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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Why Briapedia? Because its there

Ok, I'll admit that Briapedia is an obnoxious word, because it makes it sound like I think I have encyclopedic knowledge of, well, knowledge, I guess, which I don't. But I'm very short of nicknames, so when someone throws one at me I'll take it. I was having lunch with a couple of friends, one of whom was writing a fictional story in ancient Rome. I've read a few books on Roman history, and was able to offer some insight along the lines of 'Romans quite frequently came from Rome.'. This apparently impressed one of my fellow lunchers, who quipped 'You're like a briapedia.' The reason why I've kept it up for things like this blog and my email is availability. It is , because it is there. All the combinations for my name are already taken, but no Brian has been obnoxious enough to go with 'briapedia' till now.