Why Pizzaguy? Why your Username?

[PouringRain]

I sat here reading this thread and thinking, "what is my username?"

My name meaning....... well...... I like rain pouring?

 

[pjt]

Mine has no real story. I`m a woman and when I tried to sign up I tried several nice feminine sounding names that appealed to me, but apparently they were already taken so I got tired and just typed 3 letters and it went through. It is simple and easy but now I`m always having to insert that I`m a woman because people see 3 letters and automatically think "man". In some ways that is good because I`m taken more seriously but other times it is not good because people respond more harshly if they think you`re a man. I prefer a softer answer so I often remind people I`m a woman.

On general forums like this, I don`t give my real name, but private more personal forums where the people are carefully screened, I always give my real name.

 

[elijah23]

I like John the Baptist.

John was “Elijah who is to come.†Matt 11:14 RSV

Elijah is easier to type than JohnTheBaptist.

23 is for the 23rd Psalm.

Hence, Elijah23.

 

[Cornelius]

I also use my real name. It is mostly available and I like C too ......see ?

 

[Hammer of God]

Why Hammer of God? Well, it all has to do with how I got my real name, which is Mark. A few years back I looked up the meaning of my name in the "The strongest" edition of the Strong's concordance and they said it meant 'large hammer'. Then I remembered my mum telling me about the circumstances of how I came to be called Mark.

I was born 2 weeks late on the 25th April, which is the feast of ST Mark (something my parents didn't know at the time). Mum wanted to call me Kieth but dad didn't like it, but couldn't come up with a name they both liked. A week later, dad's sister suggested the names Mark and John, both names of the writer of the Gospel of Mark whose feast I was born on!

Mum and dad like both names equally but only wanted to use one, so tossed a coin to decide which it would be. Now, tossing a coin is just the same as casting lots, which leads us to the Proverbs 16:33:

The lot is cast into the lap; but its every decision is from the Lord.

So it was that God decided that I was to be called Mark. all the circumstances of being 2 week overdue born on the feast of St Mark, along with mum and dad tossing a coin to choose between the 2 names he was known by is just further evidence of God's hand in it all.

Now, I don't have any sort of complex about this. I am not a crack pot thinking that I am special because of it. It is just a cool story, and to me it proves that God was involved in every part of my life even when I didn't realize it.

 

[Pizzaguy]

Im Mark, too. I have a bookmark given to my by a girl from long ago, it says:

Mark
Strong Defender

I don't know where it gets that from, and I"m on my elliptical and dont want to go find it and see if it says what it is referring to!
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[Oats]

oatmeal tasty and stuff

 

[PraiseHimFirst]

I actually stole mine from my moms email address (not written out the same way though) because I found that when I emailed her it was a good reminder to pray, so I figured I'd use it in places I knew she wouldn't be and use it as my daily reminder.. It's also my twitter name.

 

[D4Christ]

My real life nick name has always been Dee or Dee Dee. D "for" Christ just seemed a natural choice. However, if I really like the spirit of a discussion, I will sign with my real name occasioanlly.....Deirdre.:waving