There are lots of intriguing screen names on this board.
Here’s your chance to explain why you call yourself what you do.
I’ll go first.
“Limu” is Hawaiian for seaweed.
“Head” is that thing above your shoulders.
“Limu Head” is a nickname I got as a young surfer. My long hair looked like seaweed when it got wet, so my friends took to calling me Limu Head.
My hair is now short, and I doubt I could even paddle out to catch a wave, but I still like the name.
OK, I’ve nothing exciting to say, but let me be the first to answer.
Screen Name- TomB
First Name- Tom
Last Name- Begins with B
I know, I know, very original 
All the Best, Tom
My name was given to me by an arrogant person named Charles, who in his ignorance assumed I was!
I’m not, but I keep the name as a sarcastic jape 
Also 'cos I forgot my first password under my name,
so I suppose there is a grain of truth in it
My name is actually an obscure reference to “The Simpsons”.
Marge: Homer are you going to buy Lisa a pony?
Homer: Mmm.
Marge: Is that a yes or a no?
Homer: Ba.
Marge: Those aren’t even words!
Homer: Snuh.
My uncles and I started using it whenever we forgot what we were going to say or tripped over our tongues. I’ve used it as an internet name since then.
A.J.
Badgers symbolize tenacity–the absolute, stubborn, darn-fool refusal to just roll over and die, no matter how large the odds. I’ve always admired that about them; it’s a quality I tend to emulate.
And hey, I personally throw in with any animal the size of a placemat that will attack a moving pickup.
“Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” --Calvin Coolidge
Oh, and I’m from Wyoming. Yep.
Tom
Well let’s see.
The first part is my first name …
Oh, never mind.
Best wishes,
Jerry
P.S. This is a cool thread.
Here’s the idea behind my screen name:
“Thurlowe” comes from Thurlow Weed Lieurance, my great-grandfather. He was a bandleader and composer whose main claim to faim was his work with American Plains Indians. Many of his published works used Indian melodies, including a big hit, “By The Waters of Minnetonka.” Invaluable to the popularity of his music was my great-grandmother, Edna Lieurance, who was a beautiful singer and made 78 rpm recordings of his songs. The Wichita State University music library is named for him, and he has an entry in the Grove’s Dictionary of Music. When I’m not at C&F, I often scour ebay for his sheet music.
Since the musical roots of my family start with him (I have a father and sister earning their livings as musicians), I decided to pay him tribute when choosing my screen name. I added an “e” to indicate that I’m female; however, it hasn’t been very effective! “Thurlowna” and “Thurlette” were only suggested to me later in the chatroom by Ms. Ava (Beth).
Cara
My first name starts with a “D”, and my middle name (by which I’m called by everyone who knows me) is “Sarah”, so I’m really D. Sarah. I added the “H” in front to turn it into HD for “Hammered Dulcimer,” which is my primary instrument.
I intend to get my son to use the digital camera that is part of his Lego Robotics set to take a picture of my dulcimer to use as an avatar, but haven’t gotten around to it yet.
Sarah, a.k.a. HDSarah
My band is named for a line in Chaucer: ‘Gladly Playe Wyth Stryngs’…
A running joke started in our promo material, in that we referred to all of our names, with a ‘y’ replacing at least one vowel, as in pseudo-Chaucer. The followers of the band followed suit, and now lots of people associated with us use the modification, freely.
Hence, we are Byll, Eryc, Betsye, Eryn, and Crayg.
Fun, if nothing else…
Best.
Byll
Played Irish music for the last two years with a fiddler who is so busy that we could only get together on weekends. Hence, the Weekenders, which I what we call our Trio.
“Soineanta” is Gaelic for “starry-eyed”. Corny, I know, but it’s true! I used it also because my AIM screen name used to be “Soineanta"Anam”, starry-eyed soul. I was too lazy to think up something else. 
Edited to add: Everybody asks how to pronounce it, so here ya go: Shin-an-ta.
The rebl part is because I used to be a Confederate Civil War re-enactor (I don’t re-enact anymore but I still have a special place in my heart for the south). It’s rebl instead of rebel because I also have this name on my license plate and it had to be six letters. The RN is because, well, I am an RN.
Beth
well… my first name is laura and…
yeah, not so original. when i was on irc a lot, i used to plush or plusheroo because i’m … not fat, i’m plush! 
but now i stick with the unoriginal…
“Bretton” was a name I picked for a character in an online game when I first started using the Internet (1991…hard to believe it’s been over 10 years!). It was mainly based on my first name: Brett.
However, people on music related discussion boards/listservs always think it has something to do with “Breton” culture/music/dance and I’ve added one too many t’s. I actually know very little about this.
Since you asked…
The previous 4 models just were not cutting it so we decided to go with the Mark 5 (V) model when it comes to message boards. The improvements are slight but tangible. There is a definite tendency for the Mark V to lurk more than post however, so there is still room for improvement.
Mark V.
Gee, I’m not sure. I guess you could ask my folks…
Okay, if the truth must be told, my screen name comes from the greatest motor vehicle ever created…the International Scout II. IHC stands for International Harverster Corporation (they make schoolbuses and big rigs under the name of Navistar now), and the SSII stands for Super Scout II, which is a modified version of the Scout II. I’ll try to insert a pic…[/img]
Well…
c stands for the note that I use a thumb hole for on my whistles
ski is of course-ski the suffix Weekenders adds to everything-ski
nn stands for the Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction, reflecting my little hobby in nuclear physics
–and–
er is the symbol for my favorite element, erbium.
Carol Skinner
Scouts! What a great vehicle–could climb trees in four low, and nigh indestructable as I remember. It had style, too. Almost as cool as the old Toyota land cruisers (before they went big time and became transport for eco-yuppies).
I grew up riding around the badlands and mountains beside my dad, first in a landcruiser, and then in a Scout–that thing could go just about anywhere! Death on wheels to find parts for, though…
T
My first post was at a time when I was having some major clogging problems with my whistles. Need I say more?
Robin