====== Lucifer ======

===== Recruitment =====

I had been working with [[Teki]] for five years, three of them in the same cubicle, without him 
ever mentioning the NPL. He showed me an issue one day, and I remember being intrigued by the 
Baltimore transdeletion. Soon I was thinking about the word "tirades", and I realized that you 
could make a word out of almost any five letter subset. [[Teki]] helped me find some of the 
harder transposals, and [[Philana]] filled in the very last hole (tiade --> "Edita", 
NI2 findable), and I wrote a verse. Then I realized I had better [[:join|join]]!

//First Issue//: Jan 1994

===== Recruits =====

[[imagine_cod|Imagine Cod]], [[jynx|Jynx]].

===== Nom =====

[[teki|Teki]] introduced me to the NPL, and as I was pondering a nom 
I realized that "Meki" was an anagram of my real first name, Mike, and 
by its form said "Thank you" to [[teki|Teki]] for recruiting me. So that's
how I chose my original nom.

After a few years, I decided to change, and picked "Lucifer". Teki and I 
get confused a fair amount, which is understandable: not only are the noms 
similar, but we live in same town, and only one of us goes to the cons regularly
([[teki|Teki]]).

There are a lot of things I like about "Lucifer". It has a couple of interesting 
meanings that aren't well-known. I also like the effect of the simultaneous 
connotations of "Prince of Lies" and "Angel of Light"; I think for a composer and
solver those are a great aura for one's nom. I'm not religious myself, so I don't 
mind any negative Christian connotations, though I did ponder a little whether very
religious folks would have a problem with the nom. In the end it was a positive 
influence--Lucifer was the leader of the faction that rebelled against God, and since 
I am very much an atheist I finally decided I liked that sense too. I also just like 
the sound of the name. Finally, I liked the connection with Form Fiend (a computer 
program I wrote to create forms): if the fiend is my progeny, I should be the Father of 
Devils (not that I think Lucifer had that title in particular, but you know what I mean).

==== Combinoms ====

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==== Previous Noms ==== 

  * Meki.

===== Offices =====

  * NPL Webmaster, 1997 - 1999
  * 2nd VP 99