tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89197093541899539072024-03-18T22:17:47.217-07:00Joyful Public Speaking (from fear to joy)Richard I. Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032747070969465341noreply@blogger.comBlogger2636125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919709354189953907.post-33399151940169705602024-03-18T16:29:00.000-07:002024-03-18T16:29:55.600-07:00Should both stage fright and speech fright instead be portmanteau words?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB7IrEtvF2FqJhYZDuUGCEdbNI-U09M8DmNpWV-RE5iqhle1QRdX48bml3E8t67gyytnkjCkM1IxU0Sw2fW_o5d46oIQ2BJuaXAlAzEqruR7AvbXqw_KJdMK5ogoMFEXl5vI07z3QuDoTw1-ccC6fH6hfNC_KzZ4qxjsqHpcqN0csEzA6KwqZcNS1i_6Id/s3554/Medical_bag_Sigmund_Freud_Museum_Vienna,_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2435" data-original-width="3554" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB7IrEtvF2FqJhYZDuUGCEdbNI-U09M8DmNpWV-RE5iqhle1QRdX48bml3E8t67gyytnkjCkM1IxU0Sw2fW_o5d46oIQ2BJuaXAlAzEqruR7AvbXqw_KJdMK5ogoMFEXl5vI07z3QuDoTw1-ccC6fH6hfNC_KzZ4qxjsqHpcqN0csEzA6KwqZcNS1i_6Id/s320/Medical_bag_Sigmund_Freud_Museum_Vienna,_.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">On May 6, 2022 I <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2022/05/who-popularized-word-glossophobia-what.html">blogged about</a> <b><i>Who popularized the word
glossophobia? What is a better Plain English alternative?</i></b> I suggested ‘speech
fright’ would be better. Perhaps even better would be to make it a portmanteau,
speechfright. Portmanteau is <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/portmanteau">defined</a> in the <i>Merriam-Webster dictionary</i> as:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“…a word or part of a word made by combining the spellings
and meanings of two or more words or word parts (such as smog from smoke and
fog).”</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stage fright also can get this treatment - becoming stagefright. <i>Wikipedia</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau_(luggage)">says</a> that
originally:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“A portmanteau is a piece of luggage, usually made of
leather and opening into two equal parts.”</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve illustrated portmanteau by an anonymous version of the <i>Wikimedia
Commons</i> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sigmund_Freud_Museum_Vienna,_Medical_bag.jpg">image</a> for a famous medical bag. </p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>Richard I. Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032747070969465341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919709354189953907.post-5266367389327028592024-03-15T11:30:00.000-07:002024-03-15T11:33:40.978-07:00Did you know that yesterday was World Speech Day?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN9xtJwjNJUzc82uIBF58GecdofmQiK5vnfjRaBhBoDoAVAhou8ndtp_joEjxeG_-XajSJzLGi8Txb5MEOcNojf1XP1LhI4AXCedKtoh8UNlf55nKdrj59n-Ts_9qQhQ57NHAAhSBBc0NxGD2DG05JjkWsskrrpM40dXj-XFA_RhKr_03et2D-ODGr8mbu/s1804/world%20speaker%20day%20globe.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1804" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN9xtJwjNJUzc82uIBF58GecdofmQiK5vnfjRaBhBoDoAVAhou8ndtp_joEjxeG_-XajSJzLGi8Txb5MEOcNojf1XP1LhI4AXCedKtoh8UNlf55nKdrj59n-Ts_9qQhQ57NHAAhSBBc0NxGD2DG05JjkWsskrrpM40dXj-XFA_RhKr_03et2D-ODGr8mbu/s320/world%20speaker%20day%20globe.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I did not. The <a href="https://worldspeechday.com/about/">About page</a> for <b><i>World Speech Day</i></b> says it was
started by Simon Gibson in 2015 and that: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>World Speech Day started with a simple idea: speeches change
the world; socially, politically, in the arts, business and religion. They play
a profound role in holding our societies together and shaping change. Then why
not create a day to celebrate speeches and speechmaking through live public
speaking events around the world, reaching out to #unexpectedvouces everywhere?</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From my <i>Google Alert</i> on public speaking I found <a href="https://www.thequint.com/lifestyle/world-speech-day-2024-date-history-significance-ways-to-participate#read-more">an article</a> about it by Shivangani
Singh at <i>TheQuintWorld</i> on March 14, 2024 titled <b><i>World Speech Day 2024: Date,
History, Significance & Ways to Participate</i></b>. You can find out about other
holidays in a reference book at your friendly local public library. See this <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2017/06/what-happened-in-history-on-june-16th.html">blog post</a> on June 16, 2017 titled <b><i>What happened in
history on June 16th?</i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My cartoon was assembled from images of <a href="https://openclipart.org/detail/29188/globe">a globe</a> and <a href="https://openclipart.org/detail/327670/public-speaker">a speaker silhouette</a> from <i>Openclipart</i>.</p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>Richard I. Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032747070969465341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919709354189953907.post-22798900395524239792024-03-14T13:12:00.000-07:002024-03-14T13:16:26.818-07:00Donald J. Trump has seven new false claims<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIupd6_i1bPCjLTMlg17O5J4yugxY1GXBnQ4UG_glr9QqdEnpInjxoLZp0gWkW12uweI1EHAIjENQxZzBdlQ536aReEZcMTEXuHPAFZqRtUcPwtueArJtaUHvE56MOzdjr5KVugGwce5YM6i4otnjNn0z1MNpR33blIBr8euqofzZwq8KYK2RI4lgmlOD/s1304/pants%20on%20fire.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="824" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIupd6_i1bPCjLTMlg17O5J4yugxY1GXBnQ4UG_glr9QqdEnpInjxoLZp0gWkW12uweI1EHAIjENQxZzBdlQ536aReEZcMTEXuHPAFZqRtUcPwtueArJtaUHvE56MOzdjr5KVugGwce5YM6i4otnjNn0z1MNpR33blIBr8euqofzZwq8KYK2RI4lgmlOD/s320/pants%20on%20fire.png" width="202" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">There is <span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">another <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/14/trump-crazy-new-claims-fact-checked/">fact check article</a> </span>
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on March 14, 2024 titled <b><i>Trump has a bunch of new false claims. Here’s a guide. </i></b>Seven
new ones are: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Biden was declared ‘incompetent’ to stand trial in documents
case</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The United States is a Third World country </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Prisons are being emptied around the world to flood U.S.
borders</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Congo has released murderers into the United States</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>15 million migrants have entered the United States under
Biden [really 4 to 5 million]</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The inflation rate under Biden is 50 percent [cumulatively it
is 18.5 percent] </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Native-born Americans have lost 1 million jobs to immigrants
[it’s half that]</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And he continues to repeat seven previous ones:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>He created the greatest U.S. economy in U.S. history (not by
any metric).</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>He passed the biggest tax cut in history (it ranks 8th).</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>He did more for Black people than any president than Abraham
Lincoln (not by any metric). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>He defeated ISIS in four weeks (it took the United States
and coalition partners more than two years after he took office).</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>He was the first president to impose tariffs on China (China
has faced U.S. tariffs since George Washington first enacted them in 1789).</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>He increased government revenue even though he cut taxes
(False).</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My ‘liar, liar, pants on fire’ cartoon was assembled from
<a href="https://openclipart.org/detail/249391/trousers">trousers</a> and <a href="https://openclipart.org/detail/23803/fire">fire </a>at <i>Openclipart.</i> </p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>Richard I. Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032747070969465341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919709354189953907.post-90301738046136039462024-03-13T10:15:00.000-07:002024-03-13T10:17:08.475-07:00Hangar collapse at the Jackson Jet Center beside the Boise Airport<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4EopgqUUiDKivW6B9peeAywGD1Fvxy9UHgVbpBuK-XWoI0dYnQGzWWnDGXPMIAbvjR3or5AJVUbiFO6L8GkOHzsFEWAy3wkxWVnzIu79AeUIz6p4PCEy3tPw2WyFBvfna3rV7U2qwGNKUyX9NRsZt_XUTjX5R6xFESrxw3G8RgC6DuYAcRs_6R8VwDza/s3890/hangar%20collapse%20jackson%20jet%20boise.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="3890" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4EopgqUUiDKivW6B9peeAywGD1Fvxy9UHgVbpBuK-XWoI0dYnQGzWWnDGXPMIAbvjR3or5AJVUbiFO6L8GkOHzsFEWAy3wkxWVnzIu79AeUIz6p4PCEy3tPw2WyFBvfna3rV7U2qwGNKUyX9NRsZt_XUTjX5R6xFESrxw3G8RgC6DuYAcRs_6R8VwDza/s320/hangar%20collapse%20jackson%20jet%20boise.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">On January 31, 2024 workers from <i>Big D Builders</i> were
erecting the steel frame for a new hangar at the Jackson Jet Center, which is
located beside the Boise Airport at 4049 West Wright Street. The hangar was to
be 45 feet tall and cover an area of 39,000 square feet. It was about 310 feet
wide by 126 feet deep. But around 5:00 PM it collapsed with the trusses changing
to the shape of a capital letter M (as shown above in my image), killing three
people and injuring another nine.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some details are discussed in <a href="https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/boise/article285710131.html">an article</a> by Sally Krutzig in
the <i>Idaho Statesman</i> on February 20, 2024 titled <b><i>Rescue operations at Boise
building collapse included 3 people stuck in aerial lifts</i></b>:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“In his review, Boise Fire Department Training and Safety
Capt. Steve Madigan wrote that ‘it appeared that the structure somehow failed
at the ridge line and caused all the columns to pull inward.’ Initial reports
indicated 16 people were at the scene when the building went down, and police
and fire crews helped wounded victims who were able to walk leave the area,
according to Madigan. The building’s columns ‘were leaning at 45 degrees
(approx.) and the bolts securing them to the ground had either sheared off or
tore the bottom flange of the steel as they fell,’ Madigan wrote.” </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/boise/article286285270.html">Another article</a> by Alex Brizee at the <i>Idaho Statesman</i> on March
6, 2024 is titled <b><i>‘Did not look right’: Workers flagged concerns before deadly
Boise hangar collapse</i></b>. It includes an overhead drone shot of the collapsed
hangar, which has fallen to one side. That suggests a directional load, perhaps
due to wind gusts. The article began by stating:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“Several employees who worked at the site of a deadly
building collapse on Boise Airport grounds told police they had noticed bending
beams, snapped cables and overall structural issues, according to Boise Police
Department investigative reports obtained by the Idaho Statesman. Some of these
workers informed the site’s supervisor of the concerns the day before the
hangar crumbled on Jan. 31, killing three people and injuring nine others.
Interviews with employees of Boise-based Inland Crane, which provided equipment
and operators for the construction of the Jackson Jet Center hangar, were
documented in Boise Police Department reports that were released to the
Statesman through a public records request.”</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/boise/article284954822.html">Still another article</a> by Angela Palermo at the <i>Idaho
Statesman </i>on February 2, 2024 titled <b><i>Was it wind? How a bridge’s failure may shed light on fatal
Boise Airport hangar collapse</i></b> includes two images of the framing before the
collapse. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">OSHA is investigating the collapse and will issue a report within
six months. How an investigation proceeds is discussed in <a href="https://www.structuremag.org/?p=23031">yet another article</a>
by Kevin Goudarzi at <i>Structure</i> on</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">March 2023 titled <b><i>The forensic engineering process for
structural failures</i></b>. On April 17, 2023 I <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-great-video-course-on-epic.html">blogged about</a> <b><i>A great video course on
Epic Engineering Failures and the Lessons They Teach</i></b>. In that post I discussed the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse,
where a design detail change doubled the applied load – eliminating the intended
factor of safety. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>Richard I. Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032747070969465341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919709354189953907.post-47700813227336290322024-03-12T09:03:00.000-07:002024-03-12T09:08:17.321-07:00A list of ten ‘startling phobias’ that have ‘a strangle hold’ on Idahoans<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtb3Fv0Iv_3lefbzFub0PwbVDLTRL06hciHljDTG1q5J-4XcMhhZMc8QIAg1Bsyt-l4g8x3GPbSq6viMJ2MwzRhMtvIXMsyiNkAsLEarhcSaZsiuVs-fcjLW6TfqpccLR8UphXWGwk5682XvqKJ1m6iN5TDZHv0pX93sL1NwG6bbwiXKpnywA8b7cFccY/s3750/Idaho%20fears%202024.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="3750" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtb3Fv0Iv_3lefbzFub0PwbVDLTRL06hciHljDTG1q5J-4XcMhhZMc8QIAg1Bsyt-l4g8x3GPbSq6viMJ2MwzRhMtvIXMsyiNkAsLEarhcSaZsiuVs-fcjLW6TfqpccLR8UphXWGwk5682XvqKJ1m6iN5TDZHv0pX93sL1NwG6bbwiXKpnywA8b7cFccY/s320/Idaho%20fears%202024.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">There is a rather silly <a href="https://1043wowcountry.com/10-startling-phobias-that-have-a-strangle-hold-on-idahoans/">article </a>by Kyle Matthews at <i>104.3 Wow
Country</i> [KAWO Boise] on March 11, 2024 titled <b><i>10 Startling phobias that have a
strangle hold on Idahoans</i></b>. The list is shown above as a bar chart. It’s not
from a survey. Rather it’s just a list of how common they were on web searches.
(Back on March 7, 2015 I <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2015/03/is-that-top-ten-list-from-survey-or.html">blogged about</a> <b><i>Is that Top Ten list from a real survey
or just a glorified stack of web searches?</i></b>) The list is clickbait which came
from a sports betting web site called <a href="https://www.betcarolina.com/">BetCarolina</a>, but it is not shown there.
Small holes were first, deep water was second, vomiting was third, spiders were fourth, and confined spaces were fifth. Public speaking came in tenth. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kyle’s filler article has the following paragraph which
cites public speaking as first (25.3%) for the sum of Afraid and Very Afraid
from the 2014 Chapman Survey, which I blogged about in <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2014/10/chapman-survey-on-american-fears.html">a post</a> on October 29,
2014 titled <b><i>Chapman Survey on American Fears includes both zombies and ghosts</i></b>:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">“Americans grapple with a diverse range of phobias.
Notably, fear of public speaking, also known as Glossophobia, stands out as
America's most common phobia, affecting a significant 25.3% of the population.
Acrophobia, the fear of heights [24.7%], and Entomophobia, the fear of bugs and
insects [animals or insects 22.2%] closely follow this. However, an interesting
revelation is that nearly one in three U.S. adults confesses to Ophidiophobia,
the fear of snakes [not even on that list!]. These fears underline the
complexity and diversity of phobias prevalent across the country.”</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">And more careful research instead would have used
results from the <a href="https://www.chapman.edu/wilkinson/research-centers/babbie-center/_files/2023%20Fear/23csaf-9_high-to-low.pdf">percent list of fears</a> in the most recent 2023 Chapman Survey. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Also, Kyle’s article confuses fears and phobias, whose
difference is shown above in a Venn diagram from my <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2013/12/spouting-nonsense-july-2013-toastmaster.html">blog post</a> on December 11, 2013
titled <b><i>Spouting Nonsense: July 2013 Toastmaster magazine article fumbles fears
and phobias.</i></b></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">There is <a href="https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/03/08/new-bill-would-reinstate-presidential-primary-election-in-idaho/">an article</a> by Clark Corbin at the <i>Idaho Capital Sun</i>
on March 8, 2024 titled <b><i>New bill would reinstate presidential primary election
in Idaho</i></b>. Last year, when the Idaho legislature passed a bill to move the
presidential primary from March to May, it eliminated the primary. Democrats
and Republicans instead held caucuses. Donald Trump had a huge Republican <a href="https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/idaho/?r=14311">win</a>
with 84.9% versus 13.2% for Nicki Haley. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Another <a href="https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/208/around-6-percent-registered-republican-voters-idaho-caucus/277-69c183c5-0dc4-494d-b72b-cd684b699f3f">article</a> by Brian Holmes at <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>KTVB7</i> on March 8, 2024 is titled <b><i>Around 6% of
registered Republicans took part in Idaho caucus</i></b>. (More precisely, it was
6.8% or about 1/15th). He pointed out that in 2012, the last time the Republicans held a caucus,
19% had voted. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">How many Idahoans voted in previous primaries? <a href="https://idahocapitalsun.com/2022/06/13/official-voter-turnout-for-idahos-may-17-primary-election-comes-to-32-5/">Yet another article</a> by Clark Corbin in the <i>Idaho Capital Sun</i> on June 13, 2022 is titled <b><i>Official
voter turnout for Idaho’s May 17 primary election comes to 32.5%</i></b>. Percentages
for that and previous primaries are shown above in a bar chart. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There is <a href="https://gemstatepatriot.com/blog/caucus-saboteurs/">stll another article</a> by Brent Regan at the <i>Gem State
Patriot News</i> on March 10, 2024 titled <i>Caucus Saboteurs</i>. He pontificated:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“Last Saturday, thanks to efforts by the Idaho Republican
Party, nearly 40,000 Idaho Republicans were able to cast their vote for their
preferred Presidential Candidate. This could not have happened without the
Republican Party acting after the Secretary of State, the legislature and the
Governor all agreed to cancel the March Presidential Primary.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>…. On Saturday all that effort, planning and expense came to
together and by 8:00 PM that night, when the last location reported their
results, it was obvious that the caucus was a success.”</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Having just a fifteenth of the registered Republican voters
turn up cannot be called a success. Maybe a fifth would be.</p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">We are told stories that they came from creative improvisations
based on desperation. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Caesar Salad</i></b> is named after restaurateur Caesar Cardini. The
<i>Wikipedia</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_salad">article</a> says: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“His daughter, Rosa, recounted that her father invented the
salad at the Tijuana restaurant when a Fourth of July rush in 1924 depleted the
kitchen's supplies. Cardini made do with what he had, adding the dramatic flair
of table-side tossing by the chef.”</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_pickle">Fried Pickle</a> may have come from the <a href="https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/mississippi/fried-pickle-invented-cafe-ms/">Hollywood Café</a>,
south of Memphis. On a Saturday night the only things left in the kitchen were some
batter for frying chicken or catfish - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and a jar of pickles. That story is <a href="https://affotd.com/2017/06/14/history-of-fried-pickles/">disputed</a> though. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Also, according to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachos">another Wikipedia article</a>, <b><i>Nachos</i></b>, which have
taken over the world:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-GnnDWd6mH_OKS5r0tuhsx8UrLBE0DeYmDxw7pCZ_PcDP_WUvExKPa8H4gTjLPMcxL2P49m5O3Ps0Zd5Edd8wdSz1Y6l8W0DQFElra_RVa3vzsR-fCjsveQvOVM14IUJkb8qe_NAyjxSGcrZ78RRyjbqvxHLUoMgI_Zsi-tDna0HrGQBELMXt4y_UOoEv/s4032/Ignacio_Anaya_Inventor_of_Nachos.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-GnnDWd6mH_OKS5r0tuhsx8UrLBE0DeYmDxw7pCZ_PcDP_WUvExKPa8H4gTjLPMcxL2P49m5O3Ps0Zd5Edd8wdSz1Y6l8W0DQFElra_RVa3vzsR-fCjsveQvOVM14IUJkb8qe_NAyjxSGcrZ78RRyjbqvxHLUoMgI_Zsi-tDna0HrGQBELMXt4y_UOoEv/s320/Ignacio_Anaya_Inventor_of_Nachos.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> <br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>“… originated in the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila in
Mexico, across the border <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from Eagle Pass, Texas in the United
States.<sup id="cite_ref-Orr_11-0"> </sup>Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Anaya [shown above] created
nachos in 1943 at the restaurant the Victory Club when Mamie Finan and a group
of U.S. military officers' wives, whose husbands were stationed at the nearby
U.S. Army base Fort Duncan, traveled across the border to eat at the Victory
Club. When Anaya was unable to find the cook, he went to the kitchen and
spotted freshly fried pieces of corn tortillas. In a moment of culinary
inspiration, Anaya cut the tortillas into triangles, fried them, added shredded
cheese, quickly heated them, added sliced pickled jalapeno peppers and served
them. After tasting the snack, Finan asked what it was called. Anaya responded,
"Well, I guess we can just call them ‘Nacho's Special.’ In Spanish, ‘Nacho’
is a common nickname for Ignacio.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Similarly, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobb_salad">Cobb Salad</a> is named after Robert Howard Cobb, the owner of
the <i>Hollywood Brown Derby</i> restaurant. In 1938 either he or his chef put it together
for a midnight meal from kitchen leftovers, with freshly cooked bacon added as
a garnish. There is no such thing as leftover bacon! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Images of <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ensalada_Cesar_imagen.jpg">Caesar Salad</a> and <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ignacio_Anaya_Inventor_of_Nachos.jpg">Ignacio Anaya</a> came from <i>Wikimedia
Commons.</i> </p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">At the <i>Grocery Outlet</i> I recently bought and enjoyed eating a
box of frozen <a href="https://www.pfchangshomemenu.com/snacks-and-appetizers/crispy-green-beans">P.F. Chang’s Crispy Green Beans</a>, which (as shown above) are covered
with a tempura batter. At BadBatchBaking there is <a href="https://badbatchbaking.com/crispy-green-beans-pf-changs-copycat-recipe/">an article</a> titled <b><i>Crispy Green
Beans PF Chang’s Copycat Recipe</i></b>. <i>Birds Eye</i> also sells frozen <a href="https://www.birdseye.com/snacks-apps/crispy-veggies/crispy-green-beans">Crispy Green Beans</a>.
According to <i>Wikipedia</i>, these veggies originated in Portugal as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peixinhos_da_horta">Peixinhos da horta</a> before becoming <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempura">Tempura</a> in Japan. They are an interesting tasty
alternative to French fries. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was surprised to find that green beans don’t appear in
menus as most fast-food restaurants (and neither do carrots, though they are
common in Tempura). Why don’t they market this veggie? Both <i>Burger King</i> and
J<i>ack in the Box</i> have Onion Rings and Mozzarella Sticks. <i>Carl’s Jr.</i> has Onion
Rings and Fried Zucchini. The fast-casual chain <i>Smash Burger</i> just has Onion
Rings and Crispy Brussels Sprouts. But the <i>Habit Burger Grill</i> chain has <a href="https://www.habitburger.com/menu/sides/">Tempura Green Beans</a>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Another <a href="https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-fast-food-sides-2023/">article</a> at <i>USA Today</i> on July 28, 2023 titled <b><i>Crazy Good:
10 fast food sides that will blow your mind</i></b> has the following list: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Fried Okra – Golden Chick </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Wisconsin Cheese Curds – Culver’s</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Chili – Wendy’s</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Mac and Cheese – Chick-fil-A</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Tots – Sonic Drive-In</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Onion Rings – Jack in the Box</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Fried Pickles – Zaxby’s</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Mozzarella Sticks – Arby’s</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Tempura Green Beans – The Habit Burger Grill</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Cajun Fried Corn - Wingstop</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fried Pickles have another story which I’ll talk about
later. </p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Randall Munroe’s <a href="https://xkcd.com/2901/">xkcd</a> webcomic for March 1, 2024, shown
above, is titled <b><i>Geographic Qualifiers</i></b>. If you don’t have a superlative for the
world, then you can just pick someplace smaller. There is <a href="https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2901:_Geographic_Qualifiers">a discussion</a> at
<i>Explain xkcd</i>. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">For example, the 550-foot <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Roller_(Ferris_wheel)">High Roller</a> in Las Vegas is the
tallest operating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris_wheel">Ferris Wheel </a>in the world. But the 175-foot <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Great_Wheel">Seattle Great Wheel </a>is the tallest in the Pacific Northwest.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You also can dial back on other qualifiers. There is <a href="https://www.honestjohnsusedcars.net/">Honest John’s Used Cars</a>. But here in Boise we instead have <a href="https://www.fairlys.com/">Fairly Reliable Bob’s</a>. </p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>Richard I. Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032747070969465341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919709354189953907.post-7251346034060822132024-03-04T08:33:00.000-08:002024-03-04T08:35:11.578-08:00Would you pay $1000 for a blow dryer if it was called by a different name? I wouldn’t!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfXPmKt74IO4Zp0ydCCL4fDM4KSu4UKxyEofiVvGo7AdjLjynd_tUsXdtgkdvYBrZ7fC77Oechn2lw2fT7oYjML2n5biy3Ek4YGAAneMc5p49H-ALVaK2CBvgoS__C5EvUC3eF9PD2AEhlcsXedqIS8rPknVjjcEdfypnqfPTFT_M75u-WlseSTIjT35D/s1815/blow%20dryer202082.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1385" data-original-width="1815" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfXPmKt74IO4Zp0ydCCL4fDM4KSu4UKxyEofiVvGo7AdjLjynd_tUsXdtgkdvYBrZ7fC77Oechn2lw2fT7oYjML2n5biy3Ek4YGAAneMc5p49H-ALVaK2CBvgoS__C5EvUC3eF9PD2AEhlcsXedqIS8rPknVjjcEdfypnqfPTFT_M75u-WlseSTIjT35D/s320/blow%20dryer202082.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">There is <a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-technology/repronizer-merits-reproach">an article</a> by Joe Schwarcz at the <i>McGill Office for
Science and Society</i> on February 28, 2024 titled <b><i>The “Repronizer” Merits
Reproach</i></b>, and subtitled <b><i>It looks like a hairdryer, but the manufacturer
explains that it is more than that. But the explanation reeks of twaddle</i></b>. He
opens by stating:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“We have become accustomed to seeing a lot of gobbledygook
online. But the jargon that purports to explain the workings of the ‘Repronizer’
elevates bunk to new heights. What is the Repronizer? A device to ‘bioprogram
hair.’ Not a hair dryer, the profusion of ads proclaim, although it sure looks
like one.”</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkGGwBZJmWU">three-minute YouTube video</a> from from <i>BeautyTech
Distribution</i> titled <b><i>How to use your Repronizer</i></b> where it sure looks like a typical
blow dryer – except there also are a couple of washable air filter disks. It
does not mention the wattage though. I looked up the <a href="https://bioprogramming-club.jp/collection/display-pdf/37/REP4D-JP">instruction manual</a> for the
Repronizer 4D and found it draws 1200W at 100 V. Assuming that current of 12
amperes, at 120 V it would draw 1440 W. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There is <a href="https://wwd.com/shop/shop-beauty/best-affordable-hair-dryers-1234992459/">another article</a> by Krista Limoges and Olivia
Cigliano at <i>Women’s Wear Daily</i> on October 27, 2023 titled <b><i>The 9 Best Affordable Hair Dryers
for Under $100</i></b>. The 1440 W for the Repronizer actually is less than the typical
1800 W for their best blow dryers. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yet another <a href="https://www.wmagazine.com/beauty/lumielina-repronizer-blow-dryer-hairstyling-device-review">article </a>by Maryam Lieberman at <i>W Magazine</i> on April
4, 2023 titled <b><i>This Miracle Japanese Blow Dryer Uses Heat to Produce Healthier
Hair</i></b> gives it a glowing review and says: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“The technology behind this device is unparalleled. For its
haircare line, Lumelinia relies on the power of quantum technology, which takes
surplus moisture from your body and brings it to the surface level of your
scalp. (As one of the company’s reps explained to me, the process is similar to
taking a raisin to the hydration level of a grape.) They recommended I do ‘a
slow pass every day, and you will see, it will improve your hair.’ I have been,
every morning, and the results are remarkable.” </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But Ms. Lieberman says the Repronizer sells for $1020, or
over ten times the price for those dryers reviewed by <i>Women’s Wear Daily</i>. That’s
absurd!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Schwarcz’s article mentions but does not link to a
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyrNJA1J584">five-minute YouTube video</a> demonstration of the Repronizer 3D Plus. The captions
say:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“In this test, one designated portion of hair on the back of
the head is blown with warm and cool air alternately in 5-minute intervals for
a total of two hours.” </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">After two hours moisture content of the hair increased from
15.3% to 21.5%. That’s NOT what you’d expect from a dryer – but is what would
happen if the humidity of air in the room was higher than where the test
subject had been previously. (The moisture content of hair varies with humidity).
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The sixth paragraph of Dr. Schwarcz’s article points out:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“Any proper scientific experiment requires a control. In
this case, that would be having the subject sit for two hours without the
Repronizer doing whatever it does. Just let the hair air dry. I suspect the
results would be the same. I base my opinion on a paper published in the Annals
of Dermatology that reported on washing tresses of hair and then exposing them
to different drying temperatures by holding the dryer at different distances.
The results were compared with using no dryer at all. There was more surface
damage to hair when a hair dryer was used than when the hair was allowed to dry
naturally.”</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There is actually another <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjDhUOjUojs">eight and a half minute YouTube video</a>
from <i>BeautyTech Distribution</i> titled <b><i>REPRONIZER 4D PLUS DEMONSTRATION TEST</i></b>. This
time they did a three-hour test, but with a 0.47” thick plate glass blocking
the wind. Yet the moisture content again rose, from 11.5% to 13.7%. What’s
really going on here? As I said before, the moisture content of hair varies
with humidity. In fact, one type of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrometer">hygrometer</a> uses a hair as the humidity sensor.
The astonished folks viewing the demonstration are being misdirected to look at
the visible Repronizer as the cause of hair changes rather than the invisible real
cause of humidity in the video studio. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The dishwasher detergent pods I use are <b><i>Finish Powerball
Quantum</i></b>. They work well, and <b>Quantum</b> in the name sounds impressive. Anytime you
see quantum in a fancy explanation you might as well replace it with rectum –
which is where the bogus wording came from. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The blow dryer cartoon was adapted from <a href="https://openclipart.org/detail/202082/seche-cheveux">one</a> at <i>Opencilpart</i>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">An accent reveals where you came from. The March 1, 2024 <i>Pearls
Before Swine</i> <a href="https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/03/01">cartoon</a> by Stephan Pastis has the following dialogue:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Policeman: Pardon me folks, but we’re looking for a bank
robber. All
we know about him is that he’s from Pittsburgh.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Rat: Yeah, well good luck ID’ing someone just based on where
they’re from.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Bald Man: Yeah, yinz are nuts.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Goat: Pittsburghese for ‘you all.’</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Rat: They have their own language?</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Bald Man: Was my Franco Harris underwear showing?</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I grew up in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh
(from 1955 to 1977) and am familiar with their distinctive <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania_English">Western Pennsylvania English</a>.
Back on February 1, 2015 I <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2015/02/last-fall-pittsburgh-took-prize-for.html">blogged about</a> how <b><i>Last fall Pittsburgh took the
prize for worst accent in the U.S.</i></b> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">In Philadelphia they say <b>youse</b>, down South
it’s <b>y’all,</b> but around Pittsburgh it’s <b>yinz</b> (or yunz). In Squirrel Hill the phrase:
<b>Yinz gwan up Murray?</b> means <b>Are you going (shopping) up on Murray Avenue?</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pittsburgh_Pennsylvania.jpg">panorama</a> came from <i>Wikimedia Commons</i>. </p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Sometimes what we read from a usually reliable source is
just plain wrong. There is <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/romantically-attached/202303/local-perspectives-singing-with-stage-fright">an article </a>by Mariana Bockarova at <i>Psychology Today</i>
on March 16, 2023 titled <b><i>Local Perspectives: Singing With Stage Fright</i></b>. She
opened it by claiming:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“According to the <i>National Institute of Mental Health</i>, ‘stage
fright,’ or performance anxiety - the fear one feels when needing to perform or
present in public, impacts approximately 73 percent of the population. In fact,
<em><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">stage fright </span></em>is the most commonly
cited fear people have.”</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">That’s hogwash. On August 12, 2015 I <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2015/08/theres-really-no-mystery-about-how.html">blogged about</a> how <b><i>There’s
really no mystery about how common stage fright is</i></b>. Research supported by the <i>National
Institute of Mental Health</i> found 21.2 percent had stage fright – about three
times less. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">That 73 percent is a baseless number from a commercial web
site called Statistic Brain – it is their claimed <b>percent of men who suffer from
speech anxiety</b>. I showed their table in another <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2020/08/toastmaster-magazine-is-spreading.html">blog post </a>on August 14, 2020
titled <b><i>Toastmaster magazine is spreading nonsense from John Bowe about how
common the fear of public speaking is.</i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And the 2023 <b><i>Chapman Survey of American Fears</i></b> <a href="https://www.chapman.edu/wilkinson/research-centers/babbie-center/_files/2023%20Fear/23csaf-9_high-to-low.pdf">lists </a>public
speaking as the 53rd most common fear, at a similar 28.7%.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The image of Dmitry Bertman on stage was adapted from <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dmitry_Bertman_on_Helikon_Opera%60s_stage,_2016.jpg">this one</a> at <i>Wikimedia Commons</i>. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Seven decades ago, in his 1953 best-selling book (with Desmond
Leslie) George Adamski told us that <b><i>Flying Saucers Have Landed</i></b>. George claimed
to have met a Venusian named Orthon. He followed with <b><i>Inside the Space Ships</i></b> in
1955 and <b><i>Flying Saucers Farewell </i></b>in 1961. But in December 1962 the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_2">Mariner 2</a>
space probe found the temperature for the atmosphere on Venus actually was 932 F – so nobody
really could have lived there. In my teens I found Adamski’s UFO books at the
public library, and quickly realized they were pseudoscientific nonsense. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Along with a Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adamski">article</a>, there is <a href="https://www.history.com/news/george-adamski-ufo-alien-photos">an article</a> by Greg
Daugherty at <i>History.com</i> on January 9, 2020 about how <b><i>George Adamski got
famous sharing his UFO photos and alien ‘encounters’</i></b>. Adamski is also discussed
in three articles at the <i>Denver Public Library</i> by Chris Root: <a href="https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/western-history/man-who-met-venusian-allegedly">one</a> on August 30,
2022 titled <b><i>The man who met a Venusian (allegedly)</i></b>, a <a href="https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/western-history/man-who-boarded-flying-saucer-allegedly">second </a>on September 20,
2022 titled <b><i>The man who boarded a flying saucer (allegedly)</i></b>, and a <a href="https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/western-history/man-who-hitched-ride-venus-allegedly">third</a> on October
19, 2022 titled <b><i>The man who hitched a ride to a Venus (allegedly)</i></b>. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was surprised to find that the second half of the February
14, 2024 <a href="https://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2024-02-14-show/">Coast to Coast AM radio show</a> had a guest tell us favorably about Adamski as
follows:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“Author and ufologist Glenn Steckling is the director of the
sixty-year + <i>George Adamski Foundation</i>, one of the oldest enduring UFO
organizations. In the latter half, he shared his findings in his longstanding
UFO research and pointed out some of what he believes is misinformation and
disinformation in the field. Adamski, he noted, was well known in the 1950s
contactee movement, and shot numerous clear photos of UFOs. Steckling’s parents
worked with Adamski, and also had their own sightings and encounters. Glenn
said his current mission is to educate the public regarding ‘accurate’ UFO
historical information and documentation as opposed to substituting with ‘science
fiction, wishful thinking, or vivid imagination.’ “</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I think calling that organization a <b>Foundation</b> is hilarious,
since Adamski’s books really lack any foundation. In a March 22, 2009 <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2009/03/goink.html">blog post</a> titled <b><i>Goink! </i></b>I said some of what appears on <i>Coast to Coast AM</i> deserves the
term parastupid. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the Wikipedia article there is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adamski#/media/File:Sears_&_Roebuck_742-461_TURD_Gas_Lantern_1930s.jpg">an image</a> of a Coleman gas lantern
(sold by Sears Roebuck) which apparently was <a href="https://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread993010/pg1">the model</a> for the Scout Ship
photos produced by Adamski. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The cartoon of a UFO was adapted from <a href="https://openclipart.org/detail/325082/flying-saucer">an image</a> at
<i>Openclipart</i>. </p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>Richard I. Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032747070969465341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919709354189953907.post-61429456388752689462024-02-25T14:12:00.000-08:002024-02-26T14:08:36.885-08:00Should we have a pre- and post- pair of Words of the Day at a Toastmasters club meeting?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtyTKE3s9viYDlfVyBWQF2RveIn6Ez6G6NBDdzIF1HBQapAAD3QTEAlOYVjdxDoKRnkdkcTXQ3XWfXq6iERf6W3nD3tnPlaoBFDQzxzyPG7jXV3QLayq9Re3DIL6lSPvVlI3UW7ALqbHao3FLKjQPG51vyFNWko07BtthneDF0AqvTkPMvp4_qtyS0Mfz/s1378/pre%20post%20words%20arrows.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1014" data-original-width="1378" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtyTKE3s9viYDlfVyBWQF2RveIn6Ez6G6NBDdzIF1HBQapAAD3QTEAlOYVjdxDoKRnkdkcTXQ3XWfXq6iERf6W3nD3tnPlaoBFDQzxzyPG7jXV3QLayq9Re3DIL6lSPvVlI3UW7ALqbHao3FLKjQPG51vyFNWko07BtthneDF0AqvTkPMvp4_qtyS0Mfz/s320/pre%20post%20words%20arrows.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Compound words in English are curiously unsymmetrical. We
might expect the prefixes pre- and post- to describe before and after, but that’s
not how they always work. On April 20, 2018 I <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2018/04/playing-with-words-pro-or-con.html ">blogged about</a> <b><i>Playing with words:
PRO or CON?</i></b> In that post I noted that club meeting for <i>Toastmasters
International </i>optionally call for the <i>Grammarian</i> to introduce a <b>Word of the
Week</b> (or Day). We might also consider having a pair of words. Also, on January 10, 2024 I <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2024/01/should-we-have-con-and-pro-pair-of.html">blogged about</a> <b><i>Should we have a con- and pro- pair of Words of the Day at a Toastmasters club meeting</i></b>.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">And On February
12, 2021 I <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2021/02/playing-with-words-pre-or-post.html">blogged about</a> <b><i>Playing with words: PRE- or POST-?</i></b> Today I’m
revisiting those prefixes PRE- and POST-.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRy2knWXTyZkiiTGShWMO7ezbq2L_HQOQwFHWC0vxRelpBKRub6PesNgyFBA0HlJXzK_ljafXXMxvOcwYYRfaEoSXfTq-tpe3cqxp8QkA-XJdWwmQn4tqW_f_oYb4Gcp7QJusSRpfLa70o9UioVZvO8d8d1k8F9RG2LMKcsIzxkU2RpTyuuP5yN8GQJxNy/s1628/pre%20post%20w%20both%20real.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1628" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRy2knWXTyZkiiTGShWMO7ezbq2L_HQOQwFHWC0vxRelpBKRub6PesNgyFBA0HlJXzK_ljafXXMxvOcwYYRfaEoSXfTq-tpe3cqxp8QkA-XJdWwmQn4tqW_f_oYb4Gcp7QJusSRpfLa70o9UioVZvO8d8d1k8F9RG2LMKcsIzxkU2RpTyuuP5yN8GQJxNy/s320/pre%20post%20w%20both%20real.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">As shown above, now I found 14 pairs of words with both pre-
and post- as their prefixes (rather than the previous two).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDowvHjzm8L4F4JxKhbPT05f-bNza4ZGM6woHT74BoClgcWyqQh1U_aDNHs9deuRtVPf2-jRuqxT_Dag2gZwQwMKKIAqR50jXcgCOfOZVJmVS1soI6dv_NT_D8zmB6js8am5jV-GIv8S9VZyqGgjcSmNW6eU8sGk2mYPCFjWxDwtjLU9oYudE19EN5i0Hp/s1980/pre%20post%20w%20pre%20real.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1980" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDowvHjzm8L4F4JxKhbPT05f-bNza4ZGM6woHT74BoClgcWyqQh1U_aDNHs9deuRtVPf2-jRuqxT_Dag2gZwQwMKKIAqR50jXcgCOfOZVJmVS1soI6dv_NT_D8zmB6js8am5jV-GIv8S9VZyqGgjcSmNW6eU8sGk2mYPCFjWxDwtjLU9oYudE19EN5i0Hp/s320/pre%20post%20w%20pre%20real.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">But, I found 26 pairs where only the word beginning with
pre- is real (rather than ten). You can be precise, but it’s too late to be
postcise. And you can prefer something, but you cannot postfer it. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsDEDcPw2ofmM0BVea-ZP19l13KeraUajAn37rcw4vpoYdGGL0wVT1LXEP-sLd2C7xOSq8y9C5OFpQWwTaNtcvPtt4s4y62k1fCaijyZ9NpCLrc06AYJCHXRJIPe0EkdyoYlvOSBY6aOsH7TswVD8CImqtKuKs2N2xRgjRRtM41_5Pho6HGJwomHXHzCT/s1830/pre%20post%20w%20post%20real.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1830" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsDEDcPw2ofmM0BVea-ZP19l13KeraUajAn37rcw4vpoYdGGL0wVT1LXEP-sLd2C7xOSq8y9C5OFpQWwTaNtcvPtt4s4y62k1fCaijyZ9NpCLrc06AYJCHXRJIPe0EkdyoYlvOSBY6aOsH7TswVD8CImqtKuKs2N2xRgjRRtM41_5Pho6HGJwomHXHzCT/s320/pre%20post%20w%20post%20real.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">And I found seven pairs where only the word beginning with post-
is real (rather than five). You can postpone something, but it’s too early to
prepone it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>Richard I. Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032747070969465341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919709354189953907.post-90720774065753197162024-02-24T13:37:00.000-08:002024-02-24T13:37:50.929-08:00Forget about memory supplements!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMo2r7GFRsIZK_NZsOTMAuNWrL1HC61i5wYfpjbATNPJTk-XskQraYOnrNpWv8_w-9o2CxlmmS5ZVZkQGAoMwGYhMME5RQ6_YU5jLxpGNwx3leM1QiSxD0cqGBCgXCSWgsUC9rG64svnRPpz3MYGOTshNta8Zr9Ty8iRYEwyy9_b-asj3b5i26y6LcelQ/s2000/finger%20do%20not%20forget%20322741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1006" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMo2r7GFRsIZK_NZsOTMAuNWrL1HC61i5wYfpjbATNPJTk-XskQraYOnrNpWv8_w-9o2CxlmmS5ZVZkQGAoMwGYhMME5RQ6_YU5jLxpGNwx3leM1QiSxD0cqGBCgXCSWgsUC9rG64svnRPpz3MYGOTshNta8Zr9Ty8iRYEwyy9_b-asj3b5i26y6LcelQ/s320/finger%20do%20not%20forget%20322741.jpg" width="161" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">At the <i>Mcgill Office for Science and Society</i> there is an <a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-history/nothing-memorable-about-memory-supplements">excellent article</a> (by their head) Joe Schwarcz on February 16, 2024 titled <b><i>Nothing Memorable
About Memory Supplements</i></b>. He stated:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“What then is the overall conclusion about slowing memory
decline? There is not enough evidence to back any memory supplement."</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On January 13, 2020 I had a <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2020/01/did-clinical-trial-show-dietary.html">blog post</a> titled <b><i>Did a clinical
trial show the dietary supplement pill Prevagen improves memory? Only when you
forget about more than half of their data</i></b>. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The finger with a string was adapted from <a href="https://openclipart.org/detail/322741/dont-forget-finger">an image</a> at
<i>Openclipart</i>.</p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>Richard I. Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032747070969465341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919709354189953907.post-35784687461256821682024-02-23T07:14:00.000-08:002024-02-23T07:43:10.038-08:00A new Idaho bill would prohibit cities and counties from regulating knives – but not pitchforks<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiyKebDo_TVHozFph8-sifOfKPBt8ZKYgNdpipicXCY9KF-L1H_owB-MtHTbtEQUpRivIFbFq3Ozy3vuqUp3Aa6m5dkEpr3rXyYbuTAHh6cJegfcSrOqVCv89wjq50fqDRg34PpvTrypCuE8Ehf9XvB8XsHaZ0Om1KKpGfb6JWyOd_BIYsBowyOPaRbaH/s2048/American_Gothic_grant_wood.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1694" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiyKebDo_TVHozFph8-sifOfKPBt8ZKYgNdpipicXCY9KF-L1H_owB-MtHTbtEQUpRivIFbFq3Ozy3vuqUp3Aa6m5dkEpr3rXyYbuTAHh6cJegfcSrOqVCv89wjq50fqDRg34PpvTrypCuE8Ehf9XvB8XsHaZ0Om1KKpGfb6JWyOd_BIYsBowyOPaRbaH/s320/American_Gothic_grant_wood.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">There is <a href="https://idahocapitalsun.com/briefs/idaho-cities-and-counties-would-be-prohibited-from-regulating-knives-under-new-bill/">an article</a> by Clark Corbin at the <i>Idaho Capital Sun</i>
on February 21, 2024 titled <b><i>Idaho cities and counties would be prohibited from regulating
knives under new bill.</i></b> That new bill is <a href="https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0620.pdf">H0620</a> from Rep. Jordan Redman, who says
he carries a knife every day. (Is he the guy who brings a knife to a gunfight?)
But the proposed legislation does not also include pitchforks, like the one
shown above in the iconic 1930 painting <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grant_Wood_-_American_Gothic_(1930).jpg">American Gothic</a> by Grant Wood.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Playing devil’s advocate, for consistency I think pitchforks
need to be included.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The pointing devil <a href="https://openclipart.org/detail/319912/pointing-devil">image</a> came from <i>Openclipart</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">At a web site for the <i>Mayo Clinic</i> there was an article by
Kenneth Rooth on February 8, 2024 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>titled
<b><i>My journey from energy work skeptic to Reiki practitioner.</i></b> It was discussed by Steven
Novella at <i>Science Based Medicine </i>on February 14, 2024 in <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/mayo-clinic-promotes-reiki/">another article</a>
titled <b><i>Mayo Clinic Promotes Reiki</i></b>. <i>Mayo Clinic </i>has removed the article. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Novella mentioned but did not link to <a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-pseudoscience/should-we-take-reiki-seriously">still another article</a> by Jonathan Jarry at the <i>McGill Office for Science and Society</i> on February
19, 2020 titled <b><i>Should we take Reiki seriously?</i></b> And on March 22, 2020 I <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2020/03/can-reiki-reduce-public-speaking-anxiety.html">blogged about</a> <b><i>Can Reiki reduce public speaking anxiety?</i></b> and linked to Mr. Jarry’s
article. Both that article and my blog post obey <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines">Betteridge’s Law of Headlines</a>,
which states:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered
by the word <i>no</i>.”</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The image was adapted from <a href="https://openclipart.org/detail/313597/magician-and-peacock">this one</a> at <i>Openclipart</i>.</p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">There is an interesting <a href="https://bobbypowers.net/what-a-sandwich-artist-a-sportscaster-and-an-accountant-taught-me-about-public-speaking/">article </a>by Bobby Powers titled <b><i>What
a sandwich artist, a sportscaster, and an accountant taught me about public
speaking</i></b>. It’s wonderful how you can learn from very different people. (I have
learned from a veterinarian, a novelist, and an electrical engineer). </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">His seven tips are:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Use stories as your Trojan Horse.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Create villains for your audience to hate. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Beware the curse of knowledge.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Paint vivid mental pictures.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Embrace the power of silence.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Practice twice as much as you normally would. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Fly at multiple altitudes. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A sportscaster taught him to replace filler words with
pauses. And an accountant taught him about the <b>Curse of Knowledge</b> (not
remembering when you didn’t know a subject inside out). Back on November 6,
2009 I <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2009/11/knowledge-consciousness-and-curses.html">blogged about</a> <b><i>Knowledge, consciousness, and curses</i></b>. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Images of <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jimmy_John_employees_having_fun_making_sandwiches.jpg">sandwich makers</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sportscaster.jpg">a sportscaster</a> and <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Missouri_Auditor_Nicole_Galloway_2018.jpg">an auditor</a>
all were adapted from <i>Wikimedia Commons</i>. </p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>Richard I. Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032747070969465341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919709354189953907.post-45785668655735248172024-02-19T09:04:00.000-08:002024-02-19T09:04:27.407-08:00A TikTok video on five public speaking myths includes a bogus fear statistic and a bogus Mark Twain quote<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OrgCjJ2z3axTimCMCuv1xwebp1_-TX6SUkWT4mdl14ChAuuo-XGiONC4nqhG7jGHTMDwgzTCFc6ZxBMVoIFbyE6anwjw_jXmXv2Hn9lZGw9B7Rs927Y7D0JZ2H3VqvQTn9qGpTMFcfH27rbqAFj-XnLwRVuKD8WgbzI7BW2oooWG5g7MolUKAAlAcFo_/s1710/TikTok%20Stopwatch.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1710" data-original-width="1374" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OrgCjJ2z3axTimCMCuv1xwebp1_-TX6SUkWT4mdl14ChAuuo-XGiONC4nqhG7jGHTMDwgzTCFc6ZxBMVoIFbyE6anwjw_jXmXv2Hn9lZGw9B7Rs927Y7D0JZ2H3VqvQTn9qGpTMFcfH27rbqAFj-XnLwRVuKD8WgbzI7BW2oooWG5g7MolUKAAlAcFo_/s320/TikTok%20Stopwatch.png" width="257" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">If you want to dispel myths, then you shouldn’t state some
more. At <i>TikTok</i> on February 13, 2024 there is a two-and-a-half minute teaching <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@trophyrono/video/7334705184360238342">video</a>
by Trophy Kiprono (a coach from Nairobi, Kenya) titled <b><i>5 things they lied to
you about public speaking</i></b>. Her text claims: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“According to the National Institute of Mental Health, it is
estimated that close to 73% of the world’s population has a fear of public
speaking. Here’s the good news in that statistic. If you have fears around
public speaking, you are in good, large company.”</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But 73% is baseless nonsense from <i>Statistic Brain</i>, which I
discussed on August 14, 2020 in a <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2020/08/toastmaster-magazine-is-spreading.html">blog post</a> titled <b><i>Toastmaster magazine is
spreading nonsense from John Bowe about how common the fear of public speaking
is.</i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Her video mostly contains reasonable advice. A transcript
with punctuation and capitalization added is:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“Let’s talk about some common public speaking myths that we
need to dispel now. Because of the fear that surrounds public speaking there’s
a lot of myths surrounding it. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The first myth is that great speakers are born that way. It’s
a myth that great speakers are born with the ability to connect confidently and
easily with a room full of people. The truth is anyone who aspires and desires
and decides to improve their public speaking skills can do so. It’s a learnable
skill, it’s like riding a bicycle which can be achieved through training,
commitment, determination, and most importantly practicing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The second myth surrounding public speaking is that
experienced speakers don’t feel nervous. As you develop your public speaking
skills, your pre-presentation anxiety lessens. The truth is your nerves will
never go away completely, if you’re about to give a presentation you genuinely
care about. Experienced speakers simply learn how to control, manage, and even
harness their nerves to help them rather than hinder them. As Mark Twain once
said, ‘There are two types of speakers – those that are nervous and those that
are liars.’ <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The third common myth out there is that only extroverts make
good public speakers. No, that’s not a fact. Your personality doesn’t matter.
It doesn’t matter if you’re an introvert, an extrovert, an ambivert, or any
other type out there. All you need is something important to say that will make
a difference to others. A belief that what you have to say needs to be heard. A
passion for what you believe in, and finally a conviction to express your
passion and share your message. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The fourth myth out there is that you have to be perfect.
Anxiety increases substantially when you strive for perfection. The greatest
presenters know that, so they don’t try to go for an Oscar winning performance.
Instead they know that their job is simply to be the best of who they are, with
the sole intention of making a difference to their audience rather than making
themselves look like ‘superstars.’ </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The [fifth] final myth is that you need to memorize your
speech. Your audience don’t want to hear a sleek polished presenter who has
memorized everything. It’s a myth that’s ‘theatre.’ Your audience want to hear
someone speak, someone who knows what they’re talking about, someone who cares
about what they’re saying, someone who makes their audience care too. You don’t
need to memorize your speech. This will do both you and your audience more harm
than good. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>I hope these tips help.” </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But under the second myth she includes a bogus Mark Twin
quote. On May 12, 2020 I <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2020/05/did-mark-twain-really-say-there-were.html">blogged about</a> <b><i>Did Mark Twain really say there were
just nervous speakers or liars?</i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The image was adapted from <a href="https://openclipart.org/detail/162/chrono">this one</a> at <i>Openclipart</i>. </p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Patrick O’Mara is from from Hoover, Alabama. He works at
<i>State Farm Insurance</i> as a subrogation analyst and has a side business doing
public speaking training (<b><i><a href="https://propresenting.com/">Pro Presenting</a>)</i></b>. There is <a href="https://hooversun.com/peopleplaces/hoover-man-certified-as-guinness-world-record-holder-for-mos/">an article</a> by Jon Anderson
in the <i>Hoover Sun</i> on January 18, 2024 titled <b><i>Hoover man certified as Guinness
World Record holder for most speeches in 24 hours</i></b>. Another <a href="https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/2/vocal-virtuoso-from-alabama-delivers-32-speeches-in-24-hours-763559">article</a> by Aliciamarie
Rodriguez at <i>Guinness World Records</i> on February 5, 2024 is titled <b><i>Vocal
virtuoso from Alabama delivers 32 ten-minute impromptu speeches in 24 hours.</i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Patrick gave 33 unique ten-minute impromptu speeches (inspired
by fortune cookies), but only 32 counted. Each was to be to a different venue
with an audience of at least ten people (and room for fifty). The previous
record of 30 speeches was set in 2018 by Piyush Vyas in Gujarat, India. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Club meetings of <i>Toastmasters International</i> have a
one-to-two-minute impromptu speaking section known as <a href="https://www.toastmasters.org/membership/club-meeting-roles/table-topics-speaker">Table Topics</a>. Most
Toastmasters (including me) initially found it difficult to speak impromptu for
over a minute. Patrick’s record therefore is quite impressive.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The image of a cartoon man speaking was adapted from <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cartoon_Man_Speaking_At_A_Business_Conference.svg">this one</a> at <i>Wikimedia Commons</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>Richard I. Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032747070969465341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919709354189953907.post-43441314142561399372024-02-16T12:15:00.000-08:002024-02-16T17:01:25.613-08:00Laura Bergells article on Unconventional Ways to Improve Public Speaking<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGbTgEtcfNBI7AbJKo2JbSn3vYlu-adLIP1HM8Iz-Gf7RmCsTe7Z65lZAp1R0syefVR6ceqU-HqZlNKSmP8AuDyuWPBBlSoi_NINpdjFlbNGxVw8MNiz4_t1v5seE0st29jnD8sXWjHcmiv80aKIBAYAqGbx-79bqcUOjzMFC5A41tHbIcaOFEeVgS-WN/s2125/balancing%20roll%20of%20paper%20colored%20How%20to%20Amuse.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2125" data-original-width="1363" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGbTgEtcfNBI7AbJKo2JbSn3vYlu-adLIP1HM8Iz-Gf7RmCsTe7Z65lZAp1R0syefVR6ceqU-HqZlNKSmP8AuDyuWPBBlSoi_NINpdjFlbNGxVw8MNiz4_t1v5seE0st29jnD8sXWjHcmiv80aKIBAYAqGbx-79bqcUOjzMFC5A41tHbIcaOFEeVgS-WN/s320/balancing%20roll%20of%20paper%20colored%20How%20to%20Amuse.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">At <i>LinkedIn Pulse</i> on February 13, 2024 there is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/embrace-weirdness-unconventional-ways-improve-public-laura-bergells-3ejfe/">an interesting article</a> by Laura Bergells titled <b><i>Embrace the Weirdness!
Unconventional Ways to Improve Public Speaking</i></b>. One way she mentions and
pictures is practicing with books on your head to improve posture. That’s
<a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BookOnTheHead">listed</a> in <i>TVtropes</i> and <a href="https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/1940s-1950s-young-woman-wearing-two-piece-dress-balancing-news-photo/604435145?">shown</a> at <i>Getty Images</i>. You could instead try a roll of
paper, as shown above. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">She noted that a technique like holding your arms up with
palms out would initially feel weird. But that looks open, versus a closed
gesture of crossing your arms. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBD6YKaOCOWnR63hgDhmfDeRaYbAJPKpMmswSoM-SiEdyuns2FTajtDIJQJ9-e-OctDWKSEN1kShIthJS6XP9RhR42aBiPZTleQOplPmxEE8hhIYJP4p4Wah-Cawxuy3tSEmugqtV9J4Ml6YpbPpFBkCCGGO3cu-IbyAxys2qLOKXX1Lav4V8yxPA0t42-/s2528/man%20sitting%20pointing%20How%20to%20Amuse.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1986" data-original-width="2528" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBD6YKaOCOWnR63hgDhmfDeRaYbAJPKpMmswSoM-SiEdyuns2FTajtDIJQJ9-e-OctDWKSEN1kShIthJS6XP9RhR42aBiPZTleQOplPmxEE8hhIYJP4p4Wah-Cawxuy3tSEmugqtV9J4Ml6YpbPpFBkCCGGO3cu-IbyAxys2qLOKXX1Lav4V8yxPA0t42-/s320/man%20sitting%20pointing%20How%20to%20Amuse.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Another weird way might be to (as shown above) give your
speech while sitting down on the floor or stage. Gestures will feel different!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Images were adapted from the 1905 <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/How_to_amuse_yourself_and_others%3B_the_American_girl%27s_handy_book_%28IA_yoursehowtoamuse00bearrich%29.pdf">book</a> by Lina Beard and
Adelia B. Beard titled <b><i>How to Amuse Yourself and Others</i></b> (pages 378 and 252) from
<i>Wikimedia Commons</i>. </p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">On February 6, 2024 there is a <i>Pearls Before Swine</i> <a href="https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/02/06">cartoon</a>
by Stephan Pastis with the following dialogue:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Pig: What do you do if you’re a writer and the ideas just
won’t come?</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Rat: Like a broken gumball machine you hit yourself on the
side of the head until an idea rolls out.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Rat [to Goat]: The life of a writer is not for everyone.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On September 14, 2021 I published a <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2021/09/are-you-stuck-in-rut.html">blog post </a>asking <b><i>Are you
stuck in a rut?</i></b> It linked to a <a href="https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine/articles/3-ways-to-shake-off-writers-block">brief article</a> by Kathleen Fordyce on page 27 in
the October 2015 issue of <i>Toastmaster Magazine</i> titled <b><i>3 Ways to shake off
writer’s block</i></b>. She advised you to:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>1] Start with a list</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>2] Imagine you are talking to your best friend<br /></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>3] Brainstorm for 10 minutes</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There is <a href="https://medium.com/@AleksCuracSaric/the-only-cure-for-writer-s-block-is-to-stop-trying-to-write-7eb1639d4fcb">another article</a> by Aleks Curac Saric at <i>Medium</i> on May
17, 2015 titled <b><i>The only cure for writer’s block is to stop trying to write</i></b>. It
shows a <i>Calvin & Hobbes</i> cartoon where Calvin made a literal writer’s block.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And on March 23, 2015 I <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2015/03/writers-block-is-like-getting-your-car.html">blogged about</a> how <b><i>Writer’s block is
like getting your car stuck in mud up to the axles.</i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The image was adapted from <a href="https://openclipart.org/detail/21849/comic-characters-guy-and-the-stone-block">one </a>at <i>Openclipart</i>. </p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">On January 5, 2024 <i>Alaska Airlines</i> Flight 1282 took off from
<i>Portland International Airport </i>at 5:07 PM. Six minutes later, at an altitude of
16,300 feet a 2x4’ door plug detached from the fuselage (as shown above),
causing a rapid loss of cabin pressure. Luckily the crew was able to return to
the airport and there were no severe injuries or fatalities. A door plug is a panel for covering an unused emergency exit. An <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2024/01/08/alaska-flight-lost-door-plug-graphics/72133522007/">article</a> by George
Petras et al. at <i>USA Today</i> on January 8, 2024 titled <b><i>A Boeing 737 Max 9 lost a
panel midair, terrifying passengers. Here’s how it happened</i></b> describes the
incident. <a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2024/01/08/portland-teacher-recounts-finding-boeing-door-plug-in-yard/">Another article</a> by Kristian Foden-Vencil at <i>OPB</i> on January 8, 2024
titled <b><i>Portland teacher recounts finding Boeing door plug in his yard</i></b> told
about an astonished science teacher, Bob Sauer. A <a href="https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/safety-ops-regulation/ntsb-eyeing-door-plug-bolts-alaska-737-9-accident-probe">third article</a> by Sean
Broderick at <i>Aviation Week Network</i> on January 9, 2024 is titled <b><i>NTSB Eyeing
Door Plug Bolts in Alaska 737-9 Accident Probe. </i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMov7uRqjjq2YT4jfgFDbvjjU1yLo4tWpDpI-RfgXW-Kf9Wy6zj_r-lrirw8vu240uDvQjDMOQnH7vTM_TXamygaRZCZ7XEaIPBQOxQ9S_lb2HQkQjJ6jN9Pad1BcO3KpgbpV0ykq29jiGFXqra182hu1u4a2IMWa9R8kmEChsu4INYrw1mB82TdVUE9T/s1081/Nut_Castellated.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1003" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMov7uRqjjq2YT4jfgFDbvjjU1yLo4tWpDpI-RfgXW-Kf9Wy6zj_r-lrirw8vu240uDvQjDMOQnH7vTM_TXamygaRZCZ7XEaIPBQOxQ9S_lb2HQkQjJ6jN9Pad1BcO3KpgbpV0ykq29jiGFXqra182hu1u4a2IMWa9R8kmEChsu4INYrw1mB82TdVUE9T/s320/Nut_Castellated.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">A <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-safety-regulator-release-initial-report-boeing-737-max-cabin-blowout-agency-2024-02-06/">fourth article</a> by David Shepardson at <i>Reuters</i> on February 6,
2024 titled <b><i>Bolts appeared to be missing from door plug that flew off Boeing
MAX 9 jet – agency</i></b> discussed preliminary results from NTSB. The plug had been
removed to repair some rivets, and not properly reinstalled. There should have
been four bolts fitted with castle nuts (as shown above) and locked in place by
cotter pins. If those bolts had been installed correctly, then they never
should have loosened and come off. A close-up view of a properly installed
castle nut can be found <a href="https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2016/RCRIT-16V723-6734.pdf">here</a> on the last page from an October 2016 <b><i>NHTSA Recall
</i></b>for an Autocar Industries truck.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On May 6, 2018 I <a href="https://joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2018/05/driverless-cars-dont-need-steering.html">blogged about</a> how <b><i>Driverless cars don’t
need steering wheels – but the rest of us sure do</i></b>. In that post I discussed
another incident (which I’d helped investigate) involving a motorglider crash
due to a locknut not being properly tightened. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On January 12, 2024 in his <i>Writing Boots </i><a href="https://writing-boots.com/2024/01/friday-happy-hour-video-13/">blog</a> Dave Murray linked
to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM">a humorous video</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke_and_Dawe">Clarke and Dawe</a> describing another incident – where <b><i>The Front
Fell Off</i></b>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I adapted an <a href="https://openclipart.org/detail/183905/boeing-737">image</a> of a Boeing 737 from <i>Openclipart</i>. An
<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castellated_Nut_(new).png">image</a> of a castle nut came from <i>Wikimedia Commons</i>. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Doug Savage has a humorous Savage Chickens <a href="https://www.savagechickens.com/2024/02/movie-theater-etiquette.html">cartoon</a> on February
7, 2024 about etiquette in a movie theater (as shown above). It also applies to
the audience for a presentation. </p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">There is an <a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/treatments/eye-drops-kinds-recommendations">article</a> by Dan Gudgel on June 1, 2023 at the <i>American
Academy of Ophthalmology</i> simply titled <b><i>Eye Drops</i></b>. Also, there is <a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/treatments/lubricating-eye-drops">another article</a> by Kierstan Boyd on February 9, 2022 about <b><i>Lubricating Eye Drops for
Dry Eyes</i></b>, and <a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/treatments/redness-relieving-eye-drops">yet another</a> on April 7, 2023 about <b><i>Redness-Relieving Eye Drops.</i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">More recently there is <a href="https://www.fda.gov/drugs/buying-using-medicine-safely/what-you-should-know-about-eye-drops">an article</a> by the <i>U.S. Food &
Drug Administration</i> on December 12, 2023 titled <b><i>What You Should Know about Eye
Drops</i></b>. It followed <a href="https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-warns-consumers-not-purchase-or-use-certain-eye-drops-several-major-brands-due-risk-eye#eyedrops">another article</a> on November 16, 2023 titled <b><i>FDA warns
consumers not to purchase or use certain eye drops from several major brands
due to risk of eye infection</i></b>. FDA’s consumer tips on December 12 include:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“Do not use ophthalmic products that:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Are marketed as OTC [over-the-counter] products to treat
serious eye conditions such as<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>glaucoma, retinopathy, or macular degeneration. There are no OTC
treatments for these conditions.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Are labeled as homeopathic, as these products should not be
marketed.”</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The tip about avoiding homeopathic eyedrops was picked up
three other places: by Beth Mole at <i>Ars Technica</i> on December 12, 2023 in an
<a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/every-homeopathic-eye-drop-should-be-pulled-off-the-market-fda-says/">article</a> titled <b><i>Every homeopathic eye drop should be pulled off the market, FDA
says</i></b>; by Laura Baisas at <i>Popular Science</i> on December 13, 2023 in <a href="https://www.popsci.com/health/fda-homeopathic-eye-drops/">another article</a> titled <b><i>Stop using homeopathic eye drops</i></b>; and by Scott Gavura at <i>Science-Based
Medicine</i> on December 21, 2023 in <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/fda-dont-use-homeopathic-eye-drops/">still another article</a> titled <b><i>FDA: Don’t use
homeopathic eye drops. </i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Naturally there was grousing by <i>Americans for Homeopathy
Choice</i> on December 26, 2023 in an <a href="https://homeopathychoice.org/insider26/">article</a> titled <b><i>Our Homeopathic Eye Drops Are
Gone!</i></b> which lazily whined that FDA had not cited any adverse case reports. But
there were at least two such case reports. One <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5849440/">article</a> by Lin Chen et al. at <i>Clinical
Medicine & Research</i> for December 2017 is titled <b><i>Anisocoria secondary to
anticholinergic mydriasis from homeopathic pink eye relief drops</i></b>. A second
<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34776281/">abstract </a>by Mallorie L. Huff in the <i>America Journal of Emergency Medicine</i> for April
2022 is titled <b><i>Acute angle closure glaucoma precipitated by homeopathic
eyedrops containing Atropa belladonna.</i></b> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The more common criticism of homeopathic products is that
the active ingredient is so diluted as to be insignificant. An<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2016/05/22/allergy-sufferers-beware-these-eyedrops-are-a-scam/?sh=52d782cb4264"> article</a> by Steven
Salzberg at <i>Forbes</i> on May 22, 2016 titled <b><i>Allergy sufferers beware: These eye drops
are a scam</i></b> cautioned:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“Uh oh. It turns out that these products are little more
than very, very expensive bottles of sterile water. For $9.99 you get 10 ml of
water that contains several extracts–in vanishingly small amounts–for which
there is no evidence whatsoever that they have any effect on allergies.”</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">An NIH <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eye_drop.jpg">image </a>of eye drops came from <i>Wikimedia Commons</i>. </p>
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