Archive for August, 2007
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Saturday, August 18th, 20072007 World Champion of Public Speaking is Vikas Jhingran (Region VII, Dist 31)
2nd Place Rory Vaden (Region V) (EDGE Member)
3rd Place Mark Hunter (Australia)
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Vikas:
I had the pleasure of working with Vikas on his speech, two times when I was in Boston visiting my family. He listened to everything I offered, and then he stayed [...]
T’was the night before the World Championship…
Friday, August 17th, 2007And all through the house… was anxiety!
(OK, this BLOG may have typos, but I don’t have time to get it to my editor BEFORE I SEND IT OUT! No extra charge!)
I’m in Phoenix, AZ attending the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking (Saturday 9AM). I think it was David Brooks’ comment, the morning of the [...]
Same Inside As Outside?
Friday, August 17th, 2007OK, so many of my stories are coming from traveling! Well, that’s where I spend a great deal of my time.
I love people watching when I am in airports. It is always fun! I try to “figure out” their stories. Who are they? Where are they from? Where are they going?
Well, I’m standing in line [...]
Sir Bogalot Presents: See Spamalot!
Thursday, August 9th, 2007I’m really enjoying the discipline of blogging! But it was not an easy discipline to acquire. While in Las Vegas this past weekend, my friends, Bryant and Pam, took me to see Spamalot. Although I’ve always loved humor, I was never a huge Monty Python fan. That has slowly changed.
Spamalot stars John O’Hurley as King [...]
Tension Relief — REAL LIFE STAGE TIME
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007I’m waiting in line for a flight from LA to Vegas when an attractive woman, who was obviously very concerned with her looks (invested in prestigious name clothing, the nails, the hair, the sunglasses & “casually dressed” to the nines), heard our flight was delayed by 45 minutes. She let out a disgusted gasp…Uuuugh!
I turned [...]