(about the rough and tough part.)

Back when I was in college, a couple of my roommates and I were making up names for fake drivers licenses, so we could buy something stronger that the 3.2% beer that 18 year olds could drink in Ohio in the early 1970's. I chose Rick Bethel, which was a variation on the name of a guy I went to high school with.

Hmmm

Well I studied my families history for some time. I learned a great deal about my ancestors and their Celtic Roots, both Irish and Welsh.

My Uncle Pat, who came over from County Cork when he was 3, never lost his accent. When I was little he called me his Little Irish Lass. Lass stuck as a nickmane my whole life.

Celtic Lass seemed to be a good fit when searching for a stage name. I always liked my real name, Valyrie, but there were alot of variations of that name in the biz.

Besides it went with the red hair, freckles and Green Eyes....

*wink*

Mine was given to me by a native Shaman after a 72 hour vision quest. Funny this was it was the same name I was given in Indian guides as a little kid!

r_bear

I love tennis, and play the game regularly.  So, using that as a handle seemed a natural.  

tennis

I actually started with another name, which was a name I used often to write under, but there already was one in SD (the best!) and that wasn't going to work, so I thought about it and my friend and I were planning a trip to AZ and it leaped out at us - Sedona. I wanted it to be something red (for my hair) and if you know me, and know what Sedona, AZ is all about, it was appropriate.

There are actually 2 parts to my response. My handle, shuadchaun, came from a character I created for a role playing game some years ago. Created out of whole cloth, found it's uniqueness to be useful in all sorts of places. As for the name I sometimes go by, Shawn, that name is what I was born under, and it was changed when I was adopted.

I got my name thru embarrassment in the Toys For Tots run....

...........many moons ago, during one of the annual rides.

It was cold and there was snow on the ground, but the streets were dry and the weather was supposed to be clear. Well, needless to say, the weatherman was wrong. About half way home after the run it started to snow like hell, but there was a good amount of traffic on the streets, so they hadn't packed over yet, they were just wet. Anyway, we're all puttin along and everything's going pretty well when all the sudden the road turned and i didn't(hey, it looked like it wen't straight to me for all i could see). Before i know it, the streets gone, the ditch is there, but it didn't look like a ditch because it was full of snow even with the rest of the ground, and i'm asshole deep in white stuff, trying rather unsucessfully to hold up a bagger. It was more shocking then painfull, snow breaks a fall pretty well and i wasn't moving fast.

So from that moment on i have been Snowblind......"Oh yeah, he's fine, just don't ride with him between November and March.....he can't see a fuckin' thing when it snows, he's snowblind." has become the patented response from all my friends.

Actually, it wasn't the initial name i signed up with here on TER, but i've been using it for so long everywhere that when i would sign in i kept forgetting who i was so i finally asked to have it changed.  

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In the early 80's I came up with a serial character for a small political(anti-tax) news paper. FreedomRider; A red, white and blue leather clad superhero aboard a super powerfull motorcycle of unknown origin was born to do battle with overzealous IRS agents and the like. The 225 is just a personal # I use.

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I used the initials of the first names of the members of my family.

great question, I too wonder where some of the names come from.
mine was so easy, as my name really is Mr. Mann. it just happens to sound like a hobby name to use as a handle online.

best regards, mr.man

I'm always amazed at the names the girls pick, too.  Sometimes two or three different names each day.

As far as the guys are concerned, I'm always brought back to the military.  For example, a pilot very rarely picks his 'running name'   it's almost always given to him by the members of his first squadron.   While in flight school, you land too fast and have a brake fire .. you WILL spend the rest of your career being called 'scortch'    I had a friend who was Officer Of the Day when a dead body washed up on shore and he has to this day been named 'corpse'

So here in Cyberland ... what if it was the custom for your first provider to give you your running name?  How many of us would be named some derivitive of "PencilDick", "Asshole" or "minuteman"?

I for one .. EARNED my name!   The honest way.   I tell the girls

"Of COURSE I want sex on the first date!  How else would I know if I want a second date?  And I'd like the sex FIRST, so I know how nice a dinner to buy you."

"Oh ... and please ... take care of your orgasm before I pick you up, so when we do get together, we can both concentrate on mine!"

(after sex) "honey, if you're going to stay, you have to be quiet - otherwise, toss a load of clothes in the wash on your way out."

HiProGlo (High Protien Glow) is from a term my buddies and I (and quite a few other guys too) that describes a good and messy "monster" facial!

We'd say, "Hey was that Janet we saw you with last night?" and then the usual recount of what when on would follow (mostly embellished, just like some of the reviews here. LOL)

But we would wait with anticipation for the summary and then ask, "So did ya give `er the old Hi Pro Glo?" Followed by back slapping and congratulations.

You always knew it was a date to remember if you got a YES on the HIPROGLO and followed-up with "It was a deeply religious experience . . . oh god OH GOD OOOOOH GAWWWWED!"

Cheers,

HPG

Mine is an Allied code word from World War II, and I just like the word so it seemed like a good one to use for the hobby.  It was actually my second choice, the one I originally decided on was already in use at TER.

It took some serious study and research on my part.  After looking through all my Jr. Detective novels, I learned that there are certain things the forces of darkness ('LE') won't do when conducting a sting.  It varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.  Some, they won't get undressed or won't get undressed first.  Still others don't feel they have a case until you've explicitly said you want to exchange "money for sex."  (Off topic: Didn't Dire Straits and Sting record a song about this or "money for chicks" or something similar?  Do you think it’s a coincidence that singer's name is STING!!)  Still others shy away from entrapment scenarios.  It varies.

Anyway, I decided, based on my extensive research, that if the lady reaches climax first, then I can be 100% sure she's legit. (i.e., not LE).  See, if they won't undress in some jurisdictions, of course they won't orgasm in any jurisdiction.

Foolproof, right?

If by any chance I’m wrong, my consolation prize is that I go down while going down

Real name is Jim, so that one is taken.  However, "I am I to me", so IMI2ME.  Reading these posts however, the best names are, IMHO, MegaPig and HiProGlo, and the manner in which they develope the names is a good story.

VonRyan

I'm a big fan of ole' blue eyes and the Rat Pack gang...
I enjoy reading the stories of Frank,Sammie,Dean,Joey, and Pete.
Those guys lived life to the fullest...wine,women,humor,and song...and participated as gentlemen... with charisma.
Just so happened that when I registered for TER, I had just watched VonRyan's express, an ATF movie(hadn't seen it in a while...great in DVD and surround sound...When US combat pilot Col. Joseph Ryan (Frank Sinatra) is shot down by Nazis and placed in a prison camp, he's more concerned with surviving than escaping, earning him the insulting nickname, "Von Ryan." But in time, Ryan takes over from the commanding British officer (Trevor Howard) and masterminds the commandeering of a train and gets it across Italy to Switzerland with the Nazis in hot pursuit.)
so my handle was born...I kinda take that same rat pack style to my hobbying approach....without the song...lol...Cheers!
One of my favorite "PACK" true stories as told by Don Rickles on the Larry King show after Dino passed away was...picture the whole gang in a steam room at the Sands...drinks in hand and balls ass naked. It was one of their birthdays(forget who) but anyway a gorgeous redhead is "delivered" to the steam room as a surprise gift. This hottie walks into the room unannounced in her birthday suit. Everyone went for their towels except Dino.
Booiiinnnnggggg!...Cheers!

No, I'm not a professional singer and a definite no on the sewing machine company... LOL.  It os actually my nickname my old college roommate gave me, which is close to my real name.  But, anybody up for a karaoke party?

... and it was my father's favorite film.