Why Needle?

People who know me in real life don't have to work hard to figure out why my nickname has been Needle for many, many years.  So to those in blogland may wonder, where does the name Needle come from?

It is quite simple actually.  First of all, Needle is short for Needled*ck.  Now, I know that everyone is thinking bad things about my manhood at this point, but I can ASSURE you that is has nothing to do with my actual anatomy.  Really, it doesn't.  I swear it doesn't.  NO, REALLY!  Ok, maybe a little....

Basically, my last name can easily be turned into Needled*ck.  As a matter of fact, even a slow middle-school kid could come up with the nickname.  Over the years, it has just been shortened to Needle (even my wife calls me Needle half the time).

How it became an officially official nickname:

When I was in college I marched in the drum line.  Since we had allot of material to learn, we always started a couple of days before the rest of the band.  At that time, all of the members of the band were listed on a huge board in the Band Hall.  As I walked into the Band Hall, on my first day on campus, with all my stuff still in my car, I introduced myself to the drum captain and the other returning drummers.  Immediately, BC yells across the room "Hey! Your Needled*ck!  As soon as I saw your name on the board, I knew this was going to be your nickname." 

It was custom for everyone on the drumline to have a nickname and I was the first of the new drummers to get one.  Even before I had showed up.

Needless to say, this nickname has stuck with all of college drum line buddies and most of my college friends.

So there you go, a little synopsis of the name.