Cool thread. This is a little wordy for something ultimately not very creative, but here goes:
I still remember my first post on BF. I was just getting into knives and had been lurking for a while. I initially signed up not to talk about knives, but specifically to extoll the virtues of Laphroaig Quarter cask in a thread I think Lunde started here in the Busse sub.
Around that day I had read an article about the large-ish asteroid 99942, that had a small chance of passing through a gravitational keyhole and dropping into an orbit that would ultimately terminate in a devastating collision with Earth in 2029. Not necessarily doomsday, but some potentially serious shit. Some scientist or another dubbed it "Apophis." Not to worry though, I believe the chances of an impact from this particular space rock have effectively been ruled out until 2068. Party on for now
The name is derived from the ancient Greek name for Apep, the Egyptian snake god of chaos, which is pretty badass. It was also apparently used by as the name of a villian in the Stargate tv show, but I am not familiar with the series.
So, it just kind of popped in my head while I was registering and trying to think of a username. I've thought about changing it, but so far it's stuck.
