Lincoln wrote:So, this is to give people a chance to explain why they picked their user name. Some are sort of clear. Some aren't.
Mine is boring. Lincoln = name.
Your turn.
I'd attempted eagleeye on the basis that I had a philosophical bent for criticism -- thinking I'd derived it from my days of finding errors in computer codes -- a troubleshooter of sorts. However, eagleeye had a well worn path which made it unavailable, so I chose another raptor, the owl. I'd been using it for some time when one of our native american friends had me change it because otherwise she wouldn't be able to visit us, as the owl was such a powerful symbol of an evil force that it caused her a great deal of anguish that we would have one in our midst. Though I'd changed it to something randomly different, I eventually came back to it and, though our friend may yet be concerned about it, things seemed to have drifted into a comfortable relationship.
Notwithstanding, it is not something I hide behind, making a habit of indicating my name and authorship at the end of every post.
James