What inspired your non-Star Trek username / nickname?

[Mr.AtoZ]

I have seen plenty of member user names that echo Star Trek names, either directly or a variation thereof. But there are also many people with names having little or nothing to do with Star Trek and their origins may not be recognizable by a lot of people.

For instance, what is a "middy seafort", who is "jonas grumby", what's "jep" short for, and what's "thegodben"?

So can some people with non-Star Trek names (excluding ordinary names) fill us in and quench some curiosity? Thanks. :-)

 

[Starbreaker]

<- Planet destroying technology in Stephen Baxter's Xeelee Saga

 

[Amaris]

My name.

 

[Candlelight]

Name of a story I'm working on.

 

[thestrangequark]

I'm a physics groupie.

 

[Switch]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knV1H163ISE[/yt]

 

[Captain_Nick]

What's a star trek?

 

[Cicero]

I think mine was influenced by Chicago traffic reports. I wanted something pleasant, non-descript, and recognizable. Given the good things I'd heard about Cicero, I thought his name a good choice.

I've recently considered changing my username to something not associated with the oppressive Optimates.

 

[Kestra]

I think mine was influenced by Chicago traffic reports.

God, that's horrible. Also there's no need to listen to traffic reports out here. It's basically "don't drive a car anywhere, it will take you hours to get there."

 

[MHT1138]

Well my username is a reference to George Lucas' first feature, THX 1138. I just substituted my initials.

 

[Canadave]

Mine's pretty simple: my name plus my country. But not necessarily in that order...

 

[Davros]

Creator of the Daleks

 

[Skywalker]

I like Star Wars.

 

[1001001]

Mine is from the Rush song The Body Electric.

 

[Lookingglassman]

I just made it up.

 

[Sephiroth]

Sephiroth is a fallen hero turned villan and an elite warrior, kinda like me, also is an incarnation of god

 

[Miss Chicken]

Miss Chicken is my real life cat's name.

 

[Sector 7]

<=== name is of mysterious origin*, but it pops up in TV and movies quite often since I started using it:
- in Star Trek (2009), yeah I'm canon now!
- in Monsters vs. Aliens (2010)
- in Disney's Prep and Landing
- others I cannot recall at the moment, although I get really excited when I spot a new Sector 7 reference in something

*Actually, when I signed up I mis-remembered the Trek term I wanted to use. I didn't know how to change it and the name grew on me. I would not change it if I could.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I'm a physics groupie.

Mine is from the Rush song The Body Electric.

I'm pretty sure, at one point, I thought both of you had Trek-related names.

 

[marillion]

The second greatest rock band in the world (behind Rush)... Click my signature link for enlightenment...