Obscure idioms, Women's Zoom Lib, Blockchain and Positivity - a truly hybrid morning at EarlyBirds!

 

Dear Members, Guests and Friends,

 Thanks to the SALIENT tech acuity of TM Chris, TM Jim and DTM Skillet Kip, we pulled off a successful HYBRID meeting today.  Several members and lots of equipment showed up at our old haunts, Denny’s Back Room, and the rest – wokely said - , is theirstory!   Others of us – near and far – connected from our cozy little black squares.

 TM Tom started us with more obscure idioms….

• TM Carbonprint Carmine has tempered his unkindness when he spots unkindness in others and is a venter who vents his spleen.
• TM Eyes Bigger Than Stomach Aleta is still recovering from a Mexican fiesta of Nachos Grande, pico de gallo, salsa and guac. 
• TM Chris has been sleeplessly going back to the drawing board to cover up EarlyBird election fraud via hybrid polls.
• I, TM Ana, have learned from experience that it’s best to leave things well enough alone instead of trying to convince anyone of anything.
• DTM Kip finds it more interesting to separate the girls from the ladies.   He stays away from the boys and the men, who are usually one and the same.
• TM Marie recalled the 80s Ladies’Nights – you had to try to stay sober to avoid getting off on the wrong foot (on the wrong everything!) She Won Best Table Topics Award.
• TM Jeff’s advice is to walk away when others go off half-cocked.  Intoxication is an indication of inevitable confrontation.

 

We enjoyed one virtual speech and two speeches delivered from the lectern today….

• TM Aleta reminded us that anything worth doing is worth overdoing! The Business and Professional Women pulled off a successful virtual Board meeting and are now headed for a virtual Convention next week.   Like Dora The Explorer, they jubilantly shouted “We Did It!”
• TM Chris introduced us to medical blockchain  - a growing list of records, called blocks, that are linked together using cryptography.^[1][2][3][4] Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data (generally represented as a Merkle tree).   I just knew Meghan and Harry were behind this.  Estonians (not to be confused with Aberdonians from Aberdeen) live in a blockchain world.  She Won Best Speaker Award.
• DTM Mary Helen said that because nothing in original in life, we must all positively steal from each other – the trick is to steal from the best!

 

As far as evaluations….

 

• TM Jeff praised TM Aleta for staying on brand – a perfect combo of comedy, wit and substance.  He Won Best Evaluator Award.
• First-time evaluator TM Randolph enjoyed TM Chris’s delivery, good pronunciation and educational speech.  Good job, Randolph!
• TM Jose commended DTM Mary Helen’s playful interactions with both live and virtual audiences and the humor she finds in life’s lessons.

 

The Word of the Day was

 SALIENT, adjective

Most notable, conspicuous

 Ex: the most salient aspect of today’s hybrid meeting is the fact that it merged two parallel universes. 

 Recording the meeting - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCKIRvgt3TY

 See you next week!

 Ana I.

Recap Writer

From Chris: here's how we set up the room for our hybrid meeting: