What does your DU username mean?

[Rockit]

or it's relevance/significance to you?


Mine? Rockit is one of my all time favorite songs.

It's by Herbie Hancock, and featured one of the first mainstream uses of "scratching" (beginnings of turntableism.) Featuring Grandmixer on the turntables. It blew my mind the first time I heard it and it still rocks.
:headbang: :yourock:

Here's the youtube video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7dAxvj2mlU

[mainegreen]

1. It means strong winter winds from the snow dappled valleys.

Naw, but turntableism rocks though.

[liberaltrucker]

2. Politics and occupation rolled into a neat package

:hippie:

[av8rdave]

5. Occupation and first name rolled into an initially cool but actually dweeby sounding package

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

98. What do you fly?

[av8rdave]

113. Right now, I'm flying the 737-800

[Cannikin]

151. Sweeeeet! I've logged thousands of hours in the 737-800...on Flight Simulator.

Here's my -700.

[graywarrior]

3. That even tho I have gray hair, I can still kick your ass

Well, not yours specifically. . .but in general.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. lioness was my go go dancing name. and priyanka is my first name.

also you are the hottest person in the entire universe.

:loveya:

[CatholicEdHead]

6. Ed Schultz fan and I am a Catholic

[lost-in-nj]

7. Just what it says

I am in NJ and lost. Not literally but figuratively



lost

[Shell Beau]

8. Portions of my first and last name!

[Scarlett17]

52. From the random coincidence file. . .

I believe you and I share a first name and my husband's middle name is Beau. Your name has always caught my eye because of that.

:hi:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

9. Its means Im Mad As Hell....and I'm not gonna take it anymore

:nuke:

I even just added my first person to ignore...ever

[u4ic]

10. euphoric

though I haven't been the past few days. :grr:

[mainegreen]

12. I never got that!

It's so obvious though, and now I feel rather dumb.

[u4ic]

75. I made a public service announcement about it

now that I see three responses. ;)

I've gotten many "hey "u4"'s, so I thought there's a possibility others may not know, either.

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

99. u4ic... U + 4 + ic... Euphoric... seems obvious...

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

14. it took me soo long to realize that

I was like, U-4-Isee?

:rofl:
:hi:

[u4ic]

77. You're definitely not the first, MAHNY!

:D :hi:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

78. but I got it well before this

;)

[u4ic]

82. Maybe...

you WERE the first! :bounce:



(the toasting makes it official!!) :toast:

[Guava Jelly]

94. I thought the exact same thing until a little over a year ago

boy did i feel dim

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

163. lol!

I hear ya :hi:

[SPKrazy]

73. wow, i've not ever gotten that before

:silly:

:dunce:

it seems so obvious now

i thought it was some canada thing... :rofl:

[u4ic]

79. Never???

Isn't that funny...I automatically assumed that people that know me knew how to pronounce my name! :silly:

[Pushed To The Left]

158. I always thought it was something like "You For I See"

Or, if somebody was acting like a 4-year-old, "You 4 I See". :D

[u4ic]

167. Acting like a 4 year old

or drunk out of their minds.









"It's you 4 I see...officer..."

[RetroLounge]

11. Used to be my LoginID on eBay

when I sold 50's stuff...

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Well, mine should be pretty obvious!

I'm from California....And my name is Peggy!

And I wanted people to know those things about me from the start...

:hi:

[charlie and algernon]

15. the main characters of one of my all time favorite books

Flowers for Algernon

[swag]

16. Yeah, that's an insane video, too, that Rockit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7dAxvj2mlU

[GoneOffShore]

17. Where I want to be when I retire.

[jpgray]

18. The deep secret mystery of my existence.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

85. your handle is quite close to my father's name

[NewWaveChick1981]

19. Well, mine's pretty obvious...

:P I first got into New Wave/alternative/postpunk/punk music in 1981, about the time I graduated from high school. I started college in fall of that year, and I found out just how much I love this genre of music. I saw lots of great obscure bands back then, and to date, it's still my favorite music. :)

[BarenakedLady]

20. It means I don't wear clothes

Ok, not really. I'm a big fan of the Barenaked Ladies.

clothing is optional however. ;)

[Bassic]

105. Has anyone ever asked you to be their Yoko Ono?

Had to be done :P

[BarenakedLady]

114. I would follow them wherever they go...

If someone did. ;)

[Bassic]

140. You wouldn't mind them

hanging off your ankle? :P

[Deep13]

123. oops wrong place

[Miss_Strawberry]

21. Miss_Strawberry

My name is Stephanie Ann. There is a song by the band Braid called Strawberry Ann. I have had various shades of red hair since I was sixteen. An ex- put that song on a mix and it stuck. It is my myspace name...so now I'm Miss_Strawberry here.

[mentalsolstice]

22. The eclipsis of the mind

I like any call name that describes us or tells others what is important to us...like yours, and lionesspriyanka...very descriptive and cultural!

[SPKrazy]

23. It Means I

kick left footed

I live in the South

and I love soccer

:shrug:

all of that from a sudden inspiration as I was signing up for DU

:shrug:

[KamaAina]

24. Local Hawai'i person, as opposed to a "malihini" (visitor)

often encountered in the context of a "kama'aina discount", really a sneaky way to charge visitors extra while giving us the fair price as a "discount".

Ironically, I had been here less than a year when I joined DU; I figured that, since there were (and still are) very few other DUers out here, I would arrogate the name to myself.

edit: sicne?! :eyes:

[jpgray]

30. "sicne" - a skin breakout that occurs when you are sick.

[Nicole]

25. Nicole means

Victory of the People. :toast:

[liberal renegade]

26. self explanatory

[AlCzervik]

27. chimps were getting a bad rap because of Bush.

[cwydro]

28. It means wanderer

in Welsh.

[REP]

104. Crwydrwr Does, In Welsh

"Cwydro" isn't in my Welsh dictionary...

[Generator]

29. Snatch, of course

[MAGICBULLET]

31. the magic bullet

firstly - I'd like to address your wonderful reference to Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" and clarify it was Grandmaster DST on the platters. What an incredible record.

The magic bullet is a magical solution to a vexing problem...

or

the only real way to kill off werewolves

[SeattleGirl]

32. Mine is pretty self-explanatory.

:hi:

[Gormy Cuss]

33. It's a Maine thing.

Gormy means awkward in a hapless, bull in a china shop way.
Simplest way to describe it is to quote John Gould, author of 'Maine Lingo':

"Ain't he the boy broke your plow, smashed your cart, lost the forty-quart can down the well, and got your Edie in a family way?"

"Ayeh."

"Gormy cuss, ain't he?"

[Starbucks Anarchist]

34. Another Herbie Hancock fan!

:hi:

My SN is based on a conversation I had with a former co-worker.

He was telling me about a friend of his, a real yuppie-type, and how his friend stated, "I fancy myself an anarchist," to which my co-worker replied, "More like a coffee-table-book anarchist," upon which I said, "Starbucks Anarchist."

Also, I love coffee, plus I'm a contradiction in many ways.

:D

[Ptah]

35. Do you really want to know?

n/t

[wildhorses]

69. yes,

i really do

[Manifestor_of_Light]

86. Sounds like an egyptian god to me.

[femmocrat]

36. Kind of obvious... but....

I'm a life-long democrat and did my graduate work in women's studies. I became fascinated with the early "feminists" who paved the way for the women's movement and the opportunities that we pretty much take for granted now.

[DiggyDog]

37. Mine means I'm housebroken.

It's also the name of my favorite dog.

He doesn't have internet access so I am using it.

[qnr]

55. OK, as long as you explained the situation to him, maybe offered a treat too. And welcome

to DU! :hi:

[asthmaticeog]

38. I put my real name in the online Wu Tang Clan name generator.

http://www.recordstore.com/wuname/wuname.pl

It gave me "Asthmatic Enemy of God."

Which would be a lot of shit to type every time I logged in, so I shortened it.

[Shine]

39. Shine is all about living in the LIGHT, baby!

B-)

[crim son]

40. It means I like melodrama

but I've wished a hundred times it was still kiraboo. I've also made that remark on DU about fifty times & this won't be the last. :7

[blockhead]

41. I'm a bricklayer

[BlackVelvet04]

42. I just like the song

BlackVelvet and the 04 was I signed up in 04.

[TOhioLiberal]

43. Here's mine:

T is for Toledo.
Ohio is my state.
Liberal is what I am.

[otherlander]

44. otherlander:

of another land, another planet far from this burning earth.

[evlbstrd]

45. I have no idea.

[qnr]

56. ok come on, you can tell us, unless you just want to be an evlbstrd about it :) n/t

[evlbstrd]

58. Nah.

[NightWatcher]

46. I'm a peeping tom

Just kidding...or am I?

[951-Riverside]

47. Its means rain on a sunny day

;)

[qnr]

48. They're supposed to mean something? Drat, I've been looking at thousands

of them for years, and I never even noticed.

Oh, wait... mine does mean something:

[MassLiberal]

49. in your face, George W. Bush

from a gen-u-ine, dyed-in-the-wool, scary Massachusetts Liberal!!

[Qanisqineq]

50. "fallen snow floating on water"

it's Inuit. I just thought the image of that in my head was very peaceful.

[seaglass]

102. I love that - how do you pronounce it? n/t

[Qanisqineq]

126. good question

your guess is as good as mine!

[MonkeyFunk]

51. Mine refers

to the intoxicating musk of an unbathed monkey.

[u4ic]

80. And here I thought

it was either your state, or the nation's state, because of the chimp in power. :)

[Scarlett17]

53. A redhead born on the 17th.

Sorry, not very deep.

:shrug:

[stuntcat]

54. my nickname for one of my cats

she's Super Stunt Cat

[Generic Brad]

57. I'm as good as the name brand Brad's

But at a fraction of the price.

[Arugula Latte]

59. That I live in Oregon now ... Pretty lame-ass, I know ...

I didn't put much thought into it. x( I never dreamed I'd be coming here daily five-and-a-half years and counting ...

[smtpgirl]

60. smtpgirl

is a tech term

SMTP (standard mail transport protocol) - outgoing mail in internet/web mail terms

I am an outgoing girl

[LostInAnomie]

61. I'm lost in a state of social normlessness.

And, all that accompanies it. :thumbsup:

[DainBramaged]

62. Self-explanatory

[Poiuyt]

63. From an old Mad Magazine

[poiuytsister]

141. He made me pick this.

He's a very persuasive brother

[Kali]

64. It is the same as my avatar.

:P

[Lady Effingbroke]

65. I'm a woman who is f'ing broke.

I always liked 'Rockit' - great song, great video. :hi:

[grannylib]

66. grannylib because to me liberal values are family/future values, and I

love my family and want a good future for them and for all people everywhere.
So I am a liberal granny :-)

[wildhorses]

67. it means that the wildhorses still roam free

:kick:

[stuntcat]

108. very good

name :blush: it always reminds me of the song too

[wildhorses]

144. thanks--

why do you blush?? :blush:

[stuntcat]

147. cause of the horsies

I love them so much :loveya: :blush:

[wildhorses]

149. okay

:dunce:i don't get it:shrug:

i love them, too:bounce:

[JackBeck]

68. It's mostly my name.

[sasquatch]

70. I wear size 18 gym shoes

Enough said.

[Cobalt-60]

71. Co-60 has a fierce 5.3 MeV gamma emission

It's the standard for calculation of resistance to penetration by gamma rays.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

72. It's Ancient Sumerian for

"She who is ignored until she kicks her own threads"

[Control-Z]

74. Long enough

to use as a password for sites that requite 8 or more characters with at least one upper and lower case letter. I screwed up somehow when I registered here at DU. My username was supposed to be femdem which is self explanatory.

[woo me with science]

76. Antfarm reflected my superior detachment

from people who would post on silly discussion boards online and my intent only to watch as a superior observer--an animal behaviorist of sorts.

Then I grew to like y'all. :)

[SKKY]

81. It means that I'm a Sailor (In the Navy), and a Liberal...

Although I'm hoping skinner will have a change your week ID soon. I've got a better one I'd like to
use.

[enigmatic]

83. When I was 26

I was playing at a small club w/ the band I was in at the time; between sets, I overheard a convo between the bass player and a woman he was seriously crushing on. My name came up and the woman said "_____ is kinda cute! And he's so enigmatic!", which just cracked the bass player up to no end. From then on, everytime we played out he would always introduce me onstage as "Here's _______, he's sooooooooooo enigmatic!!", as I turned 69 shades of red. He was a good guy though, and I couldn't complain since I was using his amps:D

[Wetzelbill]

84. it's my name, with my last name first

Bill Wetzel becomes Wetzelbill.

[Omphaloskepsis]

87. Google it...

The first link sums things up well.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

88. Large Female Dog

Large Female Dog = Big Bitch, in Spanish. I just made it up.

Ironic because I am not big, and I am very rarely a bitch. I don't generally bite people either.

Haven't gotten my shots for rabies and distemper and running fits though.

[swimmernsecretsea]

89. It's from a novella by William Kotzwinkle

From Amazon.com:

Reviewer: Darrel
This beautiful book is a lasting testament to the failed pregnancy of a simple and poetic couple. A thin book, but as profound as it is brief. It's the kind of book that makes you want to force it into a friend's hand and watch his/her face as they silently read it. I can't imagine a more moving account or a more glistening example of bravery than this.

...

I read it when I was fifteen. I used to borrow my Mom's copies of Redbook magazine, back when the published original short fiction, because I wanted to be a writer. It helped me understand my Mother's sadness when my youngest sister was stillborn. How I miss Redbook's short fiction. It helped me understand the world, and be more sensitive to others.

[Oeditpus Rex]

90. It just popped into my head one day

when I was registering for the forums at Testy Copy Editors.

The "Rex" bit goes back many years and takes a long time to 'splain.

[Awsi Dooger]

91. My apricot poodle

Awsi was nearly 16 when he died in July 2005. I registered at DU in 2002 and he was lying beside me when I contemplated a user name.

Dooger is what I called a dog when I was very young. My parents made a big deal out of it so it stuck.

[Guava Jelly]

92. I'm not sure what mine means

:dunce:
I think i'm a closeted republican

[Esra Star]

93. Just inconsequential random meaningless letters.

Some people read stuff into it, but it's a bit obscure.:shrug:

[HughBeaumont]

95. The Grand Wizard, the High Epopt of all TV dads . . .

The man. The myth. The legend. Bow to his holiness.

[terrya]

96. It's my name.

First name and first initial of my last name.

Nothing more than that.

[Pushed To The Left]

160. I had thought it was a play on Bush talking about "terra"!

I was wrong about a lot of these!

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

97. smashing icons and disembowling sacred chaos in the dark of night...

   Ikonoklast is a modified Attikan spelling of "iconoclast"
(see below or link);
used (#2 below) here to signify "smasher of idols".
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

iconoclast

One entry found for iconoclast.
Main Entry: icon·o·clast
Pronunciation: -"klast
Function: noun
Etymology: Medieval Latin iconoclastes, from Middle Greek eikonoklastEs, literally, image destroyer, from Greek eikono- + klan to break -- more at CLAST
1 : a person who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration
2 : a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions
- icon·o·clas·tic /(")I-"kä-n&-'klas-tik/ adjective
- icon·o·clas·ti·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb

   Darkmoon is 1] a name from my alternate universe fiction series-in-works; 2] my nym in various AU groups, both LRP and HR;

[Callalily]

100. My user

name is self-explanatory! http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/simplefuguesaof.html

[Bassic]

101. I play bass in a rock band,

and this is the only dumbass name I could think of :D

[GenDem]

103. I really don't like it, now.

A friend signed me up at election HQ's this past November. I was doing phone banking, she was on the computer. She hollered up to me that she was signing me on and asked for a username -- GenDem was the first thing that popped into my head --
Genesee (county) Democrat.

[stuntcat]

111. not bad

It's short and easy to say so it's easy to tell apart (there's like a million names here :o )

[REP]

106. My Initials

When I set type, my full name wouldn't fit in the slugline, so I slugged it with my initials. I just got in the habit of using them for everything; I'm REP in real life as well. It's R-E-P, not "rep."

[kmla]

107. kmla = ...

Kiss
My
Liberal
Ass

I only say that to neocon twits, though.

But, where I live, you can't swing a dead parrot without hitting one.

[racaulk]

109. My first initial, middle initial, and last name...

:)

[izzybeans]

110. My son with a dirty diaper.

[1gobluedem]

112. 1gobluedem..

I consider the University of Michigan and the Democrats #1 and both are blue.

[bertha katzenengel]

115. bertha - alter ego; katzenengel - cats' angel in German

:hi:

[SteppingRazor]

116. It means don't watch my size...

I'm dangerous :silly: (<--- closest I could get to a smilie that has dreadlocks)

[Zavulon]

117. Zavulon is the name of the bad guy in the Russian movie "Night Watch."

Actually, there were plenty of bad people in the movie, but Zavulon was the baddest of them all. His counterpart's name, Gesser, wasn't as cool - so I went with Zavulon.

[datasuspect]

118. if you say mine 6 times in front of a mirror in a dark bathroom

it will invoke the presence of an ancient babylonian demon.

[Arkansas Granny]

119. Mine's pretty self explanatory. So, I'm not the wittiest person around.

[deepthought42]

120. I could explain mine...

but if you already don't get it, it would take too long for my short attention span to explain it. Instead go read Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Woot! :silly:

[swag]

121. It's another word for "booty."

[Left Is Write]

122. Mine's a play on words.

I'm left handed and left politically, so left is "right"; I also like to write.

[Deep13]

124. Location of mad scientists in Mystery Science Theater 3000...

...when it was on Comedy Central and before it was moved to Sci-Fi.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

125. Um...guess

Here's a hint:


It's one of my favorite cult movies. I have absolutely no idea why I love this movie, but I do.

[cloudbase]

127. One of my passions is

soaring, and cloudbase is where you'll find me when I'm out flying. (For any of you FAA guys, it's really 500 feet below cloudbase. Honest!)

[Mad_Dem_X]

128. Combination of two things:

I'm a mad Democrat; and
it's a play on the name Madam X.

[WeRQ4U]

129. We Argue For You...

I'm an attorney at the public defender's office in Dickinson, North Dakota.

[SCantiGOP]

130. abbreviation

SCantiGOP. The only time someone didn't get it was when they said it conjured up an image of Rush in a speedo (scanty GOP?)

[ceile]

131. Ceile- (KAY-lee) dance, dancer in Irish

Also my dog's name. She was found with a broken hip, so my ex decided it would be a good name. His version of irony was sometimes mistaken for just plain meanness.

[redqueen]

132. refers to the Red Queen Theory

which i like

:hi:

[NMDemDist2]

133. mine is obsolete

:silly:

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

134. It means I'm a practicing Christian...

who believes in, among other things: a woman's right to choose; gay rights (including marriage); peace, not war; other religions/atheists have the same rights to their beliefs that I do; that we are commanded to care for widows, orphans and the poor; and that the republicans have done more to damage christianity with their arrogance than they even know. That's just a few of my beliefs and I'm pretty sure that qualifies me as a "Liberal Jesus Freak" :)

[skygazer]

135. I just love the night sky

And it's always seemed kind of an optimistic name. It's just me. :shrug:

[rhiannon55]

136. Rhiannon has been my (chosen) Pagan name

for almost 20 years ago--I won't tell you my given name. And I signed onto DU in my 55th year.

And no, Rhiannon isn't from THE SONG. Rhiannon is the name of a Welsh Goddess.

[leftyclimber]

137. Politics, not handedness, and

climber is what I do when the weather is nice and I can bag off work. :evilgrin:

[Zywiec]

138. Zywiec is my favorite Polish beer

[u4ic]

142. Welcome to DU, Zywiec!

:toast:

[hellbound-liberal]

139. Saw mine on a protest sign when Duh-bya went to Florida right after the 2000 selection

It has been my passion and avocation ever since.

[Critters2]

143. We're all Dems in this house

Me and my critters too!

[MadMaddie]

145. MadMaddie...

my spouse and I adopted a female dog that had abusive owners. She was tied to a tree and I think other dogs were allowed to attack her.

Her full name is Maddison....she had extreme leash agression issues. We took her to one of the best dog trainers in our area and she has gotten much better, not perfect but better. We will always have to be vigilant with her when around other dogs. We know her well enough to recognize the twitch in her eye and the bristle along her upper back to know when she is getting ready to have an episode. (Part Rhodesian Ridgeback)

She is a wonderful dog and she gets along famously with my pit/sharpee mix. The two of them are usually grooming each other or passing gas....

[Okiojira]

146. Okiojira is the name of

this weird-looking little winged metallic beastie in my sig line...

...which you would be able to see, if sig lines were not currently disabled. @#$%%^*!

[usaftmo]

148. I'm in the Air Force

and TMO is my job(sometimes the name changes in the other branches of the military). Although I'm not the only active duty military person here, I haven't met anyone else who is a fellow "blue-suiter".

I had a dream...that one day military personnel are not viewed as sheeple who blindly obey the rethuglicans. *ok ok, it's a weak spin of MLK*

[salin]

150. initials and state initials...shared wth a late, beloved Duer.

In a conversation with a favorite (now late) Duer, we found had the same initials and state tag - and had he used the same logic in finding a DU name that we would have the same nic. ( :toast: to kephera in spirit) Funny that after we found that connection we also laughed about our non-gendered names and how many folks assumed gender (the wrong gender) based on the nick. He had many folks respond to him as "She said..." and I had many responses refering to me as a "he." :shrug:

Not the topic - but a moment to toast and remember Keph. Anyone who actually reads this is welcomed to join me in this nonsequitor nod to Keph's memory.

[Pushed To The Left]

152. Mine actually has 2 meanings:

1. The conservative movement was gaining so much power and and the country was moving so far to the right that views that used to be considered moderate were now being "pushed to the left".

2. My political transformation. The right wing was becoming so radical, prejudiced, anti-freedom, and divisive that I made a decision to end my days as a moderate/bipartisan "swing voter" and to start supporting liberal candidates, causes, and organizations. The straw that broke the camel's back was the Lawrence vs. Texas case. I have always believed that what goes on in the bedroom between 2 consenting adults is not the government's business. I have also always been bothered by all types of bigotry. I was glad to hear that the archaic "sodomy laws" had been knocked out. Then I heard Antonin Scalia yelling about a "culture war" in his dissent. I noticed that the 3 Justices that voted to maintain the sodomy laws were considered the conservatives of the Court. Then, to top it off, I heard the right wing reaction: Angry people from the religious right, angry right wing hosts, etc. acting like murder had just been legalized. I couldn't believe these people were outraged that Americans would no longer be arrested for consensual sex in their own homes! Add to that the venom that the right wing let out towards gay people after this case, and you have the right wing basically exposing their true colors: Pro-bigotry and anti-freedom. That's the day I began to become a hardcore liberal, and I have become more liberal every year. I'm probably twice as liberal now as I was when I joined DU!

[ElboRuum]

153. An homage to my incipient misanthropy.

[derby378]

154. "derby" is a fleshing-out of my own initials, and "378" is...

...taken from the name of a song by Emergency Broadcast Network that always struck my fancy, even if no one else ever heard it.

And there you have it, folks, at long last. :hi:

[Pushed To The Left]

159. I never figured out what the Merv Griffin milk carton that used to be

in your sigline was about, though.

[derby378]

162. Oh, yeah. About that...

It was taken from the ultra-violent Milk & Cheese comic series by Evan Dorkin, who also co-wrote some episodes of Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and a few other comics.

I need to dig that image out again, especially with Rove and Miers being subpoenaed by Congress. That graphic is simply too much fun. Thanks for the reminder! :hi:

[havocmom]

155. Mother Mayhem sounded like someone who belonged in a convent

Definitely NOT my gig.

And I was Havoc's momma.

[recoveringdittohed]

156. Used to be a frequent listener,

of an infamous right wing talk show. Now if it comes on the radio, I rush to change stations.

[sammythecat]

166. Good for you buddy!

That's quite a dramatic shift.

You deserve credit for that, for sure. :thumbsup:

:applause:

[Cannikin]

157. Code name Cannikin.

Buried 5,000 feet down and still raised the surface by 25 feet. The largest underground test. Deemed far too large for the Nevada test site. Registered 6.8 on the richtor scale, with after shocks as large as 4.0 for 30 days after the blast. It is supposed to be the main motivating factor in the founding of Greenpeace.



http://www.greenpeace.org/international/about/history
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Store/Products/atomicjourneys.shtml
http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/films/film.aspx?ID=27
http://www.uaf.edu/news/featured/06/amchitka/video/cannikin.html
http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/SEEJ/amchitka/
http://www.stormingmedia.us/53/5345/A534583.html

[Montagnard]

161. It means, never forget....

that simple, honest trusting, heroic, courageous, people matter

[RevCheesehead]

164. I haven't a clue.

:)

[DBoon]

165. Now deceased member of the famous punk band...

THE MINUTEMEN!

They were musically innovative, mixing jazz and funk with punk rock

They were political

They were fron San Pedro, California and so am I. If I had gone to the local public high school, I would have been 2 years ahead of them.