Um. I seem to have broken one of Howard's rules. Not that I even understood if they were posted jokingly or not, but...Here's the story of my alias:

Back in the day, when we had to walk to school backwards, barefoot, through the snow, uphill both ways while churning our own butter because there was a depression going on, dagnabbit, and a nickel would buy a movie ticket and a coke and some ice cream and several multinational corporations...anyway, some time ago I read Dune. Much later, when I had to choose a name to use for most of my online activities, every obscure fantasy/science-fiction/spy-thriller handle I could conjure up was already taken in most places (I didn't want to tack a number on the end of my name, so I needed something original)! The only one that was still unused on most sites like these was "Corrino", the family name of Emperor Shaddam IV in "Dune". So, I typed it in, and voila! (literally, "I have an alias!") Corrino was born. Not that I never use anything else...but I'd be hard pressed to find another name to satisy my pickiness. There it is. The whole tale. Enjoy.

Cor"I told the story of my name, yet still I feel a gaping emptiness inside"rino