Because I've realized that most people who read this page probably don't know the story behind the nickname, let me present, for your reading enjoyment, The Tale of the ScaryWhiteGirl... :)

This past fall semester, I was taking a class on Monday nights. It ran till about 8:30, which meant that I didn't get home till about 8:45. Now, for those who don't know, Monday night is when the WWF is on TNN, and the Old Man is (or was) a big wrestling fan. So every Monday night, he, Mikey, and Ron would assemble over at the house to watch wrestling, down in the basement. I would get home from school and head upstairs to drop off my bookbag and whatever else I had brought home with me, and then head down to see what I had missed...

One night, I came in and headed upstairs. Ron, in a really girly voice, says "Oh no, someone's breaking in!" And so I yelled down the stairs, "Uh, yeah... scary white girl, breaking in." Apparently this sent Ron into a fit of laughter, that ended with him rolling around on the floor... or maybe that had something to do with the strange effect that gravity has on Ron when he's in our basement (really, I can't explain it!).

So yeah, that's the story of my nickname. It's a lot funnier to those of us who were actually there at the time... :)