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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.

My nickname is simply my initials. Boring, eh? I started using the net when I was working for the Public Utility Commission. I pulled reports off various government servers and then ftp'd a few online books. I've been using the net to slack off ever since. In fact, I wonder what people did at work before the internet. Did they actually (shudder) work?