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.
Cotterpin is the name of a side character on the Fraggles. She's one of the doozers: http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Cotterpin
I relate, being a female Software Engineer who likes people and reading and arts. I kind of like being a creative engineer.
I am originally from Boston. Well, New England but we all seem to end up in Beantown.
