*~*~* Lounge Lizard Username-Change Compendium *~*~*

[SallyMander]

Go!

Oh, and tell us why you picked your new name!

[TZ]

1. here

I explained it..I needed a new name for personal reasons and this is my favorite
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[SallyMander]

5. And easy to remember!

Hope you're doing well!

[sasquatch]

160. Coward

[TZ]

200. geez

you ARE having a real problem with the name change. But believe me I and at least one other poster have done this for a good reason. This was not done for whimsy, believe me.

[Bake]

2. dbaker41 was from an OLD OLD email address

All my friends call me Bake, so I made that my username.



Bake

[SallyMander]

6. I knew you wanted to change yours!

Glad you got just plain Bake.

[NJmaverick]

3. Nomad was my name because I felt like I didn't have a Country, under Bush

the new one just seemed to fit. It wasn't easy coming up with a new one. It took a lot of time and effort.

[SallyMander]

7. I'm sure a lot of people are feeling less adrift now

[CreekDog]

14. I thought it was to get away from "pulling a Nomad"

which is demonstrated here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[NJmaverick]

47. shhhhhh

[Celeborn Skywalker]

4. Hello!

My old name (actual name) was boring me, so I changed it to characters from Lord of the Rings and Star Wars.

[SallyMander]

8. Nice one!

It has a noble ring to it.

[DarkTirade]

13. ... and this is how we seperate the true geeks from the herd.

Anybody besides me who recognized the name Celeborn is officially a True Geek ™.

[JTG of the PRB]

15. Yes! I finally got my wings!

I mean... My True Geek ™ status!

[DarkTirade]

16. ... also, being able to do the ™ symbol without cutting and pasting is a sign of True Geek ™

status as well.

[fizzgig]

24. then count me in

[DarkTirade]

26. Neeeerd!

Join the club! Seriously, we have a sci-fi/fantasy club on my campus and we're always looking for members.

[fizzgig]

34. but i can't do the True Geek ™ thing without cut and paste

am i still allowed?

[DarkTirade]

42. One can't be a geek in every facet of their lives.

... unless they're an uber-geek.

So you're just a geek, not an uber-geek.

[fizzgig]

48. i can live with that

[Celeborn Skywalker]

40. I'll accept the title of True Geek with honor.

[DarkTirade]

43. We always welcome more to the fold.

[Iggo]

86. Five geek bonus points if you pronounce it correctly.

[DarkTirade]

112. Damn, can't remember. I THINK it's a K sound for the C, not an S sound. But I could be wrong.

[JTG of the PRB]

171. You, sir, are correct.

It is pronounced "Keleborn," not "Seleborn." There's a pronunciation guide in the back of the Lord of the Rings books, and the C is always pronounced as a K.

:Nerd OFF:

[Iggo]

187. Ding! Ding! Ding!

[WildEyedLiberal]

234. Haha, proud to join the club

I should change my name, but I can't think of anything especially creative. Plus, people know me. I'm kind of a big deal.

[ghostsofgiants]

30. Neeeeerrrrrrddddddd

[Celeborn Skywalker]

38. Yes, I'm guilty.

[RoyGBiv]

188. NIce ...

[BeachBaby]

9. Here ya go, chickie!

Ta-da!

[SallyMander]

11. JGD! I mean, BB!

Nice new name, sweetie!

[Haole Girl]

25. Maybe I should change mine to Island Girl

Naw... I'm just a wannabee.

I your new name!

[sasquatch]

161. Why in God's name would you do that

[ZombieNixon]

10. "you know what? This is lame." was unwieldy.

[SallyMander]

12. LOL! Troublemaker.

[ZombieNixon]

17. I do my best.

[struggle4progress]

18. Cuz I regretted changing it to "The DU Member Formerly Known As struggle4progress"

[SallyMander]

20. Haha

You people and your fake sig lines...

[Corey_Baker08]

19. I just added 4 years to it!

[SallyMander]

21. Nice!

Too bad they had to override your sig for that small change!

[Corey_Baker08]

28. LOL yea I wanted my name with no year on it but it was taken....

so somewhere around here theres someone floating around with my name....

[SallyMander]

63. You should PM them, LOL!

Although it's probably someone who joined in '02 and has zero posts.

[ghostsofgiants]

22. Yo.

I changed it because I don't use primate1 anywhere on the internets anymore, really. One other site that I've been on longer than DU. The new name is something I've been using for a couple years and I wanted to be more consistent.

[SallyMander]

23. Heyyy, you did it!

Nice!

[ghostsofgiants]

31. Yeah, bummed about the missing sig line for 30 days though.

B-Boy Abe and my shameless self promotion will be missed.

[Fran Kubelik]

27. It was time to leave the past behind.

[no name no slogan]

33. HEY

QUIT STEALING MY IDENTITY!

This is the DU member formerly known as Cuban_Liberal.

[Fran Kubelik]

35. shut it!

They're going to know we're the same person!

[Deja Q]

36. I wish I could do that!

(maybe in 30 days)

[GreenPartyVoter]

119. How can you be both Deja Q and Tadpole of Hypnotoad at the same time?

[Deja Q]

130. No, I'm "VitaMetaVegaMin"!

It was a bit of a hiccup in the system... discovered by accident, but did not re-use or abuse. So "DejaQ" is here to stay. I like it. It's about the Q.

And not VitaMetaVegaMin.

[Deja Q]

131. No, I'm "VitaMetaVegaMin"!

It was a bit of a hiccup in the system... discovered by accident, but did not re-use or abuse. So "DejaQ" is here to stay. I like it. It's about the Q.

And not VitaMetaVegaMin.

[DarkTirade]

49. I am so confused right now...

[no name no slogan]

95. Oh, right!

Sorry, had a slight memory lapse there. Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue.

This is the DU member formerly known as Padraig18.

[tigereye]

116. crao, what a wise guy!

so you can just not change your name and pretend that you were an tricky, heretofore banned member?

[Fran Kubelik]

159. Hey sweetie!

[SallyMander]

51. LOL!!!

OK, you get one of these:

[guitar man]

29. got sick of seeing all those big letters

I made a mistake and left the cap lock on when I originally signed up. Iw as just going to uncap it and go with gtrman, but figured wtf, why not change it

[SallyMander]

52. Very nice!

I'm surprised that one was available!

[guitar man]

60. me too!

I was expecting to get a "not available" prompt when I typed it in.

[Deja Q]

32. Why? Because it's a heckuvalot more original, almost.

[SallyMander]

53. Tadpole! It's like we're related

my amphibious cousin

[Deja Q]

82. Awww

It was that, "Raging Bender", or "Q".

"Q" would incite confusion from both the James Bond and Star Trek Next Generation fans...

"Raging Bender" might give the wrong sort of reaction considering the raging nature of some of my posts and I'm not a booze guzzling con-artist robot... (how bloody nonsensical that is, )

"Tadpole of" just had that unique quality to it.

"Cousin", I dig that.

[SallyMander]

87. Wait a sec, did you just change yours twice??

:scratches head:

[Deja Q]

125. I have that effect on people...

Dunno how it worked, but it did. (And I ain't doin' it again!) Q rox.

[JVS]

93. is it Deja Q or Tadpole of HypnoToad?

I'm getting conflicting names on the screen

[no name no slogan]

111. It's DejaHypnoQPole

Try saying that ten times fast

This is the DU member formerly known as MAKE UP YOUR FUCKING MIND ALREADY, HYPNOTOAD!!!!111one.

[Deja Q]

129. You tell me to make up my mind* and now you give me a new idea?!

Damn it!

Just jivin'...






* Only once, half a fluke but so much the better it was... ain't changin' or attempting to do so again. Q is where it's at. And if I had "Pole" in my name, chaos and envy would ensue...

[no name no slogan]

132. ROFL!

Deja Q is pretty damn cool if you ask me. I think you should stay with it.

This is the DU member formerly known as Deja Q Is A Pretty Damn Cool Username.

[Dr. Strange]

113. Your identity is so fucked up right now.

[Vanje]

174. I'll say! nt

Confounding!

[sasquatch]

163. You had the best name imo

[Deja Q]

236. You're too kind...

[NMDemDist2]

37. YAY!!!!!!

and it's obvious eh?

[SallyMander]

54. Woohoo!!!!

Now, no more moving.

[NMDemDist2]

179. promise

I can't leave southern NM anyway

but there's a LOT of real estate in NM District 2

[Eurobabe]

58. Kewl!

[NMDemDist2]

178. poor Skinner I sent him about 8 emails over the last two months

he finally relented to get me off his ass

so I can never move again LOL



PS, I like your new 'suit' too, very hip donchaknow?

[LynzM]

213. Oh!

You changed yours! Glad I caught that

[flvegan]

39. I got sick of the same old jokes.

So, I changed it.

This is the DU member formerly known as Midlodemocrat

[ghostsofgiants]

45. Is bunco vegan?

[flvegan]

46. It is now.

I also had to get rid of the minivan. Leather seats, you know.

This is the DU member formerly known as Midlodemocrat

[ghostsofgiants]

62. Tragic.

[KamaAina]

148. Busted!

If you have a regular gray sig line below the fake-as-Marv-Albert's-hair red one, or if the sig toupee shows up when you hit Reply, the jig is up!

[SallyMander]

55. ...

[sasquatch]

164. HAHAHAHA!!

[Jetboy]

41. Ok this is confusing...

I was HuskerDU and wanted to change that as everybody thought I was from Nebraska. But the HuskerDU account was opened with my now ex-girlfriend's email address, so I couldn't change that one. I had the Heartbreaker account with my email address and decided to change my name from Heartbreaker to Jetboy.

[SallyMander]

56. Haha - nice!

Maybe you should email Skinner to add an extra sig line!

[ghostsofgiants]

65. I was one of the people who got the Husker Du reference, so I loved it, haha.

Jetboy is cool though.

[Jetboy]

69. Well it seemed great when I thought up HuskerDU...

I love the band and capitalized the DU part for Dem Underground. After explaining that I don't care for the Nebraska Huskers a hundred times, I figured that it was time to ditch that one though. Time for Jetboy to fly!

[tigereye]

118. aw, I liked hte HuskerDU name!

oh well.

[appal_jack]

44. The new app: with more alcohol.

I'm still 'app,' but wanted a change to mark this big change our country has just experienced.

'Applejack' is of course hard cider that has been frozen and then the ice skimmed off to gain a higher alcohol percentage (often a good thing in my book). Also, my first serious girlfriend (high school days) once told me that she loved me more than Applejacks (the cereal, which she was fanatic about...) and that remains one of the sweetest things told me by anyone (alas, we broke up long-ago over non-cereal related issues).

And the southern Appalachians are my beloved home.

So appal_jack it is.

-app

[SallyMander]

59. app! I love it!

Applejack is delicious, as are Apple Jacks. I approve all around.

[appal_jack]

67. SallyMander!

Thanks sweetie!

I take it that you plan to keep your most-excellent DU name?



-app

[SallyMander]

68. I considered decapitalizing...

sallymander... but I think I'll keep it the way it is.

How did you celebrate yesterday, my dear?

[appal_jack]

73. I love you just the way you are!

I'm often pretty casual about capitalization (user name included), but SallyMander just looks right to me.

Plus, you get to keep your rad steppin' 'mander and Aldo Leopold quote sig line.

Yesterday was lots of work for me and not much celebrating, but I did get to watch a bit of the inauguration at mid-day, and at the end of the day I hoisted a glass of red wine or two to the end of an error, and a brighter new era, so it's all good.

-app

[SallyMander]

76. Awww

xoxo


I watched coverage most of the day, until my MSNBC stream crapped out... kept checking to make sure I was really awake. I must admit to a few tears when they played "Hail to the Chief" for the first time!

[DarkTirade]

66. Nothin' wrong with a little ice distilling.

[appal_jack]

74. Yup!

-app

[Eurobabe]

50. Eurobabe

just because, plus 48%er was so Bush era.

[SallyMander]

61. Yup, we are in the MAJORITY now!

I like the new name!

[Eurobabe]

192. thanks, yeah I needed to let go of the past

A new era is dawning.

[leeroysphitz]

57. Sphits was my MAIDEN name. n/t

[SallyMander]

64. I am so confused...

[merh]

70. just cuz

This is the DU member always known as merh.

[SallyMander]

71. ...

[merh]

72. ...

This is the DU member always known as merh.

[Faygo Kid]

75. I got damned tired of lower case. President Obama. See? Capital letters.

I will stick with the name that brung me here, but seven years later, and with w. out of office, I go with caps.

[SallyMander]

77. Very nice!

[ZombieNixon]

78. When I was Your Mother, everyone thought I was female.

This proved to be a problem.

[SallyMander]

79. Mom!!!

[Haole Girl]

80. Was KC2

Why? It was impulsive. But I still like it.

Haole is often a derogatory term. But it's sort of an inside joke with my husband and I, because they always call him "little bra" (thinking he is an island boy) but I have Native American heritage while he is of Indian decent (from India). Sorry the explanation was so long.

[SallyMander]

81. I like it!

[Haole Girl]

83. Thanks Sally!

[graywarrior]

84. I want to change mine, but I think it may be a mistake to do that

[SallyMander]

89. What are you thinking of?

Or is it top secret?

[tigereye]

121. to stuckduck?

sorry, I couldn't resist.

[Wapsie B]

85. I'm still stuck trying to find something that resonates with me.

Writer's block, mental block, whatever it is I have it.

[SallyMander]

90. What kind of thing are you looking for?

Maybe we can help you brainstorm!

[Wapsie B]

92. It's one of those things I'll know it when I see it.

[Arugula Latte]

88. Oregonian (boring, picked 7 1/2 years ago after no thought) becomes ...

Arugula Latte, 'cuz I'm a walking stereotype!

[SallyMander]

91. Very nice!

[Arugula Latte]

135. Thankee

[SallyMander]

94. ***KICK cuz I've seen some more new names that need documented!***

[SoxFan]

96. The Artist Formerly Known As BlueDogDemocratNH

I got sick of every post I ever made in GD, GDP, or LBN turning into a flame fest because of my screen name. I'm still a filthy, rotten apostate, but I'm being more subtle about it now.

[SallyMander]

98. SoxFan, woooohoooo!!!

I love it!!!! Of course i'm not biased at all, being from Bawstun.



Now you need a Sox avatar!

[SoxFan]

100. I always have one up during baseball season.

I switched to a "Dharma Intiative for Obama" one for the fall campaign, but now I'm in Broonz mode!

[SallyMander]

103. The way you wrote Broonz

made me think of when i was a little kid and we'd go to games and yell "MOOOOOOOOOOOOG!!!"

Somewhat related to "YOOOOOOOOOOUK!!!" during the baseball season.

[XemaSab]

97. I changed mine!

[SallyMander]

99. ....

Umm, i mean, i really like your website! Nice job with it!

[Pierre.Suave]

101. I changed mine

no real reason, only to be funny...

[SallyMander]

102. ...

I can't BELIEVE you did that!

[Pierre.Suave]

104. I could not, not do it once I thought it up

it was too great of an idea to pass up.

[Danger Mouse]

105. I don't get the joke.

I must've missed that one.

[Pierre.Suave]

108. Did you not see the Lounge hilarity the other day

perpetrated by that person named Pierre.Smooth, the former CollegeLiberal?

[Danger Mouse]

146. please link me, baby.

[Pierre.Suave]

158. There was way too many to link you to

go search the lounge, from today back 4-5 days and use the username pierre.smooth

Much laughing will follow.

[Vanje]

175. You're not my type nt

[Fire Walk With Me]

106. Hello.

"Through The Darkness Of Future Past
The Magician Longs To See
One Chance Out Between Two Worlds:
Fire, Walk With Me"

[SallyMander]

109. Oh my gosh!

Well i think that's lovely.

[ghostsofgiants]

218. Nice post, Bob.

[Fire Walk With Me]

233. Not Bob, just somewhere between Lodges :)

I like your new ID as well.

[ghostsofgiants]

235. Merci.

It was actually kind of inspired by Twin Peaks. ("It is happening again.")

[Fire Walk With Me]

237. Ah! Nice :)

[ghostsofgiants]

238. Obviously not a direct reference, but it was a key inspiration.

[Bossy Monkey]

107. Let's see, be named after multiple felon Richard Bruce Cheney or my beloved but bossy cat?

Tough choice, huh?

[SallyMander]

110. Hmm, yes, I can see how you struggled with that one!

[Dr. Strange]

114. I'm Dr. Strange.

Which is what I should have been in the first place.

[SallyMander]

115. Congrats on finishing graduate school!

[Dr. Strange]

120. Why I oughta!

[SallyMander]

122. Hehee

xoxo

[NewJeffCT]

195. I had always called you that mentally, anyhow

your old name was too close not to.

[Dr. Strange]

211. I got called a lot of names mentally, I'm sure.

[Inchworm]

117. I shall remain Inchworm

since.. it's like my name and junk.

If I was a woman getting married, I'd keep my name then too.

I'm a li'l whacko.

[SallyMander]

126. Bwahaha

I kept my name when i got married, partly for professional reasons, but partly because i just liked it - it's MY name!

[Lyric]

123. Oktoberain is now officially "Lyric"

And ThinkBlue1966 is "Rhythm." We're sickeningly cute like that.

[SallyMander]

128. I seriously love that pair

How lucky they were both available! Cuuuuuteness!

[KamaAina]

149. Will there now be a major motion picture titled "Rhythm & Lyric"?

although somehow I doubt Hugh Grant would be cast as the lead...

[Rhythm]

184. I dunno... doing drag couldn't hurt his career, could it?!

[Guava Jelly]

124. I'm here

water lizard lady!

[SallyMander]

127. Have you set out a guava jelly trap

to trap manders???

[Guava Jelly]

133. They are the secret ingredient in my Jelly

[NMDemDist2]

183. ahhhh geez

I loved your old username

[Guava Jelly]

217. I did too

Maybe next time I'll change it back

[LadyoftheRabbits]

134. LadyoftheRabbits (lelapin)

Hi. And... I picked a new one because I was just worn out with the old one. But I had to keep it bunny themed.

[SallyMander]

136. OMG! Dude!

I like it!

I feel like i should change my name because everybody's doing it!

[LadyoftheRabbits]

137. Yours is so cute and perfect, though...

There definitely is the crowd mentality, however.

[SallyMander]

140. I think I'll just stay SallyMander

I thought about going all lowercase, but apparently you can't do that!

[Danger Mouse]

141. i liked lelapin better...

but you should've gone with Bunny Lady.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

150. Aww, man...

CrazyBunnyLady would've been awesome.

[Danger Mouse]

189. You can still change it to CrazyBunnyLady.

Go for it.

[sasquatch]

165. .

[RevolutionaryActs]

177. What?

No Usagi? I'm disappointed.

[ghostsofgiants]

220. When is ZombieNixon gonna change his name to Huggy Bear Lum Lums?

[BarenakedLady]

138. Nooooooooooo!!!!!

I don't even know who you all are anymore!

[SallyMander]

139. I know, right? It's total madness!!!

I thought at least if everyone posted in one thread we might have a chance of figuring it all out...

[Danger Mouse]

142. Why don't you change yours to ClothedLady?

[BarenakedLady]

143. FullyclothedChick

was my idea.

But I'm lazy.

[Danger Mouse]

145. Go with it.

[Inchworm]

151. Don't give in!

I don't wanna lose my dream gurl!

[BarenakedLady]

152. Nevah!

No worries, Mate.

[Inchworm]

153. *whew*

I don't know about you, but this is blowing my mind!

Peake is Fire sumptin
GoPsUx is Jelly sumptin
Hypnotoad was a tadpole and now Q sumptin
Turtlensue is TZ
KC2 is Haole sumptin
Dustrange is Dr. Strange

I just remember those because I made flash cards!



Not really.

Hi!

[BarenakedLady]

154. You may need to write it all down

And send it to me later. I'm sure to forget.

Damn kids!

[Inchworm]

155. Ever try ginkoba?

I'm considering it

I'll forget to take notes!

[BarenakedLady]

156. I have

Among other things.

Night night inchy.

Sweet dreams.

[Inchworm]

157. Aww

You made me feel all warm.

Night night sweety

*kisses your forehead*

[XemaSab]

193. Fire sumptin?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqeJ-lKQKIw

Twin Peaks was the LIVING SHIT, and it you haven't seen it, you're missing out.

[mainegreen]

172. No kidding. It's bedlam!

Bedlam I tell you!

[jobycom]

176. Most of us don't know who we are anymore.

Last time I was sure was probably high school.

[lightningandsnow]

144. It's from a Kathleen Edwards song...

The summer months left me alone
But the fall rolled in on the back of a storm
In the night you and I drove
Have you ever seen lightning and snow?

It's pretty. I like it.

[SallyMander]

147. Ohh, that's really pretty!

I like it!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

162. Because I'm a trophy wife

[sasquatch]

166. YES!!

[SallyMander]

167. LMAO!!!

That's awesome.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

169. Thanks!

[Fire Walk With Me]

170. Never let her forget to treat you like a trophy wife!

[mainegreen]

173. ....

That's good.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

185. Was it a participation trophy?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

196. Yes

[Debi]

215. LOVE IT!!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

231. Of course, you would, you're a fellow trophy wife

LostinVA says you should change yours to DebiTheTrophyWife.

[Shakespeare]

222. I still like "Towelie" better.

But that's not half bad.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

232. That's just because you like me in a towel

You feel it in your quivering loins.

[Shakespeare]

240. I like the schoolgirl outfit better.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

168. well, wannajumpmyscooter

just seemed to fit, ya know?

[JTG of the PRB]

180. Consider my name officially changed!

It wasn't confusing/bulky enough before, so I added a bit to it.

[SallyMander]

244. I looked quickly and thought it said PBR

Thought you might be a Pabst fan

[JTG of the PRB]

267. And you would be the second person to say that too! LOL

I was actually worried I'd actually type that by mistake. After all, Skinner does have that big warning saying we get no second chances.

[SPKrazy]

181. I picked mine

because people call me SPK here and that was already taken? So I added the razy to it to make it SPKrazy

[TZ]

197. lol!

I love your new name..its so..appropriate...

[SallyMander]

245. SPK!!!

LOL! I love your new name!

[Gold Metal Flake]

182. My old one sucked.

I was pissed about the 04 election fraud and stuff.

Anyways...

[Danger Mouse]

225. I liked yours!

[Gold Metal Flake]

285. Thanks. I was pissed after the 2004 election theft.

But the name lacked personality. Not that I supply that much personality on my own...

[SallyMander]

246. Ooh, very nice!

[Gold Metal Flake]

287. Thanks!

My second choice was Candy Tangerine. House Of Kolor Candy Tangerine is one of my favorite automotive paints.



My Cougar is Ford Thistle, which is like a candy grape.

[SallyMander]

288. Oooooo, pretty cars :-)

We have an '82 Vanagon, which is in "70s Hangover"

[kid a]

186. too many late night infomercials spawned aSoTV - adios

[XemaSab]

194. I'm not sure what to think

Radiohead... I like, but tha album... IS September 11th for me. I don't think I can ever hear it again without thinking of that day.

[SallyMander]

247. Haha - nice!

Simple, i like it!

[yewberry]

190. I did--got sick of the assumptions people made

about me based on the username.

I feel kind of funny about it, because I sort of feel like I'm losing some of my history...but then I remember that there are like two people who'll notice, so why get worked up about it, right?

[SallyMander]

248. Well i like tofu too

but i can understand what you mean! I like the new name!

[Lucian]

191. I'm changing into an animal...

(on the inside) so I thought this was a cool human-changing-into-an-animal name.

Plus I like howling at the moon.

[SallyMander]

249. I don't know the meaning of your name

I will have to look it up! It has a nice sound though.

[City of Mills]

198. I needed a more descriptive name

I'm no longer by the river (technically i'm now by the canal) but I still live in the city of mills...

[SallyMander]

250. I grew up near Boston

So i bet i know just where you are!

[PVnRT]

199. Because Robert Boyle is a smooth pimp, y'all

[TZ]

201. oh great

Your screen name is giving me some really bad flashbacks to college physics. Thanks for nothin!

[PVnRT]

202. Chemistry > Biology

Sorry, simple fact.

[TZ]

204. lol

I'm so bad that I mixed up a chemistry formula (partial pressure of gases right?) with physics..

[PVnRT]

207. Ideal gas law

Mostly chemistry, more specifically physical chemistry and thermodynamics.

Of course, I would argue that all chemistry is a form of physics.

[SallyMander]

251. Haha! Nerd alert!

I love it!

[Jamastiene]

203. I haven't a CLUE who anybody is any more.

I hope the sig line reminders stay up for a couple years, because that's how long it is going to take me to get used to the changes. There are so many.

[SallyMander]

252. That's why i started this thread

Hopefully it'll help me remember...

[New Earth]

205. I'm not a Lounge Lizard

but I wanna post anyway, I like seeing my new name
My original name was my real first name, but I use New Earth or new_earth in most other forums, so wanted to change it to that. (No, not because of the book by Eckhard Tolle, I had it wayyyy before that, although I know it IS a good book).

[SallyMander]

253. Ooh, I love it!

Very nice name!

[RFKHumphreyObama]

206. Well my original choice for a username was too long

So I just made a username out of my three political heroes -RFK, Hubert Humphrey and Obama. I wanted to include Paul Wellstone as well but the name would have been too long

[ScreamingMeemie]

208. ...and it doubles as an awesome baby/pet name!

[RFKHumphreyObama]

242. It would be slightly long for a baby;'s name and probably would sound slightly strange

But thanks MrsG. And great to see you again

[SallyMander]

254. Aww, what a nice tribute!

[SarahB]

209. The simplest one.

SarahBelle- the name my dad used to call me as a kid.

SarahB- my actual name with no connotations, no pretense, just me.

[ScreamingMeemie]

210. So...from populistmom, to SarahBelle to SarahB.

In 8 years will shorten to SB?

[SallyMander]

255. Simple and pretty :-)

And like you said, everyone will still recognize the avatar!

[Shell Beau]

212. This is just absurd!!!! How am I supposed to remember all of these?

[NewJeffCT]

214. I agree

there should be a phase-in, say like one revised username per month or something...

[SallyMander]

256. Just keep reading this thread

over and over...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

216. Tommy Carcetti checking in.

Named after Baltimore's best mayor.

Fictional, of course. The real ones if they're good run for governor a couple years out, and if they're bad, they get indicted. For misappropriating gift cards for the poor.

[SallyMander]

257. Very cool!

Sounds like he would have gotten along with Buddy Cianci, the erstwhile mayor of Providence.

[denbot]

219. denbot became puerco-bellies, and then went back to denbot

Broke up and moved. Changed ISP's, by the time I settled in and tried to log on to D.U. I had forgotten my password. I was working as a commodity's broker at the time to puerco-bellies seemed like a cool choice. I have been asking for my original user name back and after 7 years I got it back.

[SallyMander]

258. Welcome to DU!

Wow, now you have "joined in 2001," so you're definitely one of the cool kids!

[Shakespeare]

221. I'm thinking of changing mine to "Damned Soul of Walt Starr."

Or possibly "Paco the Asian Woodcarver"

[Danger Mouse]

224. I'd go with Damned Soul myself.

[SallyMander]

259. Hahahahaha

Is Paco Rabinowitz taken?

[TZ]

223. Okay everybody pay attention!

There's gonna be a quiz on the new names soon!

[SallyMander]

260. I need more time!

:panics:

[Guava Jelly]

226. We should see if the overlords could Pin this to the top for a few weeks

[SallyMander]

261. Haha... seriously

except that once the little red siglines disappear, it'll be useless!

[nickgutierrez]

227. I'll jump in here, too.

I was tired of being against something, and having the opposition be the first indication that people have of who I am, outside of each individual post. Does that make sense?

[SallyMander]

262. Definitely makes sense!

And this is the perfect time for something new and positive.

[Wapsie B]

228. Part of the new name is one of my initials

The other is a character in a story:


The Wapsipinicon River flows through the heart of Iowa. Beginning in the northern most part of the state and eventually flowing into the Mississippi River, the legend of the rivers name is a love story similar to that of Romeo & Juliet.

Wapsi was a young Indian brave; Pinicon was a beautiful Indian maiden. Wapsi was one of the warlike Sioux, and Pinicon belonged to the equally hostile tribe of Sac. As fate wiled it, they met, fell in love but strong objections from both tribes deterred them from expressing their love to each other. Their love remained strong and the lovers found means of communicating their passion and they decided one evening to elope. On the very evening they were preparing to leave, Pinicon's father returned from a hunt and found the two together. Wapsi fled and Pinicon waited until her father fell fast asleep and she slipped away into the night to find her lover.

Guided by the October moon, the two reunited and Wapsi exclaimed, “Not even death shall ever part us more. Let us fly to my northern home, where parental tyranny can never separate us and we can dwell in peace and harmony until the Great Spirit, ‘Gitchie Manitou', calls us.” Just then, they heard footsteps in the distance and realized that Pinicon's father and three braves were approaching. They ran in desperate flight away from their chasers. Once they reached the river bank, there was no time for reconsideration; the murmuring river was singing their funeral chant. Without a word, the devoted lovers clasped in each other's arms and plunged into the river. The enraged father reached the bank only to behold them struggling in the water, sinking and rising and with one last gasp sinking.

The couple decided they would rather die than be taken back and separated. They raced to the river, clasped each other, leaped into the stream and drowned in the swirling waters. The sorrowful Indian chief later named the stream Wapsipinicon.

[SallyMander]

263. What a tragic story!

But it is a lovely name.

[wickerwoman]

229. Not really Russian or homeless

(at least for the moment... fingers crossed) so it seemed like a good time for a change.

I picked "bezdomny" from The Master and Marguerita after the poet who goes mad when he sees the devil. I was feeling a bit crazy when Bush was elected and managed to live overseas for around seven of the last eight years hence "homeless" for a while.

Not too sure about the new name, but I've been using it on other forums and I think I can live with it until 2012.

[SallyMander]

264. Haha - well i like the sound of it

[Kat45]

230. I'll be changing mine because this one is no longer relevant

I'll let everyone know once I decide what my new name will me. Right now, I have no idea.

[SallyMander]

265. Hmm, any ideas yet?

Or still brainstorming?

[Danger Mouse]

239. Danger Mouse...because Skinner won't let me use 'Rev's Bitch' as a username.

[SallyMander]

266. AWESOME!

[Danger Mouse]

270. Yup....no apostrophes allowed, after all.

...

[SallyMander]

273. I meant your new name though - love it!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

241. I wanted to keep Ocelot but make it a little more interesting.

Everybody knows about velveteen rabbits, but who ever heard of a velveteen ocelot?

[SallyMander]

268. Not me!

But sounds like it would be cute!

[Gonzo Gardener]

243. I wasn't living up to my old username.

[SallyMander]

269. That's for sure!

You're the worst mean person i never met!

Hope you're doing well sweets! Love the new name!

[TK421]

271. I confess I tried to think of a different user name, but just can't come up with one

I think I like mine...though I must say that all these new names here have me really confused!

That red signature line is mentioning complete bullshit...apparently it can be altered to whatever the user wants it to be, but I thought it was just to point out who the original user was?

[SallyMander]

274. There are lots of jokesters here

they are just messing with html code, to make the sigline look like the "official" ones.

[TK421]

276. I don't even know what HTML stands for! this is coming from a computer dummy!

hey! Maybe I should learn and get on the train here?

[SallyMander]

277. Hyper-text... um, something...

Anyway, it's just a way of annotating things so you can write bold, italic, underline, or make things different colors.

To write in bold for example, you just make a b in square brackets, write whatever you want, then make /b also in square brackets.

ETA, when you make a post, there is an HTML lookup table so you can see how to do the different things!

[TK421]

278. Thats a big start for me....thanks!

[SallyMander]

290. You're welcome!

[Phillycat]

272. I'm from Philly. My name is Cat.

[SallyMander]

275. I like it!

Sounds very cool.

[Phillycat]

286. Thanks. :)

I'm very glad you didn't change yours - it's one of my favorites. And if Underpants ever changed his, it would break my heart. His is my all-time favorite, always has been since I came to DU in 2001.

[SallyMander]

289. Haha - thanks!

Yeah, i like my name. I had originally wanted salamander, but it was taken. And now i'm pretty attached to SallyMander.

[TK421]

279. WERE YOU THE ONE WHO WASN'T EXCITED ABOUT OBAMA?@@@#

HOW DARE YOU POST HERE!!@!! HEATHEN!!!!!11 DARKSIDED GARGOYLE!!

[Haole Girl]

280. So, do you have to start all over with your one month...

or are you going to give it up?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

One week was long enough for me- and I cheated and used my iPhone! lol

[Phillycat]

283. My ban was only for a week, not a month. :)

And I just EPIC FAILED. Utterly completely failed. My only consolation is I'm stuck here in the States with nothing to do until I fly back to London next Saturday and so it REALLY wasn't a good time to try it. But yeah, I suck.

[begin_within]

281. I saw it on a bumper sticker and I liked it... also, because

the initials are the same.

[SallyMander]

282. I like it a lot!

Nice sound, nice sentiment!

[begin_within]

284. thanks!