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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 used to be a librarian at a small public university in the southeast, but I retired in the spring of 2020. Before I became a librarian I had a wide range of jobs, carpentry, housecleaning, taxidriving, teaching at all levels from babies to undergrads. I used to live in the northeast but the cold and grey got to me. I have three grown sons and five grandkids who all live in Ithaca. I'm back in Ithaca but hope to escape the worst of winter as long as I am able.