I began blogging in February 2005, when a friend (Juanna Underwood) invited me to join a particular blogging site. After nearly six years on that site (Xanga), I finally decided to host my own blogs, via WordPress. In 2018, I made another switch, handcoding these blog pages without the help of blogging software. As always, wilcfry.com is my home page, the portal to all my various homes on the web.

1. Anything you see on this blog dated prior to Feb. 2005 has been copied from my written or typed journals. I’ve kept the dates as accurate as possible for those entries.

2. Anything from Feb. 2005 through Jan. 2011 was originally posted on Xanga and later imported here. So there are missing comments, incorrect times for entries, missing images, broken formatting, etc., because the third-party script I used to import those entries wasn’t perfect. It was just the only way.

3. If you do see missing pictures, broken links, or wonky formatting, please let me know:

4. I write this blog primarily for me. For years, it took the place of the paper journal that I kept for many years. And now, even though I keep a private journal, this is where I occasionally add personal life items that I think others might be interested in. If you find it interesting, feel free to tag along, but don’t ever feel that I’m obligated to keep you interested.

But I also write the blog so that I don’t have to tell the same stories a dozen times. This was one of the most frustrating things about pre-internet life for me. So don’t be surprised if you ask a question and I answer by providing a link to a blog entry. That means: “I’ve already told the story once; why don’t you read it there?”

5. Many older entries are still hosted via WordPress — until I figure out how to switch them over.

6. Read more about me here.