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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.

I don't really think time matters. So, in one way, I've got lots of it.

Stuff I've done:
How did your coffee cup get here? Supply Chain Management! (sb)
Product Testing
Writing my brother's paper
The blind experiment (sb)
The dog kennel on the roof of Macy's (sb; I'm convinced Mad Men ripped this story for one of their episodes)
Requiem for a fashion industry
Two top tips for rocking your interview

Grab bag:
Harriet's last rabbit
The people of NYC
On helping the homeless
Lexi was my friend
Getting rid of yourself: How a real Christian acts
Shoes for Butho (sb)

Questions:
Why are you talking at me?
How to approach relationships
How to give them up
What's it like to dream?

Fictional:
Craigslist dating
While she was sleeping
A future with no bees

Commentary:
The Circle of Abercrombie
China in Africa
On Dementia
Horrible human nature
Thoughts on 9/11
Memoirs of the rave scene

Deleted (new category!):
What lies in Lake Tahoe (this story was understandably deleted as it didn't belong in AskMe, but I couldn't resist - original question here)