Summer is over and gone, over and gone...how long until frost?

Hello. I haven't written much recently, because I was off gallivating about the Tampa Bay area doing various high school reunion-related activities, and also going through my books and papers that were in the storage closet. Now that I'm back in L.A., there's just so many possibilities...

1. How weird it is to rent a car in your hometown.
2. Why the traffic lights in L.A. are much better than the ones in Tampa.
3. The elation of winning the Most Eligible Bachelor award at the high school reunion, and the heartbreak of having the trophy broken into three pieces by Delta Airlines' crack baggage handlers.
4. Pepsi Blue and Dr Pepper Red Fusion: why available in Tampa, but not in L.A. (for that matter, 2-liter bottles of Cherry Coke are also readily available in Tampa but nowhere to be found in L.A.).
5. Something sentimental about sorting through the artifacts of one's life.
6. "Charlotte's Web" (source of the headline quote): best book ever?

However, any essays resulting from those topics above would pale in comparison to one of the artifacts I uncovered, which I consider to be the best thing I've ever written. On May 15, 1994, I filled in as secretary for the government meeting in my college dorm, the Communications Residential College at Northwestern University. After the meeting, I wrote up the minutes in the style of TV Guide. And I even copied the "look" of TV Guide through the magic of desktop publishing. I can't show you these minutes, but here's a sample, in plain text form:

(13) PAGE THREE?--Comedy 1234
Co-editor Jim (Jim Ellwanger) announces his intention of putting out an edition of the FEast this Friday. However, he doesn't get enough submissions, dooming the effort to failure. Jason Kaifesh has a cameo.
(18) MOVIE--Drama 2:00 *** 2439123
"You'd Better Do the Phonathon or Else: The Andrew Hoeveler Story." Andrew Hoeveler plays himself in this fact-based 1994 TV-movie chronicling the efforts of the head of CRC Productions to finish two film projects and a video project. Highlights include the 10:00 Monday main lounge meeting scene.
Additional Cast
Wade Carney....Himself
Josh Grossberg....Himself
(23) WELCOME FRESHMEN 7551230
New Student Week chair Levi (Levi Stahl) calls a meeting for Tuesday at 11 PM in 2-Blue.

Anyway, yes, it's all loaded with references that people who didn't live there during the 1993-94 school year probably won't get, but I think it's both funny and informative. (Apparently, some others didn't think so, because when I ran for secretary myself a year later, fully intending to do minutes in parody form like this every week, I, uh, lost the election.)