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In the beginning days of TAC, my handle was simply: CarolM, and in those days the system allowed duplicate screen names. (This was a bit confusing if your name was John or Bob) For a few years I was the only Carol in the house, then there was a few more but still only one CarolM… By this time there were about 40 members named Bob, and it was becoming very difficult to figure out if you had the right person. This is one of the things that was addressed when the TAC website got re-launched last year. At that time everyone had to think of a new screen name that was unique because the system no longer allowed duplicate screen names.
I stuck the number 3 before my last initial because to me, the 3M was my mental shorthand for a major third. (I am particularly fond of the use of a Picardy Third, which involves finishing a minor key song or a phrase with the corresponding major chord, out of key). The last chord of Classical Gas comes to mind. It’s in key of Aminor, and it ends with an Amajor chord which turns the whole emotion into “happy” at the end of a sad minor piece. So no, I do not work for 3M, hahaha!!
The “Stillhand” part of my screen name is a gift from @jumpinjeff who has called me by that nickname pretty much since we met, way back in the beginning days of TAC.