[tomwed]

Mine was TR for Thomas Richard. I hung out with a band in college but I couldn't play or sing. So I called myself the manager and introduced myself as TR. It sounded more important and made my friends laugh. So it stuck, for a little while anyway.

As a kid I always wanted a cool nickname because I was good at something. But because I was mediocre at everything, I never got one.

My father's generation seemed to have a lot of nicknames. I remember being introduced to 2 relatives, old enough to be my uncles, named Bouby and Tutty. My Aunt Lorraine was called Rainy and there last name was Wood so her husband was called Woody. My Uncle Herman was called Jack for reasons unknown and my dad’s name is John so he was also called Jack, just like many other Johns. Two brothers named Jack.