My apologies to whoever, for whatever I may or may not have called him, her or them. Or even it though I doubt that applies. Just this morning, I woke up dreaming about a neighbor who in his own eccentric way, was asking all the kids (who he referred to as children) not to call each other by nicknames, i.e., Ben for Benjamin, Tommy for Thomas, etc. Then I go to the forum and this thread pops up. Coincidence? Yeah, probably.

For the record, if anyone keeps one, my first name is Patrick, my middle name is Michael and as a child, everyone called me Mickey. I never really liked it but, what the hell.