A Lazy Day Entry (January 1, 1997)
On the Verge of “Senior Year Part 2” (January 5, 1997)
The Sum of Many Parts (January 6, 1997)
Tidbits Part XIV: Egypt Is Quite French, You Know (January 7, 1997)
Just Another Day (January 9, 1997)
A Method to the Madness (January 11, 1997)
On a Serious Note (January 11, 1997)
A Method to the Madness (January 11, 199
What is This World Coming To? (January 15, 1997)
Tidbits Part XV: The Special Edition (January 15, 1997)
The Pages Speak (January 17, 1997)
Volume Four Bites the Dust (January 19, 1997)
They Might Not Be Happy Endings, But They’re Still Endings (January 26, 1997)
The Beginning to Basketfest (January 27, 1997)
Basketfest Part II: In Full Swing (January 29, 1997)
Basketfest Part III: Just a Dang Good Day (January 31, 1997)
Tidbits Part XVII: A Bit of This, A Bit of That (February 3, 1997)
From the Heart: Reflections on Me (February 4, 1997)
Tidbits Part XVIII: Bitaphobia (February 7, 1997)
From Humble Beginnings (February 10, 1997)
Memories Like These (February 11, 1997)
Voices From the Past (February 12, 1997)
The Love Baby Turns Eighteen (February 14, 1997)
The First Journals Part I: Entries From Long Ago (February 15, 1997)
The 20 All-Time Greatest Entries (February 16, 1997)
Beginnings and Endings (February 17, 1997)
Volume Five: Short and Sweet (February 19, 1997)
An “INFJ” Kinda Guy (1997)
The First Journals Part II: An Utter Day in Heck (February 22, 1997)
A Study in Dreams 2: The Sequel (February 23, 1997)
A Study in Dreams 3: Distorted Visions of Reality (February 24, 1997)
Tidbits Part XIX: The Boy in the Bubble (February 25, 1997)
Tidbits Part XX: The Incremental Continuation of a Saga (February 26, 1997)
Pastime Paradise and the Obvious Child (February 27, 1997)
A Study in Dreams 4: Dreaming is Dangerous to Your Health (March 1, 1997)
My Glory Days: A Tale of Trials and Tribulations on the Diamond (March 4, 1997)
If We Learn From Failure Then I’m a Genius (March 5, 1997)
Tidbits Part XXI: The Tidbit Strikes Back (March 12, 1997)
Secondrateparadise (March 15, 1997)
Number Three Rides Again (March 17, 1997)
Playing Favorites (March 18, 1997)
A Study in Dreams 5: The Pod-People Come to Elmwood (March 20, 1997)
A Day in the Life of Me 4: Sidney’s Letter, Opening Night, and More (March 20, 1997)
Further Thoughts on the Situation (March 22, 1997)
A Study in Dreams 6: Things Get Stranger (March 23, 1997)
Tidbits Part XXIII: I’ve Got to Get a Grip (March 23, 1997)
“Sure, if you want to” (March 24, 1997)
On to Greener Pastures:Towards Being the Perfect Person and Other Fiction (March 24, 1997)
Mixed Feelings About the Outcome of the Day (March 25, 1997)
A Study in Dreams 7: The Trial of the Signature (March 26, 1997)
More That Must Be Said (March 26, 1997)
Complications Arise (March 26, 1997)
Tidbits Part XXIV: Superman Isn’t Superman Without a Cape (March 28, 1997)
Is This Heaven? (March 28, 1997)
On This Date in Will History (March 29, 1997)
Tidbits Part XXV: The Silver Tidbit (April 1, 1997)
“The Voyage of the Relentless”-Chapter 1 (April 1, 1997)
A Day in the Life of Me 5: This Entry Doesn’t Have a Title (April 2, 1997)
Tidbits Part XXVI: Land of Confusion (April 5, 1997)
“The Voyage of the Relentless”-Chapter 2 (April 5, 1997)
Spitballing (April 7, 1997)
Volume Seven: Tales of Imperfection and Fiction (April 7, 1997)
Another Day Dawns in the Secondrateparadise (April 8, 1997)
4-9-97 (April 9, 1997)
Some Weather We’re Having (April 10, 1997)
The WIU Creative Writing Festival (April 11, 1997)
The Two Hour Call (April 11, 1997)
Voices from the Past Part II: The Second Coming (April 12, 1997)
A Line or Two (April 12, 1997)
There’s Some Point to This (April 14, 1997)
In Remembrance of Jackie Robinson (April 15, 1997)
A Day in the Life of Me 6: The Journal, the Roses, and the Game(s) (April 16, 1997)
Moments in the Sun (April 17, 1997)
A Study in Dreams 8: A Prom Nightmare (April 18, 1997)
Sidney’s Unbirthday (April 18, 1997)
A Compilation of Slightly More Than Nothing (April 20, 1997)
A Study in Dreams 9: The Comatose Vegetable (April 20, 1997)
Just Another Goofy Title for an Entry (April 20, 1997)
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me (April 21, 1997)
The End to This Naming Game (April 22, 1997)
The Ramblings of Sidney (April 23, 1997)
Prom Looms Ahead (April 24, 1997)
Crazy Eight (April 24, 1997)
Enactments and More From “The Day” (April 25, 1997)
Prom (April 27, 1997)
My Entire Foot Is Lodged in My Mouth (April 28, 1997)
Life, Will Style (April 29, 1997)
The Letter (April 30, 1997)
Beautiful Music Together (May 1, 1997)
It’s a Long Story… (May 2, 1997)
Free-Flowing Thought (May 3, 1997)
Wonderful Tonight (May 5, 1997)
Preoccupation (May 6, 1997)
Will Turns Around in Oak Hill (May 7, 1997)
Confusion Sets In (May 8, 1997)
A Study in Nightmares (May 8, 1997)
The Break-up of a Very Brief Thing (Goodbye Blue Skies) (May 11, 1997)
The Thin Ice (May 12, 1997)
We Will Just Have to See (May 13, 1997)
Will Carlson, Signing Off (May 14, 1997)
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The Lost Day: May 15, 1997 (*written November 27, 1998)
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The Triumphant Return (May 16, 1997)
Fragments One (May 18, 1997)
The Triumphant Return (May 16, 1997)
Graduation…and So Much More (May 19, 1997)
Ramblings from the Mind’s Eye (May 19, 1997)
My Career Comes to An End (May 21, 1997)
The Experiment at Applebee’s, or The Disaster of Being Friends, with Afterthoughts (May 21, 1997)
A Further Study in Dreams (May 22, 1997)
The Package (May 23, 1997)
Further Contents of the Package (May 25, 1997)
The Flaws of Carpe Diem (May 26, 1997)
Vegitating (May 26, 1997)
I Know What Chicken Tastes Like (May 27, 1997)
As Night Begins to Progress (May 27, 1997)
An Adventure of Davenport, Iowa (May 28, 1997)
The Decision (May 30, 1997)
Wrong Graduation – The “Last” Goodbye (June 2, 1997)
A Light in a Dim Hour (June 3, 1997)
Searching Out the Past on the Family Farm (June 4, 1997)
What is Destiny, Exactly? (June 8, 1997)
The Exodus (June 8, 1997)
The First Day (of the Rest of My Life) (June 9, 1997)
Metaphors are to Blame (June 10, 1997)
Meet your Mates (June 11, 1997)
The Sonnet That Says It All (June 12-16, 1997)
Life at WIU (July 18, 1997)
Writings in the Dark (June 20, 1997)
Destination: Platteville – “Small Town” (July 20, 1997)
Retrospective of My Summer (July 24, 1997)
Reminders (July 25, 1997)
A Further Study in Dreams 2: Wow… (July 25, 1997)
Similarities to Gump (July 25, 1997)
Party at Jim Camp’s, Everybody (July 28, 1997)
The “Gathering” (August 9, 1997)
The Definitive Synopsis of the First 1,013 Days (August 10, 1997)
The Second Cochran Reunion, 118, and the Running (August 12, 1997)
Fragments Three (August 15, 1997)
Return of the Will File (August 16, 1997)
A Further Study in Dreams: Midnight Baseball (August 18, 1997)
Fragments Four (August 18, 1997)
Sidney’s Letter, E-mail, and Notes (August 19, 1997)
Returning to the Garden (August 25, 1997)
A Semi-understandable message (September 10, 1997)
More Love From the Fourth (September 10, 1997)
More Notes on a Rainy Night (September 16, 1997)
Uncomfortable (September 17, 1997)
Here’s Looking at You… You (September 17, 1997)
Tidbits (September 24, 1997)
Weekend Fun (September 29, 1997)
Home Coming (October 5, 1997)
We Don’t Take Kindly to Werewolf Cars (October 9, 1997)
Goings On (October 15, 1997)
A Letter Through the Storm (October 21, 1997)
I Love This Day (October 31, 1997)
What the Silence Said (November 4, 1997)
Ramblings from the Secondrateparadise (November 5, 1997)
Illinois State was Fun.. Until All Hell Broke Loose (November 9, 1997)
This Side of Paradise (November 10, 1997)
The Long Silent Voice Speaks Out (November 16, 1997)
As the Past Gives Way to the Present…and Future (November 16, 1997)
Love from the Fourth Floor (November 18, 1997)
So it Goes (November 20, 1997)
Goin’ Home for Turkey Day (November 21, 1997)
Exciting Times in Elmwood and Other Falsities (November 24, 1997)
Three (November 25, 1997)
A Who’s Who of the Fourth Floor (November 27, 1997)
The Wind Never Blows So Cold Again (November 30, 1997)
A Day in the Life of Me (December 1, 1997)
Old Man Winter Freezes the Hell Out of Macomb (December 5, 1997)
Pestino and Baby Grand (December 6, 1997)
Experiencing History – Winter Wonderland (December 8, 1997)
“A Day in the Life of the Artist” by Jake Baskins (December 10, 1997)
TRY AGAIN LATER (December 10, 1997)
The Expedition Back to Walmart (December 11, 1997)
The (First) End is Upon Us (December 13, 1997)
Going Out With a Bang (and a Brain Cramp) (December 16, 1997)
“More Chronicles of an Artist” by Jake Baskins (December 17, 1997)
One Down, Many More to Go (December 18, 1997)
One for the Books: Take a Bow, Five (December 19, 1997)
No One Will Believe You 