PERSONAL ESSAYS
(a weekly letter to friends) 

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True Story
(December 11, 2001)

Curling
(November 17, 2001)

In the Como Woods
(October 26, 2001)

Perspective
(October 8, 2001)

Message from America to Its CEOs
(September 17, 2001)

United States
(September 17, 2001)

When You Meet a Classmate Who Has Been Burned
(September 17, 2001)

My Showdown with Peter Ostroushko
(September 17, 2001)

Richard Broderick
"By the Waters of Babylon"
(September 15, 2001)

Florence McCready
(September 12, 2001) 

It'll Never Happen Again (September 4, 2001) 

My Breakfast with Eugene (August 1, 2001) 

The Lightning That Doesn't Stop... (July 17, 2001) 

Upon This Rock ... (July 11, 2001) 

The Big Bonito (July 11, 2001) 

Thompson's Chicken Ranch (June 30, 2001) 

Charles Manson and the Sons of Troy (July 11, 2001) 

Camping on the Faultline (July 11, 2001) 

Mail Order Ministry (June 30, 2001) 

Hippie Days (June 27, 2001) 

Bing Cherries (June 17, 2001) 

A Tale of Two Hilltops (June 13, 2001) 

The Busy, Busy Day (June 3, 2001) 

Like a Rolling Stone (Memorial Day 2001) 

A Ghostwriter's Tale (May 24, 2001) 

7th Grade (May 14, 2001) 

Serpent (May 6, 2001) 

The Showboat (April 29, 2001) 

A Stab at the Truth (April 25, 2001) Plus: FEEDBACK

Squandered Resistance (April 17, 2001)

The Shoe at the Top of the Stairs (April 17, 2001)

River Rise (April 10, 2001)

Poodle Update (April 1, 2001)

Mr. Finley Goes to Washington (April 1, 2001)

The Unnatural (March 22, 2001)

Forget It, Jake (March 14, 2001)

The Greatest Party Ever Held (March 18, 2001) 

Down with Freedom (March 11, 2001) 

Lucinda McKenzie (March 7, 2001)  

Bully Pulpit (March 9, 2001) 

A Day in the Life (February 5, 2001)

The Coach's Daughter (February 18, 2001)

Get Away! (January 17, 2001)

Don't Bother me (December 8, 2000)

Republicans and Democrats (December 15, 2000)

Pass the Test (December 13, 2001)

The Blue Bicycle (December 25, 2001)

COLUMNS & ARTICLES 
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Twenty Minute Dialogue (November 3, 2001)

Heroes & Martyrs (October 28, 2001)

The Big Schmooze
(October 14, 2001)

The Abdication of Journalism (September 10, 2001)

Minnesota, South Dakota, and Missouri (August 26, 2001)

One Big Happy (August 19, 2001)

O Canada (July 29, 2001)

Go Fourth (July 4, 2001)

The Ghost of Future Shoes (June 29, 2001)

80s Nostalgia (June 29, 2001)

Teams and Politics (June 22, 2001)

The Man from IBM  (June 15, 2001)

New Medical Conditions (June 4, 2001)

Dark Thoughts (June 11, 2001)

Red Wheelbarrow (May 18, 2001)

What Can I Do About Porn Spam? (May 5, 2001)

The Next Big Bastard (April 20, 2001)

My Little Town (April 13, 2001)

The Moment of Truth (April 6, 2001)

Panhandlers (March 30, 2001)

The Kournikova Virus

A Pirate's Life for Me  

Revolutionary Blood (February 2, 2001)

Twenty Four Seven (February 1, 2001)

Professor Pervo's Credenza (February 23, 2001) 

Future Shoes Walking (February 2001)

Death to the Team (February 9, 2001)

David & Goliath (January 26, 2001)

Up Burning (January 12, 2001)

The Other Side of the Tracks (January 2001)

Moron Awards 2001 (December 31, 2000)

The Trouble with Time (December 8, 2001)

The Boat Is Full (December 2, 2001)

 Diversions     

I write Diversions monthly for print editions of Computer User. 

Happy Defragmentation (November 2001)

When Worlds Collide (September 2001)

I'm from Missouri (Now) (August 2001)

The United States of Microsoft (July 2001)

Secure Premises (April 2001)

Twenty Four Seven (February 1, 2001)

Lost in Space (March 2001)

A View from the Bluff (January 2001)

The Other Side of the Tracks (January 2001)

The Trouble with Time (December 8, 2001)

The Other Side of the Tracks (December 1, 2000)

The Worst Technologies of the Last 1,000 Years (December 2000)

Cellar, Beware (December 2000)