User:WonderHampster

WonderHampster

WonderHampster is the pseudonym of Lawrence Naumann. He has also been known to use the pseudonym Hamp, a shortened version of WonderHampster. Larry lives with his wife and youngest daughter in Brighton Colorado. He is the owner of The Rant Page (http://www.therantpage.com/forums) a website dedicated to the art of ranting. With a quasi political base and random ramblings he has run the site since early 2003. He has taken on and defeated Internet scam artists and even violent criminals.

The WonderHampster Origin

Larry's oldest 'step' daughter would come home from her dad's house telling stories of what she did on her Dad's computer and who she was talking too in chat rooms. So one evening in 2001 Larry, with his wifes blessing, searched for his daughter in different chat rooms of the day. It took less than 20 minutes for him to figure out what chat room she was using and who she was.

He needed a name that would not arouse her suspicions but seem age appropriate, he was listening to a Weird Al CD and the song Harvey the Wonder Hamster came on. He condensed the words Wonder Hamster into one, and to make sure she did not catch on, he misspelled Hamster adding a P in the middle.

He then proceeded to log onto the chat room and 'hook up' with Wonderwoman16, the person he thought was his daughter. After some innocent question and answers aided by his wife he asked if he could come over. She said no, but he persisted by saying 'aren't you at' and gave the house number to her Dad's house. WonderWoman16 disconnected and was not on again all weekend.

When she came back home she was unusually quiet and her younger sister said she had been that way almost all weekend. Larry kept playing that Weird Al CD the rest of the night until she got it, about the third playing of Harvey the Wonder Hamster she realized that Larry was WonderHampster! She was mad and relieved at the same time, they ended up talking about the dangers of chat rooms and how easy it was for people to get information. She learned her lesson, but the name WonderHampster stuck with Larry, even after the start of The Rant Page.

Commander Naumann

When Larry first started The Rant Page he was using the name Commander Naumann. The name came from a StarTrek.net e-mail he was using at the time, Earthlink was offering the StarTrek.net name and Larry took the CommanderNaumann name to go with it. So when Larry started The Rant Page he carried over the name until Earthlink Dropped the StarTrek.net domain. Larry though that Commander Naumann was too pretentious anyway, his oldest daughter suggested WonderHampster and he has been using it ever since. Some members have shortened it to WH and other to Hamp, on some sites he is simply known as Hamp.

The Rant Page

Larry has often been quoted as saying the reason he started The Rant Page was to save his marriage. He would come home and 'unload' on his wife about a judge who awarded a guy millions because the did not understand that 'Cruise Control' was not 'Auto Pilot', or how a woman too lazy to use a cup holder could sue McDonald's and win because her coffee spilled in her lap. The Rant Page gave him the arena to unload his everyday frustrations, get feedback and allow others to do the same.