After two years editing as the user GDM, I gave my username a second thought. Although my real initials, it did not feel like my real name, and I could not use the same name universally; some other web services, for instance, require four or six letter minimum username lengths. Moreover, another user with the name Gdm had their own page at User:Gdm. Not wanting to be confused with Gdm--respectable as that user seemed--and not wanting to risk bothering Gdm by having GDM's name formally changed, I decided to begin anew.
Barring the unforeseen, I plan to stay with Meadors and foresake my old name. If requested to do otherwise, I would not hesitate to comply. Names are only as important as the people behind them, and I remain the person my signature states. What I shall write next, we shall yet see.
I have watched and, in the past, edited articles about philosophy, physics, sociology, technology, Ireland, and Oregon. I look forward to branching out in the future, without forgetting my original interests.
