To be completely honest my husband came up with my user name a few years ago--I just haven't used it much. It is a combination of the school I currently teach at and the school nickname for where I graduated from with my BA. I teach at a school called Mergenthaler ( Shortened form: Mervo) and I attended (now back for my MA) Park University (hence "Parkite"). Not to terribly exciting, but there it is. I suppose I have always identified myself with my schools--I tell my students I'm a certified Geek wink so I suppose it fits.

Johnny was a chemist,
Now Johnny is no more,
For what he thought was H two O
Was really H two S O four.
--Lab safety limrick--