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Re: What's up with your name?

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From: Rich G.
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 00:00
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Didn't Homer Simpson have a Jazz name? I'm thinking it was "Bleeding Gums
Lemon-Lime Simpson" or something like that. Or maybe that was his Blues
name. Hmm.... might be time to get that CD out.

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R-Dog <Reservo...@hotmail.EATSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> R-Dog is my post name and it's short for Reservoir Dog which is the name
of my
> fantasy baseball team, the Reservoir Dogs.  That name is from the Quentin
> Tarantino movie by that name.
>
> Cuchoolan is a Celtic mythical figure.  It's usually spelled Cuchulain,
but B.net
> wouldn't let me have that.  The Cuchoolan spelling is from Frank McCourt's
book,
> Angela's Ashes.  The "ch" is a gutteral "h" sound, so it's pronounced
Coo - HOO-
> lan.
>
> Sun_Ra  is the name of a deceased improvisational jazz musician.  He is
known for
> his long nonsensical monologues and coined the phrase, "Space is the
place."
>
> That's all I have on B.net, but future characters will all be jazz music
names.
>
> Erthbender wrote:
>
> >   Serveral months ago there was a post about the names people give there
> > characters and the reasons behind them.  We have many new faces now, so
I will
> > ask and explain my own.
> >
> >   I used to play DnD and I subscribed to TSR's magazine Dragon.  A few
years
> > ago an editorial was written; the subject;  developing a detachment from
your
> > character.  The writer was one who really went into the develpoment,
detailing
> > everything. The DM he ran across was one who loved to throw the largest
of
> > challenges to his players.  They off course ran headlong into each
other.  BAM!
> > Character Death. This upset the writer but he plugged on and a few quick
rolls
> > came up with ELF2.  Bam!  Death of ELF2. This went on and on. Massive
challenge
> > followed by relentless determination.  ELF3, ELF4, ELF5 etc, etc.  What
he
> > ended up learning was, care about what you are doing, but remember it is
just a
> > game and not to get too worked up over.
> >
> >   So as a reminder to myself I named my character Dayna after a thief
character
> > I had in a failed story, and 7 as a lucky number. But if she bites it,
she is
> > but one of a potential many. There is always another.
> >
> >  My posting name, Erthbender, comes from a Marvel Superheros RPG
character I
> > had.  He laid low in the group, but rushed out to retrieve fallen allies
and
> > back up people when things get rough.  So what is your story?
> >
> > Erthbender
> > Dayna7 on B net
> > drop 2Dground from the address to reply
>
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Subject: Re: What's up with your name?
Date: 1999/06/25
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