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[OGPS] Impressions

lesson learned: "blog after the fact" goes pretty sporadically, and I never get around to saying most of the things I meant to. So I'm going to try to get the OGPS series of posts out the door by Wednesday afternoon by the latest. Let'

[China] Regressing

(1) This is the last post on my first try at polyphasia. For convenience, I've listed all four of my previous polyphasic posts here: * Greetings, Polyphasic Sleep, Chives (an introduction) * Theory of Poly Sleep, Reports From the Field (some musings and a progress report) * Tired, Dreams, Sunrise, BSG

Eating Animals II

This is a followup to Eating Animals I (which may have been pretty obvious). I'll reiterate that I'm not trying to evangelize for vegetarianism. While I don't eat meat, I have no problem with my friends who do. I suppose that, intellectually, I would

Eating Animals I

Three years ago, I attended my fourth year of the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth summer program. That year, my chosen course was Ethics (section B), and the instructor was Dr. Mark Ralkowski (which my have been a significant part of why I signed up for the course). The

[China] [Meta] All Posts

I've got a few not-China-related posts drafted that I'd like to have out there sooner rather than later. Specifically, I'd like to have them posted before I touch on one China-specific topic in particular, and no I'm not telling you what it

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