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Wolf99
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Joined: Nov 02, 2003
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Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:18 pm Post subject: |
 
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Hey graywolf, I like your new logo. It is more creative. Adds some character. |
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Blue
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Joined: Mar 31, 2003
Member#: 472
Posts: 100
Location: Coastal North Carolina, USA
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Fri Jun 18, 2004 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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I used to umpire baseball - high school, American Legion, Babe Ruth, even some semi-pro ball, everything but Little League because LL parents tend to be whacked out, insane people who still feel the pain of being picked last throughout their childhood so their own self esteem is vicariously tied to whether their kid is called out or safe.
Anyway, umpires have the nickname "Blue" from the powder blue shirts they wear (or used to wear for decades before the 90s when they started to wear red). So if you don't like my nickname and get in my face about it, you're outta here! |
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Wolf99
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Joined: Nov 02, 2003
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Sat Jun 26, 2004 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="zirael"]My nickname is a slight modification of "Lirael," a lovely teen fantasy by Garth Nix about a young librarian who discovers her magical powers to banish undead creatures back to the underworld.
It actually sounds like a feminist metaphor - banishing the old male dominated order as a backlash to the backlash against the 60s feminism. |
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 zirael
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Joined: Feb 05, 2004
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Location: North Carolina
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Sat Jun 26, 2004 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Wolf99 wrote: |
| It actually sounds like a feminist metaphor - banishing the old male dominated order as a backlash to the backlash against the 60s feminism. |
Wolf99, you are reading too much into a nickname! I just like the idea of having magic. |
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Twopop 
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Joined: Jul 21, 2004
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Location: Oregon
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Fri Aug 20, 2004 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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You’re already familiar with a "2-pop" (or "sync pop"). It's the “boop” sound you hear at the end of a movie countdown leader on the 2-frame: “...5-4-3-2 pop".
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thuringwethil
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Joined: Jul 30, 2004
Member#: 7505
Posts: 1871
Location: Deep in the heart of Texas, formerly from the Heart of Dixie
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Fri Aug 20, 2004 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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Thuringwethil is from Tokien's The Silmarillion. It means "woman of the shadows" Gray felt it was appropriate given the nature of my change from my original name LOTRfan2004
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Bossman
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Joined: Aug 14, 2004
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Fri Aug 20, 2004 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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It is a nickname I was given in college. |
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thuringwethil
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Joined: Jul 30, 2004
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Location: Deep in the heart of Texas, formerly from the Heart of Dixie
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Fri Aug 20, 2004 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Bossman wrote: |
| It is a nickname I was given in college. |
Where did you go to college?
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rebeccabutterfly
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Joined: Sep 13, 2003
Member#: 3098
Posts: 455
Location: Teaxsahs
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Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:07 am Post subject: |
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| thuringwethil wrote: |
| Thuringwethil is from Tokien's The Silmarillion. It means "woman of the shadows" Gray felt it was appropriate given the nature of my change from my original name LOTRfan2004 |
Oh. I figured it was something from Lord of the Rings, but I thought it was "the ring was here" pronounced with a lisp on top of a speach impediment. |
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Spartan
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Joined: Aug 10, 2004
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Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:46 am Post subject: |
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No surprise here. I was listening to Sparta at the time I registered and this being the very first and only website I read or write posts on combined with a lack of creativity, Spartan came to me in a flash of insperation. |
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 filmgoerjuan
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Joined: Jul 08, 2004
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Posts: 226
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
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Sat Aug 21, 2004 1:15 am Post subject: |
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FILMGOERJUAN is an anagram of my real name.
Rejected anagrams include:
* FROGMAN JULIE
* MAJOR FUELING
* JIM GO FUNERAL
* JOG, RUN, I'M A ELF
* A JINGLE FORUM
* I FROM A JUNGLE
* I JANGLE FORUM
* JUG OF MINERAL
* JIG OR LAME FUN |
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GrooveMerchant
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Joined: Jul 29, 2003
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Location: Oregon
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Sat Aug 21, 2004 5:01 am Post subject: |
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lmao Juan, I would've went with Jog, Run, I'm an Elf personally
Anywho, GrooveMerchant is the name of a Thad Jones jazz tune. A pretty awesome song, not to mention tough to play.
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Oh no, Dad, it's completely baked."
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Ishmaelbbc
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Joined: Aug 19, 2004
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Posts: 12
Location: Germany
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Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:21 am Post subject: |
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My nick is a compilation of my favourite books, all by Daniel Quinn.
"Ishmael"
"The Story of B"
"Beyond Civilization"
I never had a real nickname, besides Bruce (for liking Bruce Willis) or Shaky (for liking Shakespeare), but they're not really up-to-date and/or too silly.
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"The world won't be changed by old minds with new programs, but by new minds with no programs at all."
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schroddie
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Joined: Jul 30, 2004
Member#: 7501
Posts: 574
Location: Baltimore,MD
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Tue Aug 24, 2004 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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schroddie was invented by my friends. They wanted to give me a nickname. Since I'm doing a PhD in Physics, they took "schrod" from Schrodinger who is famous in quantum physics, the "ie" part at the end, because I'm a girl.
I liked it because it kind of sounds like someone from another planet so I kept it.
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 genericdragon
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Joined: Jul 29, 2004
Member#: 7493
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Location: Over Hill and Under Wood
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Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:56 am Post subject: |
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My nick come from an RPG and Ren-Faire in Nor Cal
Generic Man from Teenagers From Outer Space (Steve Jackson Games)
Dragon from the Faire because I draw mostly dragons
I like them both so I combined them...
BTW my avatar is my own drawing...
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