I’ve used the moniker “majorsteel” now for nearly a decade for purposes both mundane and nefarious.
OK, maybe not so nefarious.
I typically used it for computer accounts where its lower-case and space-less qualities made sense. Now that I have imposed full pseudonymity upon this blog, I’ve been using it more and more in contexts where I need separate first and last names.
So, am I “majorsteel” or “Major Steel”? Is “Major” my title? If so, what’s my first name? What am I a Major of, anyway?
It turns out there was a real “Major Steel” — Major P. C. Steel, a British officer who fought during WWII (or “the Big One,” as we like to call it). He is pictured at right, and you can read about his company’s experience on D-Day at WarChronicle.com. Sadly, Major Steel didn’t make it, but he was remembered fondly:
The battalion suffered a great loss in Major Steel, who was killed by a machine-gun bullet while up with his forward platoons in Lebisey. He was not only a very good officer, greatly respected by the men, but of more than normal intelligence and culture and a fine swimmer, runner and golfer.I only wish that I am remembered as having “more than normal intelligence and culture.” I certainly won’t be remembered for my golf game.
A “Major Steel” also makes an appearance in the UK comic series “Lion.” He’s not listed as a major [sic] character anywhere, but a site called 26pigs.com has a reference to him.
I would dearly love to own the majorsteel.com domain once and for all. But someone — Jerry Zodin of Bellaire, Texas, to be precise — registered it before me.
There’s no web presence at majorsteel.com. Mr. Zodin — who, according to a Google search, is (or was) in the steel business — doesn’t use it for his email address (which is broken). It’s a dormant domain, locked by its registrar, and off limits to me, the one, true, Major Steel.
Or majorsteel. Whatever.
Comments
Major Steel...majorsteel... makes no difference to me. You'll always be Dimmy Oohdoo.
Posted by: Your Mother | July 7, 2006 8:10 AM
Thanks, mom. Why don't you just go ahead and post the naked baby photos of me now and get it over with.
On preview: I wonder how many hits "naked baby photos" is going to drive to this site.
Posted by: majorsteel | July 7, 2006 8:28 AM