<p>childhood nickname-- I’m not very good at staying anonymous anyway.</p>
<p>Tolkien character - a guiding Elf in an age BEFORE the LOTR took place.</p>
<p>initials plus abbreviation for radiologist</p>
<p>Chose mine because at that time that seemed to be my primary identity whenever I was anywhere that he was known: “Oh, you’re Sam’s dad”. Probably should have given it more thought to reflect self more than just as a shadow figure; next time I will choose an entirely different name. </p>
<p>Nonetheless, while he is doing exceptionally well at a fairly high-tier school, I am still being relegated to lower-tier parties.</p>
<p>Aries = astrological sign and Greek war god - some people would say that the latter is appropriate (esp. during yesterday’s snowball fight 
).</p>
<p>Athena = like me, sprang full-grown from the forehead of her father*; law-giver to the Greeks; and trickster and prankster (see the Odyssey when she complimented the same in Odesseus).</p>
<p>*“Zeus” would be inclined towards “gives father headaches,” but I prefer my interpretation</p>
<p>Yes on the zodiac sign, but the Greek god of war is usually spelled Ares.</p>
<p>BTW - coureur = French for “runner”.</p>
<p>Mine’s a dead-on description physically, with a tip of the bowler to whimsy in the spelling.</p>
<p>Oh you know, just a little bug that can get noisy at times.</p>
<p>(but is also considered good luck in some places!)</p>
<p>I love classics, and while studying Latin, I read Ovid’s Metamorphoses, one of which was the story of Daedalus and Icarus. Most other forums or other sites I need a sn to log in with, I go by Daedalus, but for CC, I picked Icarus for some reason. :)</p>
<p>three kids … none in college yet … so “3 to go” until we’re done with this process (and expense)</p>
<p>cc beats working (also an homage to Dr Johnson).</p>
<p>where I live and what I am doing with a lot of my day…driving people places (up the wall and crazy nonwithstanding)</p>
<p>adam is my name, i added an o to then end just for the heck of it. 22 is the day of the month i was born. boring, indeed.</p>
<p>come to think of it, there is an adamo in Dante’s hell, but i do not remember why he was there.</p>
<p>Maybe the sixth ring is where the financial aid hell is located? :)</p>
<p>bluealien01= blue alien 0 1. Not that hard to figure out. 
j/k</p>
<p>I don’t know where I came up with bluealien01 anyway.</p>
<p>lol, texastaximom.</p>
<p>Not a big stretch, tongue-tied friend from my youth who had problems saying Sylvia</p>
<p>After about a week of walking my son into his kindergartgen class, we drove up to the school and he turned to me and said, “It’s O.K., Mom, I don’t need you any more. I can find my own way now.” After crying all the way home, I pretty much got used to it. He’ll be 19 in April, and he’s always been independent and self-reliant. So, I’ve just gone “Alongfortheride.”</p>
<p>Both my Ds want to go to colleges in a city- ie nyc, washington dc, boston- and we live in a great city- San Francisco…hence citygirlsmom!! They love our city and use it well…no burbs for us!!!</p>
<p>Sybbie–I always wondered about your nom de plume. One of my cousins has a kid whose nickname is Cibbie but it’s short for Jose Sebastian.</p>