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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 found out that my previous nick name (that I nicked from a Cherryh novel) was actually a common arabic given name, and there started to be really many hits for it, so I decided to coin one that was a little more original and you know, if people thought it was about smart fire, then I already knew they didn't understand it - it is a mirror, and about as old as the world wide web.

In addition, I only dabble in english: It is not my native tongue, so forgive me if I mangle that wonderful language too weirdly.