I had a really good session with a new Electrolygist today. She is very TG friendly and even teaches her own classes. I allow her students to work on me and she gives me a reduced rate. I got to try the latest technology in Electrolysis. It uses sixteen probes at once and the current pulses at a slower rate. It is very comfortable and I was not bothered by it much at all. The other side of my face, they used the traditional single probe. It is a cakewalk compared to Laser. It felt like someone had put 100 lit cigarettes on my face. I had tears rolling down my face.

I found this on the BBC. It suggests that parenthood behaviour is inherent in penguins of both sexes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8081829.stm

Angharad

I'm sure that somebody somewhere must know why when i've got onto the net my computer just will not go past the first page it loads and just keeps saying 'not responding' when you try to acess any other site it's just so... frustrating!!!!

I haven't forgotten about My Mistake. I've been having some computer issues that needed sorted out, and now that they are I hope to have a chapter up either tomorrow or Friday.

Samantha

I know I'm supposed to be a writer, of some kind but I can never seem to get the Yay, yea, and Yeah,'s right. Which means what? Please help. i've been going crazy over this for the past 2 years.

I've had several people encouraging me, or otherwise indicating they would enjoy, a sequel to my Mayday story, KittyHawk. I've played around with it some and, thanks to the many excellent suggestions made, have decided on how I'm going to continue it. I've already started and hope to have something up soon. I've already put up a title page and attached KittyHawk to it. I hope those who have expressed an interest aren't disappointed with what I've come up with.

The next Totally Insane part 26, has been writted and sent for editing, which should please one person and stop the death threats. It should be posted sometime during the next few days. So for fans of the Kylie-verse, your patience will soon be rewarded.

Bonzi the Cat.

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaa Fictionmania.tv is up and running. Thank you Fictionmania team.

Melanie

For months I have been crying about my hard assed Thai Boy Friend. Well, finally, he is out, gone, kaput, thrown out! Yes, he always hurt me and he kept both my hands tied up just keeping him happy, the Cur!

I have two new Boy Friends and they are soft and real to me. They are probably about as real as any BF I will ever have. OH, such love, I have for them.

You too can have yours from soulsourceenterprises.com

Gwendolyn

For those TG individuals with some experience, I have a question (or to those with the appropriate medical knowledge).

I found this article about raising medical professionals' awareness and sensitivity towards gay and trans patients. On the one hand, it's encouraging that there are efforts and energies afoot to do this. On the other hand, it's sad how ignorance and discrimination can exist in the medical community, just as elsewhere. The third paragraph of the article is of particular relevance to our little community here.

I have access to this through a subscription from a free Medscape blog site for Med students entitled "The Differential" (no, I'm not a med student -- I lied when I signed up for the site.) I found copies of it adapted for other websites, so I'm going to assume its copyright is either absent or permits that. Rather than post a link that probably won't work for anyone not subscribed, I'm posting the full text here.

I don't know what I experienced, but this afternoon, my computer got Schitzo, so I tried to scan it with Norton, and left for work while it worked. I came home 5 hours later and it was still scanning the same file.

I shut it down and restarted; had to unplug it. When it restarted everything seems normal, Norton says it updated, and I have all green lights.

Remember the Austrailian program,"Gender Puzzle"? Someone posted a link to part of it?

I emailed ABC Austrailia, asking to purchase it, and got the following response:

If anybody would like to follow the US Triathlon Olympic Team at

In Dear Abby's column today (05/27 - second item) "Nervous in Northern California" asked if she should tell her employer that a person that she had already recommended for a job is transgendered. Check out Abby's answer: http://www.arcamax.com/dearabby/s-551129-469043

Edited 05/28/09 9:13 AM CDT - Updated link

Here is a list of nine common expressions used by women and a translation of what they REALLY mean for men with an understanding impairment and to give the girls a giggle:-

I was doing my weekly check of the jewlbox and found one listed 4 years ago. It is called Illiana by Kay Lavander. The prologue is not even listed on her author's page. She posted 2 segments of what is supposed to be an epic length novel, and then nothing. Has anyone seen her or it around anywhere else. Does anyone know if she ever posted anymore. I haven't gotten into the story yet, but it looks as if it might be interesting with all the other magic stories that have been done recently.

The authors of this site go to a great deal of trouble to provide stories to entertain you, the readers. If you disagree with something, or find a story lacking in some way, the worst thing you can do is to "OUT" the author who has taken a great deal of time to produce a tale for your delectation.

I saw this while browsing TV program descriptions

Tuesday, 26 May BBC3 TV 22:30 "Bizarre Animal ER"

Tomorrow, is Memorial Day. Many of the authors, commentors, and readers of this site are in the or have served in the military. I would like to thank you all for your service.

RAMI

A few days ago, someone asked about a story on the TG Fiction Yahoo group and it started me thinking but not coming up with an answer. Someone there mentioned Brandy Dewinter's "Only for You", which is a very good story but not the one I was thinking of to answer the query.

We live in a 200 year old stone cottage (they're very common round here) and the walls are really rubble-filled double piles of stones. One disadvantage, amongst many, is that they provide spacious accommodation for small rodents from time to time. We don't usually have a problem in warmer weather; mice infestation is normally a Winter problem and relatively minor. Not so right now.

Okay, I want to share with all of you the posting schedule that I plan to use for my three story arcs.

The California Supreme Court plans to announce its decision on the legality of Proposition 8 at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning.

BBC Radio 4 Today programme, included a piece on a project to monitor and reintroduce dormice on the Isle Of Wight, which isn't far from Portsmouth. In one wood alone they have 400 nesting boxes for dormice.

I'm delighted that my story is reasonably close to real life, and even more so to hera that in areas where they are being monitored, the rate of decline seems to be decreasing. Go for it Spike!

Angharad.

I just thought I'd give those who care a little warning this time that part 5 of Pass On What You Have Learned will probably be delayed.

I am working on an idea for a new story I intend on posting here, but, yeah theres a but, I think this would really work good in first person POV. But there are several characters that I would like to go into to that are quite important for the flow of the story.
So I am thinking of entering the main characters POV and then changing POV to another to show the scene from another

Is that Possible, WOuld that be too jaring? Has that ever been done before for a published noval

Revised, with minor corrections and additions.

"I hope you don't mind me saying this," said June, the vivacious, large-bosomed, tattooed, gum-chewing, 30-year-old bartender, looking me over again, "but I think you might actually look," pause for emphasis and hand gesture, "better like this."

I'm settled, finally, and I will be resuming duties. If you want to be in the drawing for the next Featured Friday Freelancer, leave a comment here or PM me!

Sorry had a hypertensive crisis need a few days to recover before I get back to my story.

Well, giggle, I had gotten confused and was not on the panel but in the audience. I did get to make my points in the question and answer period. There was a Drug Company rep there and I am sure that I pissed him off. Had I known before hand, I'd have misbehaved much more.

I did not allow them to take pictures of me because I have been told to behave at my mosque and not speak of it. So, I went there in a knee length skirt, leggings and a loose top sans headcovering so I would not embarass them. I felt half naked. I do not like leading a double life.

This is such a wonderful story. I can imagine that we all wish this could be us at one time or another.

I think all T folk want to know the big WHY of it all. To test my own understanding of what I just read, it seems that in T folk, we experience certain smells the way that women do. I hope I live long enough to see this so firmly resolved that even the religious perverts who have greviously injured so many of us will finally be SHUT UP !

http://transray.com/1.6569

Gwendolyn

I've been following the amateur video series, Aurora Trek since it first began in 2006. I wondered if the creator would ever have the time to finish such an ambitious project, what looks to be about a forty minute sci-fi animation. I was relieved to see part three of four came out a couple of days ago, and it looks as though the finish will be something special.

Ok so I've posted chapter six to "A Prayer Answered" I hope everyone enjoys this installment. I plan on continuing the series so don't fret it's coming.

There is a resident "expert" on all things on BC, I won't name him because I doubt I need to. Yesterday he made a statement, the subject line said "Every US soldier has the option not to go", followed by pointing out that under the army's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, a soldier who said he or she was gay would be discharged from the service. Since most soldiers are not gay, I took that to mean he thought it was alright to lie to get out of military service, and said so.

Gad! I have been asked to sit on a Discussion Panel to talk about how to help T folk in the Portland area. God folks, can you think of anyone less suited for this? You all know about my acerbic comments and nasty point of view on the subject.

Now, I am rightly and truely frightened. Now, I have a responsibility to act er well, responsibly. :( What am I to do? Maybe I should just wear a gag.

HELP someone, anyone! SCREAM!!!!

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

For any of you still interested in my scribblings, I just wanted to let you know I'm still working on it,

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.

Pretty sick this evening with hayfever and what feels like an incipient sinus infection. Let's hope it's just hayfever. I've got finals this week and next starting Thursday, but they're playing four of my pieces in the composer's recital at college. I hope I'm not too sick to go.

Hi,

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

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.

Hi Everyone

Here's the link to a really interesting video from Australia about what gender is.

Just to let you know that the next chapter of Football Girl should be posted quite soon now.

Sorry it's taken so long, you know real life and all that...

Hugs
Sue