Chapter 1: The First Chapter
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: Deviating's first ever written chapter.

Chapter 2: Things To Do At Orchestra Rehearsal
Author: Emily Levesque
Notes: Helpful suggestions for musicians.

Chapter 3: The Comic Tragedy
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: The saga of a man named So. It is more commonly known as "The Saga of So".

Chapter Pi
Author: Steven Vanderveer
Notes: For those in a meditative mood.

Chapter 4: Why You Should Be A Nonconformist Too
Author: Adam Nakama
Notes: A persuasive essay.

Chapter 5: The Questionnaire of Ultimate Stupidity, the Questionnaire of Ultimate Personality, and the Questionnaire of Ultimate Cello
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: Three quizzes, all offsite links and hosted at Quizilla.

Chapter 6: 1+1=10
Author: Adam Nakama
Notes: A paragraph proof.

Chapter 7: The Totally Hypothetical Situation
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: It's untrue. We promise.

Chapter 0
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: We thought it shouldn't exist. Then something happened.

Chapter 8: Evil As A Career Choice
Author: Adam Nakama
Notes: One of the classic chapters and a must for all who are undecided as to their intended field of profession.

Chapter 9: Some Questions Without Answers
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: See the title.

Chapter 10: Some Questions With Answers
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: Again, see the title.

Chapter 11: The Meaning of Life
Author: Kyra Davies
Notes: A Socratic dialogue.

Chapter 12: A Monumental Encounter
Author: Kyra Davies
Notes: Another classic chapter. Contains Phantom of the Opera references, most notably Raoul de Chagny. For this reason it is more commonly referred to as "A Stupid Man". Be warned.

Chapter 13: Notes of an Obsessed Lover
Author: Anonymous
Notes: Something of an inside joke, by the Official Deviating from the Cultural Norm Peanut Gallery.

Chapter 14: A Sad Story of a Wanderer
Author: Kyra Davies
Notes: A band of pirates searches for the greatest treasure of them all.

Chapter 16: Vitamin Addiction Problem
Author: Kyra Davies
Notes: Kyra indulges her math-loving side, for once.

Chapter 17: The Disadvantage of Being Short
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: Detailing the woes of those who are Napoleonic in height.

Chapter 18: The Official Deviating Art Gallery
Author: Chris Breland
Notes: The actual art will be up when we can get to a scanner.

Chapter 19: Conrad's Senseless Illogical Logic on the Wisdom of Super Smart Sane Insanity
Author: Conrad Robinson
Notes: Full of contradictory wisdom.

Chapter 20: An Opera Outline
Author: Kyra Davies and Anisa Schardl
Notes: The love story of Allergium and Iratia, complete with pirates, accordions, and sharp-pronged sporks.

Chapter 21: Line Dance of the Ions
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: Chemistry in metaphor.

Chapter X: What is a Bandy? And Where Do They Come From?
Author: Amanda Marquardt
Notes: Finally the mystery is solved.

Chapter 22: American Pot, a parody²
Author: Kyra Davies, Ting Ting Fu, Anisa Schardl, and Steven Vanderveer
Notes: The (in)famous parody of both Don Mclean's "American Pie" and Weird Al Yankovic's "The Saga Begins".

Chapter 24: The Cultural Norm
Author: Ting Ting Fu
Notes: An essay on the cultural norm and the truth. This was our first chapter written by someone not Anisa or Kyra.

Chapter 25: What Makes a Proust?
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: Font lovers of the world unite.

Chapter 26: An Opinion on Opinions
Author: Emily Levesque
Notes: An essay on opinions. Very much so.

Chapter 27: An Email I [Anisa] Got One Day
Author: Penina Goldstein
Notes: On forwards and why we hate them.

Chapter 28: Ode to the Roof of My Barn Which Caved Into the Barn One Early Summer Morning
Author: Sunny Allen
Notes: A poem.

Chapter 29: Jack's House for the Twentieth Century
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: Of PCs and idiots.

Chapter 31: Some Commonly Used Musical Terms
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: A revisionist dictionary.

Chapter 32: Ode to a Wedge of Cheese
Author: Sunny Allen
Notes: A poem.

Chapter 33: Conrad's Rules for Life
Author: Anisa Schardl Conrad Robinson. Just testing.
Notes: Conrad's rather eccentric belief system.

Chapter 34: Emily Levesque's Rules for Life
Author: Emily Levesque
Notes: Ham gets funny in the heat.

Chapter 35: The Future of the Universe
Author: Conrad Robinson
Notes: The first chapter casting the Deviating authors as the pantheon of gods.

Chapter 37: Anisa Distinguishes Between a Book Nut and a Book Nut Wannabe
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: An important distinction to make.

Chapter 39: On Mowing Lawns
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: What happens when you've never mowed a lawn?

Chapter 41: Racism in America
Author: Alex Hornstein
Notes: The first contribution to feature a more somber topic.

Chapter 43: The Glory of Life Without Pants
Author: Becky Dundon
Notes: This isn't about what you think it is. Really.

Chapter 45: The Great and Powerful Beings That Control the Universe
Author: Conrad Robinson
Notes: Which explains our twisted revisionist religion.

Chapter 47: Bob
Author: Madison Davenport
Notes: The second appearance of a character named Bob in this book (the first was in Chris Breland's art gallery in Chapter 18).

Chapter Infinity Plus One: The Strange Case of an Extremely Odd Screwball
Author: Conrad Robinson
Notes: Or, "Elaphe the Odd".

Chapter 49: Screw!
Author: Kevin Teague
Notes: An ode to a beloved word.

Chapter 51: Untangling the Very Confusing Shoelace of Good and Evil
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: Anisa explains...well, most of it.

Chapter 53: Individuality
Author: Laura Fenton
Notes: Originally an essay published in the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School paper, The Lamplighter.

Chapter 55: Of Girls and Gummi Bears
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: A true story about Priyanka Srinivasan.

Chapter 59: A Proof of What We All Know to Be True
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: In two columns, no less.

Chapter 61: Murder By Radio
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: A true story

Chapter Infinity + 2: More on the Great and Powerful Beings That Control the Universe
Author: Conrad Robinson
Notes: Who would have thought there would be so much to our religion.

Chapter Infinity + 3: About How She Who Is the Incarnation of Good Decides to Temporarily Cease Upon Her Great Duties
Author: Conrad Robinson
Notes: Or, "Anisa Decides to Take a Break".

Chapter Infinity + 4: Elaphe's Revenge
Authors: Shelley Harkless and Conrad Robinson
Notes: Or, "Death of a Goddess", or, "A Sad Tale".

Chapter Infinity + 5: The Katie/Kevin Phenomenon
Authors: Katie Radun and Conrad Robinson
Notes: Or, "Creation of a Goddess", or, "Why Katie and Kevin Hate Each Other", or, "Blah, Blah, Blah".

Chapter 63: On the Politics of Being a Slacker
Author: Gloria Johnson
Notes: See the title.

Chapter 65: The Various and Sundry Hurricanes That Ravage the Outer Banks of North Carolina
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: Another true story.

Chapter 67: Priyanka's Point to Ponder
Author: Priyanka Srinivasan
Notes: Backpacks.

Chapter 69: The Potato Saga, Act One
Author: Chris Rodgers
Notes: A man named Ed's two daughters meet radically different fates. One of the funniest things we have ever read.

Chapter 71: Krippendorf
Author: Madison Davenport
Notes: Periodic tables are written on each child's tush. That is all.

Chapter 73: Alfred
Author: Becky Dundon
Notes: The story of a cello chauvinist sock. Really.

Chapter 75: Odd Moment
Author: Megan Rolfes
Notes: Sheer randomness.

Chapter 79: A Poem
Author: Molly Stone
Notes: What the title says.

Chapter 80: The Autobiography of Her Excellency, Emily Sagory
Author: Emily Sagory Conrad Robinson
Notes: It's about Emily. Really.

Chapter 81: One-Eyed Bob
Author: Priyanka Srinivasan
Notes: The book's third Bob.

Chapter Q: For Whom the Bell Curve Tolls
Author: A.R.Y.
Notes: The essence of geeky statistics literature.

Chapter 82: On the Politics of My Kittens and My Fish
Author: Emily Bayma
Notes: Emily muses over her pets.

Chapter 83: Motoring
Author: Joseph Swisher
Notes: Another chapter about a transcendental state.

Chapter 84: Rain
Author: Emily Bayma
Notes: One for those of us who are inspired by the weather.

Chapter 85: Prom
Author: Phil Townsend
Notes: Phil's and all of our "social final" of high school.

Chapter 87: The Adventure of Ned the Spider
Author: Emily (Sagory) Bayma
Notes: Contains, among other things, the great Thames the Cricket and a tiny glimpse of spider heaven.

Chapter 89: Broken Heart Redefined
Author: Kelly George
Notes: It's by Kelly! Hiii-yah!

Chapter 91: Snow (a poem)
Author: Ken
Notes: From the great state of New Hampshire!

Chapter 93: So you'd like to learn how to play the violin with a cheese grater?
Author: Laura Fenton
Notes: For the curious.

Chapter 95: The Secret Life of My Buddy Icon
Author: Emily Bayma
Notes: The story of Carlitos, complete with picture!

Chapter 97: I can judge!
Author: Joe Karasek
Notes: Liberal-minded? Intellectual? Like Gucci? This is the chapter for you!

Chapter 99: Snow
Author: Ashley McCorkle
Notes: Public Service Notice for high school freshmen convinced they can create a snow day with their TV and VCR.

Chapter Z: STOMP (A Novelization)
Author: Emily Bayma
Notes: A result of graduation requirements at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. Thanks to Michelle Peck Williams and Bonnie Palomo.

Chapter 101: The Saidenist Dispensation (The First Installment)
Author: William Babcock
Notes: The book's second religion.

Chapter D1: On Showering
Author: Emily Bayma
Notes: The first of the new Dorm Life Series.

Chapter 103: Elegy to the Nickel in My Leaky Faucet
Author: Anisa Schardl
Notes: A death poem written February 4, 2004.