Since there are so many comments I'll leave this message in place. As of about 3:30 PM EDT the power has been restored and all of the critical servers are back in operation. One of the general use systems that runs my lightning detection system is having problems but it isn't as critical as the other servers were.

Bob Arnold

Bob tells me that power is out due to lines brought down by winds in his area of central New York. May be back up today but more winds and storms expected, so it could be a while. Bob will remove this notice when the power comes back up. He's fine.

This morning while on my morning web surf I ran across this article. http://scifiwire.com/2009/05/columnist-michael-cassutt-2.php While oriented towards sci-fi/action movies I think it applies to just about all stories. He has some good advice and insight why some plots work and others don't. Enjoy!

hugs!

grover

Someone asked so here they are; my songs that were performed in the recital this morning. These are Garage Band mp3 files and are quite large.

This weekend, from Friday, I shall be attending the Gabycon. I'll be taking my little netbook plus dongle with me, and hope I can get a signal while 'oop north'. I also hope I can find an hour or so to write the odd episode of Bike. I'll make no promises other than to try and write and post if I have time. Otherwise normal service will be resumed on monday or tuesday.

I shall try and do an episode tomorrow, although I'll be packing and clearing six months' detritus from my car.

Angharad.

Hi,

With any luck Angel Marquez will probably post Tuesday after next Tuesday.

A transsexual from Nottinghamshire, England, has warned she will end her life if she is refused hormone treatment on the NHS (National Health Service).

I wa reading something this morning, and saw this:

"She was wearing a dress in blue velour, with three quarter length sleeves...."

There is a story I believe posted @ Storysite where an aunt tries to cope with a visiting nephew's smoking pot, and involvement with the pot crowd. She tells him that if he continues to do pot, that he will develop as a girl.

He stops, but because of his friends, she wrongfully thinks that her nephew is doing pot and has him feminized by a doctor. She later on has him totally sex changed because she thinks that her niece is still doing pot.

My dad was telling me about a health report he saw on the news where scientists have found a link between Similac Baby Formula and GID in babies born biologically male. I have looked for info on it, but I haven't found anything. Has anyone else? According to what my dad was saying, the Similac contained high levels of Estrogen and it caused the body not to produce Testosterone by severely stunting testicular size and making the brain develop as a female.