OA Boardies, explain your usernames... 2 2

[exitmusicblue]

It's been real swell getting to know folks better on here throughout the past year.  So for everyone's sakes... explain thy usernames. 

Mine is simple enough -- I loved Radiohead growing up, thought the title of their song "Exit Music" sounded cool, and added my college color blue.

[John E.]

4 minutes ago, exitmusicblue said:

It's been real swell getting to know folks better on here throughout the past year.  So for everyone's sakes... explain thy usernames. 

Mine is simple enough -- I loved Radiohead growing up, thought the title of their song "Exit Music" sounded cool, and added my college color blue.

im a Radiohead and I didn’t catch the reference. 
 

mine’s a diminutive of my full name. I need to get around to just changing my username to my full name. 
 

No one calls me Jay in real life. Ever. Sometimes Espy. For many years I was called John E. often spelled JohnE but never pronounced Johnny but rather John E.  

[Brian Peck]

I don't hide behind fake names

[malvin]

31 minutes ago, Brian Peck said:

I don't hide behind fake names

Same here 

[alxjhnsn]

Uh, mine is the one I use pretty much everywhere in the interwebs - it's my name without the middle vowels, Alex Johnson.

[aokartman]

 

The AOK reference stands for Albright Original Kollection, or Kards, or Komics,  and the artman is for when I'm about the original komic art!

Hence, aokartman.  See pic, and click through a couple times for full flavor....

My ebay handle is bakeralbright never a negative the name is my wife's maiden name and my last name.

David S. Albright

Edited December 14, 2019 by aokartman
pic added, clarify

[ESeffinga]

First initial. Last name. 

I prefer people know where I am and what I say. It’s been helpful in building a collecting network, when I’m easy to spot. Also keeps me honest and polite, by and large.

[GreatEscape]

Great Escape was my LCS in Nashville TN growing up, fond memories of reading comics after school, back-issue bins and dreaming of rare comics displayed on the wall.  Most of my weekly $5 allowance spent there.  

When I joined the CGC boards around 2004, I worked at General Electric so like Great Escape, the initials (GE) worked as a nickname. Finally, I’ve always viewed comics and OA as my ‘Great Escape’— a joyful retreat from my work/family commitments. 

[grapeape]

8 hours ago, exitmusicblue said:

It's been real swell getting to know folks better on here throughout the past year.  So for everyone's sakes... explain thy usernames. 

Mine is simple enough -- I loved Radiohead growing up, thought the title of their song "Exit Music" sounded cool, and added my college color blue.

Radiohead is the best band in the world.

[grapeape]

7 hours ago, Brian Peck said:

I don't hide behind fake names

Like Brian and Malvin I use my real name put together as one word.

Shame on those who don’t.

Sincerely,

Grape Ape 

🍇.  🦍 

[Andahaion]

I'm a huge Lord of the Rings fan and about 15 years ago I was fortunate enough to have a good friend in grad school at Marquette University who arranged a private viewing of Tolkien's original manuscripts.  I imagine most here know that Marquette holds a huge Tolkien collection of original manuscripts.  Unreal experience, very emotional, to hold the same paper he held while drafting that amazing story.  Among my small group of Tolkien enthusiasts was a guy who studied Elvish and translated my name (Justin) into 'Andahaion'.  No idea as to its accuracy, but there you go.

[Rick2you2]

It just sounded simple, friendly, and not something likely to be duplicated. Who wants to be known as, say, Rick00038?

In the past, I sometimes went by the user name "Grovercleveland". When I first was told I had to pick a screen name (when the internet was young), I quickly found the normal ones, like Rick, were taken. So, it was suggested I pick something no one else was likely to use. Our second fattest President nicely seemed to fit the bill. 

[Twanj]

A few rounds of nicknames from Anthony -> Antoine -> Twanj

[MagnusX]

Magneto / Magnus + Professor X = MagnusX

[Dayzen]

2 hours ago, GreatEscape said:

Great Escape was my LCS in Nashville TN growing up, fond memories of reading comics after school, back-issue bins and dreaming of rare comics displayed on the wall.  Most of my weekly $5 allowance spent there.  

When I joined the CGC boards around 2004, I worked at General Electric so like Great Escape, the initials (GE) worked as a nickname. Finally, I’ve always viewed comics and OA as my ‘Great Escape’— a joyful retreat from my work/family commitments. 

Was it the one off Broadway? I use to stop by there when I lived in Tennessee. It was close to my favorite bars (red door, broadway brewhouse, Patterson house). Good memories 

[timguerrero]

9 hours ago, Brian Peck said:

I don't hide behind fake names

that makes two of us

[Rick2you2]

1 hour ago, grapeape said:

Like Brian and Malvin I use my real name put together as one word.

Shame on those who don’t.

Sincerely,

Grape Ape 

🍇.  🦍 

Just out of curiosity, Is your wife's name "Angel Andthe"?

[hmendryk]

Like others I do not believe in hiding behind fake names. I have always used hmendryk everyplace on Internet when asked to create a screen name. Mendryk is not a common name so I never had a problem with it.

Harry

[dichotomy]

It’s not hiding - everyone knows that real magic lies in true names and their meanings. That information has to be earned. I may be new to OCA collecting, but I’ve been dichotomy on the internet since before Al Gore invented it. 

[Andahaion]

Yeah, I agree.  It's not hiding.  I'm pretty open and out there (ie, I have my own website and am pretty easy to track down), but my screen name also has meaning to me and I've employed it for so long it's sort of a part of my identity.  But, I certainly understand what is meant by using the phrase "hiding" with a negative connotation due to bad actors doing nasty things.  Just understand that not everyone should be lumped into that same pool.