When I went to my account page my kudos hoard appears to have disappeared. Is this from the recent work on the hard drive or do we have a kudos thief on the site?

Sorry my brain has turned to mush (or more mush than usual) and my eyes hurt, so apologies for not posting anything tonight. Hopefully, I'll feel better tomorrow.

Angharad

The Daily Wail does the usual dirty trick of using irrelevant material in a the tragic story of an astonishing accident, where a large Red Deer stag charged a group of people in a driveway and unfortunately badly injured one of them. A chance in a million. incident.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2531577/Woman-paraly...

or in the Guardian:

I hope those who like my bagatelles will enjoy it, the title is a pun look at the title of this blog if you don't get it.

A film behind the scenes of the revue at Blackpool from the Guardian website.

http://www.theguardian.com/stage/video/2013/dec/18/funny-gir...

An article on today's Guardian site.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/02/men-women-bra...

Sorry folks, I'm going to watch, Saving Mr Banks, this evening and will probably be back too late to do Bike.

Angharad

Could Carmen Carrera become the first post op transsexual supermodel, and will she be modelling for Victoria's Secret?

Following the German legislation about intersex babies having the option of no sex recorded on the birth certificate, this intersex woman who is also a therapist calls for more legislation in Europe.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24776168

There is also a link to transgender people seeking election in Pakistan.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22208601

Angharad

We have had a series of power cuts here, which after working a twelve hour day did little for my temper. It also caused the computer to go down three times. I am therefore not risking anything tonight. I hope to restore normal Bike service tomorrow. (This is what happens when you sell off all the utilities to foreign companies - idiot politicians, shoot the lot of them).

Angharad.

Results of which of my serials you'd like me to write a new episode is - Totally Insane.

I will therefore endeavour to produce one of these in the next couple or so weeks.

In a blatant attempt to double the number of my readers to four, and still basking in the afterglow of completing SNAFU - at least in its first version (I want to do a full edit when I have time)- I'm inviting readers to inform me which of my outstanding serials - not including Bike - they would like me to write another episode.

To refresh memories these are:

Charlotte's Tale.

Soldier of Misfortune.

PFH - The British Kid.

Totally Insane.

Or if you don't fancy any of those, a brand new short story.

I had loads I could have done today, from mowing grass to doing laundry to riding my bike. I was too tired or lazy to do any of them. I didn't even get dressed but have sat about in my nightdress all day reading Snafu - I'd quite like to do another chapter of that if I can find the energy and I'm quite pleased with some of the earlier chapters.

Life seems to be intent on stopping me from having any time to myself, which is when I write as well as sleep, eat and poo - okay, TMI. Tonight, after a second twelve hour day in succession, I had two long phone calls, the second from my needy friend and it's sucked all the energy from me.

Tomorrow evening, I shall be trying to get my act in gear enough to pack for the Gabicon, so I honestly don't know when I shall next have time to write and post the next episode of Bike, possibly not until after the weekend. So please have patience, even we superhumans have off days.

No one ever suggested that it was easy being a writer, though I always thought on BC it was easier than most places because of the friendly atmosphere. I'm not so sure anymore. I'm seriously thinking I might stop writing Bike, perhaps it's run its course - maybe I don't have anything to say anymore without apparently upsetting people, maybe I should just bow out and let someone else entertain people for nothing.

I'm still thinking about it. I won't withdraw my stuff as others have done but I might not post here again either.