On Vacation

Hi,

Sorry I haven´t updated my blog for a while. I´m on Vacation in Cuba for the next week. My internet connection is sllllllllllllloooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww ... so I don´t know if I´ll be able to write too much this week.

Thanks for understanding.

BTW-Airport security stopped me on my way into the plane because of my stop watch.

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Transfer-Wk 31,Thurs-Break from Toastmasters & PFSP Mini Refresher

2 things:

1. I’m taking a break from Toastmasters for a while. I seem to have forgotten my goals were originally to push my controlled fluency out of my comfort zone. But lately, I’m using spontaneous fluency more often with mixed results. Whether I’m stuttering or not, is irrelevant since speaking fluently without control is just as counter productive as stuttering.
   So, I will be taking a break from it until I get my act together again. Perhaps I’ll try the Toastmasters for People With a Stutter … if I can get downtown at that time.
   


2. I’m going to a PFSP mini-refresher tomorrow (Friday). I’m pretty excited about it, and definitely need it. I will try to post something tomorrow evening to let you know how it went.

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FYI: Mudiaga video

I just ran across this video of Mudiaga from a documentary called Help Me To Speak.

In the video, Mudiaga's frustrations are not appearent trying to book an appointment over the telephone. Also, the person he is speaking to, is well mannered, but it is still (I assume) easy for a non-stutterer to recognize the frustration stuttering can cause. In my humble opinion, the scene was well done.

The comments are sympathetic for the most part, and a couple bloggers wrote about it, both supportive and mocking.

Update [Aug 21,2006]: The video has been taken down a couple times, if it's broken again, do a search on "stuttering" on YouTube to find it again.

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Not meant as advice, please find a qualified therapist if you are interested in similar therapy.