{"id":129,"date":"2003-07-16T17:26:57","date_gmt":"2003-07-16T22:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/?p=129"},"modified":"2006-09-04T19:02:27","modified_gmt":"2006-09-04T17:02:27","slug":"nat-stern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2003\/07\/16\/nat-stern\/","title":{"rendered":"nat stern"},"content":{"rendered":"

This may seem like a weird blog, but I am having a weird day. Every now and again, I get googled<\/a> under "nat stern"<\/a> instead of "nathaniel stern."<\/a> This was the nick-name I went under from birth through college, and my family & close friends still call me "nat"<\/a> (yes, you may call me by this name, if you wish; I’ve nothing against it at all – was just tired of saying "Nat, not Matt," when meeting new people, and then kinda got used to my given name as it took hold).<\/p>\n

(Oh, and note that those nat stern<\/a> links go back to the front of my site.) Anyhow, it seems that most of the people finding me under nat stern<\/a> on google<\/a> have a hard time believing that we are one and the same. They often email me asking if it "could be?" or else just skip that part and ask if I have any idea how to find the "real" Nat Stern<\/a>, from the Shaolin, not Johannesburg. Nat Stern,<\/a> I am; I like eggs (though not green, nor ham). I used to live on Staten Island and I went to SI Tech there. I was in that weird ska-punk band.<\/p>\n

Yes, that was me. I used to make clothes and probably did not shower enough. I most likely never dated your sister, brother, or you. In college (Cornell), I was in yet another band (ska-reggae-jazz-pop), showered a bit more, probably had too much of an ego, was quite the activist. Now, look around over here<\/a> (pointing at site) – that’s more or less what I do now. Hope you like it :)<\/p>\n

Sigh.<\/em> Truth be told, I probably wouldn’t believe me either…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This may seem like a weird blog, but I am having a weird day. Every now and again, I get googled under "nat stern" instead of "nathaniel stern." 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