User talk:Ashen

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[edit] Welcome!

Welcome to the Homestar Runner Wiki! I wanted to extend a personal welcome, since I believe strongly that a Wiki should be a democratic and non-threatening place where everyone feels like they can contribute. Unfortunately it can be very frustrating at first if you make changes that are ignored or changed back by other users, but if so I encourage you to hang in there; as you get a feel for the way things are done around here you'll feel more at home. That was my experience, anyway!

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Feel free to delete this message when you're done reading it. (In general, it's frowned on to delete other people's input on talk pages, but this entry is just here to be helpful. When it's done being helpful, I guarantee you won't hurt my feelings by ditching it!)

Sincerely,
AbdiViklas and the rest of the welcoming committee (03:23, 7 November 2005 (UTC))

[edit] Props

Hey, good edit to The Homestar Runner. That flows a lot better. —AbdiViklas 03:03, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm still just figuring out the ropes on this site. ---Ashen 03:23, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] I'm curious...

Hi! Welcome to the wiki! I am writing cuz I was wondering where you got your nickname from? Are you a stargate fan?? Then again this probably from a totally unrelated souce. :) --Stux 15:35, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Hey, and thank you. No, I'm not really a Stargate fan - I'm more a connoisseur of the famous works of Joss Whedon myself. (Incidentally, I found the references to the Homestar Runner universe by the Andrew on both Buffy and Angel absolutely hilarious.) Actually, "Ashen" is simply an anagram of my middle name ("Shane"). That's all there is to it. No fabulous story behind it. That being said, I guess I'm done here. ---Ashen 01:06, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

And Homestar Runner is an anagram of "Nearer Moths Run," as well as more amusing things like "Meaner Horns Rut." Also, notstrongorbad is an anagram of "A Borg Don't Snort," and "It's dot com" is an anagram of "Disco T. Tom." In other news, the Internet Anagram Server is a lot of fun. In closing, I would like to emphasize that "wiki" is an anagram of "kiwi." —AbdiViklas 01:56, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

"Heimstern Läufer" provides a treasure trove of anagrams (but, of course, only by removing the umlaut, which is technically incorrect). Somewhat disturbingly for a German speaker like me, two of the words I was able to extract from my name (although not at the same time) were "Herr" and "Hitler". But I assure you, you will never find any of Herr Hitler in me, no matter whether or not he's hiding in my name. Heimstern Läufer 02:29, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Nothing particularly interesting jumped out at me from "DorianGray", but anagramming (is that a verb?) "The Cheat" comes up with "Heat Tech", and "King of Town" can result in "If Kong Won't". And can you guess what comes out of "Kiva Adlibs"? =3 --DorianGray