====== 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)