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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 day as Table Topics Master. Tickled pink that she was called on for a Table Topic, Maureen cracked us up with her southern drawl and explained that her pork barrel legislation of choice would be incentives for the wine industry. Carol, when asked how she learned the facts of life, didn’t blush even once in explaining that she was a good girl and didn’t learn those facts until she was taught them in school. (Did anyone think Lora was asking about Blair, Tootie, Natalie, Jo and Mrs. Garrett in asking that particular question?) Staci loved Carol’s question so much that she ignored her own about the last time she had to smooth over some ruffled feathers and gave a true example of the awkwardness that can arise in a mother/daughter facts of life discussion. Staci, you may be calling yourself a new kid on the Table Topics block, but you swung like an old pro today.

Once Lora pulled the plug on Table Topics, we lent our ears to the prepared speeches. Taline was a basket case, but somehow managed to ramble about her recent New York City adventures with her niece and her perhaps over the top commitment to avoid unnecessary purchases for an entire year. Jenny then delivered a doozy of a speech, explaining that she’s a believer in Myers-Briggs personality testing and that she’s at peace with the fact that she needs 30 minute of silence at the start of her day while her cubemate needs to spew his thoughts.

Rey generally evaluated, though she was not playing with a full deck and somehow confused Stuart with Corky. Corky (the real thing) assessed the black and white nature of Taline’s presentation. Louis raised a glass to Jenny’s delivery, despite a look he perceived to be an unintended indication of her disgust for people who read books. (Did anyone else see that look?)

Corky, I mean, Stuart acted as timer and gave perhaps the shortest timers’ report ever. Apparently, someone recently told him to pipe down, and he took it to heart. Leeanne hit the ground running by tackling the grammarian role her first meeting back. We’re happy to have you back, Leeanne!

Staci’s chuckle had us in stitches, poking fun at our club’s first and mildly disastrous attempt at using nametags.

Wendy, make no bones about it, you hit the nail on the head with this theme.

Great meeting, everyone.

Ribbon Winners -
Best Table Topic: Maureen
Best Speaker: Taline
Best Evaluator: Corky
Most Enthusiastic: Wendy
Best Use of Humor: Maureen