Mine is from my college days. I am lucky to be able to use it here since in many cases someone has taken it. Way back in the early wild-west of the Internet I used to IRC Op on EFNET when it was the "in thing" so I was able to keep the name mine on there for ages. At one time more people in Toronto called me Monk than knew my real name... and that was in person! Basically the name comes from a combination of things... in one way it was an ironic nickname because in Western society Monks are percieved to be celibate and non-drinking, and I was the complete opposite. However there was a deeper level to it that many many people missed, and that was the combination of Spirituality that I have, and the fact that sex and drinking aren't prohibited to Monks from other parts of the world. Lastly, it was the name of a Mechanic in a rulebook for a game called Twilight 2000 which was a post-apocalyptic military game that I loved


I still answer to, and people still call me Monk in person to this day including family.

-W.