TOP 10 Easter Alternative Activities
For those focusing on the more secular potential of Easter weekend…
- Set up a chocolate egg bobbing contest
- Chant at flower beds slow to be showing an appearance (more…)
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TOP 10 Strategies for Coping with Endless Winter Weather
Since so far the calendar doesn’t mean much in eastern North America…
- Send encouraging texts to the migrating bird population to ‘hang in up there’
- Set up a picnic area around the furnace and break out your t-shirts and shorts (more…)
Clichés Upgraded – Part XXIII
Supposedly it’s spring – here’s more emotive warmth from enlivened clichés (with the original in italics):
- The magician’s props weren’t working, so he improvised by calling his act ‘The more things change, the more they stay the same’
- My stomach is tied in knots, which makes it extremely difficult to make my shirt look nice (more…)
Clichés Upgraded – Part XXII
Spring in fact, if not in deed, starts tomorrow – so here’s more warmth from enlivened clichés (with the original in italics):
- The grant for Dr. Frankenstein’s experiments was reduced, so all he could do was make heads or tails
- The fact there was no accounting for taste in estimating corporate goodwill really upset the chocolatier (more…)
TOP 10 Signs of St. Patrick’s Day
- Everyone named Patrick has a halo
- You can’t tell if pedestrians are staggering from liquor or from icy sidewalks
- One day memberships in the Green movement spike (more…)
TOP 10 Benefits of the End of Winter
The end is near, an end is near – hopefully these benefits will soon be here
- Rediscover the joy of walking on flat surfaces
- Construction zones are no longer required for putting on outdoor clothing
- When someone says ‘you know how to shovel it’, there is subtext (more…)
Clichés Upgraded – Part XXI
It’s not spring yet, so here’s more warmth from enlivened clichés (with the original in italics):
- I wish you hadn’t lost a step but at least we have a few extras in the closet
- Don’t worry, given it’s a Mobius strip it can’t be expected to make ends meet
- It’s a Mexican standoff since the lady from Tijuana won’t come anywhere near our meeting (more…)
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Being There: Speech Contests
As a long-time member of Toastmasters, I’ve had numerous opportunities to participate as contestant, organizer, or judge, at speech contests at the club, area, and division levels.
According to the speech contest rulebook, these events are considered important to the Toastmasters educational program, providing for participants “…to gain speaking experience, as well as an opportunity to learn by observing proficient (more…)
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