Well, as some of you may know, I’m an avid reader. I started “early” in life, biking down a couple of times a week to the local drug (& beer) store on Harper near Frazho (i.e., downtown SCS – what was the name of that place – Leonards??), to buy the latest comic books while in […]
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Toast Masters 2nd speech results/feedback
My 2nd ToastMasters speech was today. Overall, I did a pretty good job, but still “read” too much of the speech, instead of just “speaking” to the audience, but this “speaking” will (hopefully) come with more practice. People commented on how passionate I was with the topic, as well as how i provided vivid descriptions […]
2nd Toast Master’s speech tomorrow! [on Model Railroading]
Tomorrow is the Big Day! I’m giving my second Toast Master’s speech at noontime. The speech assignment is “Organize your speech”. The “topic” is “Building new worlds”. Building New Worlds! 1. Opening/Intro 1A. Capturing the audience’s attention: If you are a creative person like myself, and are looking for something fun to do that doesn’t involve a […]
Bicycles…and bicycling
So, I bought myself a new Bike over the weekend. The Companion had taken their’s to the local bike shop for a so-called beginning of the season “tune-up”, and I was “elected” to pick the bike up after the shop called, saying it was ready… Sorry – let’s backtrack a few steps and give you some background of my […]
Thoughts about Introverts
I ran across a posting by my former co-worker Terry Olson on FB about the following. I then searched for the original posting and I think I found it here: 10 Myths About Introverts I wrote this list in late-2008. Around that time, I was lucky enough to discover a book called, The Introvert Advantage […]
