> > > AOL Instant Messenger: Dismal Orb
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> > My. How cheery. :-}
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> You should've seen the ordeal I went through to find an unused username on AOL IM. Eventually I just stopped trying to be original and settled on a reference to a song by Coil.

I believe it. We tried to sign my brother up the other day - ack! It took us like half an hour to find an unused screen name... and he was picking fairly obscure things like PorkLord and CaptainHam (don't ask)... they were all taken. It's kinda crazy, if you ask me.

My screen name was a lead pipe cinch. I'm the only one. The only time I run into another "darienkd" is if I've already registered for something and just forgot about it. If you find a "darienkd" somewhere, that's me. :-}

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