How did you come up with your Screen Name for the Ledge?

[eclipse]

Originally Posted by skcin

When I first joined Mick's board, all the usual Stevie-related ones were taken already. So I started spelling different words backwards & this one worked best. I use it on every board I post on (even non-Mac ones) and on the off-chance that it's already taken or not enough characters or whatever, I use skinlegna.

Paula- I love this...
I always thought with you and the "gay boys" there was ,you know, something like a secret handshake and your name had a larger meaning... though now to find out it is nicks-backwards...

'Brilliant!!
Rock on sweet sister of the boob!
haha and congrats on a clever name!

[Rickypt]

Originally Posted by ryan8472

My name is my real name. And four numbers after it.

That's why I had to go with my cat's name. I tried to put the same four numbers after my real name and it was already taken. I couldn't think of any other numbers.

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

I thought it would be interesting to find out how you all picked your screen names for the Ledge. Of course mine is mainly my first name, but since there was already a David here, I decided on the Mn at the and because 1. the initial of my last name is M, Marx,and 2. Mn is the abbreviation for the state I'm proud to call home, Minnesota.

Mine is pretty obvious...the song the Dance album. I was thinking about Bleed2LoveHer at the time...and some various others but they were taken. I thought MyLittleDemon sounded a little dark, plus it provides a blatant showing of support for Lindsey, my favorite Mac-member. Although...I must admit, I don't care for the song all that much! haha

[MacMan]

Mac = Fleetwood Mac Man = I'm a guy. Pretty simple. I use Nickslive on all other boards - this is the only place for MacMan.

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by skcin

When I first joined Mick's board, all the usual Stevie-related ones were taken already. So I started spelling different words backwards & this one worked best. I use it on every board I post on (even non-Mac ones) and on the off-chance that it's already taken or not enough characters or whatever, I use skinlegna.

This is a fun thread, I have seriously actually spent time wondering, and working out what "skin" could possibly mean! Man, I AM really dense.

[Dark Angel]

I've been going by Dark Angel since early '96, before I had internet access. At the time I was on a lot of computer BBS's (Bulletin Board Systems), usually went by SorcereressRhiannon on them. In Marh of '96 I made a comment on a board, and got in a fight with the guy who would eventually become me husband. The fight/arguement kept going on, and the SysOp wasn't real thrilled, so my future hubby suggested we take it to his board. I first signed in under my usual board name, then found out one of the guys I had been dating was on there too, and were no longer getting along. I emailed the SysOp of 'Darklands' (future hubby who was going by Dark Shadow at the time), told him I wanted to change my login, and I wanted something completely different and not Stevie-related, and so chose Dark Angel, which worked great when I became co-sysop of Darklands.
Only after I got online and found the Nickfix, did I find it was sort of Stevie-related (Insider).

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by MacMan

Mac = Fleetwood Mac Man = I'm a guy. Pretty simple. I use Nickslive on all other boards - this is the only place for MacMan.

Hmmm...And all this time I thought you used a MacIntosh!

[RavenOfRhiannon]

Raven- A very Stevie-esque comic book character (Teen Titans)

Rhiannon- pretty self explanitory

How I put it together is an homage to Seven of Nine.

[elie]

Nice thread!

Mine is so boring, but I'll explain it anyhow.

My real name is Elpida, which means "Hope" in my language. When I started using the internet around 10 years ago, I was living in Norway and it was difficult for people to pronounce my real name, so I (or some german friend of mine) came up with Elie, which looks like some sort of abbreviation. Noone calls me that anymore, but I 've been using it on the internet for many many years.

@serrart: I am impressed- I would have never thought it..I like the movie too.

@sckin: seriously, until you explained it, I thought it had something to do with skin...

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by Livia

Go ahead, LILY
VIOLET and blue
ALICE

Are you sure it's not this:

LIVIA DRUSILLA, AUGUSTA: 58 BC - 29 AD

Like Augustus, Livia stands alone in the history of Rome and of Roman women. If he was the Pater Patriae (Father of his country), surely she qualified as its Mater Patriae. She was the first woman in Roman history to be actively and influentially involved, although artfully behind the scenes, in almost all major decisions of Augustus' extraordinary 45 years of absolute power. He trusted her to such an extent that he left his personal seal - the most powerful "signature" in the ancient world - to her to use use when he traveled abroad. She was the first woman deified in Roman history by the Emperor Claudius, her grandson. She was the mother of Emperor Tiberius, grandmother of Caligula and Claudius, great-grandmother of Nero. The fact that, thanks to Tacitus and Suetonius, unsavory rumors about her use and abuse of power have circulated for 1900 years only adds to her unique mystery.

Livia brought her own qualities of beauty, intelligence, discretion and tact to the goal of recreating a new Roman autocracy; her political instincts became invaluable to Augustus during the many crises of his long rule. At the very least, the early years of civil war, the reinvention of government following Actium, the constant deaths of adopted heirs, the struggles between Augustus and her son, Tiberius (who by most accounts he disliked), and the death in the army of her younger son, Drusus, provided sufficient materials for personal heartache. Through it all, Livia appeared serene. After Augustus' death, and by his will, she not only become a priestess in his newly-founded cult but a member of his family as Julia Augusta. The title Augusta would descend to later empresses. She was personified in her later years with attributes of matronly, fecund goddesses like Ceres and as the living image of feminine virtues including pietas.

[Livia]

Interesting! I also liked Livia because it's the name of Tony Soprano's mother. That beeyotch!

[GypsySorcerer]

I slapped two Stevie songs together. Ta-da.

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by MacMan

Mac = Fleetwood Mac Man = I'm a guy. Pretty simple. I use Nickslive on all other boards - this is the only place for MacMan.

Thanks for clearing that up, I've always wondered!

A friend once called me Sooz Kyooz and I liked the way it sounded and when I typed it I liked the way it looked!

[skcin]

Originally Posted by eclipse

Paula- I love this...
I always thought with you and the "gay boys" there was ,you know, something like a secret handshake and your name had a larger meaning... though now to find out it is nicks-backwards...

'Brilliant!!
Rock on sweet sister of the boob!
haha and congrats on a clever name!

Originally Posted by Phoenix

This is a fun thread, I have seriously actually spent time wondering, and working out what "skin" could possibly mean! Man, I AM really dense.

Originally Posted by elie

@sckin: seriously, until you explained it, I thought it had something to do with skin...

Yeah, a lot of people think it's literally skin - that or sort of pervy thing. I was debating on doing Nicks and Mac, but it came out Skcin Cam. Now that's pervy.

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by skcin

Yeah, a lot of people think it's literally skin - that or sort of pervy thing. I was debating on doing Nicks and Mac, but it came out Skcin Cam. Now that's pervy.

Hmm, but you are not claiming to be above that level of perviness, are you?