I was cleaning out my paper planner yesterday and I stumbled upon some of my journal writings from late 1997 through early 1998 where the initial ideas and ruminations that led to Real Joe first began percolating. It was oddly inspiring to read this stuff. Maybe it was seeing that the foundation for Joe was deep and a long time in incubation, which in turn reinforced my conviction to persist. I think I’ll gather these writings and post them on the website somplace as a pre-weblog history of Joe. I don’t know if anyone else will find them interesting but since they help inspire me, and since they’re already written, why the hell not?