Why did you choose your user name? Is there any special meaning or story behind it?
It was 1997, I was about to sign up for my first Net account that didn’t involve a .edu domain, and was fishing for a username. I told my wife I was trying to think of one that fitted me, and she immediately answered “Curmudgeon!” I pointed out that wouldn’t do because the ISP required DOS-like eight-byte names. She thought a minute, and replied “C-U-R-M-U-D-G-N.” And there I was, and I’ve been using that name (with variants) all over the Net ever since.
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