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.
Carbolic comes from a case, "Carlill v The Carbolic Smoke Ball Co."
My status is "open" but I seem to have a short shelf life. Past partners have tended to be crazy about me for appox 1.5 years and then decide it just won't work out. I think I may be a little high maintenance . The one pictured with me above actually held in there for 20 months.