{"id":1187,"date":"2004-08-04T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2004-08-04T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2004-08-04T08:19:00","modified_gmt":"2004-08-04T14:19:00","slug":"w-10-and-counting-forms-names-and-foo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2004\/08\/04\/w-10-and-counting-forms-names-and-foo\/","title":{"rendered":"W-10 and counting; forms, names and foo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Got the name change packet<\/i> yesterday (italicized because I was expecting form not formssss<\/strong>). This was approximately 12 pages of paperwork. Now I understand why people charge $175 to fill it out for you.<\/p>\n

A couple of people have asked what is going on with the name change so here are the details. I’ve made several posts about my name… I may or may not re-link those here. Probably not because life is too busy the next 12 days<\/p>\n

I will be legally (and expensively) changing my name to
\nAndrei A. (insert our new family name here)<\/p>\n

Interestingly, neither ‘A’ name in my new name comes from my middle birth middle name.<\/p>\n

H will be keeping her first name and moving her family name to her middle name.
\nH. K. (ionfnh)<\/p>\n

We have gone thru quite a bit of effort to come up with a family name. There were several rules that went into the process:<\/p>\n