Like nerd my nick is job descriptive. In my younger days (early 70's thru mid 80's) I used to be a 'cooler' working for RTM Security (& no you don't want to know what it stands for :-)on the concert security circuit. Eventually I went from being a cooler to being the cooler & that's what everyone called me. When I got to the net in the late 80's it was a natural choice & I've been cooler on IRC, ICQ, usenet & most every web forum that's let me in.