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 have them. 

Li’s word of the day was “Savvy,” as in techno-savvy

Brian’s Table Topics gave Amy, Cynthia, Corky, Taline, and Albert a chance to rant about cell phones, iPhones, Facebook, teenagers, texting, and tweeting. Carol Conner was not in the house, so Cynthia channeled Carol and danced and sang, and as we all know, this is the surest way to walk off with the ribbon.

Is it a purse?  Is it a calendar?  Is it a feedbag?  No, it was the visual aid for Brenda’s second speech, a flip-chart on a string, featuring photos of flies.  I have been a Toastmaster for twelve years now and I have never seen anything quite like it.  Each fly represented an aspect of communication, and  Brenda discussed each one as an analogy.  Sort of.  Kind of.  Maybe.  Corky, as Brenda’s evaluator, confessed he couldn’t completely figure it out and prefers to be spoon-fed.  Again, we applaud Brenda for jumping in as a new member, signing up for speeches, trying new things, and confounding Corky.

Heather did it again!  An endearing, touching, informative, thought-provoking speech, thoroughly infused with humor.  This speech was about her realization that her daily thoughts were like annoying bugs buzzing in her brain, taking up her time, and preventing her from living her life fully.  Her casserole of random thoughts was crazy funny and her demonstration of trying to breathe according to the new instructions learned at meditation class while driving the car were priceless. Maria evaluated Heather with praise and suggestions for the future.

And it all wrapped up quite nicely with Stuart’s chuckle: When people meet online and fall in love they become “Tweet-hearts”  

Congratulations to our Ribbon Winners:

  • Best Speaker: Heather
  • Best Table Topic: Cynthia
  • Best Evaluator: Corky
  • Most Enthusiasm: Cynthia
  • Best Humor: Heather

The Humorous Speech and Table Topics contest was announced for Wednesday Spetember 8. 

I’m in!

See you next week!