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Due to writer’s strike, Jenny Brookover’s recap will be written by Keith Smith, the dirty scab

Capital City Sneezers,

I’ve been ITCHING to do one of these recaps and now the time has come! MMMMMMBWWWWAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I just wish I could remember what happened yesterday.

There will be mucus, so stated our Toastmaster Brendan with his timely “Cedar Fever” theme. Promises, promises. I saw none but I did feel something sticky when I shook his hand. He humored us by sharing his personal experience with cedar fever which he managed to avoid for a time but then succumbed. We discovered his ultra-competitive nature when he shared his strategy for throwing off his golfing partner - shake a cedar tree and cover him in icky, sneezy cedar stuff.

The ever-cheerful Maureen was our Table Topic Master and she mastered the role supplying our participants with great questions. Lora’s cure for cedar fever includes getting in bed, resting but mainly centers on alcohol - the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems. Taline would never use cedar fever as an excuse to call in sick to work, SUPPOSEDLY she would never make up any excuse - of course a couple of her coworkers were in the audience. And Albert’s secret to a good gin martini is lots of veggies - and he explained that within the alloted time!

Zach gave an ice-breaker for our club though he’s not a first timer. Previous Toastmaster participation helped him attain leadership roles in several organizations, gave him confidence to accomplish many fantastical goals and gave him the power to move objects with his mind. Ania gave a passionate speech that included regeneration of teeth through visualization (or at least the attempt), some personal struggles and discovery. Finally, John kept our attention with his fine voice, enthusiasm and body gestures during his reading of an excerpt from a book by a New York City High School teacher’s experience on the job. Hardly anyone noticed his zipper was undone.

Wendy evaluated for the first time and did a great job providing valuable feedback to John. Louis and Patrick chimed in evaluating Ania and Zach, respectively. The Chief Evaluator was stunning and god-like.

And the winners were -

Best Table Topic: Albert Cantara
Best Speaker: John Schmidt
Best Evaluator: Wendy Fisher
Most Enthusiastic: Ania Joseph
Best Use of Humor: Brendan “there will be mucus” Owens

I think I’m supposed to add more stuff here but, hey, I get paid half of what Jenny does.