Back in Iowa, I was occasionally known as either "Hardon" or "Little Hardon" depending on who I was with. Hardon was my name for me from my friends, from my last name (Harding). Little Hardon was from my brother's friends, when I started hanging out with them after my brother moved.

People around here refer to me as "Maiden" or "Maiden Joe". I'm a huge Iron Maiden fan (I've been known to go a week without wearing another band shirt), and people around here don't go by last names. They go by descriptions. Maiden (Joe) has just stuck.