My sister named me Bill Dazzle in the 1990s, when I did some "professional" juggling (parties, events, street performing, etc.) for a part-time income.

My screen name has a bit of word play involved with it. I am an Assyrian-American (first generation and proud of it!) and I went to JMU, so I'm a Duke. Figured I could parlay those two and tie it to the royalty of the old Assyrian Empire, so AssyrianDuke it is. Certainly less notoriety and responsibility than AssyrianKing or AssyrianCrownPrince lol.

(06-21-2022 07:14 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  

(06-21-2022 07:10 PM)inutech Wrote:  Inu is Japanese for dog. The Tech part tells you which dog (a Louisiana Tech Bulldog).

I was wondering if that's what that was. I spent time in Okinawa

I lived in Kobe for a couple of years around 20 years ago. Back then if you wanted Louisiana Tech news, Bulldog Barks and Bytes was just about the only place to get it online. My user name is slightly different there (since there wasn't a question of what kind of "inu" would be a member).

I developed mine when I signed in at Pente.org in 06…

Geologist by trade....sports fan by choice.

Graduated from TXST in 2013. Simple enough

(06-21-2022 05:25 PM)Erictelevision Wrote:  A pun related to my initials

Mine is also a play on my initials (JLS).

(06-22-2022 08:32 AM)inutech Wrote:  

(06-21-2022 07:14 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  

(06-21-2022 07:10 PM)inutech Wrote:  Inu is Japanese for dog. The Tech part tells you which dog (a Louisiana Tech Bulldog).

I was wondering if that's what that was. I spent time in Okinawa

I lived in Kobe for a couple of years around 20 years ago. Back then if you wanted Louisiana Tech news, Bulldog Barks and Bytes was just about the only place to get it online. My user name is slightly different there (since there wasn't a question of what kind of "inu" would be a member).

Interesting! I had assumed that your screen name was a play on the "Initech" company from Office Space (just as I'm sure most people think my screen name exists because of Old School despite that not being the case).

(06-22-2022 10:01 AM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  

(06-22-2022 08:32 AM)inutech Wrote:  

(06-21-2022 07:14 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  

(06-21-2022 07:10 PM)inutech Wrote:  Inu is Japanese for dog. The Tech part tells you which dog (a Louisiana Tech Bulldog).

I was wondering if that's what that was. I spent time in Okinawa

I lived in Kobe for a couple of years around 20 years ago. Back then if you wanted Louisiana Tech news, Bulldog Barks and Bytes was just about the only place to get it online. My user name is slightly different there (since there wasn't a question of what kind of "inu" would be a member).

Interesting! I had assumed that your screen name was a play on the "Initech" company from Office Space (just as I'm sure most people think my screen name exists because of Old School despite that not being the case).

Nope. Good movie, though.

On BB&B my name is inudesu, with "desu" being the Japanese "to be" verb. So, like "it's a dog" or "I'm dog" or "dog, here" or something like that literally. In hindsight, if you don't know Japanese, you might break that word down in a very different way than intended. So on conference message boards I switched it up a little (for that reason and the reason above of distinguishing the "inu" from all the other dog mascots).

I'm a Troy Fan who graduated in 2015. Simple stuff lol.

(06-21-2022 08:52 PM)cuseroc Wrote:  Very little imagination went into my name. Im a Syracuse fan living in Rochester.
Its not a spin off of Chris Rock. Now that I spend so much time in Sarasota, I should change it to something like "SarasotaCuseRoc" Again, not much imagination.

IIRC, you said you were a Dad, so you could be... SarasotaPop!

(06-21-2022 06:17 PM)Erictelevision Wrote:  Gemini: are you old enough to remember their famous Cotton Bowl matchup?

Unfortunately, no. But one of my wife's friends from college played in it. (And was later a teammate of Joe Montana's on the Niners for a season.)

WKU Hilltopper alum from 12-1996.

(06-22-2022 10:25 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(06-21-2022 08:52 PM)cuseroc Wrote:  Very little imagination went into my name. Im a Syracuse fan living in Rochester.
Its not a spin off of Chris Rock. Now that I spend so much time in Sarasota, I should change it to something like "SarasotaCuseRoc" Again, not much imagination.

IIRC, you said you were a Dad, so you could be... SarasotaPop!

He's a Dad except for when I send him out on a Hokie bird hunting trip

I see several Hilltoppers...is CSNBBS the most popular WKU board?

(06-22-2022 10:59 AM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(06-22-2022 10:25 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(06-21-2022 08:52 PM)cuseroc Wrote:  Very little imagination went into my name. Im a Syracuse fan living in Rochester.
Its not a spin off of Chris Rock. Now that I spend so much time in Sarasota, I should change it to something like "SarasotaCuseRoc" Again, not much imagination.

IIRC, you said you were a Dad, so you could be... SarasotaPop!

He's a Dad except for when I send him out on a Hokie bird hunting trip

Not worried - he only hunts "wabbits" (and not very good at that).

"Eigen" is a prefix used in some advanced mathematics that means "true" (as in genuine, not as in correct). I'm an ops research/stats guy so I thought it seemed like a cool name.

McMicken Hall, a building on the University of Cincinnati's campus, has two statues of lions on either side of the main entrance to the building. They've been dubbed "Mick" and "Mack," hence my username: MickMack.

https://www.newsrecord.org/college_life/...f6878.html

(06-21-2022 11:01 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  

(06-21-2022 10:02 PM)Side.Show.Joe Wrote:  My brother gave me the nickname back when I was younger. He said my life was like a some kind of sideshow. I lived a life of excess and was always ready to do something stupid if I thought it would be fun.

Your wife hasn't posted under your old name, Joe...what's up with that?

I know! I should have just kept that account for myself.

I bought her a Cricket and she spends all her time making crap on that thing. Plus she's been baking a lot too. Pies and cookies. I'm spoiled.

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