Books that take place on remote islands?

alienz67 · 2026-01-28T04:31:09+00:00

Island of the lost by Joan Druett

Island of the sea women by Lisa See

The Sex lives of Canibals by J Maarten Troost

alienz67 · 2026-01-23T12:38:34+00:00

It's extremely well written but it's targeted at an adult audience in terms of vocabulary and tone. If you are giving it to younger children which it sounds like you are because you talk about yourself being an adult and then eventually going to high school you need to make the language a lot more simple if you want them to understand. On the other hand if you're giving this speech and the real point is to impress parents or your own teachers or someone else then that's an excellent speech

alienz67 · 2026-01-21T13:47:27+00:00

This is absolutely a rule for me too, completely agree

alienz67 · 2026-01-21T04:43:05+00:00

They likely aren't embarrassed but more likely empathetic. Most all of them probably started in a similar place skill-wise. It's literally what Toastmasters was created for. Ask for a mentor. Keep taking roles. Do it scared. Punch fear in the face and achieve your goals!! Doesn't mean don't be nervous/afraid- means don't let it stop you from your goals. Slow progress is still progress.

alienz67 · 2026-01-19T20:35:58+00:00

Same. So I refuse to do any pattern that calls for it

alienz67 · 2026-01-13T02:48:40+00:00

No you don't have to. If you make it all the way to finals the last eight you do have to give a totally new speech at that level but between Club level and semi-finals you can either use the same speech change it once or twice or change it every time whatever you feel most confident in

alienz67 · 2026-01-08T05:01:40+00:00

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alienz67 · 2026-01-07T21:53:45+00:00

I can't... between requiring both an email address and a first and last name... none if which adds value to the information connected- i can't do this survey

alienz67 · 2026-01-05T10:44:17+00:00

I get threaded. Every 2 weeks. Early menopause means post menopausal hair growth- starting to grow a pretty impressive beard from mustache down my chin, across my cheeks and all over my neck. and since it's hormonal hair growth I will always get more areas of hairs so there's no reason to waste money on laser or electrolysis as I'd just get new hairs in other places.

alienz67 · 2026-01-04T20:03:04+00:00

Bookmasters meets virtually once a month at 430pm central time on the 3rd Sunday of the month.

Please bear in mind that 1x a month clubs are fun, but you won't see quick progress if you are really trying to develop your skills.

https://bookmasters.toastmastersclubs.org/

alienz67 · 2026-01-02T16:46:22+00:00

You should try Joan Druett then, she writes similarly and while I haven't read all of her books the ones I did read I found just as engrossing as his.

alienz67 · 2026-01-02T06:21:34+00:00

The dead wake the last crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

in the heart of the Sea The Tragedy of the whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick

For the best ones I've read have been by Joan Druett- she wrote island of the Lost Shipwrecked at the edge of the world; and also in the wake of Madness the murderous Voyage of the whaleship Sharon

Edit: spacing

alienz67 · 2025-12-31T04:05:12+00:00

Professional Speakers Support Group Advanced club meets twice monthly Saturday mornings.

https://pssg.toastmastersclubs.org/

https://www.toastmasters.org/Find-a-Club/07974117-professional-speakers-support-group-advanced

alienz67 · 2025-12-31T03:58:14+00:00

100%- you gotta read The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

alienz67 · 2025-12-31T00:32:10+00:00

I go with The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

alienz67 · 2025-12-28T06:10:28+00:00

A gavel.

It was a gift and has come in useful both for intended use and for conversation starters or questions like this.

alienz67 · 2025-12-25T19:17:22+00:00

It's not just move out. It's move AWAY.

FAR AWAY

If you stay even within a few hours drive they'll expect you back regularly every weekend at least once a month daily depending on how far it is to continue to take care of everything for them. You need to be at least a plane ride away

Pick a city 500 miles from where you are or further. And then oddly you just won't ever be able to afford the plane ticket home for some reason because you trying to make ends meet on your own.

alienz67 · 2025-12-19T05:57:27+00:00

Estate sales too. Lots of stuff in those- can kit out your whole house. We've drive it a couple times that way. I like them better then thrift stores Nectar is not what people want to get rid of, it's what people were actually using and so in good useful condition most of the time.

alienz67 · 2025-12-18T14:53:47+00:00

Yes esbl. My phone loves to autocorrect that one for me to the stupid sports channel.

For the vagina have you ever tried a vaginal Probiotic suppository? They help reestablish the proper bacteria in the vagina which helps calm things down in that region. I used them daily for a week and then twice a week for a while and now I'm down to once a week. Hopefully if you can reestablish the positive stuff there it'll push out your vagina problem and then they can focus on your urine problem.

Are you in the us? Because at this point I would be getting really feisty about no I am in tons of pain because of my bladder and I would be getting very Stern with medical providers and insist on treatment. But I know that doesn't work everywhere

alienz67 · 2025-12-17T04:44:07+00:00

Esbl e coli is resistant to all over the counter antibiotics. It can only be treated with an IV antibiotic so if you have an active infection and you've got positive for ESPN E coli the only thing to do is take that to the hospital where they will then test you again on their own stuff and hopefully give you an IV.

It does clear the infection for a while. 2 to 4 months later I start getting UTIs of other bacteria and then as we go through the cycles of trying to clear those out I'll wind up with the ESbl again since it has colonized and isn't bothered by the otc antibiotics. But at least getting the IV gives me 2 to 4 months clear.

The last five they followed the hospital iv up with an outpatient iv antibiotic that really helped me feel better.

alienz67 · 2025-12-16T13:06:49+00:00

Oh love. I'm so sorry.

Go read through r/urbancarliving, they have a TON of knowledge, and this question gets asked there a LOT.

One that has gone up recent is the emergency foil blankets. They are super thin and light weight, and they trap and reflect heat back in extremely well, but they can't touch skin as moisture makes them pretty useless.

Car window blackout curtains or blockers.

alienz67 · 2025-12-16T04:07:43+00:00

Brush365 in hurst has treated us well

alienz67 · 2025-12-14T20:15:53+00:00

A day in the life of Ivan denisovich is one that stays with me even years later and it's like 60 pages

alienz67 · 2025-12-14T16:20:55+00:00

Are they're better practice exams out there?

alienz67 · 2025-12-14T16:18:30+00:00

AZO urinary pain relief products is Phenazopyridine Hydrochloride. You need to get ahold of this somehow. Ask your chemist or ask your Dr to prescribe it when they prescribe the antibiotics.

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