[Atreus]

My younger son is what the marketeers call an early adopter. When chatrooms and the like were invented, he was the first one in. He chose Agamemnon as his nickname. Funny that, I never asked him why, because he knows as much about Greek Mythology as I do about particle physics i.e. not a great deal. Anyway, when I eventually discovered boards and was searching round for a nickname, I was going to call myself Billy Sugger, for much the same reason as Manny Fagnett chose his name. But I thought it invited too many comments that I wouldn't want to have to defend, so I thought to myself, "I wonder who in Greek Mythology was the father of Agamemnon?" Good ole Wikipedia. It's Atreus. Reading on, I found that his family suffered every possible disaster that could ever befall any family anywhere ever. Perfect!

On a related subject, I would be just as keen to know why and how people chose their avatars too (those who have them that is). Mine is the mask of Agamemnon - obvious really. Some avatars on this forum are stunning and I recommend Carol H to all who have not yet caught up. Others are really scary!