I needed it all day, as I couldn't watch the match live. I finally saw it last night on catch-up. Those of you who are also Welsh need no telling. What an immense game! What a stunning result! What amazing singing!

There was one tackle, put in by the Welsh hooker, on the far side of the pitch, that was so hard the 'thump' was clearly audib;e....

I have been attacked by a nasty little bot that tried to steal my e-mail account. Unfortunately, my 'password reset'e-mail address is wrong, in that I presciently wrote 'mal' instead of 'mail'. I now have a new e-mail address, so those who have been contacting me through it will need a swap. PM me here for details. I will send it out to the usual suspects.

Arsebollocks

I have had a few bad days, with some nastiness from colleagues based largely on being different. For the first time in years, I threw a 'sickie', calling in sick when I wasn't. I should add that my sick record is now three days off in seven years. Not bad, so I feel no guilt. The pressure that drove me was mainly having to deal with men who are Real Men, and want their way all of the time. Apparently, their penises are extremely large.

This is special. There was a dicumentary on Oscar some time ago, about how he has lived with the loss of his legs in childhood, and come to dominate 'disabled' running. There was also a long, long argument combined with a lot of research into whether his new legs gave him a competitive advantage over intact athletes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19126033

Interesting links here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8571487/Worlds-first-womb-...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9389469/Womb-tr...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2172420/Britain-s-...

Sorry for the sources, but I only came across the story today.

I posted quite a long comment on the 'Out of Canada' blog today, but it was about something that deserves a wider discussion. I came across rather a good link which sympathetically addresses the issues involved, and gives quite a lot of detail and history.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-trans/

This is a British Airways sponsored short film starring Timothy Spall. There is one of my story titles embedded (literally) in it, and it is about cycling, but there is no TG element.

Once more I have been asked about the list of characters in my stories, so for my small but select and appreciated band of readers I have put together a list of most of the characters in my stories set around the Surrey-Sussex border. I will do my best to top it up, and it is not in alphabetical order, more in clusters of associated people. I have also added a reading order as per one request. Note that most of the books except 'The Job' are available on Kindle via Amazon. Follow the link on the BCTS home page and search for "Sussex Border Stories"

I settled down to reread some of my stuff, partly to keep a consistency in the characters I am writing. In 'Ride On' I refer to a Vanessa Redgrave film, 'Second Serve', and as a bear of little brain I had never looked it up.
It is on You tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgYxHYJ5H80

It has sex in. It has religion in. It has religious discussion about sex in it. I was shown it by the original for my character 'Kate' in Ride On.

How very odd and fitting!

On the date 2/3, my kudos count hit 23,023. [Twilight Zone we-do, we-do music]

Just been sent this. It relates to a proposed law in Russia to 'make it a "crime" to write a book, publish an article or speak in public about being gay, lesbian, bi or transgender - labeling it "homosexual propaganda" '

I was talking earlier about this, and have posted this link so that people can see what I was on about. The footage is quite shocking, but it is better than some other links because it shows the prelude to what was, really, attempted murder, or at the very least assault with a deadly weapon.

But as it was a motor vehicle, "that's different"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17069235

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2102245/Bus-driver-u... is the Daily Hate's article, and the comments are as to be expected. For example:

That time of year is here. I have linked to a BBBC prog on Welsh culture, but this is closer to home. My Christmas will be as normal; on my own, and working. Allows those with families to have their break.

http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/177203/nude-blacks-hiding-...
Is the English language version.

http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/09/13/sport/nakenrugby/rugby/nu...
Is in Norwegian...with lots of pictures. My eyes watered at the pictures of the line-out lifting...