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Secrets Revealed: Why 'Tablesaw'?
I get asked this a lot, and it surprises me. I suppose I don't attribute as much thought to screen names as others do.
Short answer: I like the word "tablesaw".
Long answer: A few years ago, I was chatting with my then girlfriend on AIM. It was late for me, and it was later for her, since she was a few time zones ahead. Why was she still awake? She was finishing up a project for a technical theater class, drawing a plan for a set-construction workshop. I volunteered to help. To expedite the process, she'd give me an item that she wanted on her plan, and I'd search the web for examples and relay the dimensions to her. I think I did a few items like this, and one of them was a table saw.
"Hey," thought I, "I like the way that sounds. Tablesaw. Tablesaw. Tablesaw."
A few months later, I was looking to sign on to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
ifmud, and I was looking for a new ID. I had grown tired of "Kneep!", which I had used since high school. (Some of you may recognize that from my AIM id, the only place I still use it.) I flashed back to that night and how I thought "tablesaw" was a cool word. So I used that as my handle.
I stayed withifmud for a long time, and the name stuck and proliferated to other sites. Soon, I was meeting people and they were calling my Tablesaw. It's become a real, honest-to-goodness nickname. And there's no reasoning behind it. No anagrams, no personal affinities, no obscure name mutations. It's just a word I liked the sound of.
So, now you know the secret.
WedNYTX: 7:30; WenLATX: 6.
Short answer: I like the word "tablesaw".
Long answer: A few years ago, I was chatting with my then girlfriend on AIM. It was late for me, and it was later for her, since she was a few time zones ahead. Why was she still awake? She was finishing up a project for a technical theater class, drawing a plan for a set-construction workshop. I volunteered to help. To expedite the process, she'd give me an item that she wanted on her plan, and I'd search the web for examples and relay the dimensions to her. I think I did a few items like this, and one of them was a table saw.
"Hey," thought I, "I like the way that sounds. Tablesaw. Tablesaw. Tablesaw."
A few months later, I was looking to sign on to
ifmud, and I was looking for a new ID. I had grown tired of "Kneep!", which I had used since high school. (Some of you may recognize that from my AIM id, the only place I still use it.) I flashed back to that night and how I thought "tablesaw" was a cool word. So I used that as my handle.I stayed with
ifmud for a long time, and the name stuck and proliferated to other sites. Soon, I was meeting people and they were calling my Tablesaw. It's become a real, honest-to-goodness nickname. And there's no reasoning behind it. No anagrams, no personal affinities, no obscure name mutations. It's just a word I liked the sound of.So, now you know the secret.
WedNYTX: 7:30; WenLATX: 6.