Explain your "handle"

[sellthekids]

why did you choose your nom de plume? what's the meaning behind it?

mine: sellthekids

the movie Apocalypse Now has a scene in it where Capt Willard is headed up river in the PT and he is reading some mail he just picked up. in the mail is a notice from his commanders mentioning a small fact (i'll paraphrase): 'oh by the way, we sent someone up to do your job a few months ago. we think he may have joined Col. Kurtz's team. here is a letter we intercepted him sending out.'

cut to Willard reading a small note which says:

Sell the house
Sell the car
Sell the kids
I am never coming home

there you have it! i always found that little note funny.

[Dave Perkins]

Mine is Ananab Tilps, and I got it one evening at Dairy Queen when a friend of mine and I were waiting in line, amusing ourselves by reading the menu items backwards.

Another favorite from that experience: Retsulc Tun

My favorite internet nick of all time: Serrated Head Juicer (witnessed on bungie.net while playing Myth: The Fallen Lords)

- Dave

[DavidCPA]

David is my first name and I am a Certified Public Accountant.

-DavidCPA

[Miramon]

Sigh. I hate this kind of stupid poll thread, but it is a slow day at work.

Miramon Lluagor is the Entelechy of Dreams, professionally responsible for mankind's dreams. He held the enchanted sword Flamberge after Charlemagne's death, until he was eventually killed by his son the proconsul Demetrios with that cursed blade. Miramon is one of the Leshy, a race who in Russian mythology are malicious forest spirits, but in James Branch Cabell's books, they are rather more important.

Miramon is something of a Merlin cognate for Dom Manuel, the central character around which Cabell's huge mythos revolves. Unlike Merlin, Miramon is elegantly civilized, something of an esthete, a henpecked husband (his wife doesn't understand why he has to spend so much time on nightmares and erotic dreams) and has a much deeper understanding of the workings of the universe than most other Cabell characters.

See for example Figures of Earth and The Silver Stallion by James Branch Cabell, who if you don't know, is probably the best fantasy writer of the first half of the twentieth century, and is also one of the best writers in general of that period, IMO.

[ARogan]

Alex Rogan

This is of course from The Last Starfighter.

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0087597

I think I watched it 18 times or something.
That might explain a lot of things...like why I feel a bit nervous if I'm doing too well in America's Army. Good thing that rarely ever happens.

[Dave Perkins]

Sigh. I hate this kind of stupid poll thread, but it is a slow day at work.

Poll: How many people look at the rest of a post that begins with this sentence?

[Chris]

I don't go by my normal handle on this board but for gaming I use PsychoTrain. A coworker put my name into an Anagram site and it was generated. This was back in '95 or so.

[Met_K]

Met_K is something that I've been going by since about 1999 online. It's an old nickname stemming from Metallikat, something I was labeled as years ago because I was a huge Metallica fan (pre-sell out!) back in the day.

I also go by Ministry in various places. That's pretty easy to explain, it's pulled from one of my favorite bands as well. Ministry, naturally.

[Anonymous]

"Every Day is Halloween" *is* good music to be reamed in the ass by.

[Met_K]

"Every Day is Halloween" *is* good music to be reamed in the ass by.

Is it? I always asked me Doctor's to put on 'Just One Fix' when I was being given an enema. Sometimes they even match the beat!

[Anonymous]

anything by the revolting cocks

[Jupiter Jones]

Because I really have no business being on this website, other than I think Tom Chick is funny, so instead of being a total dork who comes here under my own name, I became a total dork who comes here under a name from a series of books I loved (and secretly still love) as a kid. Sum total is still total dork.

[wumpus]

http://www.wise-ebusiness.com/images/wumpus.gif

[Anonymous]

Is that Doom 3 on a Voodoo 1 video card?

[sellthekids]

http://www.wise-ebusiness.com/images/wumpus.gif

wtf?

more info please.

[balut]

It's a picture of a wumpus. Yeesh.

- Balut

[balut]

balut: Filipino delicacy consisting of a partially developed duck-egg; it is typically eaten by cracking open a small hole in the shell, sprinkling in some salt, and slurping down the wet, crunchy, slightly feathery contents.

I use "balut" because it is distinctly Filipino and no one else anywhere really uses it. Plus it's pretty nasty stuff that yet many people still enjoy.

- Balut

[Michael Fortson]

"Politicians will do almost anything to win an election, even if it means killing off your entire electorate."
http://www.geodyn.psu.edu/earth101/fareffects.html (scroll down a bit)

Auguste Ciparis survived the eruption of Mt. Pelee, which decimated his town of St. Pierre, by being alone underground in a small stone prison cell during the eruption (sentenced to die). Amused at the irony when I read about it a few years ago, I switched from Dammit to Ciparis.

Dammit was a name I had chosen while trying to host a lan game of Red Alert (allowing the use of the 2 CDs in a case to assist in starting multiplayer games was terrific, and my company had several people who owned copies... we played every day at 5pm). After 3 or 4 failed starts, I grew frustrated and started a game as "Dammit!". The game worked, and the name stuck.

[GMicek]

The handle I usually use is 'Tele.' I thought of it as i was applying to a hack/phreak BBS called DnA back in 1993 when I lived in Orange County. As i was filling out the application it i realized that my current handle would just get me blacklisted so i looked around my room and viola!

A stupid story, yes, but I got on the board and was happy :)

[Sparky]

It's a picture of a wumpus. Yeesh.

For sellthekids sake...the wumpus is a creature from an old, old game called Hunt The Wumpus, wherein you hunt the wumpus.
You can play an online version here: http://www.inthe70s.com/games/wumpus/index.shtml#

Coincidentally, I just named my new cat Wumpus - though not after Qt3's beloved wumpus, but the abovementioned wumpus.

[Lunch of Kong]

I go by "MetroCube" in online games. MetroCube is the name of my cube at work. Metro because I work at Metrowerks, and Cube because I work inside a black cube. You see, after Motorola bought us, they took away my office and gave me a cubicle underneath some very bright lights and that pissed me off so I went to Home Depot and the University Co-op and turned my cubicle into an actual cube using wood, black foamcore, cereal box tops, and extra marketing materials.

I put in a disco ball and I hang old final candidate CDs from my ceiling. Two people can dance in there, but three can only hop up and down like the Peanuts.

When I feel like it, I remove some panels to make a window and enjoy a view overlooking our parking lot. I used to just remove the middle panel, but now I remove both because I started recognizing our female employees by the shape of their bust and sound of their shoes as they walked past my cube and didn't think that was something worth boasting about at the company happy hours.

[Xaroc]

I created it when I was younger for an AD&D character and reincarnated it for the internet. It was completely unique up until fairly recently. A google search turns up several intances of it in various forms some that are me and some that aren't.

-- Xaroc

[Michael Fortson]

I think we need a picture, Roger :)

[wumpus]

Yeah. A picture. Of the female coworkers' busts.

[Wholly Schmidt]

Mine's just a stupid pun with my last name, Schmidt. The other popular joke was that I should marry a girl named Holly.

Dave, I remember your name "ananab tilps" from long ago. I think I read about you on Stomped.com, did you win some Quake 3 tournament or something?

[Kool Moe Dee]

Had to come up with something when registering/posting here. I actually use a different pseudonym elsewhere. But here, well, yeah, nothing too special about the name...

[Sharpe]

Well I mostly use my real name (Daniel Ban) for net related stuff but when playing StarCraft on BNet I needed a nickname. Since I was reading the Bernard Cornwell military history series featuring Richard Sharpe at the time, I chose "Sharpe's Rifles" (the name of the best book in the series IMO). That got shortened to just Sharpe after a while. Since then, Sharpe has been what I use for online gaming in most venues.

On this board I used my real name originally, since I had corresponded via usenet with various oldtimers here (using my real name) previously. Then with the new board I switched to Sharpe b/c I was heavy into MMOGs at the time. However, given the recent issues about "anonymous" post I now mostly use both with an AKA.

I could drop the Sharpe I suppose but most of my MMOG guild buddies know that name...

Dan (aka Sharpe)

[voltaic]

Alex Rogan

This is of course from The Last Starfighter.

Great movie! Woo!

Oh, my nick "voltaic". Think electricity.

http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=voltaic

[Dave Perkins]

The other popular joke was that I should marry a girl named Holly.

So, didja?

Dave, I remember your name "ananab tilps" from long ago. I think I read about you on Stomped.com, did you win some Quake 3 tournament or something?

Perhaps it was a Myth: The Fallen Lords tournament. That's the only single-player tournament I have won. Actually, the only team-based tournaments I have helped win were for Myth and Myth II, so if you're remembering my handle in this context, it would have to be Myth.

My favorite game ever, and 2nd place isn't even close enough to sniff its butt.

- Dave

[Bub, Andrew]

Online names and handles tend to be like personalized license plates. Instead of being clever they become homages to just how geeky their owner is. Naming themselves after a character from Star Blazers, Star Wars, or something equally, well, boring. Or they're obscure jokes only the user will get or references nobody understands.

I prefer people who take their own name and do something clever with it. It takes imagination and thought! And that's why I tease people who have ready made cool Internet handles and don't use them. I'm talking to you William Harms! :wink: I use Hubbub because I was born into it and, well, public school just exhausted all the funny out of goddamn bubblegum jokes.

PS: I've always admired Atwood for choosing Wumpus. It's really the perfect handle for an Internet Troll of his ability. The problem is, he is a Wumpus that unlike the original game, cannot be Wumped.

PSS: Thanks Sparky for posting the game link. Got one for "Spider Fighter"?

[deanco]

Ahhh...what the hell. DeanCo is an international conglomerate. Currently we are one of the major world players in International Communication Services and After-Market Parameter Analysis.

Our motto: "DeanCo: Where Quality Is Just A Slogan".

DeanCo--

[nife2o4]

I think my nick conforms to the Andrew Bub Internet Naming conventions. I might have to get a judgement on it though.

I'm too lazy to try to type the proper capitalization each time I log in, but I should technically use NiFe2O4 or Nickel-Iron Oxide, the chemical formula for my favorite mineral-Trevorite.

Since I have a degree in Geology, I thought it would be an appropriate nick, and I've never seen anyone else try to use it.

-Trevor

[Bub, Andrew]

Your nickname does conform

But man o' man does it also fit the geek/obscure/personalized license plate criterion too. I think you should just go with Trevorite, but I applaud you for throwing the periodic table at your enemies.

[T Elhajj]

Speaking of the Andrew Bub Internet Naming conventions-- When I first heard you mention that Andrew, I thought of this story:

My wife uses her maiden name. At work one day she needed a password so she used her first initial and my last name. As it turns out, her "secret" password became something everyone in the office used. After a while, the group lost track of the fact that Holly had made up the password and then one day at a meeting someone wondered aloud who had chosen this particularly "demonic" sounding passowrd: helhajj

Ha! Every now and again I use that nick, but I usually prefer to just use my name.

Tim Elhajj

[GMicek]

I prefer people who take their own name and do something clever with it. It takes imagination and thought! And that's why I tease people who have ready made cool Internet handles and don't use them. I'm talking to you William Harms! :wink: I use Hubbub because I was born into it and, well, public school just exhausted all the funny out of goddamn bubblegum jokes.

Well, sometimes people at work call me Mice-K.

[Murph]

My last name is Murphy, and somewhere along the way (Jr. High?), some of the guys started calling me 'Murph.' I generally hated it at the time, because most of them were jerks, and so it carried a negative connotation. When I went to create a "nickname" here, it just seemed right, and now several of my closest friends call me that, as well. So, I guess it was just meant to be.

My favorite that I've seen was c19h28o2 -- the chemical formula for testosterone. My physics teacher had it on the back of his boat. I'm pretty sure he's not online much, but I've seen that name here and there, and always wonder if it's him.

[DennyA]

Trevor, and I always thought it was "nife 2 of 4"... Some kind of "7 of 9" type reference...

I use "DennyA" since I've been online since Internet was a vast, redundant array of tin cans, strings, and 110 baud modems. Back when I first started posting to discussion groups (on the old MECC educational computers in 1979), nobody used nicknames.

In games, I use "Mitty," which was bestowed upon me in true fighter pilot fashion (IE: You don't get to pick your own call sign) after I did a CNN/Computer Life piece where I flew flight sims with the Blue Angels a number of years back. If I'm playing a multiplayer game where that name isn't appropriate to the role-playing, I use the more classic-sounding "Mittius."

[Alan Au]

'Itsatrap' comes from playing strategy games with my buddies. I was fond of setting ambushes, and eventually the running joke was that every move I made was part of some elaborate trap.

- Alan

[Bub, Andrew]

Alan, just so you know I've always read your Internet handle using Admiral Ackbar's voice. I guess that wasn't intentional on your part.

[Alan Au]

Alan, just so you know I've always read your Internet handle using Admiral Ackbar's voice. I guess that wasn't intentional on your part.

Yeah, that's sort of a bonus effect. I occasionally use an image of Admiral Ackbar as an avatar icon on forums that support it. I've even got the the corresponding sound file squirreled away somewhere on my hard drive.

I mean, Fuck Star Wars™ and all that, but it's still a trap. *heh*

- Alan

[wumpus]

I keep waiting for someone to say ".. but my friends call me Slappy."

[GMicek]

'Itsatrap' comes from playing strategy games with my buddies. I was fond of setting ambushes, and eventually the running joke was that every move I made was part of some elaborate trap.

Hahaha, that's the best one yet. Great stuff.

[westyx2]

westy, from my last name "west", and the 'x' from when i used to use pine to send email/usenet posts, occasionally using keyboards where the alt (or ctrl, i can never remember which) key is sticky.

the 2 comes from the fact that i used to use westyx on this board, and for some reason the account is stuffed. in the end it was just easier to get a new nick here.

[Lando]

Well, I go by Lando because my real name is Garland half of which is Land, what most people call me, and Lando which became a bit of a nickname for a nickname.

Usually online, i play under fdiskboy, a nickname given to me by my helpdesk peers for my proclivity to use the fdisk utility to solve any and all PC problems.

I also occasionally use DarknessRising, taken somewhat from the "The Dark is Rising" book series by Susan B. Cooper I read as a child.

[Lee Johnson]

I wasn't going to post this, but Dave goaded me into it:

In online games I am often seen as "Misfire". This handle has its genesis in the following old Usenet posting of mine, lovingly preserved by Google (http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=4l326l%24kbg%40cosine.torolab.ibm.com).

It pretty well describes my ineptitude in games like Quake and UT, too. :P

[Mark Bussman]

I used to go by "Wraith" all the time, which was suggested to me by a friend because one of the games we were playing was Wing Commander Armada, and that was one of the fighter types.

When I started playing Jumpgate, "Wraith" was taken, so I chose "Leadfinger", which is what I went by a few times back when I raced R/C cars during junior high and high school. The common radio type used to control an R/C car looks like this (http://www.futaba-rc.com/radios/futj21.html), where the trigger is used to control the throttle, so instead of a lead foot, I had a lead finger. I use Leadfinger on HyperLobby for IL-2 as well.

[Jason Cross]

You can find me in most games as "RearAdmiral"... a Simpsons reference that popped into my head late one night when playing CounterStrike or something because it has the triple-whammy of being a military rank (above Captain but below Vice Admiral in the Navy and Coast Guard), being some sort of super atomic wedgie (Simpsons), and sounding vaguely sexual.

For those that don't remember the Simpsons reference:
http://www.further.com/~dknuth/Text/fun/rear.admiral.html

In MMORPGs and stuff, I usually try to come up with some sort of name that actually fits the world. As far as I'm concerned, my name in those situations is wholly unimportant to ME, but it's all the OTHER players that will see it and use it, and I don't want to spoil their environment by finding some clever way to say "goofball" in a medieval name. It pisses me off when other players ruin whatever little immersion there is for me by naming themselves "Sir Doarkus" or whatever, so I don't do it.

[Aleck]

'Itsatrap' comes from playing strategy games with my buddies. I was fond of setting ambushes, and eventually the running joke was that every move I made was part of some elaborate trap.

I've always thought of the scene in Army of Darkness where Ash (Bruce Campbell) says "It's a trick. Get an axe!" (see here (http://www.tvwavs.com/wavs/Army_of_Darkness/-/get_axe.zip)).

Online, I'm currently playing as Meursault, from The Stranger by Camus (L'Etrange to francophiles). Before that, I was "SausageBoy", a nick I earned by playing Quake 2 (and playing it so badly I was constantly "being ground into sausage").

ASJunk

[ARogan]

I've always remembered wumpus from the old atari 800 game M.U.L.E. published by EA.

In that game if you had some time left before your turn ends you can run around the screen with your character over the mountain looking plots of land (the ones rich in smithore). Once a while a white dot would appear in one of the caves in the mountian. If you touched it you just caught the wumpus and I think you got bonus money or something.

[Anonymous]

"Online, I'm currently playing as Meursault, from The Stranger by Camus"

killed any arabs?

[Kalle]

My nick is real-life nickname, my real name being Karl though no-one ever calls me that.

I only use it on this one board though, and after reading through the whole anonymity debate I was quite happy with it.

Otherwise I'm most commonly known as Palmtree. It's inspired by Olof Palme, former Swedish Prime Minister. I was looking for a new handle since my old was getting a bit boring. There was a story on Palme in the newspaper and I thought "Hey, Palme is a pretty cool name". Since I didn't just want to steal his name it evolved into Palmtree, keeping the Palm in context while not being political about it.

[Stroker Ace]

Alex Rogan

This is of course from The Last Starfighter.

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0087597

I think I watched it 18 times or something.
That might explain a lot of things...like why I feel a bit nervous if I'm doing too well in America's Army. Good thing that rarely ever happens.

DEATH BLOSSOM!!!!

like you didn't already know it was a movie, Stroker Ace:
http://stroker.info/pub/whois/

[Desslock]

My real name is Johnny Scorpia, and Jeff Green wouldn't let me use it.

[Sharpe]

You know for years, I thought Desslock's nickname was cooler than it in fact is. I know now its a reference to a classic CRPG but a few years back I used to think it was a reference to the classic (and underappreciated) early 80s Jim Starlin / Epic comic "Dreadstar" which was in my opinion one of the earliest (and best) of the "quality" titles and helped pave the way for Dark Knight, Watchment, et al. The hero Vance Dreadstar had a sidekick who was half cyborg/half sorceror named Szyzgy, and I thought his last name was Desslock.

Unfortunately a year or so back I saw a black & white reprint of the series and it turns out the correct name is Szyzgy *Darklocke*. So I was mistaken. Desslock turns out to be a standard issue PC game-derived name. Oh well :).

No offense to Stefan O' course :)~

Dan

[Anonymous]

Who knew that association with Jim Starlin would become a barometer of cool?

[Anonymous]

Time to change your handle, poseur. It be spelled wrong.

http://id.mind.net/~jdarel/mule/wampus.html

[wumpus]

I always thought Desslock was the villain from "Star Blazers"

Like so:

http://www.granniss.com/Desslar/

[Bub, Andrew]

Stefan will have to verify but I think Wumpus might have earned himself a cigar.

[Desslock]

That guy was actually "Desslok" (the Japanese character was Desslar).

I'm original, baby!

[Tyjenks]

Been through many names which quickly got snarfed by other folks in games. I started back with Netstorm and Myth: TFL and Fireteam.

Wolfboy - I like wolves

RatBastard - Not particularly fond of my Pops and after a Prime Minister Pete Nice rap song:

"The Rat Bastard that's what they call me,
the Rat Bastard don't give a fuck blow me."

Brilliant lyrics, huh?

Painbringer - Sounded cool after everyone else was using Stormbringer

Lastly, Paien - Actual Gaelic first name

I think Bub or someone above said something to the affect that eventually the names simply sound gay. My wife would look over my shoulder and constantly make fun of the last one by pronouncing it with a long "e": "How's Pah-een doin'?". She calls me a nerd half the time anyway. I then have to pop her one and she shuts her pie hole until it is time for another "lesson".

I have settled on a combination of my name: Tyler Jenkins. People think I am an idiot anyway so the fact that it rhymes with hijinks is fitting, I guess.

[Supertanker]

I could swear I posted this on the old boards, but I can't find the thread. Skip a bit if you are bored.

My nickname came from a bet in college. I maintained that you could make up a nickname and have it stick if it were strange enough, while my friend thought that all nicknames must come organically from some event. So, I nicknamed myself "The Supertanker of Love" and encouraged all of my friends to use it. I also requested that when I entered the room, they stand up and announce, "Dig the harbor deeper, it is The Supertanker of Love." A few actually did this (the best being one friend who was the lifeguard at the school pool, using the megaphone from the lifeguard stand), which helped me eventually win the bet.

I'm also seen online as "Drokus" (my Fireteam nickname, showing deep inspiration by reversing two letters in "Dorkus"), and on rare occasion under my Lucha Libre (http://www.cmll.com/) name, "El Abogado de la Muerte!"

[Lunch of Kong]

my Lucha Libre name, "El Abogado de la Muerte!"

Are you going to watch the Satánico vs. Damián 666 match?

[T Elhajj]

I could swear I posted this on the old boards, but I can't find the thread. Skip a bit if you are bored.

My nickname came from a bet in college. I maintained that you could make up a nickname and have it stick if it were strange enough, while my friend thought that all nicknames must come organically from some event. So, I nicknamed myself "The Supertanker of Love" and encouraged all of my friends to use it. I also requested that when I entered the room, they stand up and announce, "Dig the harbor deeper, it is The Supertanker of Love." A few actually did this (the best being one friend who was the lifeguard at the school pool, using the megaphone from the lifeguard stand), which helped me eventually win the bet.

Ha! That's a great story. I hadn't seen it before so I am glad you put it out here.

[DavidCPA]

I could swear I posted this on the old boards, but I can't find the thread. Skip a bit if you are bored.

My nickname came from a bet in college. I maintained that you could make up a nickname and have it stick if it were strange enough, while my friend thought that all nicknames must come organically from some event. So, I nicknamed myself "The Supertanker of Love" and encouraged all of my friends to use it. I also requested that when I entered the room, they stand up and announce, "Dig the harbor deeper, it is The Supertanker of Love." A few actually did this (the best being one friend who was the lifeguard at the school pool, using the megaphone from the lifeguard stand), which helped me eventually win the bet.

I'm also seen online as "Drokus" (my Fireteam nickname, showing deep inspiration by reversing two letters in "Dorkus"), and on rare occasion under my Lucha Libre (http://www.cmll.com/) name, "El Abogado de la Muerte!"

I bet since you got that nickname, there are people who have actually shortened it to Supe or 'Tanker, right?

I'm not much for nicknames (even Dave as short for David). My friends and family growing up never called me Dave so I don't prefer it now. My first boss was a big guy named Dave hence his nickname as Big Dave. Being smaller than he was, some attempted to call me Little Dave, but I nipped that one in the bud quick as all the connotations were too much for my pride.

-DavidCPA

[Bub, Andrew]

People called me Andy for most of my young life, until I was 15 and began dated a very pretty girl named Andie and, well, my family, my friends, and I sort of switched to Andrew.

Yeah, Andie and Andy sitting in a tree and all that.

[Desslock]

People called me Andy for most of my young life, until I was 15 and began dated a very pretty girl named Andie and, well, my family, my friends, and I sort of switched to Andrew.

Yeah, Andie and Andy sitting in a tree and all that.

I think I just broke Bub's coming out story.

[Bub, Andrew]

Yeah, macho talk from a guy named Stefan.

[Desslock]

Yeah, macho talk from a guy named Stefan.

Armando, to you.

[wumpus]

All this, and we still don't know who Johan Freeberg is.

[Anonymous]

some wacky jew

[Bub, Andrew]

Where is Johan Freeberg?
Greetz!

[Xaroc]

Where is Johan Freeberg?
Greetz!

I think he is busy writing dialog for Max Payne 2. ;)

-- Xaroc

[graller]

I feel boring now.

I was playing NWN, the original, and needed a new character to join the KAAOS guild with - they were an evil guild that did a lot of PK'ing. As you may or may not know AOL used your screen name in the game and even then finding a name that was b2124afA type stuff was pretty hard. I came up with Graller which I thought sounded fairly reasonable for an evil character and was unique enough no one had used it for a screen name. I have used it ever since.

[Tyjenks]

Been through many names which quickly got snarfed by other folks in games. I started back with Netstorm and Myth: TFL and Fireteam.

Wolfboy - I like wolves

RatBastard - Not particularly fond of my Pops and after a Prime Minister Pete Nice rap song:

"The Rat Bastard that's what they call me,
the Rat Bastard don't give a fuck blow me."

Brilliant lyrics, huh?

Painbringer - Sounded cool after everyone else was using Stormbringer

Lastly, Paien - Actual Gaelic first name

I think Bub or someone above said something to the affect that eventually the names simply sound gay. My wife would look over my shoulder and constantly make fun of the last one by pronouncing it with a long "e": "How's Pah-een doin'?". She calls me a nerd half the time anyway. I then have to pop her one and she shuts her pie hole until it is time for another "lesson".

I have settled on a combination of my name: Tyler Jenkins. People think I am an idiot anyway so the fact that it rhymes with hijinks is fitting, I guess.

I just realized what is exponentially more gay than having your very own clever little handle: Spending 15 mins. detailing the evolution and final conclusion of said handles with accompanying examples, comments, and bold faced type. I musta had too much coffee yesterday morning or not enough this morning.

[Lunch of Kong]

Someone wanted to see shots of the MetroCube. Viola!

http://www.rogerw.com/photo.net/metrocubeOuter.jpg
This is the outside of my cube and me!


http://www.rogerw.com/photo.net/metrocubeInner.jpg
This is the inside of my cube. That's a Dell propoganda poster in the
upper right corner, and my Pipboy "do not disturb" sign in the middle
there over my disco ball. On top of the left monitor is a glass fish
from Mexico, a rear view mirror, and a bottle of bubble solution.

[Murph]

Your cube is way bigger than mine. :(

[TomChick]

Hey Roger, I think you're really good on that Will and Grace show.

Are you really gay, or is that just your character on the show? Bruce wanted me to ask.

-Tom

[Sparky]

This is starting to look like MTV Cribs. Who's going to post photos of their SubZero containing only Cristal and a lonely bottle of A1 sauce?

[Lunch of Kong]

Even if Tom thinks I act gay, it's safe to say that my bare fridge is a side effect of bachelordom, not celebrity.

Contents:
two pears (well, one now)
a bottle of Moet & Chandon
a dozen packs of b/w 665 Polaroid film

I usually have milk in there for my cereal, but I ran out.

[Tyjenks]

Hey Roger, I think you're really good on that Will and Grace show.

Are you really gay, or is that just your character on the show? Bruce wanted me to ask.

-Tom

You snatched that thought right out of my brain.

Will = not gay in RL
Jack = not admittedly gay in RL, does not want to limit his roles ****stifled laugh****

[Anonymous]

Is that a roof on your cube? What gives?

[Lunch of Kong]

Is that a roof on your cube? What gives?

I turned my cube into a real cube. I call it the MetroCube. Hence, my handle, MetroCube.

The MetroCube has several advantages over the standard worker's cubicle:
1. it's dark
2. it's warm
3. it keeps out background noise

It's like working inside your mother's womb. Very comfy. Plus, you can party in there.

[Tyjenks]

The MetroCube has several advantages over the standard worker's cubicle:
1. it's dark
2. it's warm
3. it keeps out background noise

It's like working inside your mother's womb. Very comfy. Plus, you can party in there.

Ewwww!

There is a joke to be had here along the lines of;

"Your exactly right and I should know because I did some pretty comfy work in your mother's womb, too."

As I am above blue humor, I will leave the tastless jokes for some of our more abrasive members.

[Met_K]

The MetroCube has several advantages over the standard worker's cubicle:
1. it's dark
2. it's warm
3. it keeps out background noise

It's like working inside your mother's womb. Very comfy. Plus, you can party in there.

Ewwww!

There is a joke to be had here along the lines of;

"Your exactly right and I should know because I did some pretty comfy work in your mother's womb, too."

As I am above blue humor, I will leave the tastless jokes for some of our more abrasive members.

Actually, the joke I was thinking of went along the lines of:

"You're exactly right, and I should know. Roger Wong, I am not your father... but Derek Smart is."