Meeting Notes - November 8th

"When I was just a wee little lad, full of health and joy
my father homeward came one night, he gave to me a toy
a wonder to behold it was, with many colors bright
the first time I layed eyes on it, it became my hearts delight

It went zip when it moved, and pop when it stopped
and whirred when it stood still
I never knew just what it was, and I guess I never will."

-Peter, Paul, and Mary

Gadgets, was the theme for today's meeting. Dave Trzupek is a gadget junkie, and he shared this interest with us. Explaining what a gadget is, and giving several examples.


The word of the day was....


Novelty - 1: something new or unusual 2: the quality or state of being novel 3: a small manufactured article intended mainly for personal or household adornment - usually used in the plural 4: something that provides often fleeting amusement and is often based on a theme - often used attributively.



.... which fit right in with the theme.



We enjoyed two speeches on this day. One by Karen Lang and the other by Eric Peterson. Karen "got to the point," in her manual speech providing us with some interesting information about our natural preferences for Expressiveness. I'm on the left side of the second-third, for those who haven't guessed.



Eric worked upon the theme of "The Emperor's New Clothes," entertaining us with his good humor about having to pretend he knows less than he does, though he knows more, in order to maintain the illusion that he isn't capable of doing what he can do, though he clearly can, and will do what he can when he is deemed ripe for it; all in an effort to, not rock the boat and upset the emperor.



During table topics we all shared something novel about ourselves, which was an enjoyable way to learn a bit about each speaker. We were treated to an excellent table topic presented by our guest Pat O'Brien.



Next week we look forward to hearing an Ice-Breaker from Aaron Sapp. John Wierzba will be our Toastmaster. I shall give a speech from the story-telling manual.



-D.