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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 screen name comes from the fact that I have four cockatiels (bird), and that my heritage is German (haus).

I am an internet geek, and I love the free exchange of ideas and the open expression of beliefs that exemplify the internet at its best. The best thing about the internet is that you can find anything out there. The worst thing is---you can find anything out there.