I started out as a BioChem major in college. Trypsin is an enzyme. I needed a name for a MUD character (it was around 20 years ago), so I just changed two letters. It has stuck with me ever since.

I tried several different names, but they were all taken :(. So I just used my first initial and my surname, because I was tired of trying different names.
If I am reading the date correct (October 30th?) then if you change the year to 85 that would be my birthday as well, only a few years out.

It's a mystery.

How is the Space Wolves omnibus? I have it on my 'to read' pile. I prefer Imperial Guard novels over Space Marine novels generally but I'm half way through the Soul Drinkers series and that has reignited my passion for Space Marines.

=) Yep October 30th. In the US it is Mischief night. I have always said it was the perfect time for me to come into the world and to celebrate a birthday =)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischief_Night

I can not think of a better person to share a birthday with than you!

he was a very good gardener in the neighbourhood where I grew up

Thank you, I could say the same thing about sharing my birthday with a wonderful person like you. We have Halloween and Mischief night, but Mischief night here in England is usually on the 4th of November, just before Guy Fawkes Night (lots of bonfires and fireworks). So a very fun time to have a birthday.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night

The short version: It's by William King so it's chock full of grim people being grim and then killing a lot of things then making grim jokes about it all. Seriously though: He really manages to get into the psyche of a Space Wolf, which I feel is more difficult to do than even the typically inhuman Astartes because their chapter is so different in many ways.

You won't find the deepest character development or moral probing or philosophical treatises but then again that's not why people typically read 40k fiction ;)

You should find a grand adventure epic among the stars with gloriously gratuitous violence and suitably grandiose moments of heroism and villainy.

I think this is why I am enjoying the Soul Drinker series, it's not the usual soulless Space Marine novel (I'm not sure if you have read them but it's about a loyal group of Astartes who break from the Imperium, but not the Emperor). I prefer seeing another side to them, other than just novels with constant action, with very little else.

I guess I must not be the typical 40k reader as I prefer novels with more depth and character, like the Imperial guard novels, I love the setting and the themes of 40k and the IG novels have a very good human element to them. It's one thing to face the enemy in a suit of ceramite with a heavy bolter, it's quite another to face it with just a flak jacket and a lasgun :).

Anyway, sorry for talking books in a username thread.

Oh don't get me wrong; my favorite 40k books are the ones by Abnett, Thorpe, etc which are typically much deeper and have far more than just mindless violence. The Bill King Space Wolves novels ARE better than run-of-the-mill SM novels, by far, but they haven't aged as well as other series like Gaunt's Ghosts, Ciaphas Cain, Eisenhorn, or Ravenor, etc. We can continue this discussion via PM though rather than derail the thread further since we already have an extensive PM trail ;).

I made stuff, nodoby caded.

The legend of Zelda is my favorite series of games. I've played every single one that has been made.
When I registered, Link was already taken. So was linkfromhyrule. So I chose linkofhyrule but made a typo.
So now there is an unwanted t in there somewhere. I;m glad its hard to see

I grew up gaming on the Commodore 64.
One of my favorite games was Shadowskimmer, so when years later the need for a nickname arose, it immediately sprang to mind. As a teenager, I always thought it sounded cool.
However, its too long for most forums, so I made my own abbreviation.

I made it using Celtic dictionary: bel means fire, muir means sea

So my nick actually means "Fire of the Sea" which was supposed to be somewhat contradictory, just like a woman nature.

And I like the way it sounds :)