Getting Members of a System.__ComObject type

For C# ...

The problem: there is a dynamic parameter being passed into my function as an object, so I needed to use reflection to get a property from it. But here's the gotcha: the object is of type System.__ComObject! This sounds innoccuous, but getting members from this __ComObject can not be done directly. Here's the link where I found the info that fixed my problem:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.reflection.methodbase.invoke(VS.85).aspx

And here's my summary:

Reflection (which is a way to access object properties and methods at runtime instead of at compilation) needs to use a Type to do its work. Like this:
Type myType = objectInQuestion.GetType();

PropertyInfo name = myType.GetProperty("Name"); //here's where the reflection happens.

BUT! This won't work if objectInQuestion is of type __ComObject.

So ... you have to work around this. Use the following:

string name = (string)objectInQuestion.GetType().InvokeMember("Name", BindingFlags.GetProperty, null, objectInQuestion, new Object[]{});

NOW name will be the Name property of objectInQuestion, as if you had been able to cast it in the first place. Don't ask me why this is so tricky, or why it was so hard to Google, but now it's done and I'm very happy.

USPSucks

In fine fashion, another organization under direction of the US gov lives up to expectations. Don't think those are high expectations, because the only high part of the USPS is their employees. Without fail, neither Rain, nor Sleet, nor gloom of night can stop these folks from flubbing up my mail. Or so it would seem.

In the month I've lived here, no mail has arrived. This includes a diploma, a first salary paycheck, and a test letter sent from a friend in Iowa. Now, keep in mind that I'm only a recent college grad, thus I have little or no rights (I'm pretty sure that's in the Bill of Rights somewhere ... all people are created equal, except those meddling young folk, who shalt receive only hot air in their mailboxes).

I even went to the post office to see if I could dig into the situation; see what the problem might be. Arriving a couple minutes to five, I found the doors locked and an unfriendly "only people who arrive earlier get service" as the door was re-shut in my face.

Thanks, USPS. I'm indebted to the ineptitude of your bureaucracy.