User:Kybudman

I am Kybudman. I have heard all kinds of jokes about my internet user name. To put vicious rumors to rest, I will explain the genesis of the name, which first appeared on DarpaNet in 1974, and has been consistently used exclusively (almost) by me since. Because of multiple questions, suggestions, comments and rumors, I wish to lay to rest the speculation surrounding the genesis of my screen name.

The name is comprised of three (3) parts:

KY

This is where most of the vicious rumors have come from. But, remember: It's not just a jelly any more! KY is the postal abbreviation of my home State in the United States: The Commonwealth of Kentucky. I am originally from Eastern Kentucky. Ergo....

BUD

This portion of my screen name comes from my nickname, given to me at birth. It is "Bud". In an attitude of "total disclosure", my original nickname was "Buddy". The nick got shortened somewhere around my Senior year in High School. Only a couple of people living still call me "Buddy". They have the right to. You don't.

MAN

This is my sexual / gender identity. This means that I am, anatomically, a male. Age has taken me all the way from "Newborn", through "Boy", to "Man".

You will find that this screen name is prolific across the internet. What you might not know is that, with only one exception, the name is also proprietary to me. There actually is a living person who was using this screen name is a very limited sphere, but to my understanding has become as frustrated as I at being mis-identified and has changed his screen name. I hope so, for both our sakes. I am a man of the cloth. He is a nude model. (True) Imagine those conversations.

If you would like to email me, just pick one. I usually respond quickest to:

kybudman@gmail.com

'M. B. "Bud" Fields, Jr. DMA'

Columbia, Tennessee

July 19, 2010