What is the origin of your username??

Well, I got it, if that's any consolation.

So Kommander is not the kommander of gay sex?

kuminmander

Mine's mythological. It means either a creative spirit, or the devil. Seemed apropos.

Or a garbage person.

Life has been a war since I shot out of the womb. I've managed to stay alive, and have navigated it like a surgeon. Hence the name.

Derived from a misreading of the Bakerloo Line in London when I was there when I was 15 (fucking awkward wording); misread it as 'Bickerloo', which I liked enough to use for a fictional city I was designing at the time, and the name evolved to Bickendan from there.

Gay sex happens whether I kommand it or not, and, well, I need to do something to feel useful.

What about gay sects?

Old hands know. A reference to the astronomical event for metaphorical reasons.

Nothing whatsoever to do with the Marvel character.

Not the Chevy either, right?

it would be really interesting if Nova was the transgendered person eddie murphy used to like to "drive" around. There would be so many loops and references in that name.

Yes I am high, what about it?

I wrote a sci-fi story during college and the first part is the main character's name. The three letters after is abbreviation of the interstellar organization/government.

crikey

this thread got me thinking just how fuckin' long I've been using this handle-23 fuckin' years! as I used it on tbbs as well.

I've been using mine for about 30 years. I created it when I had to create a new Juno account as I forgot my password for the one that just used my real name.

Wow, Juno. Just hit me in the nostalgia.

I created the original Juno account after I stopped using CompuServe.

I’m a waitress at a Waffle House and trying to pay my bills during a difficult year.

The first season of TNG I watched was season 6. I was still in the 4th or 5th grade, so I thought Descent was just about the coolest thing I'd ever seen. And Crosis was the Borg who convinced Data to turn evil.
As for the number, it's usually just a random number.

Two things:

1. An episode of My Little Pony had a character named Countess Coloratura (a play on Lady Gaga) who was voiced by Lena Hall, and I adored the character.

2. I'm a singer, and a coloratura is where you sing a melody with trills and vocal inflections, like in opera for example. I was once an exceptionally high soprano, and while I can't hit those notes anymore, I still remember the wonderful coloraturas I used to perform for audiences.

I'll be against the law in a few months.

If we can't ban Packard, we sure as shit won't be able to ban a DEI Hire.

I thought he was just taking one for the team so we can meet our quota when orange overlord demands we sacrifice one.

Mods, please change my name to "Fervent Trump Supporter."

"Steal Your Face" would work too. Same thing.

I'd tell the story but I don't know the applicable statute of limitations and I can't be bothered to check.

ed is for Ed, 629 is June 29, the day I got broadband at the apartment I was living in.

I thought your username was a play on ED-209, from RoboCop.

'Twas a dark and stormy night...

I wanted to be inclusive.