"My Name is, What? My Name is, What?. . . "

At work, there is a place to access various needed forms through our website. You enter your name and the required password for the different sections. At first, I entered in my username for our network which consists of my first initial and then my last name, which is the same as my work email address

However, I learned recently that employees who did not have email addresses are still able to access the forms. This got me thinking and experimenting. I type in “Jim O’Gara,” the password, and it works. I type in “James O’Gara,” the password, and it works. I type in “Spider O’Gara,” the password, and it works

Apparently, so long as one has the right password, any name will work. Believe me, I’ve tried! Here is a list, in no particular order, of the names I’ve used so far:

Scooby Doo	Shaggy	Fred Flintstone
Barney Rubble	George Jetson	Spacely Sprockets
Willy Wonka	Veruca Salt	Augustus Gloop
Rikki Rocket	C.C. Deville	Nikki Sixx
Joe Satriani	Eddie Van Halen	Steve Vai
Valentine Michael Smith	Bilbo Baggins	Frodo Baggins
Gandalf the Grey	Samwise Gamgee	Legolas
Peter Gabriel	James Hetfield	Ozzy Osbourne
Zakk Wylde	Tom Dumont	Frank Zappa
Albus Dumbledore	Severus Snape	Harry Potter
Hermione Granger	Rubeus Hagrid	Alex P. Keaton
Connor MacLeod	Duncan MacLeod	Juan Sanchez Rameriz Villa-Lobos
Punky Brewter	Yogi Bear	Leonardo DaVinci
Peter Parker	Otto Octavis	J. Jonah Jameson
Bruce Wayne	Clark Kent	Hal Leonard
Professor X	Logan	Jean Grey
Stone Cold Steve Austin	Ric Flair	The Rock
Indiana Jones	Obi-wan Kenobi	Luke Skywalker
Jean Luc Picard	James T. Kirk	Geordi LaForge
Data	Q	Spock
Ron Jeremy	Chu Toi	Turner D. Century
Ray O’Light	Rachel Prophiling	Even Playenfeld

If you got all those characters, celebrities, and musicians, then you need a life!! Apparently, I do.

It is a good thing that some friends of mine, who work in the computer field, told me that a record of these names are kept on the company’s server somewhere before I tried “Heywood D’Jablomi.” Even though I know my entries are being recorded, why do I still enter in crazy names?

Simple, because I’m bored. And I know my company’s one IT guy is too busy with more important projects. Besides, if he ever questions why the great wizard Gandalf the Grey or Captain Jean Luc-Picard of the Starship Enterprise are downloading forms from my company’s website, then he will see that it is my computer that is the culprit. And he will laugh.

So I will continue to pretend to be Austin Powers or Anthony Robbins to alleviate both my boredom and the IT guy’s boredom. Perhaps I will even try Wang Chung tonight, just to have some fun tonight.

(C’mon, I know you’re singing that chorus now! “Everybody, have fun tonight/Everybody Wang Chung tonight.” Feel Free to give suggestions for names I should try in the future.)