Ross Enamait, widely respect health and fitness author and motivator, proprietor of RossTraining.com, has had a baby girl, Brooke, on 21 June: 7 lb 12 oz (3.5 kg).
Is Ross my mentor for being healthy and fit and a motivator, or is he my mentor for being a loving dad x 2?
Either way.
Filed under: Endearing, Family, Fitness, Health
Australia — a terrific country — has a surprisingly forgiving justice system.
I noticed this by watching television while I was there.
I was astounded, for example, to be watching a very stern judge telling a man he’d been arrested several times in the past for stealing cars and the Australian justice system would be giving him a strong sentence to send a message to him this behaviour would not be tolerated. Therefore, the judge sentenced the car thief to a longer suspended sentence and probation than the last time he was convicted.
James Kevin Pope who sexually abused 3 young girls over a period of 2 years in Texas was just sentenced to 40 consecutive life terms for sexual assault on a minor and 3 consecutive terms of 20 years for sexual performance of a minor. His total sentence is 4,060 years, yet he becomes eligible for parole earlier. In 3209.
I will just leave those facts as is and won’t comment on which system is better, except to say Texas.
Filed under: Australia, Justice, United States
Oh, and I see here by the calendar it’s also someone’s birthday in Australia. Happy Birthday, honey.
Filed under: Bear, Birthday, Canada
Friday I went to another Toastmaster’s club.
It took place at a table at a lounge. I had a chef’s salad. It was excellent.
The meeting was tough to judge because ¾ of it was taken up with club business such as training new executive members: The Treasurer’s responsibilities are x, y, and z. Etc.
The one prepared speech was fun to see and listen to.
The impromptu table topic speeches were a blur. I stood up, gave a one minute thirty second speech and whatever my alleged topic was when I started, it bore little resemblance to how I finished. I forgot is an understatement!
Which is to say speaking off the cuff in public while trying to be funny without “pre-inspiration” as it were, or something which just struck you, is a real challenge. Therefore, I accepted the club’s invitation to join them again as a guest at their next meeting.
This club meets once a month.
Filed under: Toastmasters
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