"Gypsyboy" was the first email name I ever used, don't remember how long ago now. I got it from one of my favorite comedy movies, The Inspector General with Danny Kaye. "Things are not as bad as they look, gypsyboy, no sir. They're MUCH worse." Anyway, I stuck with it at first because I knew if I stuck with one sign on name I would be less likely to forget it. It started to catch on though, and eventually I got the shorter nick-name "GB" - from Vaderkinde, actually.