1. Nate once created 9 new words, now recognized by Websters dictionary, simply to write a full paragraph using only words that began with the letter 'N'.

2. Journey. The story was so fully rockin' that the band Journey named themselves after the story decades before Nate would write it. Sadly, Nate is not a fan, and Steve Perry still cries himself to sleep.

3. Nate lets mapthis win their arm wrestling matches even while winning at Axis and Allies using only his feet.

4. Nate always seems to find the right words to write when no one else seems to have a clue where to find them.

5. Nate naughtily navigates noteboards nightly... now naturally nutritious.

6. Nate is the king of the Watusi, the baron of Bop, and oddly freakish at Crunk.

7. It's his birthday today... Remember, remember that Nate is so much more awesome than Fawkes.

8 . Nate is so awesome that I nearly named by son "Nathen" rather than "Nathan". Actually, I was overridden on the spelling.

9. The character of 'Snake Eyes' is actually based on Nate, though toned down for believability.

10. Nate is just a great guy, and we're lucky to have him around.

Happy birthday, my friend!