I signed up because I wanted to go to FReeper Libertina's Puget Sound chapter summer party which I found out about while lurking for a while. Never mind political scandal...it takes a party to motivate me. Of course Libertina was concerned I may be a party disrupting troll which is another story but I used my first handle "shotokan" just to see if it was being used and found out I was stuck with it.
Back in those days you were stuck with whatever you typed. No corrections, no correct spelling, no second chance. Today is different. LOL!