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====== Xemu ====== ===== Recruitment ===== I got a letter from [[treesong|Treesong]] back in early '93 (I think), who had seen my name in rec.puzzles.crosswords. He included a [[mini:start|minisample]] and a cryptic crossword that had appeared in the 'Nig. I joined up, not knowing what I was getting into. Those puzzles in the [[mini:start|minisample]] were so easy, but the ones in the //real// Enigma were so, well, weird. It took a while, but eventually I got the hang of them. Source: npl-folk email from Xemu. ===== Recruits ===== * [[Foobar]] (via //rec.puzzles//), * [[Ghossiologmargn]], * [[isis|Isis]], * [[nekton|Nekton]], * [[pugsley|Pugsley]], * [[rexhame|Rexhame]] (via //rec.puzzles//). * [[cycle]] ===== Nom ===== According to L. Ron Hubbard's Scientology, **Xemu** (often spelled "Xenu") was a megabadguy who ruled the Earth 75 million years ago. I thought it would make an amusing, slightly mysterious sounding nom, rather in the vein of "Ximenes," except a little sillier. Xemu provided a news story with more information which, due to length, is on [[krewe:noms:misc:xemunom|a separate page]]. **Pronunciation:** ZEE-moo. ==== Combinoms ==== As a base-supplier, I've been part of: * Mark Down: Xemu/[[100down|100 Down]] [X is the "mark" of someone who can't sign]. * XE MUON:Xemu/[[xeipon|XEIPON]] * Guyger: Xemu/[[wrybosh|Wrybosh]] * Wrymu: [[wrybosh|Wrybosh]]/Xemu * Xeaq:Xemu/[[qaqaq|Qaqaq]] [I'm not sure if this was the combinom we used] * Xebec:Xemu/[[quiz|Beacon]] (now [[Quiz]]) * XED:Xemu/[[qed|QED]] * Xehe:Xemu/[[cache|Cache]] * Xeimhu:Xemu/[[ucaoimhu|Ucaoimhu]] * Xeker:Xemu/[[joker|Joker]] * Xeki:Xemu/[[lucifer|Meki]] * Xelk:Xemu/[[ulk|Ulk]] * Xema:Xemu/[[kea|Kea]] [It's a species of gull--Kea likes bird noms] * Xemzom:Xemu/[[trazom|Trazom]] [I'm not sure if that's what the combi was] * Xerax:Xemu/[[crax|Crax]] * Xi:Xemu/[[ai|Ai]] and as a versifier: * Bemused:[[quiz|Beacon]]/Xemu. * CMU:[[100down|100 Down]]/Xemu. [C = 100; I went to grad school at CMU] * Cramu:[[crax|Crax]]/Xemu. * Lunch Music:[[lunchboy|Lunch Boy]]/Xemu. * Memu:[[lucifer|Meki]]/Xemu. * QEMU:[[qed|QED]]/Xemu. * Ulmu:[[ulk|Ulk]]/Xemu. * Wamu:[[wabbit|Wabbit]]/Xemu. ===== Offices ===== * President (2008 - present) * 1st Vice President (2004 - 2007) * 2nd Vice President (2003) * Editor of //The Enigma// (2000 - 2002) * Cryptograms editor (1994 - 2000)