I am both "phaeton" and "U.N.", simultaneously, ubiquitously,
surreptitiously, randomly and nonchalantly.
I was one of those who lost direct Usenet access when AT&T dropped the
service. While I miss using an actual newsreader, I haven't yet found
another NNTP service to belong to. Hence, I am using Google Groups,
which I know all of you love to pieces.

P
A strange side effect is that my first post in any thread shows up as
being from "phaeton", but any subsequent posts after that show up as
being from "U.N.". It's not something I planned and not something I'm
doing on purpose, and I'm not sure why it's happening.
So now you know. I'm not posting from alts or anything like that.
But I could if you like.
-J