screenname ~gez~ they can be long or short, witty and meaningless all at te same time. one word, no capitals, or puncuation. break the rules of conformity. be a god 020821 ... alyah jolly and kris 030726 ... jolly and kris jolly and kris 030726 ... User24 screennames change all the time, my identity has changed so many times in the last 5 years, I probally knew half of you under different aliases, in different surroundings. 031010 ... sans nom that's an interesting thought 031010 ... User24 don't you think there should be a word for our 'handles' (no crude jokes, please) that we use on blather? anyway, the point I was going to make, which now sounds really small and insignificant, but still... was that it's quite cool if you look at the position of someone's screenname on the keyboard, for instance, Mahayana probally keeps one hand on the 'a', and lets the right hand type the rest of the letters, whereas silentbob's hands probally fly all over the center part of the keyboard. mmm. Keyboard map of my name, as I usually type it, using the finger definitions found at http://paul.oniony.com/ sections/information/fingernames.html to avoid confusion Shift - Left Pinkie U - Right Index s - Left Pointer e - Right Pointer r - Right Index 2 - Left Index 4 - Left Pointer if that's of interest to anyone, let me know your "screenname finger map" (tm) 031027 ... User24 *correction* U - Right Pointer 031027 ... Death of a Rose left index home position left index up position left pinkie home position left pointer up and right right pointer left thumb right ring up left pointer home thumb left pinkie home thumb left pointer up right ring up left ring home left index up 031027 ... just misstree i've used all but one of mine in the farther flung corners of hereabouts. and if i use that last one, it means the brown stuff is really hitting the whirly thing. 031027 ... lizbet right middle finger "l" right pointer "i" left middle "z" right pointer "b" left middle "e" right pointer "t" ~grin~ 040615 ... kookaburra right pointer finger=the right side of the keyboard left pointer finger=left side of the keyboard right thumb=spacebar right index finger=backspace people who type with two fingers will rule the world someday 040615 ... dosquatch Then how come you keep wondering how I type so fast? <evil grin> left middle home right ring up left ring home left pinky up right index up left pinky home left index up left middle down right index left 040615 ... spiffy i don't use the same fingers for the same keys each time. i just use whichever finger is available and nearest to the next key i wanna hit at the given monent when i need to hit it. 040615 what's it to you? who go blather from