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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.

Thanks for checking out my profile (I already checked your profile out a long time ago). You probably ended up here because I wrote something outrageous or stupid or clueless. I try not to do that, but I screw stuff up all the time. Anyway, please accept my apology.

I'm just some guy. Probably my chief accomplishment is that I look smart. Nobody knows that you look smart on the internet, so it hasn't been very helpful. In fact, I miss the point, most of the time.