QotD: Also Known As

What's in a screen/user name? Tell us how you found yours.
Submitted by Bill.

Well my oldest screen name which I rarely use anymore was Randal.  That is an important milestone for my online life as it marks the first (but not last) time that I stole borrowed a name from writer/director/genius Kevin Smith.  Randal of course being taken from Randal Graves the character played by Jeff Anderson in all things Clerks.  I went by Randal for years until I started attending ITT Tech.  That is when I ended up moving to a new name as in my class I had a friend whose real name was in fact Randal. It was only fair that I gave it up, after all he had the name first right?

So after losing my old identity I was pretty inconsolable for a while there, seriously there may have been tears (probably not though).  So I thought about it for a while, contemplated, busted my brain, and eventually I came up with something so incredibly creative.  I went with .... my last name.  Hey I admit it, as far as last names go I got lucky and so why shouldn't I use it? 

The only drawback is, well Pierce is a cool name.  Probably too cool for me to actually pull off.  Luckily I have the law on my side.  It is my name and I get to use it no matter what!

.... what were we talking about?  I lost track.