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I find that you can never learn too much about colonial barrelmaki.....zzzzz

(in the voice of Johnny from Airplane): Where did you get that CSS? It's AWFUL. And that FOOTER. And those FONTS. JEEZ! I would like to see more gradients and drop shadows, rounded corners, and fancy ajaxy things that happen when you click on things randomly. And more rollovers. I would also like it when I uprep a story if a trumpet would sound on the recipient's computer. And a downrep would result in a 10 volt shock on my own keyboard (or a 5 point downvote to my own rep - this can be a user settable option). If you wanna neg something, it should mean something, right? Thank you. I would have embedded the video better but I suck

I don't care a bit about chapter length or the amount of time between chapters...set your own pace.

Well, I love CJ's writing, and I'm surprised LTMP hasn't been published somewhere, it's that good. I think Circumnavigation could be that good, too. But I sense that CJ has a a certain...reticence in advancing this story very much in each chapter, and part of that could be chapter length - there's only so much you can write in each chapter when the postings happen every week - along with all the research and backstory that has to be developed along the way. It's a lot of work, it has to be. And I think there's a certain amount of poking at people in the forum about cliffhangers. So some are deliberate to develop tension, as CJ says above - and some of it is sheer glee at being able to keep the joke running. I mean, there's a meme on reddit.com about Gabe Newell, the founder of Valve, who makes the game Half Life. Half Life 3 is in production and has been for years. Gabe Newell is a heavy guy. Anytime anyone mentions Gabe's weight on reddit, someone responds with "well, there's another month added to the release date". And Gabe has been known to chime in, all in fun, and agree that yep, that one added TWO months. Or whatever. All this aside, the only criticism I have about Circumnavigation is its pace. It doesn't seem that the story advances very much when you read it as posted every week. So the solution I've arrived at is to only read it once a month and catch up. I just did that, so now I'll stay away for a month and come back at the end of February and catch up again. It's a great story, I don't care how many chapters it has. Thanks for writing it!

Ah, okay, thanks!

I love Dan's writing. Every story. I've read most of them at least three times. I'm not buying a premium subscription. Are there any plans to make the premium-only stories available elsewhere? Thanks, Dave

I don't have so much trouble with how sites track me and where I go online as much as I do with facebook's practices of hiding what they're tracking. Although I use an ad blocker and my real name and location aren't easy to locate without some pretty aggressive detective work. I use a proxy to browse the internet when appropriate and keep a clean browser history. I do have a facebook page but it's so locked down with browser add ons to suppress its activity that I doubt they're getting anything from me other than what links I'm clicking on facebook and nothing else. I think that if a website wants my information so they can sell it to someone else, they should pay ME for it, not the other way around. It's MINE. So I advocate for a system where I get paid for visiting facebook.

Been reading the story all along - it's a great story, I'm hoping the pace picks up a bit now that Trev's in port and can get the boat fixed - Shane's a little shady but maybe Trev will get a little... Nice chapter!

It's a little drifty and blowing. Oh, you mean outside? There's snow falling but hey, it's the midwest.