Hi,

I wanted to share a few photos with everyone. I rarely take pictures of myself while dressed. However, I love to take pictures of myself and edit them to make me look more feminine. It's great fun for me, and is a nice outlet.

As I tell others, you can still have a beard and be feminine and pretty. One need not be passable, or think of gender in terms of male and female.

Please, enjoy!

http://crossdressers-forum.com/galleria/index.php?cat=17270

I've been a member for over a year now, and I have written very little. I do love reading many of the stories. However, lately, I haven't had much time to write, as I am in my first semester of nursing school.

I am 45 years old, born male. I have been married 20 years and have three sons.

For the past few years, I've inflicted this quiz on colleagues / family / friends, and it's proved quite popular.
So now I'm going to inflict it on you lot :) [Insert evil laugh here]

Attached is a spreadsheet, containing acronyms to title / recognisable line from 125 different Christmas tunes - carols, pop songs, novelty/parodies and traditional. All you have to do is work out which tune is which.

Yesterday's Daily Telegraph has a very sympathetic interview with April Ashley, one of the pioneering TGs in the UK

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/6637773/April-Ashley-50-h...

Here is something to do with that left over turkey from Thanksgiving. Something different that the usual turkey sandwiches, turkey casserole, turkey tetrazzini, etc.

If you happened to go the ham route at Thanksgiving, all the better because the original recipe calls for ham, but Turkey, or even chicken can be substituted for the meat portion of this recipe.

My mom, whom I stole this from, actually called them "Tacos" but they are more like Taquitos.

Ok, here it is. The recipe below is for two dozen or so, but you can adjust to make more or less.

You will need:

Since I have volunteered to do editing to assist authors, I thought I should supply my credentials. My career spans both management assignments in the IT area of a large corporation and university teaching in a school of business. I have written four books: one on statistics, one on data base principles, one on information resource management and one on cooking (a 200 recipe collection that keeps expanding). I am a self taught speed reader and a compulsive editor.

For the first time in 15 years, David Dimbleby, presenter of Question Time, has had to miss recording an episode.

Here's the slightly unsual reason why: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8356943.stm

Then again, the programme itself once featured an unusual guest: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/8131264.stm

And on hearing the story, I couldn't help but think of the ultimate (fictional - I hope!) sick note (which also serves as a "Don't try this at home!" physics demonstration): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWeXpNyqOrU

• Surgery may allow women to grow breasts
• Successfully done on pigs
• Could revolutionise cosmetic surgery

“The breakthrough could also could also completely revolutionise the cosmetic surgery industry by allowing women to grow bigger natural breasts.”

“If the human trials follow the pigs’ success, the new procedure will result in breasts that look and feel perfectly natural — because they are perfectly natural.”

For those who have been following the November story challenge, I would like to remind everyone of the story "That's Enough", by Jan S., written in 2007.

I think this story fits the story challenge criteria beautifully. It's not a long story, and well worth reading.

Another thank you, Jan for creating it.

Hugs
Carla Ann

since a young boy transformed at a party into a little girl , i have never lost the love or need to dress as the sissy that i was mant to be i only wish that i ahd realized earlier in life thayt i could and should dress and allow my fem side to live , as the years go by i am now starting to live my dream more all the time does any one ealse have a like felling and understanding i hope so love penny

Here's a bit of shameless self-promotion - my online photo gallery of Kenilworth's fireworks do (held a few hours ago). It's one of the most popular in the region, typically attracting >10,000 people for the half hour display. The approach roads to the castle are closed off to aid in herding people to/from the site.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/mittfh/KenilworthFireworks2009#

And for comparison, last year's lot:

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/mittfh/KenilworthFireworks2008#

Exactly 404 years ago, a soldier and explosives expert attempted one of the most audacious terrorist plots ever.

His plan was to destroy the UK's House of Lords during State Opening, during which the building would contain the entire parliament and the King. As we all know, various events conspired to disrupt the plan and arrest Guy before he lit the fuse.

Hi
I was wondering if anyone has heard from SaraUk.

This usually lives at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America site, at: http://www.sfwa.org/2009/06/turkey-city-lexicon-a-primer-for..., but it's also used by a friend of mine who teaches a MFA in writing. I'm not much of a one for science fiction, but these are pretty good rules for writing anything. Don't feel bad if you've broken several - as far as I can tell Martin Amis has broken at least two of the rules here, and I know I'm a sinner in at least as many ways - I'm definitely guilty of "squid in the mouth" and "pushbutton words".

President Obama will finally sign a new federal hate crime law that protects gay and 'YES' transgender people. It is about time that this was finally passed as we come near to transgender rememberance day.

Hugs,

Jenna From FL

Interesting tale of Dr. Marci Bowers and her clinic in Trinidad, Colorado.

http://www.aolhealth.com/health/sex-change-surgeon?icid=main|main|dl3|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolhealth.com%2Fhealth%2Fsex-change-surgeon

I was wondering if anyone heard about the dress code Moorehouse is instituting. There's the typical no baggy pants, doo rags and so on but as part of this list wearing Women's Clothing is banned.
Gah can you be so closeminded?! You educated MLK and you're being so intolerant here! X-( It's a piece of clothing you phobic people!

“A lipgloss that doubles as an anti-rape device has gone on sale to protect women from drink-spiking.”

• The lipgloss comes with a spike detector
• It tests for GHB and ketamine

2LoveMyLips detects drugs

The anti-rape lipgloss that helps protect women from drink-spiking

Next Monday (19th Oct.) the British television station Channel4 will be showing a documentary entitled 'Age 8 and Wanting a Sex Change'. Here is a link to the details on their website.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/age-8-and-wanting-a-sex-c...

I don't know if this is the right formun(?). I don't blog, I don't understand it. I have been reading this site for about +1 years. About the time when Fictionmania and Shaphire(?) went into a black hole. Thank GOD for Big Closet!!!

I really like this site. In most cases, people are very supportive of each other.

I VOTE for stories or authors I like. I can't comment, as it take me to places I don't want to go.

This blog entry contains several questions. I'd be pleased if any other readers or authors here were able to respond.

Have you ever stumbled across an author's work, and thought to yourself "this is really good, I'm going to read any material of theirs that I find"? You know, the sort of writing that you find you can't put down; that you find yourself still reading at 1am.

Because there are so many professional computer people here, along with a lot of talented amateurs, I thought I would ask this here.

A drunken thug, in Swansea, got a nasty surprise when he attacked a guy in a dress one night.