Thanks to one and all for the replies! Ironically, once I saw the replies here, I got a note from my domain registrar saying basically the same thing that has been stated here (and on a Sunday afternoon, no less!).

Good to know that the resources here are so friendly!

One other question- when I purchased the domain, I also got somethig called WHOISGuard for free (for the first year, anyway). This seemed like a good idea to me, since I'm not a business and I'd rather not broadcast the home address of me and my wife and young son across the web, but wanted to ask the opinion of folks here. Is WHOISGuard a worthwile thing, or just a $$ scam (like the phone company's "service" of blocking incoming phone calls that block their caller ID)?