I got mine from the wonderful David Lynch movie Mulholland Drive.
The name itself is the name of a company in the movie, a pool-cleaning company, owned by this guy Gene, who somehow (it's never explained in the movie) ends up sleeping with the wife of one of the main characters, the director Adam Kesher.
I more or less rig up gonzo media systems on the fly, for a living.
My solution to most problems is to stick another processor/scaler/amp/switcher/ground lifter/gate/patchbay/attenuator/power supply in the signal chain.
I was billybobsky... (which is pronounced billy bob ski)
derived from billy bob + sky, a combination of my russian and southern US heritage as well as bob, the diminutive form of my middle name robert.
I used to go by brucebob...
hardeeharhar... well that one is self explanatory... I was still pissed at kasper and his banning of my account here and his unequivocal refusal to reinstate my account despite pleading by the other admins here, it was a laugh a retribution...
Those are some pretty funny ones. I remember billybobsky!
I've had this nickname for as long as I've been using the internet, and I always use it for "anonymous" message boards and things like that. I was in college, around 1990, so this was before the WWW. I chose BRussell because I was taking modern philosophy at the time. I'm too old for philosophy now - it just gives me headaches. But BRussell stuck.
IIRC groverat says he made it up. To be honest I don't recall the origin. I'm a big fan of incongrous juxtapostion though so I like the matching of a plain ole kitchen utensil with something dramatic like death. Although I'm also quite fond of another name, SpicyChickenManifesto. Of course in the days of wayback I used to have several different names on this board including EriMac and Woz's Apprentice. Nowadays I tend to go with a simple Eric whenever possible.
Trick Fall has been my rock and roll name for a long time and when I first got the internet it seemed like a logical choice. It is actually a shortening of my full name, Patrick Fallon and most people who know me offline would know that I am Trick.
I was billybobsky... (which is pronounced billy bob ski)
derived from billy bob + sky, a combination of my russian and southern US heritage as well as bob, the diminutive form of my middle name robert.
I used to go by brucebob...
hardeeharhar... well that one is self explanatory... I was still pissed at kasper and his banning of my account here and his unequivocal refusal to reinstate my account despite pleading by the other admins here, it was a laugh a retribution...
Oh, hey, I didn't know your were Billybobsky! Cool!
Trick Fall has been my rock and roll name for a long time and when I first got the internet it seemed like a logical choice. It is actually a shortening of my full name, Patrick Fallon and most people who know me offline would know that I am Trick.
Getting "Trick Fall" out of "Patrick Fallon" is excellent. How old were you when you realized you could do that?
Since I'm female, I had to have something cute and girly that would stand out amongst this male majority here. Therefore, I put "Mac," since I'm a Mac geek, and "Doll," which is the "cute and girly" component. I'm 21, so I can also get away with "cute and girly."
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The name itself is the name of a company in the movie, a pool-cleaning company, owned by this guy Gene, who somehow (it's never explained in the movie) ends up sleeping with the wife of one of the main characters, the director Adam Kesher.
A scene from the movie: notice the truck:
My solution to most problems is to stick another processor/scaler/amp/switcher/ground lifter/gate/patchbay/attenuator/power supply in the signal chain.
That is to say: add a box!
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derived from billy bob + sky, a combination of my russian and southern US heritage as well as bob, the diminutive form of my middle name robert.
I used to go by brucebob...
hardeeharhar... well that one is self explanatory... I was still pissed at kasper and his banning of my account here and his unequivocal refusal to reinstate my account despite pleading by the other admins here, it was a laugh a retribution...
I've had this nickname for as long as I've been using the internet, and I always use it for "anonymous" message boards and things like that. I was in college, around 1990, so this was before the WWW. I chose BRussell because I was taking modern philosophy at the time. I'm too old for philosophy now - it just gives me headaches. But BRussell stuck.
This is my name (he says - frantically searching for an edit profile option).
Hiro Protagonist, how can you not love that for the name of the lead character?
Originally posted by Justin
Em, lack of imagination.
This is my name (he says - frantically searching for an edit profile option).
It's too bad there wasn't another Justin before you. Then you could've been "This Justin."
Originally posted by hardeeharhar
I was billybobsky... (which is pronounced billy bob ski)
derived from billy bob + sky, a combination of my russian and southern US heritage as well as bob, the diminutive form of my middle name robert.
I used to go by brucebob...
hardeeharhar... well that one is self explanatory... I was still pissed at kasper and his banning of my account here and his unequivocal refusal to reinstate my account despite pleading by the other admins here, it was a laugh a retribution...
Oh, hey, I didn't know your were Billybobsky! Cool!
Originally posted by trick fall
Trick Fall has been my rock and roll name for a long time and when I first got the internet it seemed like a logical choice. It is actually a shortening of my full name, Patrick Fallon and most people who know me offline would know that I am Trick.
Getting "Trick Fall" out of "Patrick Fallon" is excellent. How old were you when you realized you could do that?
Originally posted by midwinter
It's too bad there wasn't another Justin before you. Then you could've been "This Justin."
I just now got that.
Originally posted by addabox
I just now got that.
What was it BRussell said about me? I'm so self-effacing that I don't care if anyone gets my jokes?