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Posted by: wizardofowls 24-May-2004, 10:18 PM

Hello all!

As a Christian, I am not really satisfied with my member name, wizardofowls. The word "wizard" implies things about me that I'm not sure I want associated with me. For a while now I have been toying with the idea of changing it to something else, but I'm afraid it might be inconsiderate to everyone else to do so now after all of this time. What do you think? Could you adjust to a new name for me?

Some of the names I am considering:

in_not_of
bloodbought
free_indeed
Whosoever
Kings_kid
Delivered
paid_in_full
Christian_Gael

Like any of these? Other suggestions? Let me know!

Posted by: Raven 24-May-2004, 10:29 PM

what if you were

Minister o fowls
or
Christian o fowls

that would be equally unwieldy

just joking

seriously Allan I don't think anyone will think any more or less of you regardless of what you decide.

If you are uncomfortable with your handle by all means change it and we will adapt. I believe that the rules state that you must return to zero posts though in the event of a name change (back me up here someone

)

If I think of some more cool options like the one above, you can count on me to post them!

Peace

Mikel

Posted by: wizardofowls 24-May-2004, 10:32 PM

HMMMM! That changes things! I'm not sure I want to go back to 0 posts! I'll have to thnk this thing through a little further!

Posted by: CelticRose 24-May-2004, 11:29 PM

Yeah, Allen! You have 400 posts now. I see nothing wrong with WizardofOwls. I think it is a fine name and truly different. It doesn't mean that you are a wizard or wish to be. It is just a name!

CelticRose? Heck I am half English, Irish and Scottish. The rest of me is half Italian! Although I hear some Celts went into Italy and Sicily! I don't really know how true this is. LOL I love the Celtic culture and the music...............that is all that matters to me.

you be whoever you what to be and we will adjust just fine should you decide to change! BTW, I changed my username when I first came here too! No big deal.

If you decide to change, I really like "King's Kid." I will check on whether you lose your posts.

Posted by: aklassie 24-May-2004, 11:50 PM

What's in a name?
We know who you are and to whom you belong.

Posted by: CelticRose 25-May-2004, 12:09 AM

QUOTE (aklassie @ May 25 2004, 12:50 AM)

What's in a name?
We know who you are and to whom you belong.

Isn't that the truth!

Posted by: Madadh 25-May-2004, 03:44 AM

wizardofowls,

The name you have is a good one. Most wizard are nothing but learned men (or women) that a tribe was in awe of. If one of us were to go back to Brian Baru's or Cuchulan time, we would be considered wizards. Now Sorcerers on the other hand.....

Posted by: peckery 25-May-2004, 08:18 AM

Satan will be so disappaointed if you change your name.

You are over thinking, my friend. Imagination and fun is what this board is about. I don't think anyone has looked at your name and said, "AAh Haaa!!! one of those." But here are a few variations to consider.

Chicken Lord
Befeathered Holiness
Evil Emu
Demon Dodo
Duck Master

Posted by: Raven 25-May-2004, 08:21 AM

I really have no idea about the going back to zero thing. I was just making it up as I went

Posted by: Aragorn 25-May-2004, 11:12 AM

Hey Raven, change your name and see if your posts go back to "0", LOL joking. If you would likethe name Prodical_son would be cool.

Just my thoughts.

Posted by: oldraven 25-May-2004, 11:55 AM

You know, despite having a handle like oldraven, I'm fairly sure people in here know I'm not in fact a large black bird of many years.

I like your current name.

Posted by: Annabelle 25-May-2004, 11:58 AM

Wizard doesn't matter to us if you change your name or not. That is your choice. Ask the great and powerful oz if it goes back to "0" or not before you do anything and then decide from there.
All of us who have come to know you thru your posting know you are a servant of God and we accept you just the way you are dear fellow. It takes alot of courage to be a christian these days as they sometime's aren't considered fashionable but then that is that persons loss. All of us accept each other here for whatever they believe, Christians, Pagan & Son of Satan(Peckry, haha) So don't worry so, it gives you wrinkles. We accept and don't try to change. That is the real beauty to all of the friendships on here.

Now Satan might get upset when he see's Peckery's on his Most Wanted List! He's not even sure he wants him....I was drinking a soda and saw Peckery's posting and almost spit the mouthful out laughing...ya got ta love him just as we do you!

Posted by: Raven 25-May-2004, 12:30 PM

QUOTE (oldraven @ May 25 2004, 12:55 PM)

You know, despite having a handle like oldraven, I'm fairly sure people in here know I'm not in fact a large black bird of many years.

I like your current name.

You're not????

Now I am confused???

Posted by: oldraven 25-May-2004, 01:09 PM

Ignore that. My human got loose and went straight for the keyboard.

Posted by: Raven 25-May-2004, 01:30 PM

Lousy humans (pounds wing on table emphatically)

Posted by: A Shrule Egan 25-May-2004, 07:06 PM

Allen, doesn't matter what your nickname is around here, we are going to call you whatever we feel like anyway.

Nothing is sacred around here. You should know that by now.

Posted by: MDF3530 25-May-2004, 07:25 PM

I see nothing wrong with use of the word "wizard". My title used to be "The White Wizard".

Posted by: Macfive 25-May-2004, 08:52 PM

Actually, if you change your name your posts do not go back to 0, but you will lose all priveleges to the board until you have watched every episode of "Green Acres" and sung the theme song on national T.V.............

ummm, I think I need some rest

Yes, you can change your name through your account/control panel and you will not lose any of your posts. It will change all of your prior posts, so make sure you announce who the new you is!

(Thanks CelticRose for PM about this question!)

Posted by: Richard Bercot 25-May-2004, 09:51 PM

QUOTE (Macfive @ May 25 2004, 09:52 PM)

What? No Petticoat Junction?

Wizard of Owls,

I see nothing wrong with your handle. You must have had some kind of reason for choosing it in the first place. But this is your choice.

The Owl is a Majestic Bird and a Wizard is a Majestic Person. But that is My Humbled Opinion.

I say Live and Enjoy your role.

Posted by: CelticRose 25-May-2004, 09:58 PM

Actually, I love the name.....Wizard of Owls and like Richard said, they are both majestic! Very unusual name too!

Posted by: Kassia 25-May-2004, 10:44 PM

how about using "apostle" with or without some sort of discriptive addition? it has an antique or historical sound, and makes one think of the brave early christians.

Posted by: peckery 26-May-2004, 06:00 AM

Lizardofcows???

Posted by: 3Ravens 26-May-2004, 06:10 AM

Allen, call yourself whatever is comfortable for you....we know the who the real you is!

Posted by: Aaediwen 26-May-2004, 06:45 AM

It's always your call of course. But I see nothing anti-Christian about the name. It's not like you're being non-Christian by wearing it. It's not driving Christ from your heart by using the name is it? (I'd hope not)

Posted by: MacEoghainn 26-May-2004, 01:59 PM

Allen,

When I first arrived here I signed on with just the first part of my e-mail address as my name. When I became aware of what the site was about I changed my name to MacEoghainn (nobody seemed to notice [nor care

].

But what if Celtic-Rose were to change her name?

What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet"

It's up you and you need to do as you feel lead, but you'll always be the "Wiz" to me.

MacE

PS: I really like peckery's lizardofcows idea

nah, just kidding

Posted by: gtrplr 26-May-2004, 02:05 PM

Had to edit the typo, eh MacE? And I had a left jab all ready for you.

Posted by: MacEoghainn 26-May-2004, 02:36 PM

QUOTE (gtrplr @ 26-May-2004, 04:05 PM)

Had to edit the typo, eh MacE? And I had a left jab all ready for you.

If I ever have a post that doesn't have at least one typo it will be a miracle (I was trying to fix that last one before somebody noticed but I made so many mistakes I gave up and admitted it with the "edited line").

Posted by: CelticRose 26-May-2004, 03:54 PM

QUOTE (MacEoghainn @ 26-May-2004, 02:59 PM)

But what if Celtic-Rose were to change her name?

What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet"

MacE! When I first came on here, I went by a different name too! I changed it to CelticRose because of my name being Rosemary and it being a Celtic site! People seemed to adjust just fine, although I had a couple of people tell me they liked my former name better! Oh well, can't please everybody! LOL

Posted by: peckery 26-May-2004, 04:10 PM

Maven of marsupials

Posted by: MacEoghainn 26-May-2004, 04:34 PM

QUOTE (CelticRose @ 26-May-2004, 05:54 PM)

QUOTE (MacEoghainn @ 26-May-2004, 02:59 PM)

But what if Celtic-Rose were to change her name?

What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet"

And just to repeat: A "Rose" by any other name (flower or person) will always smell as(or in your case, C-Rose, "be") sweet.

Posted by: CelticRose 26-May-2004, 05:27 PM

QUOTE (MacEoghainn @ 26-May-2004, 05:34 PM)

QUOTE (CelticRose @ 26-May-2004, 05:54 PM)

QUOTE (MacEoghainn @ 26-May-2004, 02:59 PM)

But what if Celtic-Rose were to change her name?

What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet"

And just to repeat: A "Rose" by any other name (flower or person) will always smell as(or in your case, C-Rose, "be") sweet.

Thank you, MacE! What does your new title mean?

Posted by: MacEoghainn 26-May-2004, 06:08 PM

QUOTE (CelticRose @ 26-May-2004, 07:27 PM)

Thank you, MacE! What does your new title mean?

MacEoghainn is my Clans name in Gaelic.

Fear-leanmhainn an R�gh (if we can trust the "Wiz's" Scot-Gaelic translation

) means: Follower of the King (or probably more literally, the man who follows the King). The King in this case would be Jesus.

Posted by: wizardofowls 26-May-2004, 07:23 PM

Someone wanted to know how I came up with the name wizardofowls in the first place. Well, its a long story...

Back in the old days I used to love reading fantasy novels and playing AD&D. These pursuits consumed me. Quite literally, every waking hour of every day was spent passionately working on an imaginary world I was creating for role-playing, or reading fantasy books, or playing AD&D with my circle of friends. I even carried a note pad around with me at work in case I was inspired with some new detail for my world!

I also used to love fantasy art. One of my favorite pieces was a painting of a wizard in white (I think??) robes on a gray (I think??) horse. (Or maybe its the other way around... Can't remember for sure...) He is surrounded by a flock of owls. The painting is beautiful and done in pastel shades of pinks and blues. The name of the painting? "The Wizard of the Owls." (Can't remember the artist's name for sure... Janni Wurtz, maybe?? Anyway, I think it was used as the cover of some fantasy book centered around the King Arthur legends... "This Way to Avalon," maybe? Or "This Way to Camelot?" Its something like that...)

When I first got my computer 6 years ago, I tried and tried to find an e-mail box name that I liked that hadn't already been taken. I couldn't find anything. Finally, out of desperation, I typed in the name wizardofowls, and surprise, surprise, it was accepted! I have a terrible memory, and trying to remember what sign-in name I used on different web groups is beyond me, so out of habit I always use wizardofowls. So now, not only do I have 2 e-mail boxes in that name, but I have also subscribed to 14 Yahoo Gaelic groups, 1 MSN Gaelic group, 2 Gaelic e-mail lists, a Gaelic forum, and this group, all under the name wizardofowls.

2 and a half years ago when I gave my heart to Christ, I felt impressed to give up all attachments having anything to do with magic and fantasy. (I was heavily invovled in this stuff. I even once considered converting to Wicca, but decided against it.) I felt that as long I was still involved with this stuff it would interfere with my walk with God. The Bible says no man can serve two masters, and as long as I was throwing all of my time into this stuff, I couldn't serve God the way I should. So over the past few years I have been gradually trying to sever all ties with fantasy so that I can serve God as I feel I should. The name wizardofowls is one of the last holdouts from that time, and the change that I have been dreading the most since getting rid of it will basically require me to start from scratch with a whole new on-line persona... new e-mail boxes, quitting and rejoining so many groups... MAJOR PAIN IN THE RUMP! So I thought that if I started here it would at least be a first step down that long, complex road...

Now, though, I'm totally confused and not sure what to do... Thanks for all of your input... I guess I'll just leave it the wiz for now, but don't be surprised if - at some point in the future - you see a new name above my old avatar...

Posted by: Annabelle 26-May-2004, 09:32 PM

Whatever you decide should be best for you. Christ knows you by any name you call yourself....

Posted by: CelticRose 26-May-2004, 09:49 PM

Allen! What is all boils down to is what is between you and God! You, alone, without us, has to make the decision! We will adjust if you decide to change.

MacE...........love the new name!

Posted by: wizardofowls 28-May-2004, 07:54 PM

Okay, in my previous post, I talked about the painting from which I took my sign-on name. Well, it is titled "Wizard of the Owls" (Not THE Wizard of the Owls). It is by Janny Wurts (misspelled her name in the previous post) and it was used as the cover of the book "That Way Lies Camelot." I am going to try to attach a copy of the painting below.

Posted by: peckery 29-May-2004, 09:35 AM

Prince of poultry

Posted by: gaberlunzie 29-May-2004, 09:44 AM

QUOTE (peckery @ 29-May-2004, 10:35 AM)

Prince of poultry

Peckery, you're very disrespectful! user posted image

(Not that she was surprised...*grinning*)

Posted by: Richard Bercot 29-May-2004, 10:12 AM

Wizard of Owls,

That is a Great Pic. I am an admirer of Merlin.

Posted by: peckery 29-May-2004, 04:40 PM

Feathery Abdab

Posted by: MacEoghainn 29-May-2004, 06:47 PM

QUOTE (peckery @ 29-May-2004, 06:40 PM)

Feathery Abdab

What is an Abdab?

See what you've done Wiz. Now this Sock Puppet will never stop!

Posted by: peckery 29-May-2004, 07:48 PM

QUOTE (MacEoghainn @ 29-May-2004, 07:47 PM)

What is an Abdab?

See what you've done Wiz. Now this Sock Puppet will never stop!

One who partakes of lightly

Posted by: wizardofowls 30-May-2004, 07:52 AM

pssst... whispers (Maybe if we ignore it it will go away!....)

Posted by: CelticRose 30-May-2004, 06:00 PM

Allen! I love the painting! It is so beautiful and so appropriate for a Celtic site! But then I love owls.........have done several portraits of them.............and I love all things from the Arthurian time.

Posted by: WizardofOwls 31-May-2004, 02:44 PM

I'd bet that your owl paintings are lovely too, m'dear!

Posted by: CelticRose 01-Jun-2004, 02:19 PM

QUOTE (WizardofOwls @ 31-May-2004, 03:44 PM)

I'd bet that your owl paintings are lovely too, m'dear!

Well thank you, Allen! Some people like them.

Posted by: Raven 01-Jun-2004, 02:34 PM

I couldn't resist this, especially ever since I looked at Allen's name wrong and thought he was wizard o fowls

Have you ever done a picture of a fowl Rose???

Posted by: Herrerano 01-Jun-2004, 02:51 PM

QUOTE

I couldn't resist this, especially ever since I looked at Allen's name wrong and thought he was wizard o fowls

Ha Ha

That's what I thought it was too.

I could picture the chickens out in the back of the house. Gallina del patio. They sleep in the trees, but the dalmation likes to get back there and 'play' with them. Well, until they 'break' that is.

Leo

Posted by: Raven 01-Jun-2004, 03:18 PM

Wizard o fowls does have a nice Irish lilt to it and it would be a handy sort of Wizard to have around the barn yard

Posted by: CelticRose 01-Jun-2004, 04:03 PM

QUOTE (Raven @ 01-Jun-2004, 03:34 PM)

I couldn't resist this, especially ever since I looked at Allen's name wrong and thought he was wizard o fowls

Have you ever done a picture of a fowl Rose???

The closest I ever came to painting a fowl was doing a desert roadrunner.......silly boy!

I love owls though. Gee! I could have named myself "Mistress of Owls." Now why didn't I think of that? Can't do it now as people would think Allen and I were married!

Posted by: Herrerano 01-Jun-2004, 04:51 PM

I actually refer to my mother-in-law (secretly, in the darkest recesses of my tormented brain) as La bruja de las gallinas since she is the chief chicken killer and plucker around the house. She does this deal with her hand that is sort of magical, I think the secret is in the twist of the wrist, anyway, those guys don't stand a chance. (Should of seen her the night she walked back there and one of those devil birds hopped out of the roost and scared her. Despite the fact this was one of the big egg layers, it ended up in the next days soup along with some yucca, culantro, �ame, and fresh corn.)

Leo

Posted by: MacEoghainn 01-Jun-2004, 06:01 PM

QUOTE (Herrerano @ 01-Jun-2004, 06:51 PM)

I actually refer to my mother-in-law (secretly, in the darkest recesses of my tormented brain) as La bruja de las gallinas since she is the chief chicken killer and plucker around the house.

The witch of the chickens?

Posted by: Annabelle 01-Jun-2004, 08:46 PM

Do it, or shut it man!

Posted by: WizardofOwls 01-Jun-2004, 08:52 PM

Huh? To whom are you speaking, mi'lady?

Posted by: Richard Bercot 01-Jun-2004, 09:10 PM

I didn't do it this time.

I don't think so anyway.

She could be just talking to herself again.

Posted by: Raven 01-Jun-2004, 09:29 PM

QUOTE (Herrerano @ 01-Jun-2004, 05:51 PM)

man I love it when you talk Spanish. By the way what is up with Senorita El Loco??

Posted by: Herrerano 02-Jun-2004, 10:18 AM

QUOTE

By the way what is up with Senorita El Loco??

�Que? Estoy confundido Sr. Raven. �Senorita El Loco? Debe llega un mensaje como el clasico 404:

ERROR. You have made a terminal gender error. Please Reboot.

Leo

Posted by: Raven 02-Jun-2004, 02:23 PM

How you do that Leo!!! woo hoo.

The cool thing is that I never had a Spanish lesson in my life

You couldn't tell....could you??

Posted by: Herrerano 02-Jun-2004, 02:46 PM

I haven't either

, mine is survival Spanish, being the only English speaker in the house, and being vastly outnumbered one learns or starves.

Sorta like Desi and Lucy, only in reverse.

Most handy phrase: No lo s�. That can be combined with almost anything for the desired effect, such as:

�Que Pas� aqui?

�No lo s�, era como asi cuando yo lleg�!

Leo

Posted by: Raven 02-Jun-2004, 02:49 PM

which translated means.............

Posted by: Herrerano 02-Jun-2004, 02:57 PM

�Que Pas� aqui?

�No lo s�, era como asi cuando yo lleg�!

What happened here?

I don't know, it was like that when I got here.

Leo

Posted by: Raven 02-Jun-2004, 03:17 PM

hee hee hee --- those are very helpful phrases in English also (files away for later use)

Posted by: MDF3530 02-Jun-2004, 03:47 PM

I've been thinking of changing my screen name. How does GaelicSoxFan sound? I'm Scots-Irish, so that would make me Gaelic, and I'm a fan of the Chicago White Sox.

Posted by: Raven 02-Jun-2004, 03:57 PM

how about "Chicago WHite Scots"

Posted by: 3Ravens 02-Jun-2004, 03:57 PM

Hey Raven, what you should have said was Senorita La Loca, although if she is Leo's mother-in-law, it would be Senora La Loca! Senorita=miss senora=mrs
OK, Spanish 101 is dismissed for today......

Posted by: Herrerano 02-Jun-2004, 04:23 PM

Interesting local variants abound however. Out here one would generally address a young lady as joven (or la joven to designate the female gender).

Se�ora is a lady who is either older, or married, or something like that (believe me, sometimes these things can get tricky too, thus the use of the word joven.)

Se�orita does indeed mean young lady (never married, and ... ummm.... supposedly... well.... untouched ... if you know what I mean) However, and this is the big however. Out here where I am, if a group of guys are out on a weekend and someone mentions something like, Vaminos, buscamos unas se�oritas.(Let's go, find us some girls.) Ummm, the implication is that there will probably be some sort of like, you know, hourly fee involved, and the word se�orita is being used in a different way.

Personally, I steer clear of that word completely for fear of making a real social gaff and getting my lights punched out by some 100 lb Tai Kwan Do expert.

Leo (trust me in this, only one of us should ever have to suffer the embarrasment I have.)

Posted by: CelticRose 03-Jun-2004, 05:27 PM

QUOTE (Herrerano @ 02-Jun-2004, 03:57 PM)

�Que Pas� aqui?

�No lo s�, era como asi cuando yo lleg�!

What happened here?

I don't know, it was like that when I got here.

Leo

Hey! I thought this was a Gaelic site! Did I have a brain spasm?

Posted by: Herrerano 04-Jun-2004, 07:24 AM

QUOTE

Hey! I thought this was a Gaelic site! Did I have a brain spasm?

Los hijos de los celtas se hablan muchos idiomas y viven en muchos lugares diversas.

Leo

Posted by: Raven 04-Jun-2004, 07:42 AM

QUOTE (3Ravens @ 02-Jun-2004, 04:57 PM)

Hey Raven, what you should have said was Senorita La Loca, although if she is Leo's mother-in-law, it would be Senora La Loca! Senorita=miss senora=mrs
OK, Spanish 101 is dismissed for today......

THanks 3

I will remember that!!

I was actually addressing that about a certain red head on this board

(ducks as Annabelle throws various and sundry items his way and then flys to safety)

Posted by: Raven 04-Jun-2004, 07:43 AM

QUOTE (Herrerano @ 04-Jun-2004, 08:24 AM)

Los hijos de los celtas se hablan muchos idiomas y viven en muchos lugares diversas.

Leo

Translated - he said - yes you did have a brain spasm

Posted by: CelticRose 04-Jun-2004, 03:20 PM

QUOTE (Raven @ 04-Jun-2004, 08:43 AM)

QUOTE (Herrerano @ 04-Jun-2004, 08:24 AM)

Los hijos de los celtas se hablan muchos idiomas y viven en muchos lugares diversas.

Leo

Translated - he said - yes you did have a brain spasm

You know? I meant to say "Celtic site"! Not Gaelic! Another brain spasm occurred!

It's my age! That's what happens when you hit half a century!

Thanks for the translation Raven!