Name Origins

Many of my online friends know me as msferengi and I am often asked why that user name?

Well several years ago, when I first decided to explore the WWW, I was advised to assume a user name rather than use my real name. So when I signed up for a yahoo account and it came time to choose a user name I had one all picked out--booklover. Of course it was already in use and after many futile attempts to pick one I thought suited me, I asked Sam what he thought.

Sam suggested ferengi. He often teased me about my ability to make a few extra bucks doing this and that to help pay for things not within our budget at the time and said I reminded him of a ferengi. So I figured what the heck, that'll do.

Of course I typed ferengi in the box and it was taken. So was mrsferengi, but then I struck paydirt and it accepted msferengi. So for the past 8 years or so that's the name I've used for a variety of online activities, mostly email groups.

When I signed up here I remembered of my first choice all those years ago because I've recently noticed that someone who frequents the trekbbs literature forum uses that name. But at last, and it only took 8 years, I got to booklover first!