<p>D’s nickname is “La”, which makes me “La’s Ma.”</p>
<p>Probably easy to guess mine: when I joined CC my D was seriously considering a music performance major… and the music forum in particular was a life-saver.</p>
<p>This is what I always put in my coffee or tea, and I love food. There really was no rhyme or reason. Staples and familiarity. Story of my life.</p>
<p>Bullet was in the AF and that was his callsign. One night we got into an argument and I told him he was too ANAL, he retorted well that’s because you are a Pain In My A$$, thus I am going to call you PIMA! We laughed so hard the fight ended there, and for the past 15 yrs I have been known as PIMA. I love it so much I even had my license plate say PIMA on it.</p>
<p>The funnyy story to that is the DMV worried about what PIMA meant, asked him and he said it means beautiful in Italian. They bought that as an explanation.</p>
<p>PIMA - I didn’t think I could like you any more. This is priceless!! :)</p>
<p>orchestramom, I too joined when DD decided to pursue a performance degree and I was clueless. The music forum was a lifesaver. Name is obvious 
But hard to believe she is a senior again, the 07 was her HS graduation.</p>
<p>My finger got stuck on the shift key and then I couldn’t change it 
, but at least people know I’m not a student. </p>
<p>I should not have put the initials of our state. Kids in my son’s theatre program have said to him, “Is NJTheatreMom your mother?”</p>
<p>Actually, mine was conceived to confound the masses. D plays didgeridoo.</p>
<p>I’m probably one of the very few people here who was sufficiently unimaginative (and stupid) to use their real name. I don’t know what I was thinking, especially given some of the definitely non-public information I’ve disclosed. But the cat is long since out of the bag, so there isn’t much point my changing it now.</p>
<p>Love your name PIMA!!</p>
<p>When I started to sign in the CC, DD had already decided where she was going to school. I however, had a lot of changes going on in my life and I realized that I was just a work in progress - something I always hope to be.</p>
<p>The 2 got added when something went wrong with my account and since my email had changed when I first joined and I couldn’t remember my password…</p>
<p>I’m originally from Virginia and there was an outdoor theater in my hometown called Dogwood Dell. I remember going there as a kid and I loved the place. I originally started out as Dogwood Dell, but I forgot my password, so I shortened it to Dogwood when I re-registered. If there are any Richmond folks out there - Is the Dogwood Dell still around?</p>
<p>Because I loved college.</p>
<p>@ Dogwood - I’m not from Richmond, but I googled and found Dogwood Dell in Richmond.</p>
<p>[Richmond</a> VA > Parks > Richmond Parks](<a href=“http://www.richmondgov.com/parks/programmingDogwoodDell.aspx]Richmond”>http://www.richmondgov.com/parks/programmingDogwoodDell.aspx)</p>
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<p>When I was young one of my heroes was Tony Conigliaro, a young emerging baseball superstar. His nickname was TonyC so my friends nicknamed me TonyK. TonyC was beaned in a ballgame and nearly died in the hospital. He made a brief comeback but was never the same ballplayer again. His life was a tragic story with no happy ending. </p>
<p>I chose my nickname while on the earliest baseball coaching sites a long time ago and have never changed it. We weren’t very creative back then and most of us just used a form of our real name.</p>
<p>Thanks, blueiguana. I remember going there to play and pretending to be a star up on that stage. Too bad I can’t sing or dance :(</p>
<p>I wasn’t planning on staying around so I didn’t give it much thought.</p>
<p>PIMA, Bullet said he’d let you tell the reason for your screen name almost a year ago, didn’t he? Well, it was worth the wait. :)</p>
<p>Has Curmudgeon ever said why he chose that name? I looked it up in dictionary.com, and it means “surly, miserly.”</p>
<p>lol…those who don’t know me here always think I’m a guy. </p>
<p>Well, I watched lone ranger reruns with my brother…cool guy. </p>
<p>But I figured - at least at first…hey this is kind of like wearing a mask…posting on these boards. And I love music…so wallah… </p>
<p>“Hi Yo Silver Away!”</p>
<p>Yes, Bullet said about a yr ago, I guess I forgot, plus, I am known to get into arguments on the political threads, so now they know why I am Pima, they will really believe it is very fitting.</p>