A month ago I was visiting my club’s sister club and the next meeting they announced they were opening up last year’s time capsule and starting one for next year. They flipped the time capsule idea on its head, though. Rather than stuffing it with Hannah Montana ticket stubs or other 2008 kitsch memorabilia, during the meeting they will write down their goals for the next year and put that into the capsule. I guess they bring in note cards and crayons to write on to keep it informal. A year later they open the capsule and see how well they achieved it.

I may actually try this with my club one day, too, especially that we have a permanent home again. I couldn’t part with my Hannah Montana ticket stubs anyway.

[5/20 Addendum] I just saw one of those alarmist pieces on the news about people’s myspace pages of them intoxicated or worse getting them in trouble. In case some future employer or date comes snooping around here and it’s not obvious, the Hannah Montana thing was a joke. Really!