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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.

Not much to the name. I seem to have access to a lot of knowledge - but only on obscure or useless topics. I don't know how I found out about MeFi - but it's someplace I come to religiously. I lurked for at least a year before joining - damn closed membership!!!