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<big><b>Circular Cruises</b></big><br/>
or, essays to nowhere in particular
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<p align="right"><b>Information Please</b><br/>
<small>Each of these items is a multi-page project unto itself.<br/>
       They were designed to be useful and provocative.<br/>
       Ideally they're also entertaining, but mileage may vary.
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[[Book_of_John|<b>The Book of John</b>]]<br/>
plumbing the mysteries of the flush toilet

[[Boozery|<b>Basic Boozery</b>]]<br/>
alcoholic beverages 101

[[Clio|<b>Clio</b>]]<br/>
holidays, calendars, and a cranky muse

[[MeiHua|<b>Mei Wah</b> (Mei Hua)]]<br/>
eating in Chinese
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<p align="right"><b>Extended Musings</b><br/>
<small>These were (and are) various items which I considered either<br/>
       too long or too coherent to place in my journal.<br/>
       They're arranged by age, oldest at bottom.<br/>
       Some are better than others.
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[[Circular_Cruises/Prog_Rock|<b>Prog Rock</b>]]<br/>
personal history of a semi-mythical creature

[[Circular_Cruises/Dollar_Draw|<b>Dollar Draw</b>]]<br/>
a game, but possibly not a very good one

<b>March Gaming</b><br/>
three essays on computer games:<br/>
&nbsp; [[Circular_Cruises/On_User-Directed_Narratives|On User-Directed Narratives]]<br/>
&nbsp; [[Circular_Cruises/Token_Trading|Token Trading, Colored Locks, and Pixel Hunts]]<br/>
&nbsp; [[Circular_Cruises/Five_Conflicts|Five Conflicts]]

[[Circular_Cruises/This_Is_Not_Art|<b>This Is Not Art</b>]]<br/>
but your mileage may vary

[[Circular_Cruises/Dont_Call_Me_Ishmael|<b>Don't Call Me, ''Ishmael''</b>]]<br/>
that book still pisses me off

[[Circular_Cruises/Particularism|<b>Particularism</b>]]<br/>
a very bad sign

[[Circular_Cruises/Dumping_Core|<b>Dumping Core</b>]]<br/>
things everybody should know - maybe

[[Circular_Cruises/The_Trouble_With_Harry|<b>The Trouble With Harry</b>]]<br/>
the sins of j. k. rowling, circa 2000

[[Circular_Cruises/Melville_Classics_and_Me|<b>Melville, Classics, and Me</b>]]<br/>
or, how I learned to love the whale

[[Circular_Cruises/Jacob|<b>Jacob</b>]]<br/>
it's biblical and all that

[[Circular_Cruises/A_Childhood_In_Libraries|<b>A Childhood In Libraries</b>]]<br/>
made me what i am today

[[Circular_Cruises/Atonement|<b>Atonement</b>]]<br/>
why, this is hell, nor am i out of it

[[Circular_Cruises/Sixteen_Pigeonholes|<b>Sixteen Pigeonholes</b>]]<br/>
myers and briggs are also on my list

[[Circular_Cruises/Refusing_Religion|<b>Refusing Religion</b>]]<br/>
or at least refusing dogma

[[Circular_Cruises/Al_Capp_Liberalism_and_Vermont|<b>Al Capp, Liberalism, and Vermont</b>]]<br/>
exactly what it says it's about

[[Circular_Cruises/Perdrix|<b>Perdrix</b>]]<br/>
in which i retell a very odd dream

[[Circular_Cruises/Not_Disposed_To_Mourn|<b>Not Disposed To Mourn</b>]]<br/>
why i'm not very good with death

[[Circular_Cruises/Reality_Doesnt_Count|<b>Reality Doesn't Count</b>]]<br/>
i'd rather make up stuff

[[Circular_Cruises/Judging_Covers|<b>Judging Covers</b>]]<br/>
i don't care if i look like money

[[Circular_Cruises/Trusting_Science|<b>Trusting Science</b>]]<br/>
i don't, not particularly

[[Circular_Cruises/You_Could_Look_It_Up|<b>You Could Look It Up</b>]]<br/>
dictionaries and ''that'' dictionary

[[Circular_Cruises/Random|<b>Random</b>]]<br/>
the numeric kind
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<p align="right"><b>Expat Leftovers</b><br/>
<small>These short bits predate my online journal-keeping.<br/>
       If they seem overly preoccupied with the differences<br/>
       between north and south, that's because<br/>
       that's what my website was all about back in 1997.<br/>
       Everything else came later.<br/>
       (Why five of them are about food/drink is another question.)<br/>
       With [[Eccentric_Flower:200507/The_Last_Shall_Be_First|one exception]], these are the oldest work remaining on this website.
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[[Circular_Cruises/No_Exit|<b>No Exit</b>]]

[[Circular_Cruises/Teaching|<b>Teaching</b>]]

[[Circular_Cruises/Thats_Not_Cooking|<b>That's Not Cooking</b>]]

[[Circular_Cruises/Have_It_My_Way|<b>Have It My Way</b>]]

[[Circular_Cruises/Unreal_Estate|<b>Unreal Estate</b>]]

[[Circular_Cruises/Science_As_Religion|<b>Science As Religion</b>]]

[[Circular_Cruises/Good_Food_Bad_Food|<b>Good Food, Bad Food</b>]]

[[Circular_Cruises/Rudeness|<b>Rudeness</b>]]

[[Circular_Cruises/Coffee_Tea_and_Beer|<b>Coffee, Tea, and Beer</b>]]

[[Circular_Cruises/Food_North_and_South|<b>Food North and South</b>]]

[[Circular_Cruises/Persistent_Mythology|<b>Persistent Mythology</b>]]

[[Circular_Cruises/Racists_and_Glass_Houses|<b>Racists and Glass Houses</b>]]

[[Circular_Cruises/Southern_Women_and_Feminism|<b>Southern Women and Feminism</b>]]

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Quotes are from "Confessions of a Sea-Lubber" by Jean Kerr.

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