I came up with the moniker “Head Tale” when I had a freelance consulting company doing web site design back in the late 1990's. I liked that the name connoted a few different things including the luck of a coin flip, telling stories, and my hometown of Indian Head. (Okay, and I also liked that some people might read it as a double entendre! 😊)
I know I didn't start using it as my online handle until after 2001 because that's the year I joined MetaFilter and I still dislike that I used my boring college nickname “Jaybo” there. But anyhow, that's all a long preamble to introducing this site which allows you to check whether your name is taken at various popular online web sites.