If you come to a Minnesota Organization of Bloggers (MOB) party (of which one is shortly due!), you almost feel like you’ve stepped into a Mob party; you hardly ever hear a real name.  Fishsticks, Bogus, Elder, Saint, Rocket, Flash, Swiftee, Swede, Wingman, Trunk, Atomizer, Foot, Dementee, Triple-A – almost everyone seems like they have a nickname.  In many cases, I don’t know the name behind the nickname.

For example, I have been reading Kool Aid Report for almost three years now, nearly every day – and it wasn’t until today that I had a real name to associate with Learned Foot.

It’s almost strange – especially given that I’m one of the few MOB bloggers who has never used a nickname or pseudonym.

Well, as far as you know, anyway.