I wrote an X-files fanfic several years back and on the advice of the alt.xfiles.creative FAQ decided not to post it under my real name. Having come off a clinical depression I thought "Moody" would be ironic, and it has that intensely bland Christian connotation with the Moody Institute (remember, Ian Fleming picked James Bond's name specifically for its dullness). Duane just sort of popped into my head; my wife's first roommate in college had an obnoxious live-in boyfriend for the first semester named Duane (who wasn't a student there -- longish story). I figured a moniker this boring would keep my ego in check and keep people from asking (so far, it's worked). Stu Charno, the fellow who played the wacky serial killer in the X-files episode "The Long Repose of Clyde Bruckman" uses one name for his acting career, another for his musical career, and I believe a third for some other artistic pursuit of his. My other web pursuits are similarly divided among different identities.