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There are so many interesting screen names on this board that I began to wonder about the story or stories behind them. Mine? Taken from Fleetwood Mac's "Gold Dust Woman" on the Rumors album. Fell in love with the song in high school (great! Just dated myeself!). Have always loved the mystical sound of Stevie Nick's voice along with the instrumentals.

created by golddustwoman on Apr 22, 2009 at 12:06:19 pm     Comments: 58

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Two big passion hobbies: Offshore (deep-sea) fishing and surfing. And, since I’m not very resourceful you can probably get into my garage doors with the same name.

posted by Offshore on Apr 22, 2009 at 12:45:53 pm     #  

Well, to put it simply, I'm Holly LOL

posted by justsimplyholly on Apr 22, 2009 at 12:57:10 pm     #  

I need coffee! lol usually I use my given name but with my profession and data mining I thought it would be nice to use a handle for once.

posted by INeedCoffee on Apr 22, 2009 at 01:12:27 pm     #  

Birth certificate. :)

posted by Ryan on Apr 22, 2009 at 01:19:29 pm     #  

Hey Gold, have you heard Holes version of that song?

posted by Ryan on Apr 22, 2009 at 01:20:06 pm     #  

the beginning of my first name and my full last name.

posted by justphillips on Apr 22, 2009 at 01:21:33 pm     #  

nuff said, http://img.stern.de/_content/56/42/564240/ronaldo_500_500.jpg

posted by ronaldo on Apr 22, 2009 at 01:23:53 pm     #  

Same as Ryan-birth certificate.

posted by Harley on Apr 22, 2009 at 01:33:43 pm     #  

I have never heard Hole's version.. Is it good?

posted by golddustwoman on Apr 22, 2009 at 01:34:39 pm     #  

It is on The Crow soundtrack and I personally love it. I am a big Hole fan in general though. I saw Stevie Nicks at DTE a few years back and she puts on a very good show.

posted by Ryan on Apr 22, 2009 at 01:38:14 pm     #  

mine is pretty self-explanatory as well...

posted by toledo_talk on Apr 22, 2009 at 01:41:10 pm     #  

Ryan hole is great, i got the honor of having first row seats when they opened up for NIN way back when up at pine knob. She's killer live.

posted by tm2 on Apr 22, 2009 at 01:41:36 pm     #  

I HATE YOU!:)~

posted by Ryan on Apr 22, 2009 at 01:56:33 pm     #  

I will try to see if that version is on Youtube.... I hate both of ya... I love Stevie and Hole....

posted by golddustwoman on Apr 22, 2009 at 02:07:46 pm     #  

OK, just watched the vid on Youtube... It is a good version, very grungy and hard which I guess goes well with the song since it is about cocaine. But, I still prefer Fleetwood's version because of the ethereal, mystical feel to it. When Stevie wore the great dresses that flowed at the sleeves- just so darn cool....

posted by golddustwoman on Apr 22, 2009 at 02:14:26 pm     #  

Not much creativity in mine: first name plus what I do for a living.

posted by historymike on Apr 22, 2009 at 02:39:33 pm     #  

hockeyfan- I started the Toledo Street Hockey League and love hockey. Not a real big story to tell.

posted by hockeyfan on Apr 22, 2009 at 02:54:35 pm     #  

I was super PO'd about a couple of rotten customer service experiences. I really should not have registered with it, but, as they say, it is what it is, just a label.

posted by angryconsumer on Apr 22, 2009 at 03:31:11 pm     #  

Ran across the demon of darkness and chaos, Apep, while doing some research on Egyptian mythology a while back. I took the Greek name of Apep, Apophis, and combined it with where I live, Toledo, to get what I thought was a fairly unique screen name.

posted by apophistoledo on Apr 22, 2009 at 03:51:35 pm     #  

I've had both dogs and cats throughout my life, but dogs have always been my first love. So "dogsrule." Nothing against cat lovers. I love my cat, too. But dogs have always touched my soul. Maybe it's in the DNA.

posted by dogsrule on Apr 22, 2009 at 04:01:14 pm     #  

A former Shorelander living in Germantown,Maryland.

posted by toledoinmd on Apr 22, 2009 at 04:04:18 pm     #  

College attended. Screen name used to be "um", but I don't remember my password for the account and for some reason the system won't let me reset the password.

posted by JJFad on Apr 22, 2009 at 04:14:44 pm     #  

Favorite team

posted by umich on Apr 22, 2009 at 04:22:50 pm     #  

I live in Hunky town (Birmingham) and I thought of all the delicious types of Hungarian sausages, Voila!!

posted by hunkytownsausage on Apr 22, 2009 at 05:13:43 pm     #  

I'm a Latina from Toledo.

posted by ToledoLatina on Apr 22, 2009 at 05:25:08 pm     #  

Location, location, location.

posted by holland on Apr 22, 2009 at 05:56:36 pm     #  

Same here. However, I'm not the only one using that screen name. I've seen a few of us on other boards and social sites.

posted by swantucky on Apr 22, 2009 at 06:28:09 pm     #  

Nickname given to me in college. I was told I looked like a a German broad named Inga. <shrugs>

posted by inga on Apr 22, 2009 at 06:29:39 pm     #  

Wow! You found a way to get us all to respond. Very clever! Mine is my initials plus where I live.

posted by tjintoledo on Apr 22, 2009 at 06:34:37 pm     #  

I yam whut I yam......
;p

posted by nana on Apr 22, 2009 at 07:43:13 pm     #  

Riley, in honor of a childhood friend who passed away.

posted by riley on Apr 22, 2009 at 07:51:30 pm     #  

Live near South & Broadway: oldsendbrdy

posted by oldsendbrdy on Apr 22, 2009 at 09:58:24 pm     #  

Love the stories behind the names! Thanks for responding...

posted by golddustwoman on Apr 22, 2009 at 10:53:36 pm     #  

My name comes from doing sudoko puzzles way past my bedtime.

posted by braincramp on Apr 22, 2009 at 10:54:46 pm     #  

KrazyKat's identity is an overtly ideological naivete. Krazy exposes the false consciousness of his companions through ignorance of their habits and conventions

posted by KraZyKat on Apr 22, 2009 at 11:11:41 pm     #  

My parents gave it to me

posted by WalterAnthony on Apr 23, 2009 at 12:57:03 am     #  

Name of my high school.

posted by McCaskey on Apr 23, 2009 at 04:43:29 am     #  

And as a followup, great idea for a thread and kudos to the Stevie Nicks fan.

posted by McCaskey on Apr 23, 2009 at 04:46:28 am     #  

Boy, everyone has interesting user names. Mine is boring with absolutely no personal meaning. I couldn't think of a username when I was registering, and the news was on. It was being reported that the Secret Service had given the code name "Renegade" to President Obama. Apparently, the Secret Service assigns code names to presidents. So that's it. Yaaaaaawwwwwnnnnn.

JJFad College? I almost went there. In Kentucky, right, lol. Seriously, where is that?

posted by renegade on Apr 23, 2009 at 07:20:43 am     #  

Oh, and Golddustwoman, welcome to the board. Great thread! I like serious threads, too, but I really love the creative, light-hearted ones! You get a gold star.

posted by renegade on Apr 23, 2009 at 07:23:08 am     #  

my last name is Goatgruff and I hate trolls...

Kidding.

posted by billy on Apr 23, 2009 at 08:49:41 am     #  

united planets space organization

posted by upso on Apr 23, 2009 at 10:43:41 am     #  

From the Paula Cole song.

posted by prairieson on Apr 23, 2009 at 11:37:17 am     #  

My name is a variation on how you would actually find me in the phone book.

Dangerous, I know. Heh. What can I say? I seek thrills, LOL.

Actually, when I registered here I was on this kick where I was tired of dealing with different usernames-identities online, and a bit disenchanted by anonymous web postings all over the Internet that can be really mean-spirited or otherwise provocative without the poster taking responsibility for the things he or she said. So I decided to register as my real self, knowing that if there was something to say that I couldn't say as ME, well, then I shouldn't be saying it.

To be honest, though, occasionally I've regretted it. ;) Especially because, oddly, there is someone else using this name ALL OVER the web, and it's his real name, too.

posted by jmleong on Apr 23, 2009 at 11:49:46 am     #  

my initials and car

posted by jbtaurus98 on Apr 23, 2009 at 12:04:39 pm     #  

My first name, and part of my last name.

Annie C........ski

posted by Anniecski on Apr 23, 2009 at 01:42:53 pm     #  

My dog's name

posted by dino on Apr 23, 2009 at 04:25:06 pm     #  

My creativity really came out when I named myself here...I'm a mom of 2 kids. lol

posted by mom2 on Apr 23, 2009 at 06:13:54 pm     #  

J (first letter of first name) J (first college attended) F (second college attended). Was JJ on marketwatch.com, then JJF didn't seem right so just added the "ad" for reference to early rapper.

posted by JJFad on Apr 23, 2009 at 09:34:36 pm     #  

Has nothing to do with the dark side of The Force or Star Wars....I used to collect comic books-in a big way. did so from the 60s on, and Stan Lee & Jack Kirby changed my life (and the lives of millions) forever. In the 70s, there was a brief period where Jack Kirby left Marvel due to being pissed off about not having control over any of the characters he'd helped create over the years, and went to DC comics for a few years. During that period, he created some more memorable characters, one of them being the complicated super-villain Darkseid. I thought he was great, and about the only villains in comics I ever liked better were Doctor Doom (also co-created by Kirby & Lee), The Joker, The Foolkiller,and Thanos.

http://dcanimated.wikia.com/wiki/Darkseid

posted by Darkseid on Apr 24, 2009 at 05:29:05 am     #  

J (first college attended) F (second college attended).

lol, don't leave us hanging, c'mon.

What are the colleges? I guessed Findlay for F (assuming you're from this area), no idea about J (John Carroll??)

posted by McCaskey on Apr 24, 2009 at 10:45:02 am     #  

Hah, sorry. Didn't think anyone really cared to know. Yes, John Carroll for first J, F is Fordham. Ended up finishing masters at UT, as well as law school at UT, but I have no idea how to work those into the name.

posted by JJFad on Apr 25, 2009 at 08:54:19 am     #  

Mine is a pretty self-explanatory attempt at self depriating humor. We are all assholes till you need us, and then as soon as were done, were back to full asshole status.

Thats ok - I was a cop before-- I'm used to it.

TAHL

posted by CynicalCounsel on Apr 26, 2009 at 09:55:07 am     #  

And I can't spell depricating - Ryan no need to change it to deficating

posted by CynicalCounsel on Apr 26, 2009 at 09:57:50 am     #  

Moved here from the DC area several years ago, but still consider myself a newbie here.

posted by Newbie on Apr 26, 2009 at 10:04:00 am     #  

Was born in Toledo moved just across the state line into Michigan from Point Place when I was like 6. We did most of everything in Toledo or Point Place. Still identify more with Toledo than anywhere in Michigan until the OSU/MSU battle rolls around. So on any given day I might cross the state line 10 times.

posted by Linecrosser on Apr 27, 2009 at 12:25:54 pm     #  

Nothing matches the thrill of climbing aboard my Harley, my greatest passion. I also have a Yamaha, but nothing compares to the rumble and purr of the Harley.

posted by bikerdude on Apr 29, 2009 at 11:44:02 pm     #  

I play poker....

posted by pokerface on Apr 30, 2009 at 01:16:48 pm     #  

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