Life, a Fish, and Something to Tap Your Toe To As We Ride
This journal was begun on November 25, 1994, and has gone through several incarnations and cycles, much like its author. Yet the goal remains the same: to capture life in its many folds, creases, and wrinkles. On land, and at one time, at sea. The word path below is too long and trod of similar sentiments to dwell too long on an introduction, so I will end. Enjoy, thank you for reading, and with a deep dive to the bottom of the page, if you so wish, you will come to the much younger Will of 1994.
July 12, 2016
July 11, 2016
July 10, 2016
July 8, 2016
Carlsons in Mystic, CT Part VIII: Leaving the Great West (July 6, 2016)
Carlsons in Mystic, CT Part VII: Simple (July 5, 2016)
Carlsons in Mystic, CT Part VI: The Fourth (July 4, 2016)
Carlsons in Mystic, CT Part V: New London – Bob (July 3, 2016)
Carlsons in Mystic, CT Part IV: A Day at the Beach (July 2, 2016)
Carlsons in Mystic, CT Part III: Stongington (July 1, 2016)
Carlsons in Mystic, CT Part II: First Day Out – Niantic (June 30, 2016)
Calrsons in Mystic, CT Part I: The Arrival (June 29, 2016)
Typing, Part 3 (June 29, 2016)
Typing, Part 2 (June 28, 2016)
Typing, Part 1 (June 27, 2016)
Others Names (June 25, 2016)
Paul Simon in Boston (June 24, 2016)
The Amazing Subtones, Live and in Concert (June 23, 2016)
Last Day (June 14, 2016)
Finishing Incidentals (June 12, 2016)
Help at Whitney (June 11, 2016)
Beginning Incidentals (June 4, 2016)
Starting the Blog (June 2, 2016)
For the Time… (May 7, 2016)
Why I Am Writing Again: Cracking the Hair-spring Lock (May 6, 2016)
We’d Like to Offer You a Position, Mr. Carlson (Hired!) (2016) (coming soon)
A Fresh Rub (April 19, 2016)
Felecia Never Stood a Chance (April 3, 2016)
“2:20, A March Afternoon” (March 28, 2016)
Hello, Cleveland! (March 14, 2016)
SeaChange: Sink or Swim Part II (March 13, 2016)
The SeaChange: Sink or Swim (March 13, 2016)
Sweeping to Stravinsky in the Early Morning (March 3, 2016)
Who Does Donald Trump Compare To, Nate Silver? (March 1, 2016)
A River Ran Between Them (February 28, 2016)
The Mystery of the First Peckham in America, c. 1637 (February 26, 2016)
Moving Forward to South Carolina (The Safest Buffet Item Available, Please) (February 11, 2016)
Oh, to Be Hired – The Day After New Hampshire (February 10, 2016)
Donald Trump and Me (coming soon) (January 25, 2016)
Wash (Not the Bon Iver Song) (2014)
A Snake of Good-Intentions/Art Show! (2013)
Fleeting Thoughts (2013)
A Few Lines (2013)
Dream (2012)
Whitey’s Close Encounters of the Technological Kind (2012)
Gingerbread, Some Say, Is Disgusting (2012)
An Antsy Audience of Small, Aspiring Cheetahs (December 4, 2012)
History Remembered By No One (December 2, 2012)
Happy… December? (December 1, 2012)
We Know English Good Enough: Final Peaks, Valleys and Deuces to an American Classroom (November 30, 2012)
Praise Be To St. Omar (2012)
A Simple Trip (2012)
A Bloody Travesty of a Sorry Event (And the Civil War Was There, Too) (2012)
“That Shit Is Raw” (A Carlson Thanksgiving) (2012)
The Burden of Heavy Ornaments (2012)
Election 2012: Four More Years (2012)
Election 2012: The Man of Hopes and Dreams Residing On Earth the Entire Time, But That’s Okay (2012)
No One Will Believe You, Part I (2012)
Adding Flavor (2012)
Thirteen Hours, Part II: “Goodnight” Is Not In Our Vocabulary (2012)
A Word Written in Earnest is as Good as a Speech (2012)
Snow in August? (2012)
With Family Arriving, an Audible (2012)
Grassroots Campaign, Gay Marriage and My Summer in the City (2012)
That Little Droid’s Going to Cause Me a Lot of Problems (2012)
Kickball Injuries and a Flock of Pint-Sized Geese (2012)
Free Ballin’ (2012)
All Good Things (2012)
Coda (2012)
Tour de Madison County (2012)
When the Lights Go Out (2012)
The Island Within a Maze (2012)
Home Away From Home (2012)
Shabh Yatra! (2012)
Gaining Ownership of My Classroom (2011)
The Two O’Clock Show Begins in Five Minutes, Kids! (2011)
Bedeviled by Devil (2011)
(Insert Dashing Han Solo Quote Here) (2011)
The Many Returns of Journeying (2011)
A Day Out (July 2011)
What I Know About My Culture, So Far (2010)
So This Is The Blues (June 7, 2010)
Crazy In my Happiness (June 3, 2010)
Home for the Holidays Part II: Let the Celebration- and Gift Negotiation- of the Season Begin (2009)
Home for the Holidays Part I (2009)
The News (2009)
A Cut Above? (2009)
The Summer Upon Us (2009)
Dog Day Afternoon (2009)
While Away (2008)
A Letter to Kurt Vonnegut, Never Received, on Account of His Death (March 30, 2007)
Senator Obama Is All In (February 7, 2007)
A Super Beggining, a Soggy Ending (February 4, 2007)
The New Old College Student (January 8, 2007)
The Trip Home (December 20, 2006)
“STG2 Carlson, Departing” (December 18, 2006)
Quick “Hi” and Updates (November 11, 2006)
Between Rounds… (November 1, 2006)
Seeing the Light (Returning Home is a Religious Experience) (October 29, 2006)
This Date in Marill History III: The Triple Date (October 27, 2006)
Happy Birthday, Dad (October 15, 2006)
Nice, Long Weekend (October 9, 2006)
Sunday Once Again (October 8, 2006)
Good Riddance September/Hello Final Eternity (September 30, 2006)
Lord of the Mosquitoes (September 28, 2006)
Everybody in Russia Wants a Picture With Us (September 26, 2006)
Alright, Who’s Coming With Me? (September 24, 2006)
Gumming Up Time (September 24, 2006)
Looking Forward (September 24, 2006)
Don’t Worry, It Won’t Hurt a Bit (September 23, 2006)
Flowers for Fredrick (September 23, 2006)
It’s Fun to Say (September 23, 2006)
Chingada (September 15, 2006)
Reminders (September 10-14, 2006)
Glimpses (September 5, 2006)
The Ninth Month–Welcome! (September 1, 2006)
Writings (August 28-31, 2006)
My Favorite Season (August 25, 2006)
A Short Conversation with Virginia (August 22, 2006)
Balance (August 19, 2006)
Doonesbury Strip (August 13, 2006)
Package Received (August 11, 2006)
The Book Club (August 11, 2006)
Sunny Stories (August 9, 2006)
Faint Flares in the Distance (August 3-17, 2006)
Deja Vu (August 3, 2006)
Earl Grey in the Park (July 17, 2006)
Another Happiness (July 13, 2006)
Salve (July 12, 2006)
Happiness (July 11, 2006)
Goings On From Europe (July 9, 2006)
Hiking in Sardinia (July 7, 2006)
Overboard! (July 3, 2006)
Re-Cracked (July 3, 2006)
Of Rainbows and Rabbit Holes (July 3, 2006)
Close Connection (June 30, 2006)
The Curse of June 28th (2006)
The Unforgettable Fire (June 23, 2006)
Chickens in Pants (June 23, 2006)
Balance (June 19, 2006)
Ironclad (June 18, 2006)
Over Brunch (June 18, 2006)
Homunculus (June 16, 2006)
Raised Bars and Clouds of Dust (June 13, 2006)
Beatnik in Blue (June 11, 2006)
To One Day Be Mad (June 11, 2006)
Dispatches of the Dispossessed (June 6-24, 2006)
The U.S.S. Inferno, with Cameos by Knights, Mormons, and Superman (June 4, 2006)
A Day in the Life (June 3, 2006)
Our Worst Fear (June 2, 2006)
Another Sailor Day (May 30, 2006)
Peace During War (May 29, 2006)
Thank You, Mr. Postman (May 27, 2006)
Musings, Small Yet Bright, Like the Stars Above (May 23-28, 2006)
The Seventh Day (May 21, 2006)
Words of Wisdom from Somebody Who’s Been There (May 19-20, 2006)
My Talking Head (May 16, 2006)
A Succession of Thoughts Before the Waves (May 15-17, 2006)
These Days We Have Been Given (March 21, 2006)
A Brief Survival Guide for Being Lost at Sea (March 11, 2006)
Rough Seas (March 10, 2006)
Loosed Upon Caledonia (February 27, 2006)
The Great Culture Clash of Helensburgh, Scotland (February 26, 2006)
Mostly Waiting (February 25, 2006)
Searching for Scotland (February 24, 2006)
On the Moon and Out of Lemonade (Anything But Tranquil) (March 2, 2006)
Land Ho! (Porta Delgada, The Azores) (February 18, 2006)
One of Those Days (February 18, 2006)
Will Day XXVII (February 15, 2006)
When We Meeyte (February 12, 2006)
The Modern Jalapeno Popper (February 11, 2006)
“The Village of Lean” (January 31, 2006)
Dear God (2006)
Is It In You? (December 28, 2005)
Twelve Dreams of Will (Soon to Occur, in Some Respect)(December 26, 2005)
The Improvised Christmas (December 25, 2005)
My Sister, The College Freshman (October 21, 2005)
Again Out to Sea (June 13, 2005)
Goings On (May 23, 2005)
Much Ado About a Chromosome (April 19, 2005)
The Skeletal Frame of Writings Never to Be (March 21 – April 9, 2005)
Fuss (March 22, 2005)
Braver Newer World (March 11, 2005)
The Cookies Were Good (March 3, 2005)
Better Go Pack (March 2, 2005)
Capturing a Streaming Light into a Glass Jar (February 6, 2005)
Princess is Outta Here (February 2, 2005)
Something About Going Out – Meeting my Doppelganger (January 31, 2005)
A Crank No More – The Impressive Mr. Owens (January 28, 2005)
From Molly in Japan (January 25, 2005)
Another Light Taken to Streaming (January 25, 2005)
A Perfect Poker Face (January 19, 2005)
The Mystery Deepens (January 15, 2005)
What’s an “Elrod?” (January 13, 2005)
Never Too Careful (January 11, 2005)
The Rush for (and of) Pen and Paper (December 29, 2004)
Much Needed Dimension (December 28, 2004)
Reached a Renascence (December 27, 2004)
A Seed Planted In Rock (November 24, 2004)
2004 Election (write) (Nov. 2004)
“Dessert, Sir?” (October 28, 2004)
Bottled Letters from Norfolk (September 30, 2004)
Welcome Aboard (September 28, 2004)
Advice to My Sister in High School (September 23, 2004)
The X-Rays Were Negative (September 11, 2004)
The Reluctant Sailor Chapter V: San Diego (August 18, 2004)
The Reluctant Sailor Chapter IV: Power School (August 17, 2004)
The Reluctant Sailor, Chapter III: “EM Doesn’t Stand for English Major” (August 15, 2004)
The Reluctant Sailor, Chapter II: Boot Camp (August 14, 2004)
The Reluctant Sailor, Chapter I: Soft Mad Children (August 11, 2004)
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Blank White Page (1999)
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A Strange New World I’m In (May 3, 1999)
Slow Down Ann (April 24, 1999)
Did Anyone Hear a “Snap?” (April 20, 1999)
Trapped in a Bottle (April 13, 1999)
New Definitions of Paradise (April 2, 1999)
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Tempting the Fates: My Journey Intro Lyric Writing (March 8, 1999)
Now What, Mrs. Robinson? (March 8, 1999)
Walking the Wire of the Secondrateparadise (February 9, 1999)
Finals: Day Three (I’ve Had Better) (December 16, 1998)
Finals: Day Two (December 15, 1998)
Finals: Day One (December 14, 1998)
What are the Chances (December 2, 1998)
Little D Returns (December 1, 1998)
Keeping Himself to a Higher Standard (November 30, 1998)
The Lost Day: May 15, 1997 (November 27, 1998)
Four Years…and Counting (November 25, 1998)
A Day in the Life of Me: So Much Little (November 24, 1998)
A Further Study in Dreams: A Whirlwind of Images (November 23, 1998)
Catching Up (November 23, 1998)
Amanda: What Is Love (November 2, 1998)
History Repeats (November 2, 1998)
Life Goes On (November 1, 1998)
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (October 31, 1998)
Back to Reality (September 4, 1998)
The Stretch Run (August 19, 1998)
Liar Liar, Pants on Fire… (August 18, 1998)
A Further Study in Dreams: Goin’ Back (August 14, 1998)
The Good, and Bad and the New (August 11, 1998)
The Third Annual Cochran Reunion (August 9, 1998)
Not Me at My Best (August 7, 1998)
Something From Nothing (August 6, 1998)
You Can Never Be Too Careful (August 4, 1998)
To Decatur and Back (August 3, 1998)
A Cast of Characters (July 30, 1998)
A Study in Dreams: No More, Please (July 30, 1998)
A Few Things (July 29, 1998)
Attempt at a Road Trip (July 28, 1998)
What Remains (July 27, 1998)
I Shall Now Insane (July 16, 1998)
Colin Klimt Experiences the Summer Fun (July 12, 1998)
All About the Music (July 8, 1998)
It’s About the Music (July 8, 1998)
At the House Church (July 5, 1998)
The Fourth (July 4, 1998)
Jill and I Talk (July 3, 1998)
Mind Games (July 3, 1998)
Sharon Walks (June 30, 1998)
Confessions of a Spent Youth (June 29, 1998)
Back to Macomb (June 28, 1998)
Party Poppers (June 27, 1998)
The Ferris Wheel From Hell (June 26, 1998)
I Swear This Really Happened (June 25, 1998)
Tom Comes to Town (June 21, 1998)
There are Only Two Things Guarenteed in Life: Death and Classes (June 19, 1998)
Life, College Style (June 18, 1998)
Starting to Feel at Home (June 17, 1998)
Fragments Six (June 16, 1998)
Fragments Five (June 15, 1998)
Sweet Six-cess (June 14, 1998)
River Ratting (June 13, 1998)
An American’s View of the World Cup (June 11, 1998)
Better Late Than Never (June 10, 1998)
Complications and Mishaps, Part II (June 9, 1998)
Complications and Mishaps, Part I (June 8, 1998)
Not an Exodus, Just a Return (June 7, 1998)
More Love? (June 3, 1998)
Ready to Return (June 3, 1998)
How I’m Getting Along (May 30, 1998)
Between the Teeth and C’s, Not a Great Day (May 21, 1998)
Thoughts in the Night (May 20, 1998)
Going to the Farm (May 20, 1998)
Will Davies Comes Over (May 18, 1998)
The Class of ’98 Bows Out (May 17, 1998)
One Year of Memiors (May 16, 1998)
One More, For the Road (May 14, 1998)
The End of the Love (May 14, 1998)
Was There Ever Anybody Out There?)
Odds and Ends II (May 13, 1998)
All But Over (May 13, 1998)
Odds and Ends I (May 8, 1998)
5.7.98 (May 7, 1998)
14 Days and Counting (April 30, 1998)
I Think I Can, I Think I Can (April 28, 1998)
Preparing for the Return (April 26, 1998)
SeekOut (April 23, 1998)
Enlightenment (April 23, 1998)
The “Kill-tron 3000” (April 23, 1998)
Sara, the New Vice-President (April 20, 1998)
Answering the Tempest Wind (April 20, 1998)
I Still Never Cease to Amaze Her (April 17, 1998)
Changes, Part III (April 17, 1998)
Changes, Part II (April 16, 1998)
Change is Inevitable (April 15, 1998)
Morning Blahs (April 15, 1998)
Grandpa Tells His Story (April 12, 1998)
Black Jelly Beans? (April 11, 1998)
A Letter Addressed to the Edge (April 10, 1998)
Sara, Katy, and Sidney (April 9, 1998)
This Letter Does Have a Title (April 2, 1998)
The Odyssey to the Iceman (March 30, 1998)
Seven Days of Futility (March 21, 1998)
“Warped” (March 14, 1998)
Forward to “Warped” (March 13, 1998)
“The End to Will Carlson” (March 13, 1998)
Jeremy Gets “Singled Out” and the Old Man Belts Out Another One (March 9, 1998)
What Makes a Jeremy Tick, Part III (March 3, 1998)
What Makes a Jeremy Tick, Part II (March 2, 1998)
What Makes a Jeremy Tick, Part I (March 1, 1998)
Havin’ a Ball (February 28, 1998)
News at a Glance (February 15, 1998)
The Love Baby Chalks Up Another One (February 14, 1998)
A Most Unexpected Breakup (February 13, 1998)
Fourth Floor Fragments (February 11, 1998)
Who Burned the Marshmellows (February 9, 1998)
I Met Neal… and Still Managed to Have a Good Weekend (February 8, 1998)
In Loving Memory of Jake “The Missile” Turtle (February 3, 1998)
Bad Cinema and Other Events of the Secondrateparadise (February 2, 1998)
Ramblings and Revelations (February 1, 1998)
The Strangest Day In Recorded History (January 31, 1998)
1.27.98 (January 27, 1998)
Time is the Time (to Remember) (January 19-22, 1998)
Volume Six: 21 Classic Pages of Nothing (January 13, 1998)
It’s Not That Simple (January 12, 1998)
The Vacation That Won’t End (January 8, 1998)
A Further Study in Dreams: Thine Own Evil Eye (January 8, 1998)
Will Carlson: A Look Inside (January 3, 1998)
1997: The Best…and Other (December 31, 1997)
A Letter to Sidney (December 31, 1997)
A Further Study in Dreams: Incoming (December 31, 1997)
1997: A Year in Review (December 30, 1997)
A Further Study in Dreams: A Marathon of Images (December 26, 1997)
One the Eve of Christmas (December 24, 1997)
One for the Books: Take a Bow: Volume Five (December 19, 1997)
One Down, Many More to Come (December 18, 1997)
“More Chronicles of an Artist,” By Jake Baskins (December 17, 1997)
Going Out With a Bang (and a Brain Camp) (December 16, 1997)
The (First) End is Upon Us (December 13, 1997)
The Expedition Back to Walmart (December 11, 1997)
TRY AGAIN LATER (December 10, 1997)
“A Day in the Life of the Artist” By Jake Baskins (December 10, 1997)
Experiencing History – Winter Wonderland (December 8, 1997)
Pestino and Baby Grand (December 6, 1997)
Old Man Winter Freezes the Hell Out of Macomb (December 5, 1997)
A Day in the Life of Me (December 1, 1997)
The Wind Never Blows So Cold Again (November 30, 1997)
A Who’s Who of the Fourth Floor (November 27, 1997)
Three (November 25, 1997)
Exciting Times in Elmwood and Other Falsities (November 22, 1997)
Goin’ Home for Turkey Day (November 21, 1997)
And So it Goes (November 20, 1997)
Love From the Fourth Floor (November 18, 1997)
As the Past Gives Way to the Present…and Future (November 16, 1997)
The Long Silent Voice Speaks Out (November 16, 1997)
This Side of Paradise (November 10, 1997)
Illinois State was Fun.. Until All Hell Broke Loose (November 9, 1997)
Ramblings from the Secondrateparadise (November 5, 1997)
What the Silence Said (November 4, 1997)
I Love This Day (October 31, 1997)
Weekend Fun II (October 26, 1997)
A Letter Through the Storm (October 21, 1997)
Goings On (October 15, 1997)
We Don’t Take Kindly to Werewolf Cars (October 9, 2997)
Home Coming (October 5, 1997)
Weekend Fun (September 29, 1997)
Tidbits (September 24, 1997)
Here’s Looking at You… You (September 17, 1997)
Uncomfortable (September 17, 1997)
More Notes on a Rainy Night (September 16, 1997)
More Love From the Fourth (September 10, 1997)
A Semi-understandable message (September 10, 1997)
Returning to the Garden (August 25, 1997)
Sidney’s Letter, E-mail, and Notes (August 19, 1997)
Fragments Four (August 18, 1997)
A Further Study in Dreams: Midnight Baseball (August 18, 1997)
Return of the Will File (August 16, 1997)
Fragments Three (August 15, 1997)
The Second Cochran Reunion, 118, and the Running (August 12, 1997)
The Definitive Synopsis of the First 1,013 Days (August 10, 1997)
The “Gathering” (August 9, 1997)
The Letter to 25% of My Class (July 29, 1997)
Party at Jim Camp’s, Everybody (July 28, 1997)
Home for the Weekend (July 27, 1997)
Similarities to Gump (July 25, 1997)
A Further Study in Dreams 2: Wow… (July 25, 1997)
Reminders (July 25, 1997)
Retrospective of My Summer (July 24, 1997)
Destination: Platteville – “Small Town” (July 20, 1997)
Life at WIU (July 18, 1997)
Writings in the Dark (June 20, 1997)
The Sonnet That Says It All (June 12-16, 1997)
Meet your Mates (June 11, 1997)
Metaphors are to Blame (June 10, 1997)
The First Day (of the Rest of My Life) (June 9, 1997)
The Exodus (June 8, 1997)
What is Destiny, Exactly? (June 8, 1997)
Searching Out the Past on the Family Farm (June 4, 1997)
A Light in My Darkest Hour (June 3, 1997)
Wrong Graduation – The “Last” Goodbye (June 2, 1997)
The Decision (May 30, 1997)
An Adventure of Davenport, Iowa (May 28, 1997)
As Night Begins to Progress (May 27, 1997)
I Know What Chicken Tastes Like (May 27, 1997)
Vegitating (May 26, 1997)
The Flaws of Carpe Diem (May 26, 1997)
Further Contents of the Package (May 25, 1997)
The Package (May 23, 1997)
A Further Study in Dreams (May 22, 1997)
The Experiment at Applebee’s, or The Disaster of Being Friends, with Afterthoughts (May 21, 1997)
My Career Comes to An End (May 21, 1997)
Ramblings from the Mind’s Eye (May 19, 1997)
Graduation…and So Much More (May 19, 1997)
Fragments One (May 18, 1997)
The Triumphant Return (May 16, 1997)
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The Lost Day: May 15, 1997 (*written November 27, 1998)
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Will Carlson, Signing Off (May 14, 1997)
We Will Just Have to See (May 13, 1997)
The Thin Ice (May 12, 1997)
The Break-up of a Very Brief Thing (Goodbye Blue Skies) (May 11, 1997)
A Study in Nightmares (May 8, 1997)
Confusion Sets In (May 8, 1997)
Will Turns Around in Oak Hill (May 7, 1997)
Preoccupation (May 6, 1997)
Wonderful Tonight (May 5, 1997)
Free-Flowing Thought (May 3, 1997)
It’s a Long Story… (May 2, 1997)
Beautiful Music Together (May 1, 1997)
The Letter (April 30, 1997)
Life, Will Style (April 29, 1997)
My Entire Foot Is Lodged in My Mouth (April 28, 1997)
Prom (April 27, 1997)
Enactments and More From “The Day” (April 25, 1997)
Crazy Eight (April 24, 1997)
Prom Looms Ahead (April 24, 1997)
The Ramblings of Sidney (April 23, 1997)
The End to This Naming Game (April 22, 1997)
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me (April 21, 1997)
Just Another Goofy Title for an Entry (April 20, 1997)
A Study in Dreams 9: The Comatose Vegetable (April 20, 1997)
A Compilation of Slightly More Than Nothing (April 20, 1997)
Sidney’s Unbirthday (April 18, 1997)
A Study in Dreams 8: A Prom Nightmare (April 18, 1997)
Moments in the Sun (April 17, 1997)
A Day in the Life of Me 6: The Journal, the Roses, and the Game(s) (April 16, 1997)
In Remembrance of Jackie Robinson (April 15, 1997)
There’s Some Point to This (April 14, 1997)
A Line or Two (April 12, 1997)
Voices from the Past Part II: The Second Coming (April 12, 1997)
The Two Hour Call (April 11, 1997)
The WIU Creative Writing Festival (April 11, 1997)
Some Weather We’re Having (April 10, 1997)
4-9-97 (April 9, 1997)
Another Day Closes Closes in the Seconrateparadise (April 8, 1997)
Another Day Dawns in the Secondrateparadise (April 8, 1997)
Volume Seven: Tales of Imperfection and Fiction (April 7, 1997)
Spitballing (April 7, 1997)
“The Voyage of the Relentless”-Chapter 2 (April 5, 1997)
Tidbits Part XXVI: Land of Confusion (April 5, 1997)
A Day in the Life of Me 5: This Entry Doesn’t Have a Title (April 2, 1997)
“The Voyage of the Relentless”-Chapter 1 (April 1, 1997)
Tidbits Part XXV: The Silver Tidbit (April 1, 1997)
On This Date in Will History (March 29, 1997)
Is This Heaven? (March 28, 1997)
Tidbits Part XXIV: Superman Isn’t Superman Without a Cape (March 28, 1997)
Complications Arise (March 26, 1997)
More That Must Be Said (March 26, 1997)
A Study in Dreams 7: The Trial of the Signature (March 26, 1997)
Mixed Feelings About the Outcome of the Day (March 25, 1997)
On to Greener Pastures:Towards Being the Perfect Person and Other Fiction (March 24, 1997)
“Sure, if you want to” (March 24, 1997)
Tidbits Part XXIII: I’ve Got to Get a Grip (March 23, 1997)
A Study in Dreams 6: Things Get Stranger (March 23, 1997)
Further Thoughts on the Situation (March 22, 1997)
A Day in the Life of Me 4: Sidney’s Letter, Opening Night, and More (March 20, 1997)
A Study in Dreams 5: The Pod-People Come to Elmwood (March 20, 1997)
Playing Favorites (March 18, 1997)
Number Three Rides Again (March 17, 1997)
Secondrateparadise (March 15, 1997)
Tidbits Part XXI: The Tidbit Strikes Back (March 12, 1997)
If We Learn From Failure Then I’m a Genius (March 5, 1997)
My Glory Days: A Tale of Trials and Tribulations on the Diamond (March 4, 1997)
A Study in Dreams 4: Dreaming is Dangerous to Your Health (March 1, 1997)
Pastime Paradise and the Obvious Child (February 27, 1997)
Tidbits Part XX: The Incremental Continuation of a Saga (February 26, 1997)
Tidbits Part XIX: The Boy in the Bubble (February 25, 1997)
A Study in Dreams 3: Distorted Visions of Reality (February 24, 1997)
A Study in Dreams 2: The Sequel (February 23, 1997)
The First Journals Part II: An Utter Day in Heck (February 22, 1997)
An “INFJ” Kinda Guy (1997)
Volume Five: Short and Sweet (February 19, 1997)
Beginnings and Endings (February 17, 1997)
The 20 All-Time Greatest Entries (February 16, 1997)
The First Journals Part I: Entries From Long Ago (February 15, 1997)
The Love Baby Turns Eighteen (February 14, 1997)
Voices From the Past (February 12, 1997)
Memories Like These (February 11, 1997)
From Humble Beginnings (February 10, 1997)
Tidbits Part XVIII: Bitaphobia (February 7, 1997)
From the Heart: Reflections on Me (February 4, 1997)
Tidbits Part XVII: A Bit of This, A Bit of That (February 3, 1997)
Basketfest Part III: Just a Dang Good Day (January 31, 1997)
Basketfest Part II: In Full Swing (January 29, 1997)
The Beginning to Basketfest (January 27, 1997)
They Might Not Be Happy Endings, But They’re Still Endings (January 26, 1997)
Volume Four Bites the Dust (January 19, 1997)
The Pages Speak (January 17, 1997)
Tidbits Part XV: The Special Edition (January 15, 1997)
What is This World Coming To? (January 15, 1997)
On a Serious Note (January 11, 1997)
A Method to the Madness (January 11, 1997)
Just Another Day (January 9, 1997)
Tidbits Part XIV: Egypt Is Quite French, You Know (January 7, 1997)
The Sum of Many Parts (January 6, 1997)
On the Verge of “Senior Year Part 2” (January 5, 1997)
A Lazy Day Entry (January 1, 1997)
All Good Things Come to An End (December 30, 1996)
Hub Update (December 27, 1996)
What a Long, Strange Day (December 26, 1996)
Christmas ’96 (December 25, 1996)
“My Day –A Poem of High School” (December 23, 1996)
(Almost) Tales from the Hub of Entertainment (December 22, 1996)
Tidbits Part XIII: Brief Scrawls of Friendship (December 20, 1996)
“The Day the Sun Went Out” (December 20, 1996)
Christmas Update (December 19, 1996)
A Study in Dreams (December 19, 1996)
A Light at the End of the Tunnel (December 18, 1996)
Tidbits Part XII: Lines and Spaces (December 15, 1996)
SEMESTER TESTS! RUN… AGAIN! (December 14, 1996)
My Future Predictions (December 9, 1996)
Tidbits Part XI: Angus Sheds Us of Country Music Once Again (December 6, 1996)
“The Tale of Two Deaths” (December 4, 1996)
Christmas Walk Part III: It’s a Miss (December 4, 1996)
Christmas Walk Part II: The First Try (December 3, 1996)
“Alone -A Poem” (December 3, 1996)
Eric Reviews the Top 12 (December 2, 1996)
Christmas Walk Part I: Blueprints to the Plan (December 2, 1996)
Where the Dancing is Fun, Fun, Fun (November 31, 1996)
Thanksgiving – My Grandma Carlson (November 29, 1996)
Tidbits Part X: Overachieving (November 25, 1996
The Descent into the Maelstrom of My Mind (November 22, 1996)
In Other News… (November 19, 1996)
“Devil’s Advocate” (1996)
More Me (November 18, 1996)
A Nightmare I Had When I Was Six (November 17, 1996)
On the Subject O’ Love (November 12, 1996)
Tidbits Part VIII: Look at Them Go (November 10, 1996)
More Letters (November 8, 1996)
Tidbits Part VII: New President, Same as the Old President (November 7, 1996)
A Day in the Life of Me 3: Crazed in the Head (November 5, 1996)
Another Day in the Life of Me (November 4, 1996)
Artistic Endeavors – Further Reflections (November 3, 1996)
To All Concerned, A Letter By Me (October 31, 1996)
The Trips to Chicago (Words Backhanded) (October 30, 1996)
This Just In… (October 25, 1996)
Will Carlson, Professional Procrastinator (October 10, 1996)
A Thought About My Senior Year (October 5, 1996)
I’m a Bears and Cubs Fan, Pity Me (October 4, 1996)
Homecoming (September 30, 1996)
Final Preparations (September 22, 1996)
Elmwood’s Got a Football Team? (September 20, 1996)
How I Spent Three Hours at a Pizza Hut – New Job (September 17, 1996)
Tidbits Part IV: Better People, Better Times (September 10, 1996)
Why I Write This Thing Anyway ( September 9, 1996)
The Great Fix-Up (September 8, 1996)
The First Game (We Lost) (September 6, 1996)
Homecoming on My Mind (September 5, 1996)
The Question of Homecoming – The License Thing (August 29, 1996)
Back to the Grindstone – The Night – The Day I Grew Up (August 27, 1996)
The Great Pow-Wow (August 18, 1996)
Western – Summer Life (August 9, 1996)
Iowa State? (August 7, 1996)
Long Time No See – Mexico (June 29, 1996)
Baseball – Walt – Summer Plans (May 13, 1995)
Sports Quickies (April 6, 1995)
Tidbits Part III: The Return of Jordan (March 13, 1995)
Boys of Summer in Winter (March 4, 1995)
The War of the Rose Part V: The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (February 23, 1995)
The War of the the Rose Part IV: So Far, So Good (February 15, 1995)
The War of the Rose Part III: The Day (February 14, 1995)
The War of the Rose Part II: The Plan Realized (February 12, 1995)
The War of the Rose Part I: The Beginning (February 6, 1995)
Tidbits Part II (February 1, 1995)
That Was Deep, Man (January 31, 1995)
Future Plans (January 26, 1995)
Baseball – Scholastic Bowl – An Emma Moment (January 10, 1995)
The Day My House Burned Down – The Bomb (January 7, 1995)
The Game (Let’s Play Two!) (January 4, 1995)
Christmas ’94 (December 27, 1994)
D-Day (Semester Test Grades Incoming) (December 23, 1994)
A Reflection on Christmas (December 15, 1994)
It’s a Holly, Jolly Christmas (December 12, 1994)
An Emma Kind of Day (December 8, 1994)
SEMESTER TESTS! RUN! (December 7, 1994)
Mr. Buff (December 6, 1994)
Tidbits (December 1, 1994)
Gym – The Lunch Ladies (December 1, 1994)
Let’s Start from the Beginning (November 29, 1994)
A Day in the Life of Me (November 28, 1994)
Introduction from the Author (November 25, 1994)
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