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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

The name comes from a song I wrote about the intro to the movie Mars Attacks!

I've been lurking since around the beginning 2001, maybe even before that. I don't recall the exact time. I do know there was open enrollment, but I wanted to give it sometime. Maybe I've lurked long enough.