Dear Members, Guests and Friends,
TM Marie launched us off with some thought-provoking topics by or about blacks.
We discovered that...
* TM Terri is grateful that as a 6-year-old she was sent alone to the US from her native Cuba because it made her the audacious person that she is today. She's proud to be an American, where at least she knows she's free (sung to the tune of "God Bless America")
* TM Jose reminded us that character equals to face adversity and overcome fear, a shining example being the US military ground troops. He's proud to be an American, where at least he knows he's free (sung to the tune of "God Bless America"). He Won Best Table Topics Award.
* TM The Tom knew of baseball legend Jackie Robinson who had to face racial discrimination with a great display of character.
* Guest Jarrett wants to live a poetic life and is following the dreams set forth by renowned poet Kahlil Gibran.
* I, Ana, was a chronic complainer but, unlike my late mother-in-law, I was able to find enough music in musicals.
* TM Chris found that humanity is everywhere - the uppity French were kind to her on 9/11 and urged Jim and her to brush up on their French by reading Le Monde, parbleu!
* TM Aleta looks back at her achievements and is able to overcome her fleeting moments of feeling inept and irrelevant.
* TM BeckyJo remarked that words are powerful- they can create or they can destroy. MLK Jr. chose love and was audaciously inspirational! And she has officially notified us that she will use AI for her next Table Topic reply.
Along came "The Dueling Jims" with their prepared speeches...
* DTM Jim D. revealed the mystery behind Liggett Corp in NC and Moscow, hidden behind attorney-client privilege, which was broken by Ben, the Marlboro Man, and whereby bodyguards were offered and declined while the ugly truth was revealed. Now half the planet is strictly on doobies. He Won Best Speaker Award.
* TM Jim G. prefers Artificial Intelligence over Natural Stupidity to prepare Toastmaster speeches. By golly, you can write your speech while you idly wait to get your tooth extracted at the dentist.
As far as evaluations go...
* TM Pam reconfirmed to herself that money buys silence and praised DTM Jim D. for revealing the dirty secrets of corporate America and encouraged him to channel TM Paolo - wild hand gestures, use of graphics, extremely Italian vocal variety. .
* TM Paolo lauded TM Jim G. for an educational speech and asked him PER FAVORE not to start the speech by announcing the speech since the Toastmaster already did that. And, conclude the speech with THUNDER. GRAZIE GENTILMENTE. He Won Best Evaluator Award.
The Word of the Day was
AUDACIOUS, adj.
confident, daring, bold and surprising
Example: It's pretty audacious for a modern-day politician to pretend they're very honest and transparent. Puaffff!
Here's the link to the recording:
See you next week!
Ana I.
Audacious Recap Writer
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