Dare I say the REAL reason????
I was a lurker for a while and then something peeked my interest to post. I was tired of my other on-line persona (Grasshoppah), so I was trying to come up with a cool, somewhat mysterious name. I had a pack of Eclipse gum on my desk....so... it was either Eclipse, water bottle or telephone. I thought Eclipse sounded better!
I started using grasshoppah because a friend called me that in college because I have long legs--like a grasshopper!!