I will miss these. You really nail the essence and humor. Thank you so much. I
am not sure I want your “bad boy” working in my personal space. Perhaps a
“good boy” would ease my anxiety.
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On Dec 24, 2019, at 5:40 PM, Alan Wong
<drwongdds27@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:drwongdds27@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Greetings Fellow Toastmasters,
Toastmaster of the evening was our most wonderful Jeff Stoll. There were
twelve members and four (yes, four) guests. Theme was Christmas Trivia. Why
was Charlie Brown depressed about Christmas. One of the choices was because
his friend was in the psychiatric ward. Not the correct answer but it was my
favorite answer.
Highlights of the Evening
1. Ray Pezolt was our first speaker and he gave his speech on global
distribution network. Is something burning? 14.3 quintillion joules of
energy. Ray's Christmas speech has become tradition and it never gets old.
This was probably his best delivery of his speech ever. It was outstanding.
2. Robin McIntosh gave his speech on: Is Concrete Hard? Best time to pour
concrete is in the fall because of the leaf patterns. Three things are certain
in life. Death, taxes, and cracks in concrete. I was the third speaker and I
gave my Ice Breaker Speech. Working in my Dad's Liquor store, pillow case man,
and Amigo.
3. Katelynn Pau was our table topics master. Dirk with Elves smell like
sulfer. Ashley our newest member (yay) with Christmas in another country and
Dan our guest wanting a Hot Rod.
4. Our General Evaluator was Pattie Apple. Bill Farrand with his evaluation
on Robin's speech. We don't DO concrete. We do math but we don't do Concrete.
Dirk was our Grammarian, really ouchy about that. Club sandwich and five
boxes of ornaments on a tree.
Ribbon Winners:
Best Evaluation: Bill Farrand
Best Table Topics: Dirk Kittredge
Best Speaker: Alan Wong
Final Thoughts for the evening:
Purpose of the recap is to relive the meeting and sometimes put in my own
perspective of the meeting to be entertaining and reflective. And of course to
entice the members that missed the meeting to wish they were there. During
Robin's speech, Robin had a concrete trowel in his back pocket and he referred
to it as "this bad boy". I've decided to reference my favorite drill as this
bad boy from now. Objects with really cool names gives it so much more meaning.
My New Years resolutions are 1. Stop making lists. 3. Lose 1000 pounds. 9.
Learn to count.
Our next meeting will be our White Elephant meeting on 02 January. Wishing
everyone a Merry Christmas. Until next time, I am your humble secretary.
Alan Wong
