Posts by BrendaCloutier

it was a matter of how many were going to vote against it.. side note: did anyone catch the south park episode where mr. garrison riles up the city to vote against gay marriage?

BrendaCloutier

if the government got any revenue as a result of it

What the government is missing out on is the Marriage Penalty Tax... where a joint household is taxed on higher collective tax rate instead of the individual's taxable earnings.

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Native American Indians on Warpath Again!

by SWALKER in

i received this e-mail...has anyone else seen this?

it seems like all peoples have their take on the end of the world.... message by sidney has no horses: october.

dakota on october 4, 2005, regular october session.. .

BrendaCloutier

We'll see what turns out.

Want to make it interesting? I'll give you good odds

Nah. I gave up betting on prophesies, good odds or not, after 1975.

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i might need to talk tomorrow, i know it sounds silly but, for a good few years now, i've had major confidence issues when it comes to public speaking, anything else i'm fine with, and sometimes a bit of an extrovert, but put a microphone in front of me, and i'll stutter and fall apart before your eyes.

well, a friend of mine was meant to give a pub quiz tomorrow, and i've reluctantly been pushed into doing it instead, it's not a big deal at all, it just means reading questions and answers into a microphone, but i know i'm going to balls it up.

have any of you got any tips for getting over this stupid phobia i seem to have developed?

BrendaCloutier

Well, if anyone dares stand up and tell me to work on my gestures I'm gonna chin 'em!

Na. Just use the gesture we weren't allowed to use... the one-digit salute.

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Public Speaking...

by Jordan in

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i might need to talk tomorrow, i know it sounds silly but, for a good few years now, i've had major confidence issues when it comes to public speaking, anything else i'm fine with, and sometimes a bit of an extrovert, but put a microphone in front of me, and i'll stutter and fall apart before your eyes.

well, a friend of mine was meant to give a pub quiz tomorrow, and i've reluctantly been pushed into doing it instead, it's not a big deal at all, it just means reading questions and answers into a microphone, but i know i'm going to balls it up.

have any of you got any tips for getting over this stupid phobia i seem to have developed?

BrendaCloutier

Actually, my KMS training and going door-to-door and talking to people I didn't know with information they didn't want to hear helped me a great deal with doing software client training and AA public speaking!

Just remember Jordan, you won't be judged on your speaking and discounted for errors like the KMS.

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Hey! Jeanniebeanz wants to know.....

by Frannie Banannie in

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if all the xdubs were gathered together in one place and a head count taken, how many of us would there be?

BrendaCloutier

Hamsterbait, that sounds like a reasonable formula. This would include faders DF/DA, etc., if I read it right.

I was thinking it could be far more than the 6 million they claim to be active publishers.

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Public Speaking...

by Jordan in

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friends

i might need to talk tomorrow, i know it sounds silly but, for a good few years now, i've had major confidence issues when it comes to public speaking, anything else i'm fine with, and sometimes a bit of an extrovert, but put a microphone in front of me, and i'll stutter and fall apart before your eyes.

well, a friend of mine was meant to give a pub quiz tomorrow, and i've reluctantly been pushed into doing it instead, it's not a big deal at all, it just means reading questions and answers into a microphone, but i know i'm going to balls it up.

have any of you got any tips for getting over this stupid phobia i seem to have developed?

BrendaCloutier

Relax. Stand up straight. Pick a point above poeples heads at first, then you can begin to speak directly to the audience as you relax and get going.

Take a deep breath, and smile. They won't bite... really!

Good luck and have fun!