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Lately I have noticed several stories with "AI assist" in the description. Sorry folks, but I will NOT read any story that uses AI. By its very definition, AI is derivative and not original. I want to read material from real people with real ideas, not regurgitated pap.

Please! If you're going to post your stories, make them your stories. That's what being an artist is all about.

Good thing I'm not a "real" man. I recently discovered Jacques Pepan's cooking videos and decided to try his quiche recipe. Came out delicious, but that silly tagline keeps running through my head.

While doing the wash, my wife picked up my new bra and grumped that I had nicer bras than she did. It was my first underwire style and closed in the front, an experiment for me. (The experiment has been a success.) She said she wouldn't mind one in that color for herself. So what could I do besides log into Amazon and get her one in black and one in rose?

I have tried gluing on my breast forms a couple of times recently. It seems so simple in the stories I've read - and written. Instant gratification and a shapely figure, works every time! Not for me, within a few hours the darn things come loose leaving red, irritated skin patches that are painful and take a week or more to heal. I just figured I had a problem with the glue.

I've never been a fan of dancing or cheerleading, but circumstances conspired to have me at a dance show for a local high school. It happened like this: my daughter (now in her mid-forties) just got a job working at the high school as a restorative justice counselor, where she meets a whole lot of the students. The cheer squad was planning a big show on stage, and when some of them found out she had been a professional dancer in her youth they talked her into performing with them. In my totally unbiased opinion she did them proud, as a mature woman she still has the chops.

Seriously? This little item is being advertised as gender free on my Facebook feed.

One of my grandsons has just come out as a new granddaughter. Not that I am overly surprised, but living 2,000 miles apart we don't see each other very much. If there is anyone in the Buffalo NY area that can recommend a good therapist, I would be much obliged. Please PM me if you can help.

It looks like the start of an interesting journey.

A new Facebook scam targeting authors. https://annerallen.com/2021/09/warning-to-writers-new-publis...

Transsexual Satinist Republican looses race for Sheriff

https://www.laconiadailysun.com/news/state/so-what-s-next-fo...

Boy suspended from school for having painted nails

https://www.esquire.com/style/grooming/a35025053/trevor-wilk...

Boyfriend Lets His Quarantined Hairstylist GF Experiment With His Hair
https://www.boredpanda.com/doing-boyfriends-hair-quarantine-...

Non-transgendered men try out breast forms