Now that you have a little background on this beast that we refer to as "The Boob" lets talk about where exactly the Boob came from. I don't mean his physical origin (we do, however, know that he spawned from a being known only as Motherboob.) I mean the name. How, exactly, does one aquire the name "The Boob?" Well, I was first introduced to the Boob online while logged onto our old IRC channel - which later became irc.happyapathy.com.

When I decided that I would be moving to Vegas, Kin mentioned that he had a friend that was also looking to move into a new place. This person went by the name of "Ranboob." I'm not sure where this came from, but I think it is a reference to either Earthbound or Dragon Warrior, two old Nintendo games. At first we called him Ranboob, but after moving to Vegas we started shortening it...

"Hey, Ranboob what's going on?" I would say.
"You want to go get something to eat, Ranboob?" Kin would say.
"Let's see if Boob is going..."
"Boob, you want..."
"Hey, Boob..."

Thus, "The Boob" was born.

Unsuprisingly, he wasn't very appreciative of our pet name for him. As we drove to one of the many pointless places we went one December, he started talking to us about it. He told us that it was embarrassing to have us call him that in public and that he would rather we refrain from saying such things. Sure, no problem, we said. Of course, we didn't stop. We even managed to get his own friends in the habit of calling him Boob. Ha!