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Part II of the Summer TLI blog picks up at the Club Officer Training Sessions and goes on through to the last general sesssion. Nate Stephens led the Presidents’ Training while Bob Johnson and Jing Humphries led the Club Success (which included a panel discussion led by our event chair and Area 24 Director/incoming DivisionContinue reading “Summer TLI Part II; CHN turns 10!!!”

If you’re read my blog from two weeks ago that I was going to abandon my gender nonconforming adventures, kindly disregard it. I’ll keep the post up but don’t believe it. I wasn’t loving myself enough and felt depressed. That included all the negativity toward Bud Light and Dylan Mulvaney as well as others’ opinionsContinue reading “Be True to YOU”

Today was Summer 2023 Toastmasters Leadership Institute which was held on the Westmoreland County Community College campus in Youngwood. Our theme was FORGE ahead to Success. The program was executed very well by our area director and her team. We had amazing club officer breakout sessions and presentations by our exceptional group of Toastmasters. TheContinue reading “Summer 2023 TLI—FORGE ahead to Success”

Kids, the word of the day is Change. Change is inevitable, and I’m looking at it outside my window right now as I see some rain falling. We’ve been dry for the past 19 days, so any rain we get in the near future will be beneficial. The extended forecast has chances for precipitation overContinue reading “Changes are Coming”

The school song is a special part of our senior year. It’s the lyrics we remember as we walk in our commencement ceremonies and accept our diploma. The message in the song is what we take with us as we finish high school and move on to the next adventure in our lives. For usContinue reading “Graduation Song 🎵”

23 years ago this week marked a huge milestone in my life. It was my high school graduation. I was part of a special graduating class at Hempfield Area High School. Our class was the first class to graduate in the new millennium. Even though it was so long ago, it still feels like yesterday.Continue reading “Graduation: 20 Years Later”

My last month of 41 is here. So today we will take a look back at how it’s gone and what’s coming up. It wasn’t a spectacular birthday unlike the year before. But 41 has had its bright and shining moments. I started it with a trip to the Gaffron farm for the annual FourthContinue reading “41 So Far!”

When one looks back at May, they could say that it came in like a Lion 🦁 and came out like a lamb 🐑. Some even saw a little snow. It was election season so Greensburg Toastmasters had to meet online for both May meetings. I spoke at the second meeting, giving a eulogy aboutContinue reading “Goodbye May, Hello June”

Hi I’m James Gurksnis. You might remember me from such blog posts as this one right here or such Toastmasters clubs as Greensburg Toastmasters. Recently, the entertainment world marked the 25-year anniversary of the passing of actor Phil Hartman. Hartman was a regular on Saturday Night Live from 1986 until 1994, playing various characters andContinue reading “You Might Remember Me From This Blog”

This long holiday weekend has come to end for me. It was nice to have an little vacation from Giant Eagle but I’ll be ready to get back to the grind tomorrow night. I worked last week Sunday to Thursday and this week I work Tuesday to Saturday, hence the little vacation. Benny is homeContinue reading “I’m Turning Over A New Leaf!”