monkeysugar

changed my mind. name's been up for long enough.

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Dawn Marie

My mother wanted to name me "Dawna Maria" (and no we're not spanish) but my aunt (who came up with the name) talked her out of it... Although my mom still calls me "MARIA!" when she gets a little miffed at me.

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Daoust

I'm Dan. I prefer to be called Dan, but for some reason a select few family members call me Danny. They only get away with it because they're family. I am never referred to as Daniel.

My last name is not Daoust. I only dream of sharing the name Dan Daoust with the original hockey god by the same name.

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Ample

I knew a Dan once, his last name started with a D too. Some of his friends called him double D. Do you ever get that?


edit: Ooops I misread.
Your lastname isn't your username, my bad.

Rodney

Deleted. ... ..

SexyCat

Jessica and my initials are JAB, if I ever have a child I want to name them so their initials are NAB.

ryfo

my name is Brad and my wifes name is Barb and our last name begins with B so we are quite well known as B1B2(those in Aust will know) They are two huge bananas that wear pyjamas and have a kids show....but we dont have kids!!

host

My real name is......on the other hand:
I'm not posting to rain on anyone's parade....but the second article is especially chilling. The potential for abuse, harrassment, persecution, prosecution, intimidation, all amount to control over what you say and do, now that the "gloves" are apparently coming off.

My advice is to remove references to your "real" name, anywhere that you have publicly posted them on the internet, and to watch what you write in emails, or say on the telephone, or say to anyone that you don't really know or trust.

They are spending billions of dollars on all of this information gathering and analysis. The fact that some of what they are doing is blatantly illegal, and that they have already put people in jail and held them without trial or access to a lawyer, or given them a hearing of the charges against them before an impartial judge, should convince you that they are serious and you need to be, too.

Just three years ago, as the last article above details, the "program", TIA, run by convicted felon and former navy admiral, John Poindexter, was supposedly "shelved". It wasn't shelved....it has morphed into something even more ominous and intrusive....without privacy protections and abuse audit restrictions that would have protected all of us from intrusion and harrassment by government intelligence agencies.

At the least, ordinarily I would apologize for bringing this here....but this is not "ordinary" news, and these are not "ordinary" times. You need to know all of this, because the news reports indicate that the government is not protecting us from the potential of abuse of our constitutionally guaranteed rights, so all that is left is for us to protect each other.

Gatorade Frost

That's strange, Host. I thought the last time you were talking about it you wanted to spread your name, address, etc. so if by some chance you went missing, well, we would know what happened. The more public you are, the less easily Bush will be able to send you to Siberia.

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Emo Philips

Jason762

My name is.... *drumroll* JASON!

Wow, did ya see that coming? :-P

I really like the name Duncan, but hey... Jason's cool.

snowy

I know the song! BANANAS IN PAJAMAS ARE RUNNING DOWN THE STAIRS, BANANAS IN PAJAMAS ARE CHASING TEDDY BEARS...

Oh, the joys of having worked as a nanny.

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shalafi

I love when these old threads come back. I always read through them and see all these people that used to post all the time and wonder what ever happened to them.

xepherys

Hmmm, well, first of all, my real name is Jesse.

Next, as a security professional, I'm usually the one who is overly paranoid about such stuff, especially in relation to identity theft. However a first name is easy enough to get regardless (internet anonymity isn't really something that exists, folks).

As for your thoughts, host, I agree but I don't. First, personally I'm in the military, so the gov't has all the data on me they could ever need. Secondly, if they want more, I say FUCK THEM! They'll get it if they want it, I think it's wrong, and I'm happy to go on official record as saying they can kiss my big white all-American hairy ass! They know my address... I'm happy to answer a knock like that at my door... fuckers!

paddyjoe

hehehe, that's funny, so is flymans........

uncle phil

the host has me afraid...very afraid...

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We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
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you both get dirty;
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Charlatan

My real name is Giant Hamburger.

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maleficent

/me falls over in a dead faint...

Host left politics!!!

Praise Jesus!!!

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viejo gringo

My real name is James....

...and, damn I still miss JadziaDax and Red Raven...hope they made it ok...

from the corners of my mind....

quadro2000

I've always wanted to call you Jessie.

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Irishsean

My first name is Sean, go figure!

But my middle name is Michael. Theres something new!

I like my name, its different, and everyone misspells it, but I don't mind.

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BigBen

Real name is Ben.

The nickname BigBen has stuck with me for a long time.

I remember the days when your character name in video games had to be 6 characters or less. Made it easy for me.

Ben is a solid name. Classic and simple, yet not overused enough to fatigue in people's minds.

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stevo

my name is Mortimer. just kidding. its not.

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m0rpheus

<---Also a Ben and I totally agree with the above statement. The best part is you can even fit it in the video games that want your initials (Golden Tee etc)

No one calls me Benjamin (except my SO if she's pissed at me...).
I was named after Ben Crenshaw, the golfer, my folks were thinking of names and my dad was watching golf on TV. Crenshaw was teeing off and they both really liked the name. Thank god Chi Chi Rodriguez wasn't teeing off

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Zodijackyl

I'm Stephen, but I just go by Steve.
People seem to have a problem not spelling my name wrong, writing either Steven or Stephan, both of which I was officially recorded as through most of my primary education because nobody would listen to me that they spelled my name wrong.
It seems that nobody can get a name right these days...

Val_1

My real name is Victor. But, I'm not gonna share that here. Oh, wait ... crap!

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pornclerk

<------- Amy

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Xavion

...My friends call me 'Sexy' because my initials are SXC.

My grandmother wanted my mom to name me Sterling when i was born , but my mom vetoed that idea quickly and went with something else...

Stephon:
Pronounced 'Stef-on'...but i always get Steven or Stephan. Never used to annoy me that much as a kid, but now it kind of irks me when people get it wrong, I correct them, and they still insist on saying it wrong. Jerks...


X:
I LOVE my middle name. I don't know where my mom got it from, but it's uber-cool in my eyes...pretty much my name-sake's saving grace. Everyone thinks it's exotic and i agree. I mean, c'mon, how many people do you know with a X-name???


Cowan:
Family name. There has been a few mix-ups with my identity because on my school records my last name has always been spelled 'Cowen', but on my other official documents (birth certificate, social security card, etc) it's spelled 'Cowan'...once i got old enough to handle the situation myself, I had everything switched over so it all matched up (my mom didn't seem to care that my life would be complicated by this sometimes).

So there you are...Stephon Xavion Cowan...that's me!!!

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CandleInTheDark

My first name is Foster.

I will bet $100 that I am the only person named Foster, the exception being people who named their children after me.

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oberon

I am called William. But the only people allowed to call me that are my parents and maternal grandparents. It's copied from my paternal grandfather, his paternal grandfather, his paternal grandfather, and so on.

When I was young, my mom used to call me Will, but I insisted on William, so for awhile it was William. Then suddenly one day when I was 11 or so I made everybody call me Will. That name's stuck ever since. I try to use my legal name for all commercial purposes.

I have had several other nicknames in my lifetime, not the least of which are "Bear", "Bull", "Moose", "Rigger", "Grunt", "Big Guy", "Horse Penis", "Billy", etc. None of which I respond to anymore, if ever.

I don't give a rat's ass what my legal name is. You can call me whatever you like, but don't expect me to respond unless it's approved by me.

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evil_twin617

My first name is April. I've always hated it. My mother named me after a book of poetry (real original) called "April Always."

Throughout my school years all I got was jokes, April Showers, blah blah blah.

Then when I got a little older and was working in strip clubs all the men assume it's a fake stage name. I could even show them my driver's license and they still wouldn't believe it.

And I can't tell you how many times people ask "Were you born in April? Is that why your mom named you that?" HaHaHa, like I never heard that before.

The middle name is a matter of some debate. My mom was a bit of a hippy chick and wanted to name me exactly after the book "April Always" Thank heaven saner heads ruled and my dad gave me my middle name, Lynette, which is just awful in general. My oldest son is 19 and he STILL doesn't know my middle name.

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uncle phil

remember foster brooks?

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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

fresnelly

I don't know, I've always liked the Month names for women - May, April, June. I've met some fine women with these names

If you look back to their true origins, they're a lot cooler than some sentimental poem would suggest.

/Jane-uary?

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Charlatan

...or Foster Hewitt, the voice of Hockey.

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- Old Man Luedecke

Elphaba

I use Pen in some of my posts and pm's. I'm sure you're shocked to learn my name is Penny.

Impetuous1

My name is Christina. I also go by Chris. I can't stand the other variations though. Chrissy, Christy, Christine, etc. I like my name. It's not super feminine. A good strong female name that translates well across several languages. My mom told me on different occasions that she named me after some people. One was Chrissy Hind from the Pretenders and the other was Queen Christina of Norway. My dad wanted to name me Blanca. All I can say is thank god my mom won on that one. Now Blanca just reminds me of this horrible looking creature from some old video game. I think it was street fighter or something like that.

ubertuber

You know, I totally missed that. I kept thinking Penelope! And that's ironic because that was what I called one of my tubas years ago... That's me, missing the obvious answer.

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Jessica Cristina

I love my name, i like the spelling of my middle name.

My middle name is my maternal grandmas middle name. My sister got my paternal grandmas middle name.

wow...i said middle name alot

opus123

My real name is Jon Melusky. (Rhymes with husky). I host lots of Seattle events for various communities I am involved in. So my cell phone, home phone, and address are all online everywhere google crawls and digs. Never had any stalkers, but I did have a confused Japanese guy call me once. His English was not very good, but he got my number from somewhere....maybe come to think of it, maybe he just was practicing his english by dialing random phone numbers... who knows....*smile*

Some people like to call me Jonathan, which is fine. I wish I had a unique name most days, but then I think of all the teasing and maybe I got lucky with a boring name like Jonathan. I do hate it when I am in a crowd of people and people yell Don or Ron or John and I have to look around a lot to see if they are looking for me or some small child or whomever....

Does google spider this message board forum ?

Jonathan

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rmarshall

My first name is Robert. I just registered on here with my boring email addy name without thinking, then got enough posts to get on the titty board. When I discovered I should have a cutesy alias, I didn't want to bother cancelling the account and registering again. Is it possible to just change the login name?

I hope my stalker is cute!

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Leto

First thing that I thought of when i saw this. Dan Daoust the hockey god.


My real name is really exotic: John. Growing up, it was a pain because I always had about 2 to 3 friends (still do actually) who were named John. My dad's name was john (in German) so was my grandfather's and so is my oldest son's.


my middle name is Edward. 'Nuff said.

so, ummmm... what's your son's email?




I love your name too...

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You held my hand and we walked home the long way
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