> Whoa, in light of those other reasons, mine
> seems quite whimsical. Oh well...
>
> Shai'tan comes from a series of books I
> particularly like. So, why not? He's the bad
> guy, but I think down deep we all like to be the
> bad guy sometimes.

I'm with Mr. Satan on this one. No life-redefining traumatic experiences or anything. Generally I use my handle as a method of dividing my real life from my on-line life.

Everyone thinks my handle comes from Voltron, but it doesn't.