Rev. Kilvert, a curate of Clyro, Wales in the 1870’s, penned a series of diaries which surfaced around WWII. They were very well-written and a little controversial. My great-great grandfather was a good friend of Kilvert’s and appeared in the diaries frequently.
I’m a member of the Kilvert Society, but also a fallen Episcopalian whose last name translates as “Pagan”. So I liked the juxtaposition of the church reference with the paganism.
Here’s a recent explanation. The shorthand version is that it’s mythological but the link gives a somewhat more in-depth explanation.
Well, since you asked… the day I joined I was also fiddling with some video editing software rendering a short clip in slow motion. Being a fan both of Keith Laumer (Retief of the CDT) and his penchant for Spoonerisms, as well as of the Three Stooges, it was a short hop from Slow Motion to Moes Lotion.
I never meant to join the SDMB. I was worrying about Mother, went off to make a call and found myself signed up by people who evidently thought I was someone else. I don;t suppose they’ll be happy until I play dead.
We’ll meet at dawn, then. Swords or radium rifles? Your choice, since I’m the challenger.
Harimad-sol is one of the names of the protagonist of The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley. I bear no resemblance to the character. She has long blonde hair, her eyes turn yellow when she’s feeling some strong emotion, and she’s a warrior. I have short reddish-brown hair, eyes that are never yellow, and all I know about swords is that you’re not supposed to hold them by the pointy end.
“She laugh at my mighty sword
Why do they always laugh at my mighty sword?”
Randy Newman
When I joined the boards I was going through a pretty rough stretch. I’ve always been quiet and introspective, and at that time I was even more so. I’d spent a lot of recent time contemplating the apparent darkness of my life and soul.
Also, about that time, I was a volunteer guide in EverQuest and went by the name Mirky.
soulmurk somehow seemed a natural progression, and I deliberately chose not to capitalize the first letter à la e.e. cummings (and a low self-esteem).
I am named after this Far Side cartoon.
My real name is not Doug, and I rarely pounce on random callers.
Scientific name for the honey badger. There were already various versions of badger, honey, etc, on the board, so I went with this name.
I adore honey badgers. Something about their character resonates with me. They are nocturnal and one rarely gets to see them in the wild, and my most memorable encounter was a few months ago in the Etosha game reserve of Namibia. I met him/her/it face to face over the left-overs of our supper. The little shit certainly lived up to it’s reputation. Wouldn’t back down, lots of snarling, hissing, teeth baring.
So there we were, two stubborn souls fighting over food, a stalemate of sorts. Eventually he turned around and strutted off, muttering and growling.
I love them.
Not very obscure, I’m afraid. I used this name on a hotmail account since most everything else with “Tokyo” was taken, but then used it on another board that showed email contacts and every spamlist in the universe now has “tokyoplayer at hotmail.com” in it. Hundreds of emails daily. Needless to say, that user name has long been abandoned, but I like the sound.
My name (first post btw waves) is an homage to my all time favourite comedian Spike Milligan. He was without doubt a genius, and is my all-time comedy hero. If you like The Simpsons, South Park, Ricky Gervais/The Office or Monty Python then Spike was inspiration and Grandaddy to them all.
Prince Charles was a noted fan, and Milligan caused a stir by calling him a “little grovelling bastard” on television in 1994. He later faxed the prince, saying “I suppose a knighthood is out of the question now?”
Some of my favourite Spike quotes…
“Money can’t buy friends, but it can get you a better class of enemy.”
“I can’t see the sense in it [his honorary CBE] really. It makes me a Commander of the British Empire. They might as well make me a Commander of Milton Keynes - at least that exists.”
“I told you I was ill” - his epitaph.
“All I ask is the chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.”
“I thought I’d begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine.”
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, and the earth brought forth grass and the Rastafarians smoked it.”
“It was a perfect marriage. She didn’t want to and he couldn’t.”
He has a huge body of work, but please please please check out “Adolf Hitler: My part in his downfall”, the first part of his war memoirs. They are truly wonderful - completely hilarious, but also there’s a pathos in his writing that he never allows to get over-sentimental.
Warning: Too damn funny to read on the bus - unless you like spraying diet coke out of your nose onto the rather disgusted old lady in front of you. Oh dear…
<<badger paw wave back>>
Welcome yingtongtiddleipo, hope you decide to stay.
I’m a long-time lurker, (a bit… ok… very shy about posting) so now I’ve finally grabbed my courage by the neck and showed it who’s boss, I think I will stay! Very sweet of you to say hello… <<blows kiss>>
<<scratches dirt, blushes bright grey>>
Anaamika means “the girl with no name”.
:: puts on cowboy hat, mounts horse ::
:: rides off into sunset ::
[QUOTE=Savannah]
Do you go by that name on another message board?
Nope, just here!
My nom-de-ploom probably seems a bit odd if you didn’t grow up with The Clangers
I have a sister (tiny, obviously) and my dad was a Major, if that explains anything.
BTW I see that the Clangers have been roped into the moon landings were a hoax palavar.
It is a common misconception***** that the Clangers live on the moon. They don’t, they have their own Small Blue Planet in Space.
*****common-ish.
