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wolf · 11-13-2003, 11:10 PM

wolf is the name that I first used when I signed onto the old dialup cellar.

I was confronted by that scary blinking command line cursor asking for "username":

the white characters on the black screen were taunting me.

I knew it was not a good idea to use my actual name (although I soon learned several users did) ...

and I had to type something RIGHT THEN AND THERE ...

so ...

'wolf it was.

Notice the apostrophe?

It's short for SilverWolf

Which is short for Coyote Laughs at SilverWolf.

Really.

(had I not been stunned into insensibility that way, my login would have more likely been xyzzy, plugh, or perhaps even wumpus).

11-13-2003, 11:10 PM	#31
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	wolf is the name that I first used when I signed onto the old dialup cellar. I was confronted by that scary blinking command line cursor asking for "username": the white characters on the black screen were taunting me. I knew it was not a good idea to use my actual name (although I soon learned several users did) ... and I had to type something RIGHT THEN AND THERE ... so ... 'wolf it was. Notice the apostrophe? It's short for SilverWolf Which is short for Coyote Laughs at SilverWolf. Really. (had I not been stunned into insensibility that way, my login would have more likely been xyzzy, plugh, or perhaps even wumpus). __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis