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Stephen Melkanos

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ZenLunatic315

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H. Rider Haggard, Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, Snoopy, Douglas Adams

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Rev. Stephen Melkanos, A.A.S., Z.L., E.V., L.I.V.R., known on the internet as The Zen Lunatic, is also an artist, musician and pagan idolator. He currently operates out of somewhere in the Western Hemisphere of the planet Earth, where he enjoys the ancient Zen practice of Motorcycle Maintenance, in accordance with the holy teachings of Robert Pirsig.

Having traveled to countless planets from one end of time to the other, he continues to visit new ones, and uses the experience to create new worlds as if there weren't enough of the bloody things already. He has learned a great deal in his travels, including the nature of the universe and the importance of not taking things too seriously.

His latest book is a departure from its predecessor, and ...more

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Stephen Melkanos's Blog: Pretentious Twaddle

The Unsung Literary Genius of Charles Schulz

Yesterday would have been Charles M. Schulz's 100th birthday. I could mark the occasion by lamenting the fact that I have recently met people young enough to not know who "Schroeder" is, but that would not be appropriate here.

No, today I want to point out that, as much credit as Schulz gets for his creation of a simple comic strip that enthralled the world for half a century, he still doesn't get Read more of this blog post »

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