No gorging

I am home, I'll from gorging. Okay, it's not a pleasant subject, but diverticulitis is not a pleasant ailment. Trust me.

This condition reemerges when 1)I eat too quickly, and therefore not realizing how much I have put down; 2) I eat too much at one sitting; 3 I eat too much of the wrong thing.

Speech lesson to be learned? You bet.

First, do not rush to the finish; you need time to gauge audience reaction and they need time to process what you are saying.

Second, do not cover too much material in one speech. Talk about something specific;limit your thesis.

Third, do not overkill. Too many stats will boggle the mind; too many jokes will cheapen your intent, and undermine your ethos; too many pauses will put the audience to sleep.

More on this at another time. I am on a liquid diet for two weeks, and my tummy is calling for beef broth.