I changed my profile address. I don't know why I'm annoucing that. Also, I don't know how to get Firefox to work with the gmail RSS feed.

Is it weird to stop using a middle name if you've got one?

I use mine because a) I really like it and b) my name is really terribly common. For the longest time as a kid, I didn't like it (or care) so I didn't use it. Though my mom did if I was in trouble.

I am pro middle initials.

One of my best friends wasn't given a middle name, so her parents let her choose one when she was a kid. There was controversy for years about how to spell it. Controversy, by the way, which wouldn't have happened if the family had had enough vowel sounds (!! buffista convo #593!) -- my friend said her middle name was Carey, her mother thought it was Kerry or something.

I have no food, which is bad. I do however have coffee. This is a good thing.

my friend said her middle name was Carey, her mother thought it was Kerry or something.

same thing. see also Keri, Cary, carry.

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I've never chose to use my middle name. I put it on forms when it's asked for, so it ended up being on my UNO e-mail address, but otherwise I don't give it out. I do use the initial sometimes, even though there isn't anyone else with my first and last names in North America (maybe not the world, certainly not findable by Google).

I knew a guy in college whose middle name was L, because it was meant to honor both his grandfathers, who were Larry and Louis or something. His first name was Jay.

And now I'm wondering if he was secretly a relative of Superman.

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But then when I got to the practice of law I found out everyone uses their middle initial professionally.

That explains Mark E. Salomone. I think it's very awkward.

I sign my middle initial on my checks (and a good thing too, since my signature is basically capital letters and horizontal lines), but don't use it professionally or in correspondence.

I use my first initial very rarely, but it does come up.