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The real meaning of sacrifice.

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90 years ago today the Armistice was signed, ending the Great War. It was carnage on a scale not known before, where over a million British Servicemen and women perished, many in the mud of the Somme. It is perhaps beyond our imaginations to realise how awful this must have been, dealing with daily shelling, the cold or heat, constant sniper fire, poor food, lice, disease and boredom. Then if you cracked under the stress of it all, your own side would shoot you as a coward.

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The Road to One Million

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Edeyn I'm developing a slight twinge in the back of my right hand -- the onset of carpal tunnel. So, this quest for a million words in November is going to be literally painful, as well as literarily painful. My wordcount as of 5:30am US Eastern time, 11 November 2008, is 408,600. So, I'm at a landmark, but still got a LOOONG way to go! If you want to drop some cash toward a worthy cause, The Office of Letters and Light qualifies, and you can do it at my fundraising page here:

Edeyn Hannah Blackeney's Fundraising Page


Edeyn Hannah Blackeney
Wasn't it Jim Henson who said, "Without faith, I am nothing," after all? No, wait, that was God... Sorry, common mistake to make...
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Cache Clearing for Login Problems

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A security change in the BC software on Sunday has caused login problems for a few members. The solution is to make sure your cache is clear. Browser caches can be cleared by holding down shift (or control or alt, depending on browser) and hitting the reload button on the browser. ISP cache's are more problematical but this will also clear those in many cases. Some browsers have a cache-clear button in the preferences pane or edit menu. It may be called clear history. You might also need to discard cookies, though waiting a day or so will usually expire any stale cookies.

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Fact versus Fiction

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I am a fan of all sorts of fiction. I have found several other TG sites and do enjoy the prose. I marvel at the descriptions of the characters though. When I was 19 years old I was 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed less than 120 pounds. I thought about that and I downloaded a BMI calculator. According to what I can find, I was in the lower 15 percentile of my growth group. It gets worse as I go back to when I was 14 years old. I was in the low 5 percent range. And as far as shaving, I did not start shaving till I was well in my 20's and then not every day.

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About my story

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I wrote that and used it to get a lot of crap off my chest. Yes, most of it is true. I do come from a broken home, my father did leave at 15, I was considered the man of the family (raised Mormon, so any male is automatically better than mere girls), so on.

I was in home ec. I could sew and cook, and I loved the gingham apron. I was one of three boys in there.

I did have to conform. I was in Scouts, I did play things like Army with them. I had Action Figures and cars.

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Re-evaluating Priorities

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An incident which occurred tonite has made me realize that my priorities are way out of whack. My best pal, my housemate, the one person on this planet who knows me better than I know myself, called me, crying, feeling deserted and alone, and unloved. She was out driving at the time because she felt the need to be alone by choice, instead of an enforced aloneness caused by someone dumping her...again. I begged her to pull over and stop, and she complied, thus removing some of my sudden anxiety. But.

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Have you noticed?

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Have you noticed that the list of users now includes everyone? It's a much better idea than the previous shorter list, although I'm not sure about being called a user--it implies some sort of addiction. Oh, maybe it isn't so inappropriate.

Angharad (as an author does that make me a pusher, as well?)

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This is gonna be tuff

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I just looked over the contest entries to make sure I didn't miss one and the more I looked, the more I realized, this is gonna be tuff to pick the winners. Way too many good story lines with way too many of the plot lines I enjoy reading. And so many twists.

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A very light hearted look at getting breast implants.

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This is a very funny look at getting breast implants. http://www.ifge.org/Article63.phtml

Huggles 'n stuff from,
Catherine Linda Michel

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First Transgender Mayor Elected In Silverton Oregon!

The small town of Silverton Oregon has elected the first Transgender Mayor in the United States.

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/11/07/ore-town-elects-nati...

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Shades of Gaby

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This Saturday, I embark on an epic quest. More horrifying than a term paper, more thrilling than gator wrestling, more geeky than converting your entire D&D campaign from v. 3.5 to v. 4! (Though I'm doing that, too.)

That's right, people- this weekend, I attend my first Anime convention.

Before setting out on this most dangerous endeavor, I feel it is necessary to set my affairs in order. Therefore, Friday shall see the posting of Boys of Summer 16-20, as well as the submission of Echoes 5 to John!
Ras

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Congratulations America

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This is not intended to be political as such. I just think the people of the U.S.A. should be congratulated on choosing the first black President. That will show the world that America is a different country to what many of them thought,
Joanne

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Geraldine: an animated t.g. tale

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GERALDINE: AN ANIMATED T.G. TALE

Maybe you've seen this, but if you haven't---and you can run Youtube on your 'puter---here's a fun story
very much like one you would read here at BCTS, in the form of a colorful fast-paced cartoon.
It's from France, but there are no intelligible words to it. The intro has been translated as:

"One morning Gerald woke up to find himself transformed into a woman..."

Anyway, here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vErJFmUF7DM
~~~hugs, Laika

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Girl's night in

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Friday was a great day. I went and did some shopping. I was looking for shoes but I did not find any in my size that I liked. I ended up at Kmart and I was walking by the Intimates department when I got up the courage to browse. I ended up buying my first nightgown. I went through the plus size women's dept. I was looking for a skirt but they only had winter clothes out. That's okay though. I bought a new brush and nail polish gift box. I stopped on the way home and got my hair trimmed. I'm letting it grow out so I just neatened it up.

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Hypocrite

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I've left comments that encouraged authors to write for themselves; write the stories they want to tell and not care if their stories are popular. What hogwash. I couldn't follow my own advice. I wish I could but I can't. That makes me a hypocrite. So be it.

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am back

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finally after weeks and week of not finding a simple sentence i the mue and a feeling of helplessness. New words new stories and new parts of present stories pouring from me like water from a sponge.

YEEEESSSS!!!!!!!

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Nightmares

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I had a rough time sleeping last night. I’m not one for nightmares but I did have one last night. In this dream I was outted at work. I was harassed and degraded by people I have worked with for 7 years. I had nurses that I really liked; scream at me for even looking at them. I guess that this is just me dealing with my fears of being outted.

Jessica Marie

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Ceasing writing/posting

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Whilst I accept I might well have post holiday blues, I have suspected that my stories are not being as well received as they were, despite that fact that I believe the quality of my writing has been fairly constant.

I am therefore seriously thinking I will stop posting.

Angharad.

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Dr. Phil Show Today

Dr. Phil had a show today about Gender Confused children. There was a couple on there that are allowing their child to live as a girl and they were supported on the one hand by a very knowledgeable therapist who has worked with countless children. Dr. Phil played the skeptic and interviewed the child and insinuated that the mother influenced her in this. The child just went to her mother and asked her what the name of the condition she had. The mother told her and that was why she knew what the terms meant.

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Worried Friends

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Ever since I posted my new poem “Prison of the Heart”, I have been contacted by a few people that I respect and they have said that they are worried about me. They believe that because my poem is so dark that I must be having some serious problems. Some have even expressed concerns that I might be considering suicide. I want to reassure them and everyone else that I am not considering suicide.

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How I write my stories

I was reading over my stories again, which I do from time to time, and I noticed that in some of the comments, the readers are saying that my stories are unrealistic, and overly optimistic.

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Hatbox?

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I don't know whether anyone else is getting this, but now when I go to the homepage at BC, I get a request for a username and password for hatbox premium content.

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Whoa

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Saw this on YouTube today, in video format.

It was read by a young lady (my guess is college-age) and is a very powerful commentary on the state of the world and the "Lost Generation" that is coming up in it now. At first, this seems like an unbearable message, but please hang in there until you've read through all of the post and instructions.

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Back from my travels.

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Goodness, some of you missed me, I'm overwhelmed. I had a nice week away, and although the weather could have been better - one day was a wash out - I enjoyed myself. I walked miles bird watching, and was reasonably rewarded. I teamed up with a couple who hadn't hired a car, so we went off most days looking for spots to watch for new species of birds. Andy was better at it than I was - I haven't done much of it for years, so didn't get my eye in, until the end of the week.

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I'm A Little Upset

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I was upset to discover that sometime within the last month, Karen Michelle pulled her stories off of Storysite. I am a big fan of her stories. "My Mom, My Bestfriend" and "Beware The Zealots" and I was hoping to read them again. I am very disappointed that they are no longer there.

Hugs,

Jen

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Brutality Against Women

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We've just had some horrible news here. Two women have died due to brutal attacks. A news reporter and a single mother have died. The mother died while taking a shower. Her ex-boyfriend beat down a door and shot her while her children were in the house. Anne Pressly, an ABC local reporter, was brutaly beaten by an unknown assailant last Sunday night in her house and died of her injuries just a while ago. We are heartbroken over both incidents. When will this madness end?

Portia

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Narragansett Fork Alert. Missing Chapter!!!!!!

I am not sure what happened but I left out Chapter 8. You might want to go back and read it. There is some important information there. I am surprised no one caught this because the continuity really suffers for it. Thank you Puddingtane (I'm sorry if I misspelled that)

Portia

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FORMAT C:

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Somehow, I managed to pick up a virus. I downloaded Clamwin (Clam antivirus for Windows -- an open source virus checker) and it went nuts telling me that just about every .exe, .scr (screen saver,) and maybe a few other types were infected. Not being one to goof around, I popped the Win 2K disk in, rebooted, and did a fresh install on my C: drive. It wasn't just any fresh load, though. I deleted the partition, reinstalled it, and formatted it with NTFS. Once I got things loaded, I used the infection report file to delete all the bad files from the secondary partition of my 40 meg...

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New television show

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There is a new television on show on WE cable channel on Tuesday nights at 11 p.m. eastern standard time till 1 a.m. called Sex Change Hospital. Each episode is one hour long and profiles one new male to female transsexual and one female to male transsexual each episode and the surgeon is Dr. Bowers in Trinidad Colorado. It is very informative and done tastefully.

Hugs,

Jenna From FL

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Gender Neutral Pronouns

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In 1993, I joined an online email group that we called TS Lesbians. We wished to avoid patriarchal language, such as he, him, his, etc. being default pronouns (used where the gender of the person referred to by the pronoun is unknown).

Use of she/he, him/her, etc. seemed literally correct, but awkward and wordy. Using they, their, etc. for third person singular, although it has been done for centuries, brings problems of whether other parts of speech in the sentence should be singular or plural.

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A wonderful response

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Thanks to all the readers on BCTS. I was looking at The total number of reads on Mellissa's stories this afternoon. I was very happy to see that He r story which is autobiographical totaled so far 27,667 reads. That I am pleased to see and I am happy that her story still has readers for this first time author here on BCTS.

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Annie and Courtney

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Edeyn Don't worry, I'm working on building up a backlog of both Dear Diary and Sk8r Grrls so that I should be able to post some through November without detracting from my Novelling time.

Edeyn Hannah Blackeney
Wasn't it Jim Henson who said, "Without faith, I am nothing," after all? No, wait, that was God... Sorry, common mistake to make...
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Talking about something important for a change

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Edeyn Alright, I babble a bit in the beginning, but then I move on to actual important things -- including the text to the right of the video where I break down the math. ( Click here to check it out )

Edeyn Hannah Blackeney
Wasn't it Jim Henson who said, "Without faith, I am nothing," after all? No, wait, that was God... Sorry, common mistake to make...
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life an open book of possibilities

.01 the eastern coast
.02 first child
.03 sisters
.07 2nd fiddle
.10 too passive for a boy
.17 the move
.25 aimlessly wanderings
.35 try to fit in
.45 where to now
.56 real life

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I'm All Weepy

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I've just come from seeing "Mamma Mia". Yes, I know it has no TG content, but I'm a silly sentimental old tart. Probably many of you have already seen it but I think it's a lovely movie and Abba didn't get the credit that they deserved both for their lyrics and their melodies. I cried all the way through. Silly me, but I loved it,
Joanne

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The Dog Ate My Homework!

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I was already to have an editor take a look at Desert Princess 3 this week and when I went looking for it, it was gone! I simply can not understand what happened to it, though there may be some chance of getting it back when I go back to Portland and hook up to my external Hard Drive.

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Off Armageddon's Reef

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David Weber the Sci-fi author of Off Armageddon's Reef has an interview up at Baen.com. The novel has some TG in it but not as part of the main story. David Weber is the author of the popular Honor Harrington series as well as others. His books has strong women as their heroines and tend to be military sci-fi. I know that in the past his books has been mentioned and thought the interview would be of interest. One thing he did say that I agree with one hundred percent is that the only bad thing with writing is it leaves you with less time to read! Enjoy all!

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Parallel Blog -5-

Writing for a character that seems to have a mind of her own is a hoot. It's some of the most fun that a writer can have. Drew/Annie in TIP is such a character. One of the funniest things about writing for her are the things she seems to think but isn't willing to write down. After all, she's supposed to be telling the story and some things are just too embarrassing. ;>

I've got the next one almost done and plan to post it Thursday or Friday. And for the furriners who don't play baseball, well, stay tune. ;>

{{{;>
Wanda

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Reconciliation delayed

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My mother had a stroke yesterday morning, and between work and trying to deal with that, I have precious little time for the luxuries of life, like sleeping or formating stories to post. I'll get the next chapter posted when I can, but I don't have a clue when that will be.

Karen J.

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Hi everyone!l

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Just a quick update on my story writing goings-on. I am working on a story for the All Souls Day Contest and I'm hoping to have it up within the week. After that, I have some older stories I wrote a little while back and I'm thinking of posting those -- unless a new idea creeps into my head, and that does happen!

Cheers,
Lisa

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WHAT LIFE HAS BECOME-Mellisa (prairie_girl_64) © 2008

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I will be posting *WHAT LIFE HAS BECOME-Mellisa (prairie_girl_64)  © 2008* this Sunday. Melanie Dixon sent me this story and I have edited it, but the story is Melissa's, not mine.

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Well Done Erin!

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Has anyone noticed the hits counter at the bottom of the page? It's now over 4 million. I think that congratulations are in order for our super web mistress and her team of elves, I mean helpers.

Congratulations Erin, I look forward to the next million.

hugs,

Angharad.

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Transwoman is President-elect of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association

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Rebecca Allison, MD of Phoenix AZ, a cardiologist, and transgal is the new president-elect of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association. www.glma.org

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Curious Commentary

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No comments for over three hours in the middle of the day? That's just weird when this site averages over 3 comments an hour and generally manages 2 even in the middle of the night. Anyone having problems with the commenting mechanism?

Hugs,
Erin

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Sharphawlad's Blog

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Thursday 16th of October. I got an E-mail from a member on here requesting me to consider posting on this site. Well I have been a member for over three years and in that time I had not even considered posting. A short while ago I got in a discussion With Maddy Bell. The result was I sent her some of my fan fiction. From this you may realise I like the Gaby series. I also Like the Tucker-Valerie by Ellen Hayes and have quite a few fan-fiction in that series not sent in anywhere yet. Other peoples work I like are the Education by Karen & Penny. Christina Chase.

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Courtney's Diary

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Edeyn Okay, so the latest entry in Dear Diary didn't quite fit, to me. I couldn't put my finger on what was wrong until I looked at it again tonight before bed. Hah! Yes, I fixed it. There is a bit in there that changed, so those that read it may want to look again.

Thanks!


Edeyn Hannah Blackeney
Wasn't it Jim Henson who said, "Without faith, I am nothing," after all? No, wait, that was God... Sorry, common mistake to make...
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