Regarding the cell phone issue: My twelve year old son sync'd his Palm with my Outlook, which then added all his buddies to my Razr phone. I don't know who most of them are (all nicknames).

I respond to my online name, or my older nickname Doc. I try not to respond to my real name. Imagine being saddled with this:
Dick Irwin Wythe Passmore Jr.
Thanks Dad... had to name a son after himself. I was called 'Dickie' through public school, and still by people who haven't seen me for thirty years, and a few elderly aunts. Doesn't really fit a fourty year old with a goatee, a shaved head, and a labret!

Shandy... I feel your pain.