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 1998.

For the week ending:

• December 26, 1998 Home For Christmas.
• December 19, 1998 Here's To A Short Winter.
• December 12, 1998 Getting Into The Christmas Spirit.
• December 5, 1998 Still Blocked.
• November 28, 1998 Better Than Nothing, I Think.
• November 21, 1998 But I'm An *A* Student.
• November 14, 1998 My Bigger Little Brother, Bob.
• November 7, 1998 Developing...
• October 31, 1998 Somewhat Confused But Coping.
• October 24, 1998 Still On Course.
• October 17, 1998 Keeping The Dream Alive.
• October 10, 1998 Same Old Thing.
• October 3, 1998 Name Dropping.
• September 26, 1998 Lending Butch A Hand.
• September 19, 1998 Have Book Will Read.
• September 12, 1998 Rock Me, Roll Me, Jackyl Me Off.
• September 5, 1998 Steady As She Goes.
• August 29, 1998 Looking Back.
• August 22, 1998 If At First...
• August 15, 1998 No Time To Write, Again.
• August 8, 1998 Ralph Waldo Emerson.
• August 1, 1998 Rockin' Wausau With The All-Stars.
• July 25, 1998 Time Marches On.
• July 18, 1998 Coming Up Empty.
• July 11, 1998 Transmogrified Hallucinations Of Grandfather.
• July 4, 1998 Damn The Tornados, Give Me A Beer.
• June 27, 1998 My Friend, The Pizza Boy.
• June 20, 1998 Saving Money Costs Money.
• June 13, 1998 If I Were A Rich Man.
• June 6, 1998 Visibly shaken.
• May 30, 1998 Is Oracle The Answer?
• May 23, 1998 A Tribute To Ray Nitschke.
• May 16, 1998 Looking For A Summer Job.
• May 9, 1998 Good Company.
• May 2, 1998 Head Count.
• April 25, 1998 Mobility And Connectivity.
• April 18, 1998 The Proof Is In The Logs.
• April 11, 1998 Not In The Mood This Week.
• April 4, 1998 Another House That Dad Built.
• March 28, 1998 Back To School.
• March 21, 1998 The Spring Of Hope.
• March 14, 1998 New Word Leads To New Genre.
• March 7, 1998 Chart? On What Wall?
• February 28, 1998 Must Be Something Going Around.
• February 21, 1998 No Reason To Bomb.
• February 14, 1998 Dave Barry In Nagano.
• February 7, 1998 Broken Communication.
• January 31, 1998 An Exciting Upset.
• January 24, 1998 Better Late Than Never.
• January 17, 1998 Muddling Through.
• January 10, 1998 Hardly Working.
• January 3, 1998 Quietly Bringing In The New Year.