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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

Real nick is Zang, added the -al for EQ way back when. Zang came from my 80's bbs handle of Zang Tuum Tumb on my C64 board in Austin Tx. And ZTT comes from Italian onomatopoeia from the 19th century which was appropriated by Trevor Horn (Buggles/Yes) for his record label. Which happens to be the label for my old favorite band, The Art of Noise.

Now going to school. Lonely with no kids or pets. Cheers to the future!