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====== Qaqaq ====== ===== Recruitment ===== I guess I branch off of //Language on Vacation//, which first made me want to join, though I didn't actually join until years later when I kept seeing it mentioned in places like //GAMES// and //4-Star Puzzler//. Source: npl-folk email from [[treesong|Treesong]], relaying information from Qaqaq. //First Issue:// Jul 1986 ===== Recruits ====== [[blade|Blade]], [[rainman|Rain Man]]. ===== Nom ===== I get asked all the time about my nom's origins. I have a bunch of different explanations, and the one I proffer depends entirely on whim: >(1) It stands for Questions and Answers; >(2) I nommed myself after renowned Inuit artist [[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&q=Qaqaq%2BAshoona&btnmeta%3Dsearch%3Dsearch=Search%2Bthe%2BWeb|Qaqaq Ashoona]]; >(3) I wanted to pick a nom no one else had probably ever chosen; >(4) I wanted to create the coolest word ever. Of these, (4) is closest to the truth. I remember sitting on my bed with a clipboard and a sheet of paper and doodling all sorts of possibilities: my #1 choice for a long time was DENARIUS (my real name, Norman Payne, transposes to "a Roman penny"). But early on I had doodled QAQAQ just as an interesting letter combination, and no matter what nom with a real meaning I considered, my eye just kept going back to QAQAQ. Eventually I realized I wasn't likely to come up with anything I liked more. It has a pleasing look and sound (I think, anyway), uses cool letters, and is a palindrome. It is a cool word. The only other nom I ever considered was a suggestion of [[hudu|Hudu]]'s in 1988 or so: JET LAG (a "trip pain"). I thought that was so nice, I almost decided to change my nom. So now you know the truth, unexciting as it is. And now when you overhear me explaining my nom to some newcomer at a convention, you'll know I'm lying. //Pronunciation:// KAY-kack. ==== Combinoms ==== No data. ===== Offices ===== * 1st Vice President (1991 - 1992) * Con host, [[cons:1998:photos|Atlanta GA (July 1998)]]