Of course, I would get this on April Fools Day, but I've verified it and it is for real!

Dear Chris Craft,

Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2008 Microsoft® MVP Award! The MVP Award is our way to say thank you for promoting the spirit of community and improving people’s lives and the industry’s success every day. We appreciate your extraordinary efforts in Device Application Development technical communities during the past year.

This is a great honor and privilege for me to have received. Thank you Microsoft, it means a lot to me!

What is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, MVP?

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) are exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who are awarded for voluntarily sharing their high quality, real world expertise in offline and online technical communities. Microsoft MVPs are a highly select group of experts that represents the technical community's best and brightest, and they share a deep commitment to community and a willingness to help others.