> > As I mentioned on another nickname-related
> > thread that's somewhere back there on the
> > forum, my real name is Cody, and the nickname
> > "Code-man" had become popular among my peers
> > because it was used for the main character of a
> > certain TV show which shall remain unnamed
> > [ahem, Step by Step]. And as for the 38, I was
> > contestant #38 in the National Spelling Bee a
> > few years back.
> >
> > Yep, that's all. Boring, eh?
> >
> > -- codeman"i need a more creative story"38
>
> that's it? hmmmmm.
>
> Well, I guess I can't object too much. Mine turned up due to IRC - the original spelling got repeatedly "nicked", so I respelt it. *shrug* no biggie.
>
> ll"as in belly"ear"as in earn"ch"as in psycho"...

Well my nickname and on-line personality is a complete fabrication. I modeled him after my
grandfather and even used his old-fashioned name.
I decided to make him an even wierder character, so I made him a person who collects things that nobody else wants. My grandfather was a preacher, but I didn't want him to be quite that straight-laced so I made him a teacher. I also wanted him to be a southerner so I made him a Tennessean. I kept some of my own charactistics, such as being a poor speller and a traveler. My grandfather loved poetry, but I changed that to drama. To bring him up to date, I made him a fan of stock-car racing, which is the fastest growing sport in America. And that is how I created
Howard