Well, maybe you do and maybe you don't. In February of 2005, I dumped the blog I had been keeping for two years, and started over from scratch. While this was a good move at the time, I never had the intention of keeping those archives private forever.

Ladies and gents, the full archives have returned. Which means that if you you're a relatively recent arrival at this site, you can now peruse the events of my life all the way back to early 2003. Lucky you.

Not everything was stellar, and you can tell by the earliest posts that it took me a while to figure out why I was keeping an online journal and how to go about it exactly. So to help you out, I've created a list of links to what I feel are my best posts from that time. I hope you enjoy them.

My Life In Music | Though it's a meme, this might just be my favorite post ever. And it gets me excited yet again for the whole Mix Tape Madness club, which should be kicking in with its first mailing any day now.

2003: The Year In Pictures | An odd delivery system, but check out these photos. Those were some good times, right there.

Barrettchase.com Interviews Barrett Chase | My sarcastic explanation of my common-law divorce.

My Second-Place Bowling Acceptance Speech | For a while, we all went bowling every week. This was written the day after the first time I'd bowled in years.

Weekend Wrap-Up | I hope I didn't take weekends like this for granted back then, because I could use a weekend like this more than anything else in the world right now. It has been so, so, SO long.

Christmas Eve Dialog | In the fall of 2004, my mom almost died. She recovered, but not nearly enough to cook Christmas dinner. Here's a glimpse of the hilarity that insued when no one was at the helm.

Up Above Us | A review of some various ceilings I've slept under. I'm not kidding.

Fond Irving Memories, Parts One and Two | Some stories from the greatest/worst apartment building in Duluth. It was incredibly beautiful. Every apartment was unique. It was where I went to elementary school. But it was so, so ghetto.

Barrett's Straight-to-Video Paradise, Parts One and Two | You know I like the cheesy movies. Here are my own ideas for some lurid flicks.

Thoughts on Jason Johnson | Some of my thoughts on a particular co-worker of mine. Since this was written, we have both been transferred to another, saner facility, where we have actually spoken to one another. I found out that he voted for me for "best cartoonist" in the Ripsaw's Sawyer Awards, even though the category did not exist. Rock on, JJ.

Truth On Tap | A bit of an online meltdown I had when my mom was in intensive care. I hated seeing it at the time, but now I'm kind of glad I vented in that way. (For the record, my mom is relatively OK now, homebound and on oxygen, and certainly not doing backflips or, well, anything for that matter. But at least not in the hospital.)

There's more in the archives, too, which I'm probably not remembering. Peruse if you want. Or not. I don't really care.

PS: I'd also like to point out that I miss doing The Recliner Sessions, and I'm kinda proud of these two ads I designed.