I was the Toastmaster of the Day today at the Cats; I chose “Food, Glorious Food” as my theme, and people seemed to enjoy it. We only had two speakers, but I’d warned the Table Topics Master and she had enough time to ask nine different food-related questions, ranging from “What is your favorite food?” to “What was your most disastrous cooking experience?” (the answer to that question won the “Best Table Topics” vote).

Yesterday, I mentioned that Facebook wasn’t letting me tag Diane (or Jeff, or quite a few others) on the computer, no matter what browser I used. Today, it decided to see if it could get me in trouble and offered me this new service:

I was especially impressed that there’s no way to tell them “no” – and the ad showed up at the top of the screen every time I opened the app or went to the site. Good thing I can’t keep a secret!

One of the things we really enjoyed before Covid was going on National Trust tours. We especially enjoyed them when John Meffert was the “Study Leader”, so we were awfully tempted when we got an offer from the Trust to join John next spring in his home town of Charleston, South Carolina for “An Insider’s View”. In fact, we were so tempted, we signed up! I hope they’ll have some flexibility on the food, though – a “Low Country Oyster Roast” is just not our cup of tea.

We’ve been rotating our menorahs this Hanukkah – tonight, we used the last one so we’ll have to start repeating them tomorrow.