You all won’t believe this but my handle here is based on the same song.
Way back in time, I needed to create a forum name when Marillion launched their own official forum.
I was getting frustrated that the site kept telling me any variation I attempted using my first name (Greg) was not available and I didn’t like any of their automated suggestions.
The song “Splintering Heart” was playing off my ITunes and I think I tried “SplinteringGreg7” and I still got the rejection and one of the alternate suggestions was “splinter7”.
I thought it made sense back then, most people were not using their own name anyway.
So “Splinter” from the Marillion song.
“7” being my birthdate and preferred hockey jersey # for 40+ years.
My abandoned rollercoaster avatar is based on my fear/love relationship with rollercoasters born as youth at Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio.
Thanks for asking!
Signed,
Greg aka the original “splinter”
By the way - If you look up the song, look for the Splintering Heart Moles Club version. It has a way cooler guitar intro.
