JimRob can change your handle and preserve your posting history. Just ask.
The first time I saw the word “zot” it was the sound lightning makes in the BC comic strip. In the late 1970’s I took it as my character name when my family was playing Dungeons and Dragons (the board game; the computer games came later). When I signed in to FR in 2003 I tried “zot” as my handle and was surprised when it worked. Later ZOT acquired its special meaning as the word for expulsion of someone from FR.
cool. Thanks for the head’s up!