Thanks Voyager!..... interesting, your former job sounds terrific
User names
I have no allusions that I am an excellent artist. Bob always says, "We just want and indication of a ....".
All I hope for is to produce an Indication of (good) Art.
Mine is a tribute to a screwed up multiverse world created by Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith where everyone on earth was turned into monsters plus my HS football number.
Now that is interesting, i assumed (wrongly) that you were a fan of horror impresario David cronenberg 
I got mine when I was second year student due to sunny red hair and a positive attitude to living
Came from an old Alice Cooper song years ago. First screen name I ever used snd stuck with it.
I love hearing this stuff!
Everyone's name stories are so interesting! My husband and I are professional house flippers, so that's where mine originated.
House flippers?....Not a term used here in the UK, i suspect the term means to buy and sell for profit?
Yes, like the TV shows lol. Buy, fix, sell.
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It comes from a geographical name referring to the county of Devon in England.
Mine is just my name and my birth year. probably about time to stop using that 
Devon is beautiful....Lucky you DL 
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People said I was eccentric but of course I couldn't have a username that was spelled correctly.
Ok I will bite 
my name chosen in the season of life I was in at the time was deliberate to effect change. In other words, I wasn’t happy. I was an island. Everybody goes through ugly storms and we had more than enough to claim our experience in the muck and mire. I was lonely, burned out, and not optimistic. We had dealt with my disease over the years. Then we had the experience of my daughter going through cancer and though she lost a kidney, we were fortunate to have her still. Then we had the experience of my wife having cardiac arrest while our daughter was in treatment. She lived after 30 minutes or so of cpr. Then I lost friends I used to know from work. Then 2020 and all the anxiety and isolation from the pandemic. I wasn’t happy. I was isolated and burned out. Then I rediscovered Bob Ross just to keep my mind off things. I’m a person of faith, and Jesus has brought me through a great deal. Didn’t have anywhere else to focus on so I focused on Him and would watch Bob Ross for nostalgia. When I finally decided to try it, I chose happy island because I wanted to have a different outlook. With a large family we still go through the muck and mire but my outlook is hopeful, painting gives me much joy and I’m thankful to Him for giving me that gift. Now it’s my passion.
that’s my short story on it anyway
Yeah, we really don't know what crap life will throw at us next, glad you found your "happy" place.
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My initials, that's all, lol
Ha..Not your career then? 
flippergirlpaints I always wanted to flip a house. Could not convince my husband. Great career or side gig.