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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

I first got online in the 1970's when I was in high school. My father had a job that allowed him access to Arpanet. In the 80s, I was on BBS's. I was a Usenet junkie in the early 90's. Then we got the pretty pictures and the noises, and I said, wow. This is something. I am still here.

This nickname is something I picked at random one day and I made it kind of ridiculous so I would not be inclined to post so much, but lately that's not working. The more public the forum the more anonymous I tend to be, for various reasons.