heck - I'm not trying to hide or anything. But I've been "MMario" for over 15 years; probably have more people who know me as MMario then I do under the name my mother gave me. And since she intended to name me Mario....

In college I was "bear" to one group of friends; "Uncle Ludolph" to another; Lmpy (that is correct, no vowel between the l and the m)to another group; "Sandwich" to my resident advisor; "Ham on Rye" to her boyfriend. Probably more nicknames then I can remember off the cuff right now. The point was, THEY knew who they meant when they used the name; and I knew who they meant - and responded when they used it.