In the current news cycle, diaries not about the news of the moment (much less the news of the day) may not get much attention. Today was even more newsworthy than most. AS Ambassador Gordon Sondland was deposed in the Impeachment Inquiry being run by the House of Representatives, and acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney admitted that there was a quid pro quo with Ukraine just before he insisted there was no such thing. I was going to try to find something of interest somewhere on the internets as a basis for a diary tonight, but I’m too tired tonight to do that kind of work. Instead, I’ve got a question.
The other day, as I as thinking about cosmic rays, the idea suddenly occurred to me: that’s the perfect kos name! Cosmic Ray! I even searched users to see if anyone had taken it. No one has. I suddenly wished I had chosen that name rather than the one that I have. True, my name isn’t Ray, but it’s not gizmo either. Having established myself around here as gizmo59, I’m not going to change it, but nonetheless, others have gone to that trouble. Indeed, Top Comments team member John M Webb used to be gravlax.
So, my question is: Would you like to change your kos name? If so, what would you change it to? Have you changed your kos name? If so, what was that experience like? Did you have issues with people misidentifying you? Or maybe you changed your name specifically because you didn’t want people to recognize you?
Please, discuss.
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Top Comments (October 17, 2019):
From ksmoore777:
In a comment thread about Trump's statement that Saudi Arabia is paying for the troop assistance he sent to assist that country, this comment by mstep fully captures the nausea evoked by the idea of Americans being deployed as mercenaries for bin Salman:
Exactly. We need to find out how much cash he is extracting from the Saudi despots, and whether our US servicemen and women will be required to use bone saws.
From Laura Clawson’s front page post about Nancy Pelosi’s comments regarding her “All roads lead to Putin” repost to Trump.
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