An obscure author.
The Irish word meaning ‘storyteller’ on account of, I am hooked on history, biography, genealogy … and listening to the geriatric patients’ stories. The nickname was given me by an Irish-speaking patient some decades ago.
I have been accused of finding the name in some sci-fi story but this is a false assumption.
Guess.
I may not even like cashews but I do like ridiculous names and MikeG was already taken.
Thought of it all on my own, without help from anyone else.
Altitude
The description fit.
I like platypuses, but I am not one.
It’s an old family name.
It’s a variation of my cat’s name, which is Towelfish.
camp counselor name + high school graduation year
Sisu = The literal meaning is equivalent in English to “having guts”. But really means being full of piss and vinegar!
Sisu is defined by a long-term element in it; it is not momentary courage, but the ability to sustain an action against the odds. Deciding on a course of action and the sticking to that decision against repeated failures is sisu.
A character in the webcomic Schlock Mercenary, whose name is in turn a Star Trek reference (“Red Shirt” backwards).
Obligatory wikipedia linky: Banshee - Wikipedia.
A character in a movie (I didn’t include the honorific, since I didn’t earn it).
Roddy
A secret
I used to play lacrosse (lax) at Western Michigan University. My jersey number was… wait for it… 93.
I need a new username. That guy disappeared about 30 pounds ago.
How do I make a shitty, unpronounceable user name out of “high school English teacher in Phoenix, AZ”? hsEtPhxAZ? That’s even worse than I have now!
My name at Giraffe’s board was changed to Standard American White Guy; I might have to make that move here, too. My students (at an inner city school) are fascinated by my milquetoast, white-bread lifestyle. I love to indulge them with stories about my 401(k) and mortgage after they tell me about what’s going on in the hood!
I design passive-solar houses.
Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts was a fictional character created by Rube Goldberg. He is famed for making complicated machines to preform simple tasks. I am a fan of the concept.
It’s the Spanish avian version of my stage name.