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Pardon me for posting a for-fun kind of thread...
For my Pre-Osteo brethren, from where did your handle originate? Some handles are fairly obvious, and some not-so. I really want to know, for example, where the name Spicedmanna comes from. I'll start: 🙂

Stringer Bell is the name of a character in HBO's series The Wire, about Baltimore's war on drugs, and the stories of characters on both sides of the law. Great show, though often overshadowed by its flashier cousin, The Sopranos. Stringer Bell is portrayed by actor Idris Elba, shown in my avatar.


(Please don't bother posting a "Who cares?" response. If you don't care, don't reply. But I am intrigued by some of the names out there!)
 
StringerBell said:
I really want to know, for example, where the name Spicedmanna comes from.
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I came up with name spicedmanna several years ago when I was looking for a name for my consulting company. It started out as a two-word phrase, "spiced manna," and it is a reference to a poem of the same name by Hafiz, a sufi poet in the tradition of Rumi. So the story is that I was at a loss for a name and I was reading a delightful translation, by Daniel Ladinsky, of one of my favorite poets of the time, Hafiz. I told myself that I would randomly flip to a page in "The Gift," and whatever word caught my eye on that page would be the name of my company. The rest is history. The name stuck and it morphed into a single word for convenience.
 
Many think that my name refers to a mass of opinions that are critical in nature, but that was just a cute pun that I noticed afterwards.

Critical Mass has a meaning in nuclear fission, and I think that it sounds cool given my background as a chemistry teacher. The first time that I heard it used as a nickname was in a song called "Testarossa" by Sir Mix-A-Lot (same album as "Baby Got Back."

"Me and my pack, we keep plenty of snackpacks. You said fat now I'm yo to the max. Want Mix-A-Lot for your next attack? Hey, yo, Critical Mass! (Yea, I got your back.) Two hundred and sixty pounds of pure pain. Critical mass is my homeboy's name. My personal trainer, taking weight gainer. I've got the bulk to crush and contain ya. On the tach, I'm like a whip axe. Cutting up air like Boeing's aircraft. Time to shift and let my lyrical seatbelt hold ya. I'm your Testarossa."
 
I have been involved with strength athletics most of my adult life. Strength training started out as a means to an end for football, but when I stopped playing it became the end goal. I have competed in both powerlifitng and strongman and the injuries, rehabilitation, etc. that I have been exposed to over the years have contributed to my interest in merging my avocation with my vocation. Thus....StrengthDoc
 
Critical Mass said:
Many think that my name refers to a mass of opinions that are critical in nature, but that was just a cute pun that I noticed afterwards.

Critical Mass has a meaning in nuclear fission, and I think that it sounds cool given my background as a chemistry teacher. The first time that I heard it used as a nickname was in a song called "Testarossa" by Sir Mix-A-Lot (same album as "Baby Got Back."

"Me and my pack, we keep plenty of snackpacks. You said fat now I'm yo to the max. Want Mix-A-Lot for your next attack? Hey, yo, Critical Mass! (Yea, I got your back.) Two hundred and sixty pounds of pure pain. Critical mass is my homeboy's name. My personal trainer, taking weight gainer. I've got the bulk to crush and contain ya. On the tach, I'm like a whip axe. Cutting up air like Boeing's aircraft. Time to shift and let my lyrical seatbelt hold ya. I'm your Testarossa."
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Critical Mass is also the name of a Catholic Rock group, who sing Carry On My Wayward Son and Awesome God. I knew it wasn't what your name stood for once I saw your avatar, though. 😉
 
Mine is obvious. I chose it because I despise Michigan😛
 
Crookshanks, for all you Harry Potter non-fans, is the name of Hermione Granger's (female main character) familiar, or pet. Crookshanks is a cat. If you've seen the movies, you'll remember the scene where Ron Weasley accuses Hermione's cat for the disappearance of his rat.
 
Lamont has nothing to do with my name, its just a name I used to use in place of someones real name if I didn't know it, or couldnt remember it. I almost went with Cletus, but I think someone already had it. I guess there isnt much of a story behind it, but hey thats the way it is.
 
Mine comes from a great Monty Python skit in which a confectioner is making treats with horrible fillings, such as "Ram's Bladder cup", "Crunchy Frog", and "Anthrax Ripple."
 
Mine is my name.
 
Likewise, mine is my name Max plus "imusD" the D corresponds with the M...MD...and Maximus is from Gladiator.. "Maximus! Maximus! Maximus!"

It will be changed soon probably so don't make fun of it too much lol.
 
igcg are the initial for my old school and the rest of my user name u can figure out without me saying
 
My name just sort of popped up into my head when I was thinking of a username, however, I knew I wanted to have either DO or MD in it to show that I wanted to be a doc. Eventually, I got into a DO school. the poormans comes from I guess me being a relatively poor person and also wanting to help poor people.
 
My name has many meanings depending on where you look, but I was using the Latin version of the word.
 
Was a paratrooper. A static line is what deploys your parachute. I would be Jack Bauer if I signed up today.
 
Because it's a fun medical term and I have IBS!!😛
 
Vix is a sub-nickname from my nickname -Vicki. and 206 is my bday - Feb. 6. plus it rhymes 😛
 
My name came from a "discussion" I had with my high school physics teacher about the types of radiation that existed. I also happened to be going through my "I wanna be a techno DJ" phase at the time.
 
Nate said:
my mommy made it
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Awwww, how sweet. Mommies are great aren't they? For instance, your Avatar displays a face only a mommy could love. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :meanie: :meanie:
 
Great thread.

My username is my preferred way to indulge my caffeine addiction:

Excerpt from Wikipedia :

"Longjing tea is a famous variety of green tea from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China...The name of this tea literally means "dragon well", a well that contains relatively dense water, and after rain the lighter rainwater floating on its surface sometimes exhibits a sinuous and twisting boundary with the well water, which is supposed to resemble the movement of a traditional Chinese dragon."

Guide to Dragonwell tea

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Good stuff!
 
I definitely have a different background than probably all of the applicants. But, the way that I got my user name is kind of weak. Weird Al's song White and Nerdy was playing on the radio when I was trying to come up with a user name. Oh well.
 
Mine is pretty self explanatory. I'm doin' my best. 5840 = birthday backwards (04/85).
 
Stringer Bell is the name of a character in HBO's series The Wire, about Baltimore's war on drugs, and the stories of characters on both sides of the law. Great show, though often overshadowed by its flashier cousin, The Sopranos. Stringer Bell is portrayed by actor Idris Elba, shown in my avatar.

Stringer Bell,
Are you telling me you are not actually from Baltimore. Here I thought you were my boy.
 
VALSALVA said:
Because it's a fun medical term and I have IBS!!😛
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I saw your name a few days back. The valsalva maneuver is amazing! I'm in EMS, and the valsalva maneuver is great, except when they actually grunt down and actually poop instead of slow their heart rate. And then it gets all over the ambo. Not cool.

haha i'm jk
 
I'm a firefighter, and the halligan is my favorite hand tool on the truck.
 
spicedmanna said:
I came up with name spicedmanna several years ago when I was looking for a name for my consulting company. It started out as a two-word phrase, "spiced manna," and it is a reference to a poem of the same name by Hafiz, a sufi poet in the tradition of Rumi. So the story is that I was at a loss for a name and I was reading a delightful translation, by Daniel Ladinsky, of one of my favorite poets of the time, Hafiz. I told myself that I would randomly flip to a page in "The Gift," and whatever word caught my eye on that page would be the name of my company. The rest is history. The name stuck and it morphed into a single word for convenience.
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Pretty embarrasing to admit, but I always thought your name was spicedMAMA. I guess I never looked at it close enough to distinguish the 2 Ns.
 
Mine is quite obvious, i love lamborghini's and like to own one in the future. 13 is the day i was born and 15 is personal can't go into detail.lol
 
Dr. Ben Carson spoke at my high school graduation & talked about how he managed to become one of the best doctors in the country against seemingly impossible odds. He was an amazing speaker. At the time I had no interest in medicine, and by the time I decided it was the career for me (ten years later), I had already dug my academic grave. Most people (advisors and the like) told me I'd never be able to get into med school. I went for it anyway.

Obviously my hurdles were completely different than those faced by Dr. Carson, but from the time I started this process I knew the odds were against me. I'm not comparing myself to Ben Carson, just saying that I find him very inspiring.

Thus, Think Big.
 
I read Dr. Carson's book "Gifted Hands" and felt that maybe my hand-eye coordination would be suited for surgery someday. It was amazing how God worked in this man's life.
 
DrBowtie said:
Pretty embarrasing to admit, but I always thought your name was spicedMAMA. I guess I never looked at it close enough to distinguish the 2 Ns.
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No sweat. 😀 I have found it to be a pretty common mistake on SDN. It's somehow easy to grok the double "N" as an "M" when glancing at my S/N quickly. I wonder if it has something to do with how the brain chunks information, being that "mama" is a more common word than "manna."
 
Crookshanks said:
Critical Mass is also the name of a Catholic Rock group, who sing Carry On My Wayward Son and Awesome God. I knew it wasn't what your name stood for once I saw your avatar, though. 😉
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I've also been told that it is a cycling race.

Nate, anybody ever tell you that you look like the guy on 40-Year-Old Virgin? He has his own movie coming out.
 
Mine's not terribly exciting. I teach biology at the local college.
 
Critical Mass said:
I've also been told that it is a cycling race.
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It's not actually a cycling race. Its when a large group of people ride their bikes around during rush hour once a month. The idea is to make a statement, but more than a message, it really succeeds in pissing off a lot of people.

My dog, booda, was sitting next to me when I made my avatar.
 
In college I did an research internship, whilst trying to explain what I was doing (making corn mutants for Pioneer) a teammate decided that it was just simpler to call me madscientist and #50 was my football number in college.

Long boring story to an odd yet fun (i think) screen name.
 
Mine is a nickname from high school that stuck through college. It is just part of my last name shortened.
 
A decade ago, The Moviegoer was my favorite novel, thus I took the name binx. I still really enjoy the book but I now have favorites within each genre as opposed to one single work.
 
I stole mine (or "repossessed" it, if you will, heh heh) from early 90's WWF wrestler, Repo Man.
 
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