Steve-O

[fairiefire]

A lesson in tolerance of bad screen names. For my friend Steve-O, who we called that long before there ever was a Jack@$$ show.

Once upon a time not so very long ago lived a man named Steve O.  Steve was a nice guy.  He loved his wife, was good to his friends, and hung out with his family on weekends.  Steve also loved his computer.  He had one at work and another at home and a laptop in case he was on the go.  Steve loved to chat and play games and email and keep in touch with the world.  For all his fine characteristics, Steve had a problem.  You see, Steve just couldn’t get the hang of finding a suitable handle to use online.  He tried combining nicknames from high school and college to form new words.  He tried combining things he liked with popular expressions.  He tried using slang in conjunction with current events.  But nothing worked.  Thus, the many people who met Steve through their online meetings thought Steve was about 13 years old.  This was a constant source of irritation.  Steve enlisted the help of his real world friends.  They tried to help him, but ultimately, his online name had to be his choice.  Steve pondered and pondered and thinked and thunk, but he never did come up with a suitable name.  So someday when you’re online and get a message from a DogCheez or a SnoopClown, don’t ask the person’s age.  Simply be polite, and try to understand how poor Steve’s plight affects us all.

[fairiefire]

Thank you in advance for your feedback.

[J.N. Rowan]

Very true.  Is there anything worse than having to come up with a new screen name.  You've found some new website or online service, and you're excited to sign up, and then you get to the dreaded user name box and it stops you dead in your tracks.  And then when you do come up with a good name you get the even more dreaded message telling you that your chosen name already exists and you have to come up with yet another new name.

Enjoy,
J.N. Rowan