#2 Winning the "What's Bugging You?" Contest

Days after writing the first posting, I missed a Toastmaster's meeting which is essential to my overcoming the speech phobia. When FM 97.3's "Drive Time Happy Hour" came on, I decided to get some practice. I called in as "Speech Phobia" to ask Chip Morris and Mr. PC if that had heard talk show host Michael Savage discuss the "Rolling Stone's" article about Goldman Sachs ruining our economy but getting richer as the result. They hadn't, and Chip Morris graciously asked me for a precis.I said a couple of sentences, and Chip picked it up and went with it.
Yesterday, I called in during the "What's Bugging You?" Contest and told Chip and PC that a sentence I had read in "The Wall Street Journal" several weeks ago kept bugging me and wouldn't go away. The sentence was: "If you like public housing, you'll love public health care." Chip liked that and took it away. PC gave me first place which means I have one chance out of thirty to have lunch with the two of them. That would be great fun as both of them are very much for the individual - that's you and I, zombies (How could you not like someone who is for you, zombie liberal-collectivits?).
I think I have solidified things at Toastmasters that I don't want to give a prepared speech yet because that causes all sorts of anxities to arise. Instead, I want to be called upon to give an extemporaneous one. That will only happen when someone who is expected to give a prepared speech does not show up. Unfortunately, Toastmasters does not include giving extemporaneous speeches of say, four to seven minutes, a part of its program. It does have a place for one to two minute unrehearsed mini-speeches which are called "Table Topics." Peter Nickerson at peternickerson12@yahoo.com, 352-359-0850.