!!

:P

[AirmensMom]

66. I have two kids in the Air Force ...

Jennifer and Jake, youngest daughter and son-in-law. I use this name to honor them. :loveya:

[no name no slogan]

67. It's the name of my dong

[Richardo]

127. .

:spray:

[Giant Robot]

68. Just showing what an uber geek I am

From Johnny Socko and His Giant Robot. Live action Japanese giant monster kaiju TV show from the late '60's I watched as a kid. That and Ultraman, but I always thought Giant Robot looked cooler.

[radfringe]

70. radfringe = RADical fringe

just after the supreme court selected bush* - there was a statement from bush* about people who were upset with the selection

he refered to them as being members of a radical fringe. Since I was upset, I figured I was one of those members

[Radio_Guy]

71. I work in radio

And I'm a guy.

Whew. I'm glad I got that out in the open. The suspense was killing a lot of folks here. ;)

[livetohike]

72. Self explanatory because I do live to hike and see sig line

However, when I move back East (very soon) I may change my DU name to livetocanoe, because I miss it very, very much :-).

[eyepaddle]

74. Hey, I like the sound of that canoeing bit!

Which part of the East are you talking about? :hi:

[livetohike]

78. Hi eyepaddle! Nice to see you!!

:hi: and :-)

Moving back to Pennsylvania and eventually South Carolina. Retiring early. I miss freshwater rivers and streams.

[ashling]

75. Gaelic for "dream"

when we bought our place in the country we called it "Ashling Ranch" we have since had to sell the ranch, but the dream lives on.
I may have sold the ranch, but I haven't bought the farm. :)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

79. I am not right in the head.

:silly:

[leftofthedial]

80. okay, um . . .

left: The people and groups who advocate liberal, often radical measures to effect change in the established order, especially in politics, usually to achieve the equality, freedom, and well-being of the common citizens of a state. Also called left wing

of: Derived or coming from; originating at or from

the: Used before nouns that designate natural phenomena or points of the compass

dial: A graduated surface or face on which a measurement, such as speed, is indicated by a moving needle or pointer. The panel or face on a radio or television receiver on which the frequencies or channels are indicated. A movable control knob or other device on a radio or television receiver used to change the frequency.

It's also the title of a Replacements song from the record _Tim_.

Also, I'm glad I used dial, or what's left of it, and I wish everyone did.

[Tikki]

82. Tikki is the family dog.

Since there are three of us here at our home who may suggest posts and answers at anytime....we decided to pick a name we would all remember.





The Tikkis

[long_green]

84. it's the name I started using on a message board

for college sports.

[TK421]

85. TK421- The stormtrooper who wasn't at "his post" from Star Wars

[northzax]

86. I once had that as a vanity plate on my first car

then it got too big...

[TK421]

88. Do you mean it caught on and everyone else had the same plate?

:shrug:

[northzax]

92. no, once the new movies came out

and I moved to a different state, there was a waiting list of 15 people for it.

[eyepaddle]

97. Isn't that also the "upgrade" that Don Cheadle's character

is shilling as a stereo salesman in Boogie Nights? Which given the setting of Boogie Nights makes it kinda believable.

[northzax]

87. it's a dr. seuss reference

the north going zax and the south going zax. I've used it on hotmail for a decade.

[KyndCulture]

89. KyndCulture and the Pearls of Wisdom

Kynd = rather hip and hippie way to spell Kind as in Kind Bud, Kind Friends, Kind anything...
Culture = the hip and hippie culture of peace and love, my way of life.


So there ya have it... The Culture of the Kynd.

[PassingFair]

90. My name is an adjective. Familiar to anyone who has ever ACTUALLY

read Mallory's "Le Morte De'Arthur"

Used in just about every paragraph, such as:

"Therewithal came the knight’s lady, that was a PASSING FAIR lady, and when she espied that her lord Belleus was sore wounded, she cried out on Sir Launcelot, and made great dole out of measure. Peace, my lady and my love, said Belleus, for this knight is a good man, and a knight adventurous, and there he told her all the cause how he was wounded; And when that I yielded me unto him, he left me goodly and hath staunched my blood. Sir, said the lady, I require thee tell me what knight ye be, and what is your name? Fair lady, he said, my name is Sir Launcelot du Lake. So me thought ever by your speech, said the lady, for I have seen you oft or this, and I know you better than ye ween. But now an ye would promise me of your courtesy, for the harms that ye have done to me and my Lord Belleus, that when he cometh unto Arthur’s court for to cause him to be made knight of the Round Table, for he is a PASSING GOOD man of arms, and a mighty lord of lands of many out isles."

I like the way is sounds, unless someone calls me "PassingGas",
which has happened more than once! :P

[ChoralScholar]

91. I am a choir director

but I have a leaning toward more academic than performance circles.

Hence, ChoralScholar

[UrbScotty]

93. ... (nt)

[joneschick]

94. this one is a toughie

Married a guy and took his name/Jones
of the female persuasion/chick
TADA! joneschick
and I can remember it on a fairly regular basis

[auntAgonist]

95. it's just a play on words. n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

96. Mine should be pretty obvious, I think!

My name is actually Peggy (or Peg), and I sure do live in California!

:hi:

[samplegirl]

99. Mine has to do with...

Cooking.

[undeterred]

100. I am undeterred

and calling myself that makes me feel like I have to live up to it!

[RevolutionaryActs]

101. Mine is from a George Orwell quote:

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.


I added the '04, because we needed some revolutionary acts(truth telling) during the 2004 election. :hi:

[Hissyspit]

111. I knew the quote, but I never made the connection! n/t

[Moosepoop]

102. I said something that made my daughter cry

when she was real little. (I'm not saying what... it's too embarrassing. I was an idiot.) :dunce:
When I couldn't get her to stop crying, I told her that if I ever said "that thing" to her again, she could tell me I was "full of moose poop!" That made her laugh, so it worked, and it became a running gag with me saying "that thing" to her, and her gleefully telling me I'm full of moose poop. She's now in her mid-20's, and we still banter this way. She just might have the phrase engraved on my headstone someday.
:yoiks:

[Guava Jelly]

106. Gopsux is navaho for

"please pass the purple shoe I am out of mayonaise"

[Alleycat]

107. Alleycat is my pet's name

my favorite cat

[Hissyspit]

108. Hissyspit was a cat of mine. She disappeared while my mom was watching

her while I was on vacation. She hissed and spit at me when I first picked her up when she was a kitten.

[skygazer]

109. I'm a spelunker

No, wait, that was another story... :silly:

[WeRQ4U]

110. I'm an attorney and....

"We Argue For You"

My dad was going to put it on his license plate. I stole it.

[eyepaddle]

131. I'd wondered about that.

I knew it wasn't what you meant, but in shipping hazardous wastes, many waste types have a "Reportable Quantity" or RQ.

I'd always think of that when I saw your posts.

[Roon]

112. Backwards for Noor

A guest alien on star star trek NG.

[BlueStorm]

113. BlueStorm was actually created..

in the hopes that the Dems take control by landslides in '06 elections and that they start undoing the mess Bush gets us in... It describes the storm of progressive and liberal values that I hope will take place SOON...

That's at least the best I can explain it, I'm having brain fog today.

Blue

[Xipe Totec]

114. Just google it...

Shock value, mostly.

[dr.zoidberg]

115. I really don't have to explain this, do I?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

116. Nothing Exciting Really...

I just like Yellow Rubber Duckies. :shrug:

[Duckiesplaything]

118. And I'm just her plaything.

[book lady]

117. Mine is not a very big secret...

I work in an academic library

[Redstone]

119. It's, well, my name. One of them.

Redstone

[PetraPooh]

120. Petrified poop. My life is in the crapper

depression to the point of suicidal about the world, my life, my community. Hope, optimism, and faith in anything all gone; everything going to **it and seemingly stuck stuck stuck there. . . Hence petrified poop, clean it up a bit and PetraPooh

[mikeytherat]

122. Variation (Americanization) of my stage name: Michel Therat

Watch those credits -- if you see "Michel Therat" that's me!

mikey_the_rat

[Benfea]

123. Mine is an attempt to translate "atheist" into Elvish.

That should more properly be spelled "Benfëa," but I use "Benfea" in online games because the funny punctuation makes it hard for people to use your name. I was making an elvish character in a MMORPG and decided that for once I would try to come up with a more appropriate name, so I tried to translate "atheist" into Elvish, but the closest I could come was "without spirit."

[ScreamingMeemie]

124. I am completely happy and content...all the time.

:hi:

[Stockholm]

125. My beautiful home town

[blindpig]

126. "Even a blind pig can find an acorn every once in a while."

Also a very cool blues label.

I've been dismayed to find that some fascist redneck in Georgia uses my handle on his cheezy website. Fuck him!

[satireV]

138. blindpig also meant a speakeasy back during Prohibition

Methanol was a big problem when making bath tub gin.

[blindpig]

143. Live and learn! n/t

[Ron Mexico]

128. "Ron Mexico" is an alias allegedly used by

all-world asshole Michael Vick (Atlanta Falcons quarterback) at a free VD clinic. He also allegedly spread herpes around and got sued for it. My contempt for Vick, who can run like the wind but can't throw for shit, was endless even before the herpes suit.

[Shine]

129. Shine is my sacred spirit name.

My deepest intent is to be a place where Love shines, to be in total alignment with my personal authenticity. :loveya:

[shrike]

130. A shrike showed up outside my window one day

Had never seen one before, thought it was a cool bird, and decided that would be my user name.

Was also considering "Dark Eyed Junco," but that would have been too long.

[RebelOne]

132. My name is not because I live in the South.

But because I am a rebel. I'm a feminist, pro-choice, a vegetarian, an animal rights advocate, an atheist and pro-gun (I have nothing against guns as long as one isn't pointed at me.)

[JitterbugPerfume]

133. A perfume powerful enough to cover up Pans stink

A novel by (one of) my favorite author(s) Tom Robbins

[swimmernsecretsea]

135. From a novella by William Kotzwinkle

I read this story when I was fifteen years old in a copy of "Redbook" magazine, back when they used to publish short stories.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811807150/sr=8-1/qid=1142879723/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-7068357-4869457?%5Fencoding=UTF8

[Initech]

136. I wanted to use equal_opportuinty_offender but it was too many characters.

[usedtobesick]

137. I used to be a very conservative Republican and Baptist

but I am feeling much better now... it was also my favorite line from Night Court. Harry Anderson met his dad who turns out to be an escaped Mental patient,(played by the guy who played the father on Adams Family) he looks a Harry and says with really crazy eyes... "I used to be sick but, I feel much better now." Still makes me laugh today.

[DinahMoeHum]

139. DinahMoeHum is both a title and a character in a Frank Zappa song

from his album Overnite Sensation.


:evilgrin:

[mvd]

140. Mine's very simple

m stands for the first letter of my first name

v stands for the first letter of middle name (an Italian name)

d stands for the first letter of my last name (a French name)

[quisp]

141. my favorite breakfast cereal growing up...

and the cause of most of the cavities in my teeth!

[noonwitch]

142. "The Noonwitch" is a symphonic poem by D'Vorak

Also, she is a character in eastern european (czeck) mythology. I'm a huge D'vorak fan.

[AtomicKitten]

144. from my favorite screensaver -- bumped for Gore and Tipper

[Lydia Leftcoast]

145. When I first signed on to DU, I lived in Oregon, which is on the

"left coast," so I thought that would make a good "last name" for me. I wanted my "first name" to alliterate with my new "last name," so I chose "Lydia."

When I moved to Minnesota, I polled the Lounge on whether I should change my name, but the overwhelming sentiment was to keep it. I rationalized it by the fact that I now live on the "left coast" of a lake. :-)

[trackfan]

146. Mine only needs explanation insofar as to why the "moran" spelling

was not used. Well, my DU membership predates the moran guy picture. That's why.

[Arugula Latte]

151. That's no excuse.

You should have used your psychic powers to see the future. :P

[kwassa]

147. the kwassa-kwassa

This was a famous dance done to soukous music from the Congo, a high-energy upbeat form of rock 'n roll, of which I am a fan.

It is also slang for "quoi ca?" or "what's that?"

[rbnyc]

148. guess (nt)

[DainBramaged]

152. Had a brain tumor removed almost 6 years ago

And I like this name better than my other two names I've had previously on DU. Having a bramaged dain is a good excuse for being just plain nutz.:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :silly:

[Darth_Kitten]

153. Kitten of the Sith......sounds a bit ominous...

but I'm still fluffy and cute. ;)

I just like to make up names. :)

[Kerrytravelers]

154. I *think* mine is fairly self-explanatory. I must have traveled for Kerry.

I was with a group that traveled to "red" areas in an attempt to turn them "blue."

Clark County, NV, went blue. So, I did what I set out to do. I also encountered voter fraud there. Not surprising. :eyes:

[loudestchick]

155. I am the loudestchick I know. Years of theatre training have given me a

powerful "projection".

[DJ MEW]

156. I am in to amature DJing

Dance and Techno music. and MEW are my initals. So DJMEW tada.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

157. Well if Bush didn't choke on that pretzel.........

Peace

Proud Members of Melonhawg Society

[Michigander4Dean]

158. It's from a few years ago | nt

[Pugee]

159. It's an old nickname and a loose variation of my maiden name

[RetroLounge]

160. It's the way my house looks...

I collect stuff from the 50's.

RL