In 1999, when Nathan Myhrvold left Microsoft and struck out on his own, he set himself an unusual goal.
But all that changed when Nathan's Famous Restaurant saw the draw it had for the boardwalk, and especially the eatery.
Set 151 for victory, New Zealand fell just short of their target when Nathan McCullum smashed a four and a six from the final two deliveries of the match.
The victim, who cannot be named, told the court how he was playing football with friends on the Birchwood estate when Nathan Booth approached him, asked for the time and then attacked him.
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Those rumours intensified when head coach Nathan Brown announced his intention to return to Australia at the end of the season.
The winner came though four minutes after Dobbie's arrival when he lifted Nathan Dyer's pass over the helpless Westwood and into the bottom right-hand corner.
The opener faced 258 balls for his 109 and was the eighth man out when he fell to Nathan Buck (3-35).
We were surprised the ball didn't swing for us, and even more surprised when it did for Nathan Bracken later in the day.
Nathan had allowed an RBI single to Sean Rodriguez, who was still on base when the game ended to make Nathan the 24th major leaguer with 300 saves.
Connacht's problems began when full-back Troy Nathan was yellow carded for deliberately palming a Graeme Morrison chip into touch.
England lost all hope of victory when Paul Collingwood miscued a Nathan Astle delivery to mid-off to leave the score on 35-5.
The left hander's three-hour innings came to an end soon after when his attempted sweep off Nathan Hauritz popped into the hands of Brad Haddin.
He then removed BJ Watling and Peter Ingram when they batted again, with Nathan Hauritz also picking up two wickets, including Tim McIntosh for 83.
As a result, the out-of-form Michael Hussey (49 not out off 55 balls) - had only Australia's number nine, Nathan Hauritz, for company when the batting powerplay came.
Indiscipline then cost Perpignan as Scotland star Nathan Hines was singled out when referee Alan Lewis lost patience with his team's indiscretions and flashed the yellow card on 68 minutes.
Houllier was forced into a reshuffle before the interval when Heskey limped off to be replaced by Nathan Delfouneso.
Atapattu's 244-ball innings, which lasted more than six hours, finally ended when he was caught by Stephen Fleming off Nathan Astle.
Forest took the lead when a defensive error by Micah Richards allowed Nathan Tyson to unleash an unstoppable dipping volley from 20 yards.
Other books in contention were, What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, by Nathan Englander and The Snow Child, by Eowyn Ivey.
As my colleague Nathan Vardi pointed out last week when the news broke, the Texan will likely donate at least some of his time to philanthropic ventures.
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But his peculiar innings ended on 29 when he mis-timed one off spinner Nathan McCullum, who conceded only 19 runs from his four overs, and was caught at deep mid-wicket.
Head coach Robinson must do without MacLeod but will have been heartened by the performance of number eight Richie Vernon, who impressed when he came off the bench, with Nathan Hines moving to the second row.
The crowd was urging Flintoff to take his first five-wicket haul at Lord's, and having ripped out Nathan Hauritz's off stump when the off-spinner played no shot, he came off a shortened run and blew away Peter Siddle.
He had made 11 quite comfortably when he pulled a short one from Butler and Nathan McCullum dived forward to take an outstanding low catch at deep mid-wicket, sliding his fingers along the turf.
Palace had led 2-1 at Selhurst Park when the ball appeared to go out of play off Villa striker Nathan Delfouneso.
Southee then removed Cameron White (six) and Adam Voges (five) while Nathan McCullum picked up his first one-day wicket when he had opener Shane Watson (53) caught by Taylor to leave the tourists 96-5.
Nathan Hauritz made the first breakthrough on the final day, when he had nightwatchman Zaheer Khan caught by Michael Clarke for 10.
Bowler Nathan Hauritz got his fingertips to a Gayle straight drive and when the stumps were broken Barath was short of his crease.
The Kiwis then sealed their victory when England failed to clear the danger from Bronson Harrison's offload and Nathan Fein followed up to grab the touchdown.
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