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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

In 1999, I tried to have my name legally changed to "Galaxor Nebulon" because the Year 2000 was coming up and I wanted to be prepared! You always see people in science fiction with names like "Zordoz" and "Xargon" and I figured - well - it has to start *somewhere*!

The judge denied my name-change request. Which is just as well, because I only wanted to be legally named "Galaxor Nebulon" for the years 2000 and 2001. Those are the Future. The years 2002 and later are merely the present at a very advanced date.