Since you've already delved this deeply into Pogoer World, why not check out some of these sites that are joined to my conception of the universe in one way or another:

Of course you'll want to check out Slovenia, a/k/a "The Sunny Side of the Alps," "Land of Incongruous Architectural Juxtapositions," "Not the Former Czechoslovakia," "Not A War Zone" and "Really Not a Bad Place at All, Actually." Your first stop should be: http://www.matkurja.com/eng/, a near-encyclopedic collection of all things Slovene.

And what is Slovenia without its capital, the inimitable Ljubljana (move there, and after a scant three months the name will roll off your tongue without a second thought): http://www.ijs.si/slo/ljubljana/

If I had to appoint a successor to the post of "American guy sending dispatches from Slovenia," I would unhesitatingly name Michael Manske, who picked up about when I left off (in 2001). He puts out a fine blog called The Glory of Carniola that's funny, literate, well-designed and always a good read. You should visit without delay at http://www.carniola.org

This is the web site of Ljubljana Life, the Big Burek's premier English-language magazine (I'm an occasional contributor).

This is the site of my for-profit venture with Mrs. Pogoer, Wordbucket Marketing Communications, for all your professional prose-related needs: http://www.wordbucket.net

For those of you who, when you hear the name Tito, think of the late Senor Puente (I actually saw El Rey de Salsa play Ljubljana one fine summer night, to delirious mass chants of "Tito, Tito!"), here's a fine example of the sound of Young Slovenia facing up to the burdens of history. Tito's Home Page: http://www.titoville.com/

My comrade freelancer Sally "Symboline" Cragin, writer, astrologer and all-around swell person, runs a website from her Tritown home (that's in Massachusetts): http://www.moonsigns.net/sallyhome.html

Sally's husband Chuck Warner, who used to run the Throbbing Lobster label in mid-'80s Boston, now runs a CD-only record label called Hyped2Death, dedicated to distributing the thousands of ultra-obscure singles he's collected from across the great US of A: http://www.hyped2death.com

When I first encountered Bonnie Jo Campbell in Boston in the mid-'80s, she was a fellow member of the Small Press Alliance, an organization of zine publishers noted more for the colorful characters who belonged to it, and for internecine squabbling, than for effectiveness or logic (though a few of us did try). Bonnie Jo was the editor and publisher of The Letter Parade, an unpretentious yet always entertaining newsletter comprised of a series of narratives about herself and her life -- looking back, it was definitely a subliminal influence on my own Letters From Ljubljana a decade on. In the '80s Bonnie Jo was a Midwestern refugee engaged in various academic pursuits; nowadays she's a published novelist (Q Road) and an award-winning short story writer, among other things. To me, Bonnie Jo is the literary equivalent of my Musicians For The Real World; from her farm home base in Kalamazoo, Michigan, she gives voice to a stratum of society not usually blessed with one. For 14 years, she also led bicycle tours in Eastern Europe, the Baltics and Russia (to my regret, I never joined her on one). She is, in short, one of the most interesting people I've ever met. Oh, and she still does The Letter Parade, now, of course, online. And you've gotta love a writer who includes on her official website a heading entitled, "Do you think you could beat me up?" You can get better acquainted with Bonnie Jo at: http://www.bonniejocampbell.com

One of my once-upon-a-time obsessions, the '64 NY World's Fair, has several home pages.
This is one of them: http://naid.sppsr.ucla.edu/ny64fair/
and this is another, by a dedicated couple who, after NINE years of work, finally released a documentary about the fair in May 2003. (Can't wait to see it.) They've also, bless 'em, produced a Ramones tour video. http://bbqproductions.com/nywf.html

Except for missing the plane back to Ljubljana, I thoroughly enjoyed my visit in June '98 to Dubrovnik, Croatia. My return in October '02 was better on at least two counts: I didn't miss the plane, and I brought my fiancee along. In a more ideal world, everyone would get to visit this place at least once. I've been luckier than most. Start with the home page of the Dubtown Tourist Board at http://web.tzdubrovnik.hr/

The musical links are now found in Music For The Real World.

Slightly above and to the right is the cover of issue #4 of X It Out, my '80s version of a website (for further details, see the Archive section). Let the circle be unbroken...