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Mikhail Andreevich Lomize (note. Misha is the informal form of Mikhail)

Born in Moscow, Russia on February 19th, 1985 at 11:20 am. My baby identification tag used after I was born is the orange image above my baby picture (above).

Dad (Andrei Lomize), Mom (Irina Pogozheva) (note: they have different last names because they were published scientists before getting married, so changing a last name is not ideal after being published), and sister (Genie Lomize, she’s about 4 years older than me), grandfathers (Lev Lomize and Dmitri Pogozhev), and grandmothers (Ludmilla Lomize, and Nona Neustroyeva).

My best friends Kamil Robakiewicz and Nick Starr Soltvedt (left and right, respectively) are pictured above. They are both my age. Kamil lives here in Ann Arbor, while Nick lives in Norway. They are both really awesome and wonderful guys.

Moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA in July 1992. Used to live on Leninsky Prospect in Moscow.

Became a Christian in Summer, 2001 after going to a Russian Baptist Camp in Ashford, Connecticut (Evangelical Christian Center)

Started attending the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor in September, 2003

Now, that I have told you all of my geographical, familial, and formal facts, I can begin to communicate some truly unique, thus interesting and personal, things about myself.

I started following Christ when I was sixteen after going to a Christian Russian summer camp which has improved my life from a temporary-looking, self-centered self to an eternally-seeking, Christ-centered self. This transformation (rebirth) has made me a servant-leader to truth, not self-righteousness, meaning that I try to love God and Man with all of me, serve others through self-sacrifice and live ideally based on Jesus’ (God’s) values, not the world’s. In practice, I am not very close to living up to this ideal, but it is my ideal nonetheless.

So … (you wonder while gazing at the screen), that is all nice and sweet, but why do you have this website, you may ask. My current education only covers the sciences and a small slice of the social sciences, so I pine for a wider education. Interconnectedness.net is my outlet to the enchanting world of the humanities and the arts. In writing about and researching philosophy, history, religion, art, political theory, culture, and its connection to the sciences, I will further clear the fog that that so often prevents me from seeing the world in its totality (holistically). I wish to be a Renaissance Man, yet super-specialized, so hopefully this helps achieve these ends.
With sincerity,
Misha