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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
“Spring Fever” – 03/24/2010
Spring is here. It is time to tackle that yard work you’ve been putting off all winter or time to clean out the closet from all those clothes you keep holding onto hoping they’ll come back in style. Wednesday’s meeting was all about spring-cleaning, spring projects and starting anew or de nevo (Wednesday’s word of [...]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
“Hidden Talents” – 03/17/2010
We all have hidden talents and today we got to learn and see some of our fellow toastmasters’ secret skills. Erin led this unconventional St. Patrick’s Day meeting with plenty of support from other toastmasters including Taline who spoke cat to get the meeting rolling. Brian was Table Topics Master for the day. He confessed [...]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
“The Oscar© You Deserve” – 03/10/2010
Capital City Toastmasters had its day at the Oscars with Patrick serving as the host – his enthusiasm kept everything running smoothly. It was a meeting to be remembered with highlights like Stuart taking home the lifetime achievement award, Becky earning an award for visual effects, and Joey with his first Oscar for sound and [...]
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010
“Amy’s Away: Let’s Be Serious” – 03/03/2010
With Amy away, Albert attempted to lead us in a somber, serious meeting wholly devoid of any fun of any sort. (If you believe this, I have ocean-front property to sell you in Arizona.) Our Emperor did attempt to lead us in a serious meeting, but Taline’s fits of giggles, Carol’s shrieks of laughter, and [...]
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
“Rodeo” – 02/17/2010
Maria served as Madame Toastmaster for today’s Rodeo themed meeting. Kristina chipped in with an invocation to start the meeting and wise words to close the meeting: “Cowboys, don’t squat with your spurs on.” Stuart, an experienced Rodeo Clown, served as Timer and Patrick with a southern drawl was General Evaluator. Louis was Table Topics [...]
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Friday, February 12th, 2010
“Battle of the Sexes” – 02/10/2010
Amy “The Sledgehammer” served as referee for our annual Battle of the Sexes meeting. As Amy pointed out, it is a wonderful way to celebrate Valentine’s Day – creating animosity and cutthroat competition between men and women. It was a tough battle with both genders putting up a good fight in each competitive category: Best [...]
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Sunday, February 7th, 2010
“Ground Hog Day” – 02/03/2010
Robert served as Toastmaster for our “Ground Hog Day” meeting and helped lift our spirits despite the six more weeks of winter we face. Lora pitched in as Table Topics Master picking Neil, Amy, and Brenda to answer questions. From Neil we learned working in manufacturing is a lot like ground hog’s day, where you [...]