It’s such a great cartoon, I had to fix the link.
Well, my father’s last name was Simmons and its origin is a mystery to me. And my maternal grandfather’s first name was David which means something like “beloved by his people.”
I just put the two together when I joined and voila, there it was.
Oh very well, as long as I’m not getting any work done anyway. We’ll start backwards, with the 47. You can find the full story here, but the short version is that back in the 60s some math professor at Pomona proved that all numbers equal 47, so the number became a running gag at Pomona, and a Pomona graduate became a Star Trek scriptwriter, and now the number is everywhere in Star Trek.
As for “spatial rift,” it’s a reflection on both my intended career (quantum gravity) and a pet theory that I keep in a jar on my desk for old times sake, namely that (in the spirit of the unification of electricity and magnetism, and energy and mass), all matter/energy will turn out to be quantum-scale distortions in the fabric of space. From there it’s just a hop, skip and a jump to the kind of spatial anomalies you see in science fiction, like rifts in space. 
Clothahump is the name of the elderly Turtle Wizard in Alan Dean Foster’s Spellsinger novel series.
Initial (one) & last name here too. This is also inevitably the email address I get assigned at jobs, which because it can be read as a word & sounds like a long lost Ocean Spray product has also become a nickname for me among groups of friends from certain jobs.
It’s what my niece calls me.
IvoryTowerDenizen
Most of my self image and identity is wrapped up in being a college professor. It was what I wanted to be since 2nd grade and the happiest day was when I finally landed a tenure track professorship.
I had to look up how to spell Denizen, though. I don’t teach English!
Ya know, when I see my name even I think of the Wookie :smack:
I considered “unce, tice, fee times amady” but it seemed lengthy, and I don’t even know how to spell " de dot metty mabis size"
TimeWinder. One who winds time. Duh.
I don’t get out much, and it’s driven me crazy.
Used to be Steelerphan, but I’m a lot more than that- and I found myself apologizing for and defending things that I have no control over, and I cared enough to let it bother me.
I really suck at picking screen names- nothing ever seems right. I play online games using Major_Disaster or p$ycho-daD, but I’m never satisfied.
Beware of Doug, you should be shaking in your boots- I’m Doug.
Many years ago I used to play Diablo II. One of my characters was named GiantSpongess. I think it was an amazon. Or maybe an assassin? It’s hard to remember.
Place your righthand on your keyboard on keys o, u, r, y.
Voila!!
“large”?
:eek: 
You must be udderly mad!! :o
Oh, I thought it was a malaprop of Ass Knot or Ass Snot :eek:
It’s a Rush song, off the Counterparts album, 1993.
Mine is the name of an unstable yet good-natured character in a rather obscure movie. He’s my personal hero because of his tenacity (obsession), resourcefulness (undirected), and charm (quickly makes convenient alliances).
Well, potato-o is too stupid for a name…
Long boring story, sadly.
I was at a friends house, he was doing something on the computer (possibly programming, or graphical…lots of mathematics symbols and writing) and a part of it among there was “shade (random numbers and symbols) edge” which I thought sounded pretty cool. I usually use that as my username on anything that requires one.
Sadly, it was taken on here. And when it’s taken, I use synonyms - so “revenant” instead of “shade”, and “threshold” instead of “edge”.
Notice that the Google ads are for Rapiers?
Love that movie.
“I’m not a witch, I’m your wife” can be heard from time to time around our place…