Archived Thoughts

I began publishing this regular column on Saturday November 9, 1996. That story was inspired by a story published November 5, 1996 in The Netly News, which was a division of TIME Inc. but is no longer there. All references to it are redirected to TIME Digital.

Below, listed in reverse chronological order, are my "Thoughts" for 1997.

For the week ending:

• December 27, 1997 Closing The Book On Another Year.
• December 20, 1997 Ridin' The Rails.
• December 13, 1997 No Regrets.
• December 6, 1997 Bayou Bound.
• November 29, 1997 Giving Thanks.
• November 22, 1997 Another Week Off.
• November 15, 1997 A Week Off.
• November 8, 1997 One Year . . . Give Or Take.
• November 1, 1997 The First Day Of The Rest Of My Life.
• October 25, 1997 I'm getting there, Slow But Sure.
• October 18, 1997 Digital Celebrity Moves to GeoCities.
• October 11, 1997 Indian Summer.
• October 4, 1997 You'll Never Take Me Alive, Copper!
• September 27, 1997 See Jane Run, Go Dick, Go!
• September 20, 1997 Updating My Files.
• September 13, 1997 Fishing For Feedback.
• September 6, 1997 Moving On.
• August 23, 1997 One Down, Eight To Go.
• August 16, 1997 Your What Hurts?
• August 9, 1997 Incomprehensible Gall.
• August 2, 1997 Just A Cog In A Monsterous Machine.
• July 26, 1997 Reality Check.
• July 19, 1997 Conquer Or Perish.
• July 12, 1997 My Italian Side.
• July 5, 1997 The Dead-End From Hell.
• June 28, 1997 More Of My Past Shows Up On The Web.
• June 21, 1997 My Hail Has Been Answered.
• June 14, 1997 It's Not So Much The Heat But The Humidity.
• May 31, 1997 Milwaukee Tourist Attractions.
• May 24, 1997 Looking Ahead.
• May 17, 1997 Another Delay?
• May 10, 1997 Back Where I Started.
• May 3, 1997 Tale of Two Networks.
• Apr. 26, 1997 Just Killin' Time.
• Apr. 19, 1997 Spring Cleaning.
• Apr. 12, 1997 Come Hell Or High-water.
• Apr. 5, 1997 Resting-up for the big finish.
• Mar. 29, 1997 A Close Shave..
• Mar. 22, 1997 Electronic Correspondence.
• Mar. 15, 1997 Our Two Cats.
• Mar. 8, 1997 Making Time.
• Mar. 1, 1997 Reconnecting With The Past.
• Feb. 22, 1997 Are We There Yet?
• Feb. 15, 1997 Ya Know What?
• Feb. 8, 1997 "If People Only Knew.."
• Feb. 1, 1997 Ho Hum.
• Jan. 25, 1997 Go You Packers Go!
• Jan. 18, 1997 The Dead-end Ends.
• Jan. 11, 1997 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
• Jan. 4, 1997 What Are The Holes For?