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Is it really possible that Greeks are missing a key punctuation mark. ... Read More |
On the meaning of the stories families tell. ... Read More |
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The birth of words, whether real or not. ... Read More |
An exploration of why I list myself as married on facebook. ... Read More |
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If it was up to me I would call it the Human(e) (R)evolution, that way it can be four titles at once: Humane Revolution, Humane Evolution, Human Revolution, and Human Evolution. It's a little post-modern, I admit, but I like it.
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I am Michael Zannettis, and a lot of what we talk about today will be
hard to believe, and to be honest, I wouldn't have it any other way.
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Here on this site are stories, commentaries, articles, whatever floats, whatever sticks,
whatever works: The good, the bad, the ugly, and the all the grey that surrounds them all.
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They are all posted for your reading pleasure. Shake well before drinking.
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-Michael
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P.S. All the stories about, um, like, how do you say, "shenanigans", are in Junk DNA, mom.
The rest of the site is for nerds.
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At The Feet of Giants-- This is the title of my first book. It's a college memoir, sort of, because its not really about me, per se. Most of what I was doing has been left out: No talk of international education or driving ambulances or being a resident assistant or living in Spain, but it's still got some good stuff, like God's real name. Hint: It's not God. And monkeys. I talk about monkeys a lot. |
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Books & Movies-- Basically these are a bunch of reviews of books and movies. Generally, though I write them, I hate books. I only think
about one percent of the ones that make it to print are worth it, like Life of Pi or The Curious Incident of the Dog in
the Nighttime. Drivel like Terrorist by John Updike should be burned. At the stake. Movies are much better. At least two
percent of them are worth the film they are printed on. Unless you're all digital and Michael Mann-like. But it's a moot
point because his movies are good. Mostly. |
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Cheap Seats-- This is the section for the hairy sports fan within us all. It gets heavy on the symbolism and the statistics, but I also throw in gossipy subplots for the ladies. |
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Junk DNA-- Amazingly enough, most of the DNA molecule is constituted of silent pathogens, instead of functioning, useful design information. Accordingly, these are the stories that are, well, not functioning design information. The how do you say, silent pathogens. The junk of our lives. Right... |
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Lying Liars-- I know who you are buddy. In most cases, I even know where you live. You lie and I've heard enough. |
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H.M.S. Beagle-- The ship Darwin sailed on his historic voyage to the Galapagos Islands bears the name for this section dedicated to science, the pursuit of truth and so on. I have decided to sign Dawkins petition that evolutionists should NEVER debate creationist and I will stick to it. End of story. |
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Mt. Olympus-- Ever wonder what it would be like to live in the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding? I don't have to wonder. It's my biography. |
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Prometheus' Torch-- Once upon a time, the ancient Greek god of culture, Prometheus, gave fire to people. Then they used this fire to make Smores. When they were done making Smores, they put the fire out before their parents got home, because otherwise they would get in trouble. Today, we already have fire, but perhaps Prometheus is meant to be an activist. And his torch stands as a beacon of change. |
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Pink Spaceships-- If you were to come across a pink spaceship in a supermarket parking lot, would you pause to touch it, or would you say, that's impossible, pink spaceships do not exist, there is some logical explanation for this, I'm going to walk around it and continue to my car? Well, we not only touch the pink spaceship, we hop right in and fly this bad boy to the moon! |
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Purple Mountains Majesty-- the story of America cannot begin in America. It must be traced back, heading west, young man, heading west, in time as well in space, tracing the first pilgrimage into the continent by humans who crossed the frozen over Bering Straight... |
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The Gospel-- I'm working on my own translation of The Gospel. I call it: The Gospel according to Michael. Very original. No, I do not speak ancient Hebrew. Basically, I'm going to translate it from unreadable clunky English to modern, real English. I promise you that at least once, Jesus will say this: "Dude, like, um, what are you doing? That is soooo not cool." Ancient Hebrew was, after all, very conversational. Or so I'm told. |
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The Cubism Project-- Although the internet has changed the content of writing to a huge degree, allowing an unfettered flow of information from anyone competent enough to open a Blogger.com account, it has for the most part done little to the structure of rhetoric. This project aims to use the internet's ability to structure non-linear arguments, to branch out topics and view them from multiple perspective. Imagine seeing a human face from three different angles. That's cubism, and that's the point here. |
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