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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'm an editor (primarily copyediting, but other forms, too). I picked my SN out of a thesaurus when I was sixteen looking for a name for an author-avatar type character in a amateurish horror/fantasy story I was writing. I also play video games and read about science.

Meanings of Caduceus.

Official Bio: Ian spends most of his time roaming the countryside in a psychedelically painted VW Bus with a band of misfits and a sentient Great Dane, with whom he investigates reports of paranormal activities and invariably reveals them to be the schemes of creepy old men in elaborate costumes. When not being called a meddlesome kid by dudes in monster suits, Ian reads, peruses the Blue and the Grey, searches for more editing work, and writes sometimes.