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I'm back!

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 5:51 pm
by Tsathoggua
Well, I am back in the forum!

I just joined a few weeks before the old forum ceased to exist. I had just done an introductory note and a few posts, and then POOF! -- it just disappeared one day! I'm glad that it has returned.

Re: I'm back!

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 6:57 pm
by agricola
I've been around several years (seven?) and this is about the third (or fourth) such move. Always a hassle and always we lose some WONDERFUL material - we are glad you found us again, and hope you stick around and build some more wonderful discussion threads.

Re: I'm back!

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:59 pm
by Starr
Welcome! And I'm trying to figure out what your username could possibly mean, lol. Um, any clues? I wasn't on the board when you joined. I was unable to get back into my old acct after a few weeks/months(?) away. So maybe you said then. But I'd love to hear it.

Re: I'm back!

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 8:29 pm
by zeek
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Re: I'm back!

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:47 pm
by Tsathoggua
Starr wrote:Welcome! And I'm trying to figure out what your username could possibly mean, lol. Um, any clues? I wasn't on the board when you joined. I was unable to get back into my old acct after a few weeks/months(?) away. So maybe you said then. But I'd love to hear it.

I have long been a fan of horror writer H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937). He and his pals came up with what is now called the "Cthulhu Mythos" :


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft


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



One of the deities in this fictional universe is called Tsathoggua, the toad-god :


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


It was Lovecraft's pal Clark Ashton Smith who actually came up with the character.

I always liked the name (heck, I likes Cthulhu, too; who doesn't? Ha!), so I decided to appropriate it for myself when I first decided to join this message board.

Re: I'm back!

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 7:52 pm
by Starr
Cool. And thanks for explaining. 8-)

Re: I'm back!

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 8:21 pm
by Ramblin' Jack
Welcome, Tsathoggua!

Re: I'm back!

Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 8:11 am
by B.H.
welcome back.

Re: I'm back!

Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 1:48 pm
by lvmaus
WELCOME, glad you're here.

Re: I'm back!

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 12:45 am
by Carl Kolchak
I thought that handle was from Lovecraft. It's a completely unpronounceable mass of consonants and a few beleaguered vowels in between, so that was the first clue.