I’m named for a Robert Heinlen character, from Stranger in a Strange Land. I don’t even particuarly like the character, but I was re-reading the book for the gazillionth time, (because I do really like the book), when I signed up, and after staring blankly at the screen for too long I decided to go with a name from the book. And the other female characters tend not to have last names. Except for Dawn Ardent, and I wasn’t going there. And the astrologer, but I don’t do astrology. Also the wife of the Secretary General, but she’s awful, I would never use her name! I don’t hate Gillian, she’s just too stereotypical for me. In one way at the beginning of the book, and in another by the end. I like her best in the middle of the book.
Back in my past, there was a series of fishing trips with friends where, for some bizarre reason, no one would catch any fish until I had hooked two trout. Day after day. They started calling me “Heap Big Chief John Two-Trouts” and the TwoTrouts part became my nickname. :rolleyes:
I got mine from a Son Volt song (off of the Strightaways album). The songs is great, not too had to play on guitar, and it has a nice odd ring to it.
-Cem
Folks are always telling me I’m loony, or not quite right.
I was feeling very lazy when I joined, and didn’t feel like making a clever name, so I went to my book shelf, pulled off a random book and took a character from said book. This book was The Man Who Never Missed by Steve Perry.
I kept thinking the name was familar, I even checked my yearbook. :smack:
I can’t believe I didn’t make the connection. :smack: 
Wow. You coulda been named WyomingKnot. Or MamaMaureen. Or HazelStone. Podkayne’s taken, though. Besides, “of mars” is a silly last name.
Two of my favorite quotes:
- “The only normal people are the ones we haven’t met yet.” from my friend Allyson
and - “Normal is a setting on the washing machine.” from a poetry reading I attended…can’t remember the lady’s name, but she was quite good.
As for Hung Mung…
I suppose I should add that I’m not Asian but rather of mostly Scottish origin. If that doesn’t make sense, tough beans.
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Don’t tell that to John Carter.
But although I have read those books, I wasn’t at that moment. Also, I don’t think I’d have the guts to name myself after any of those characters. They are either too exceptionally talented (especially in math) or too exceptionally “talented”.
To a musician, any musician is a cat, like in “hep cat.” Or at least used to be back when beatniks were beat and niks were far out, man.
So you concatenate “music-” with “-cat,” drop the redundant “c”, voilá!
And for an added bonus, some people think it means where the music is “at,” and I’m not about to correct them; that works, too.
Almost forgot. This needs a smiley, or for me, a self-portrait: 
I am not a Vulcan. I am owned by two pugs and a chihuahua.
I always thought you were a Wookie from Punjab.
No, really. :smack:
My name is kind of a secret signal; a relatively obscure literary reference that I use to bring other fans of this particular work out of the woodwork. So I’m not tellin.
We call the Cottonmouths the “Snakes” cause it’s easier to yell. The president of our Booster Club can’t ever remember my name, so she always calls me “Catlady”.
I’d never given any thought to snake scat.
Zev Steinhardt is the name my parents gave me.
Zev Steinhardt
I was watching Transformers: Beast Machines when I first registered. There was a female spider-robot on the show that another character had nicknamed “ladybug.” I thought it was cute, so I used it.
I’ve tried to change my name a couple of times since then, but each of my choices was similar to an existing username.
I certainly would hope not! Ew! 
Oh, and FaerieBeth is me because my name is Beth. I am also just a little fey and flighty
Casey is my last name. 1505 are the numbers that the post office requires I display prominently.
There you have it. Let the junk mail accumulate…