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Blood and Death and Sex.....

Posted by csbat at 10:09 PM on April 23, 2009 Comments comments (0)
While these topics don't seem to have a lot to do with commnication skills on the surface, scratch that surface and it seems that we are obsessed with them.  News shows about the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. and global economies (are those separate concepts, by the way, hmmm?), missing persons and victims of violent crimes, memories of survivors of high school massacres.  No wonder shows like "Dexter" and  "True Blood" (two personal faves, ironically) and "The Tudors" get such high ratings.  We all seem to want to escape from all-too-real horrors into rather more fantastic ones.  Do we fancy we can control these fantasy?  Sorry this is a rambling rant today; just one American feeling a little less hopeful today!

Begining of another year...with some endings

Posted by csbat at 09:38 PM on December 31, 2007 Comments comments (0)
As 2007 draws to a close, I just want to send out wishes for a blessed and healthy new year to clients and colleagues.  Please also take a moment to remember a few who've left us this year:  Robin Remy, a wife and mother, 46, of Chesapeake, Virginia, of natural causes; Donna Grantham, former colleague of my mother's, 52, a school principal and mentor in Escambia County, Florida, of a massive heart attack; and singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg, 56, who finally was defeated by prostate cancer in December.  Take care of yourselves, and each other!  Happy New Year! 

Should I be worried?

Posted by csbat at 02:32 PM on December 06, 2007 Comments comments (0)
I've been watching "Dexter" on Showtime, with only one episode left in the second season.  Why, you may ask, would I watch a program about a serial killer?  Well, there are interesting storylines, great acting, some eye candy (in the form of special guest star Keith Carradine), but what attracted me to such a program in the first place was the title character's attempts to appear ordinary and behave like other humans.  For those of us who work with children and adults who have either never learned, have impaired capacity to learn, or have suffered brain injury and "forgotten" basic social skills, such a show is thought-provoking.  I am certainly not making any analogies in regard to such individuals and Dexter.  I just appreciate a show that makes me think about what is conventional and acceptable, what is normal versus disordered. 

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