April 18th meeting

The Toastmaster of the day was Lee, who talked about the weather of Newport, Oregon. Some of his facts were how August 25th normally is one of the warmest days at 65 degrees. He even said that there are more sunny days here in Newport than rainy days. The general evaluator was Peter who said that the rant idea for Table Topics was a good idea. He also said he liked the theme of the day from Lee, though said not to tell the Chamber of Commerce his idea.
The speech of the day was River, who gave her introduction speech. River talked about how she has traveled to different states, and countries. She also talked about how she has taught special education, but the job she really loves is being a life coach. Laimons was her evaluator and he said that it was nice that she presented herself calmly. He did say that her ending needed a bit more of a finish, a bow to tie it all off.
Several people got to try their hand at ranting. It was very therapeutic for several of the members. Dave was the table topics master of the day, whose theme was rants! There was a three way tie for table topics today between Peter's rant about tourists, Paul's story about setting a house on fire, and Christa Colway' s rant on the loss of her application. Peter talked about how tourists do not realize that stopping in the middle of the highway is not a good idea. He also said that sometimes the decision of wear to go next can be overwhelming, so much so that tourists stop in the middle of the crosswalk deciding which way to go next. Paul talked about how he did a study on how to loose friends when he accidently set a friend's house on fire by turning on lights that his wife had draped wet clothes on to dry. Christa spoke on how the government lost her application for a job she had already interviewed on, but had to reapply for it anyway. When trying to reapply, the government website informed her that she had in fact applied for the job and could not reapply. John talked about how the traffic in Portland is horrendous and the housing costs had encouraged him to move from the city to somewhere less expensive. 
The word of the day was serendipity, which was used by almost everyone in the room. The timer of the day was Brian.