Archive for July, 2010
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Bring on the Technology Pet Peeves
Toastmaster Robert Horan picked a theme that was at once high-tech and nostalgic. Our agenda was the coolest: an image of an old fashioned typewriter, taking up most of the page, with all the roles succinctly stated in a narrow strip on the right. The theme? Pet Peeves about Modern Technology. And don’t we all [...]
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Junk Food Junkie
Hot Dogs, HoHos, Reese’s Puffs Cereal, Coke, Fries…and that was just the agenda. Cynthia made her debut as Toastmaster and did a dynamite job of it. Brenda did her Ice Breaker. It was a Magical Mystery Tour, hilarious and meandering and thought-provoking and endearing all at once, with a sweet ending that let us know [...]
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Thursday, July 15th, 2010
“Charisma: Letting the Inner Light Shine” – 07/14/2010
Our Emperor was our Toastmaster today and our theme was “Charisma: Letting The Inner Light Shine.” When Amber opened with an invocation defining charisma as a state of caring about others, Albert realized he had unwittingly picked a theme that focused on others, rather that on his majestic self! How did this happen! (By the [...]
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
“The Radio” – 07/07/2010
Our July 7th meeting was outstanding. Our Toastmaster was Brendan and our official theme was The Radio. We learned that Brendan deeply loves the radio. We were taken on a tour of every radio selection button in his car, what it is programmed to, and why, and even how. Cynthia urged us to eat organic meat rather than meat [...]
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Friday, July 2nd, 2010
“Hooray for Rey!” – 06/30/2010
June 30th was a great day to be a member of Capital City Toastmasters. It was a meeting full of celebrations and milestones. It was the end of Rey’s term as president, and her last meeting with us before her move to Washington. The tears started right away when our Invocator Patrick led us in “You [...]