You present a valid point, Zeke. But hey, I didn't come up with "Nate the Great." I was raised on the classic Nate the Great children's books. Anyone else a fan of that pancake-loving sleuth? That's how an eight-year-old could know about the name Nate. Before that I was either Nathaniel (pronounced by my equally immature friends as "nat-an-ee-ell") or Nathan (which I've hated ever since as a demeaning and childish name). I read the Nate the Great books and adopted the name Nate as my own. My family took to calling me Nate the Great in jest. Before I started fiving my online moniker was either Infinite Improbability (big h2g2 fan, that's where this forum name comes from) or Triforce (big Zelda freak).
But hey, accusations of egotism and pride are entirely justified. I even designed a specialized way to sign "NTG" all over the place.
PS: There is a nate-the-great.com, but that's not me. Never been in Little League. Nor am I the rapper. Come on, does this look like the face of a rapper?
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate.
Zeke: It comes nateurally to him.
mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea.
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Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own!
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Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further.
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