What Does '21 Dragons' Mean?

It’s going to be asked, so I’m going to answer it here.

Is it some mys­ti­cal ref­er­ence to some secret tantric yoga killer kung-fu move?

Not really.

The answer is really simple.

1. 21 is the date of my birth­day and one of my favorite numbers.

2. Drag­ons are cool.

The Longer Story Behind the Name

It’s really hard to find cool inter­net names nowa­days that make com­plete sense. Hence, one of the eas­i­est ways I’ve found to cre­ate unique user names is sim­ply to com­bine two ran­dom words together.

(That’s why I’ve had email addresses like ‘Jaz­zup­per­cut’ and ‘Pyroszen’. I know they sound silly now but they seemed like a good idea at the time.)

The thing is, com­pared to other ani­mals real or mys­ti­cal, like grif­fons or cats, I don’t even really like drag­ons. I tried vari­a­tions like Lion​Ground​.com and 21Grif​fons​.com but 21Drag​ons​.com stuck with me.

I also tried vari­a­tions on the theme, like 3 Drag­ons, 7 Drag­ons or 9 Drag­ons – all favorite num­bers of mine – but noth­ing sounded as right as 21 Drag­ons. I wanted some­thing unique, mem­o­rable, some­thing that could become my own per­sonal micro­brand, and 21 Drag­ons sounded like it had a good shot at becom­ing that as any.

I also like the sheer num­bers of the name, the ridicu­lous overkill of hav­ing so many of some­thing as regal as a dragon. It makes me feel like I have a thou­sand Jedi by my side as I face down a hand­ful of cavemen.

That’s how I came up with 21 Dragons.

That’s it really.

Sorry if you were expect­ing any­thing mys­ti­cal and ninja-y.

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