Archive for August, 2008
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Tribute to a Toastmaster
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I read a great post today on the life lessons from a Toastmaster who passed away recently. It’s well worth the read:
Lessons From Ron Lewison (1938-2008)
Louis
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
“Olympic Fever” Meeting Recap 08/13/08
Hey Ya Toastmasters!
Ahhh, the Olympics. There’s nothing like watching women’s beach volleyball, women’s gymnastics and women’s washing cars in bikinis events. I hear there’s something going on in men’s swimming but who watches that?
Getting into the theme like no one else can was our Toastmaster Amy. She had on her red, white [...]
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Sunday, August 10th, 2008
“What’s in a Name?” Meeting Recap 08/06/08
Dear Capital City Friends:
We had a fantastic turnout this week. It was good to see so some old members return after some time away. Plus, we had four visitors. It was a full house.
Rey enthusiastically led the packed room and taught us the meanings of our names. Some proved 100% true. Wendy means “sweet.” Bert [...]
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
“The Indelible Idiom” Meeting Recap 07/30/08
Dear Capital City Friends:
Wendy had a field day with idioms this week, teaching us the origins of “dead ringer” (a nearly identical horse swapped out for the real things to trick bookies) and “mad as a hatter” (that hat makers were exposed to and suffered negative effects of mercury).
Lora kept with the theme of the [...]
