We had a fun meeting today. We were a little short on audience, but long on participation.
John Wierzba, lead the meeting as Toastmaster with the theme of cards. Playing cards precisely. John provided us with some history about cards. How did the deck get to 52? Why does the Ace of Spades bear the makers information? Can you make a bomb out of the hearts and diamonds? These questions, all but the last one (look it up), filled the dead air and kept the meeting moving.
Aaron Sapp entertained us with his ice-breaker today. Aaron's a natural speaker who introduced us to him, his family, and his interests via a Powerpoint presentation, providing graphs to highlight information about his life. One of his daughters is has above normal sass, as measured against an average.
I provided his final speech from the Interpretive Reading manual. I'll be happy to say good-bye to that manual. It turns out, I'm more comfortable with my own words. It's been a learning experience in any case.
Dave Trzupek hectored us with Table Topics around a space theme. Do astronauts wear diapers? Funny thing is, as many a parent can confirm, diapers are a convenience that many kids aren't all that happy to give up. My question is, once the astronauts wear the diapers have any of them decided it's not such a bad way to go?
We were pleased to see Connie Pshigoda come back. Not the least, because she filled in as timer, ah-counter, and grammarian.
There's no meeting next week as we should all be fattening up for the winter. Following that the next meeting looks like....
Toastmaster: Aaron Sapp
Speakers: Gary Fuller and Eric Peterson
Evaluators: Connie Pshigoda and Janet Reese
Table Topics: Karen Lang
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