Call me Michael.

This is what I tell people when they ask me my name. Still, about a third of them decide that they like Mike better and start off with a “nice to meet you Mike.” This fills me with temporary wookie-style rage. Fortunately, I rule at suppressing my inner Chewie.

My mother named me Michael Schneider. If it were up to my father, my name would be Wolfgang. He thought that it would be cool to call me Wolf or Wolfy. This is probably the only thing my father and Eddie Van Halen, who DID name his son Wolfgang, have in common. Schneider is a name of German origin. It means tailor. So you can imagine that Michael Schneider is a fairly common name. There are some pretty interesting Michael and Mike Schneiders out there too.

Mike Schneider is a TV personality for ABC. I can remember watching him in the late 80s and early 90s anchoring the early morning news program: ABC World News This Morning. He also had a soft political career and now is with Bloomberg TV. I actually majored in mass communications for a semester. I wanted to be a radio jock. My dad convinced me that business was a better major. I should have majored in Computer Science, but MIS and Accountancy have served me well.