Toastmasters meeting today

It was another good meeting today. Lots of people showed up for the official first meeting of this semester including Kyle, Craig, Karen and the wannabe new toastmaster Michael. The meeting began on time with Kaira doing the table topics. She did wonders with her astute handling of table topics. The theme was having a president as your neighbor and how you handle their idiosyncrasies. I was asked to comment on if I knew that Zachary Taylor had never voted until he was elected as president. I made it up by espousing his stance of not voting. That voting is not always the right thing if you don't agree with the candidates and how I regretted voting for someone who later turned out to be a disappointment. May be Zachary was sagacious to have figured out that the incumbent and adversary were not the right choice.
Kelly's talk about the falling neighborhood in America and its consequences were eroding the family values. How having more friends can increase your life expectancy. How the close knit community elevates the standard of living and moral standards of its inhabitants.
Kyriakos did a splendid speech on using technology to improve ourselves. He touched on various new Internet technologies that can expedite ones personal growth. I liked his flawless delivery and trenchant insights in how blogging, vlogging, podcasting, ebook and sites like life hack are fueling the revolution in personal growth.
My speech was about the tipping pt the book I read last month.