<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Do take your time. There is no deadline, except that once you receive an award of arms, the Herald Folks like you to make an effort to get your name registered shortly thereafter.<div><br></div><div>There are some (infidels!) who have never registered their names. </div><div><br></div><div>So. Take the name for a test drive for awhile to see how you like it. </div><div><br></div><div>cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Rowan B.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 22, 2008, at 7:36 PM, PHF wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Kihe (and, off-list, Ana) -<br><br>Thank you both for your insights!<br><br>Per recommendations, I am going to begin test-driving my favored (Christian) name in 3, 2, 1... Only a few of you have met me, a few more have seen me 'round here using my modern name, but I hope I've chosen early enough that it will be easy to know me by what I hope will wind up my SCA name instead of having to make a difficult transition from my modern name.<br> <br>It will take me somewhat longer, I think, to find a byname or surname that speaks to me, so for now, I hope to be known as<br><br>Julian of Stierbach<br><br>P.S. I hope that, in my enthusiastic newbieness, I am not becoming a pest around here. If I ask too many questions, by all means, encourage me gently to pipe down and sit back to listen a while. :)<br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Moo mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:Moo@stierbach.org">Moo@stierbach.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://stierbach.org/mailman/listinfo/moo">http://stierbach.org/mailman/listinfo/moo</a></div> </blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>Wisdom and power follow endurance and patience.<div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; min-height: 12px; ; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; "><br style="; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; "></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-The Prophet Muhammad, as reported by Abu Sayeed al-Khodri</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span> </div><br></div></body></html>