We have a new robot on Mars, Phoenix.

John in Wauwatosa

So I can't spell, sue me ... better not on secondthought

I wanted to have through Sk8r Grrls Episode 26 (end of Book III) finished for today. Today being the Anniversary date of the first posting of Sk8r Grrls. Due to recent occurrences and guests this weekend and homework overload this weekend... I didn't get that done. I also wanted to get the Character Codex done for posting today. Another failure... however... thanks to the wonderfulness that is Heather Rose Brown... I do have something for all of you today. It'll be posted later -- around 10am Eastern time.

Before I get to that, I wanted to explain a bit more about the friction rooms. First, they aren't really rooms as such, more like cubicles, with a little couch and a TV. I'm not sure why the TV is there, I vaguely remember that there were naked women on it, but why watch them when I had one 'in the flesh' right in front of me?

Sk8r Grrls Episode 1 was posted nearly a year ago -- in fact, Sunday (25 May, 2008) will be the Anniversary Date -- and I just went and looked, and we've hit a major milestone!

Aunty Edeyn is letting me use her computer while she's doing homework tonight, but she made me promise to come here. She says there are lots of stories about girls like me, and that there is even a couple of girls that might be younger like me. I really don't know who is who though, so please bear with me. If there are any of you out there that may want to talk, please let me know.

I just saw that Robert Lynn Asprin has passed away. He was the popular author of the "Another fine Myth" series among many others. Robert also with his ex-wife Lynn Abby was responsible for the Thieves World Anthology. Details can be found here.

http://www.sfwa.org/news/2008/rasprin.htm

Hugs!
grover

I got back from vacation yesterday evening, I had a really wonderful, relaxing time, but I would have to say that Wednesday night was the best part of the whole trip. I did something then I'd never even contemplated doing before; I told someone I'd just met about myself.

They prepped his leg and inserted the needle. It took no more than a few seconds for the drug to take effect. He breathed his last breath into my hands as I cradled his head. Just a little sigh, then his head drooped and his eyes closed and, just like that, I lost my furry pal. I brought him home in a shoe box and my neighbor and my housemate, Tina, helped me dig his grave.

I need to talk to a list of 5:

• Cathy Michel
• Anistasia Allread
• Kaleigh Way
• Angharad Bonzifeeder
• Laika Pupkino

Tomorrow I'll be leaving on vacation--or holiday as some say. I'll be gone a week, up to the Bay Area to visit my brother and I may meet a few of you at the con that's the same weekend in San Jose. I'll have my laptop and cell phone with me, so I won't be out of reach and I'll spend an hour or so a day here, no doubt.

I am honored to be able to call many people here friends. And reading their stories are a treat. I admit that i am not the best at penning a story and that I need to do better. I wonder which of my stories have the most appeal.

On Sunday I wrote and posted over 11,000 words on this site in three separate entries, Totally Insane;Totally Insane (Concluded) and Falling off a bike.

Quite how or why I did it, and that included help from one or two others with express proofing etc.,I don't know. Something seems to drive me, does that happen to other writers?

I was sent this yesterday. It is interesting that the OLD Guard is refusing to die! Well, They do not have to die but I wish they would just go away!!!! Read for yourselves.

Story was posted on Fox.news

Boston's Children's Hospital bills itself as the hospital for
children – and now it's also the hospital for children who want a sex

Use the link in the header or this one: TopShelf-StarDust Chatrooms

Thanks, Bob. :)

Hugs,
Erin

Gabi we use a medium to large ham, turnips, cabbage, onions, carrots,potatoes and parsnips.Boil it all together in a large pot then serve it with white or cider vinegar on the side for use on the veggies.Is there something similiar to this served there?Here is a wiki link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_boiled_dinner

To All readers of "Tragedy" I will be posting the last two Parts this week. This will close out my synapse of my life. I will however at a later oppertunity post filler parts. I am to undergo LIver surgery on the 27th of May. I wish to thank all the Readers who have followed my Story. I greatly appreciate this oppertunity to share my story with you.

I have a TG fan fiction I wrote that takes place after the events in the movie Serenity, which was the sequel to the televisions series Firefly. I was wondering if there might be interest here, although i will say that there are spoilers embedded in the story for those who haven't seen the film yet.

Anyone interested?

I am looking for links about the APA's appointment of Dr.Zucker to the dsm 5 board.Also any news storys showing him in the positive or negative and if any legal suits brought against him or medical board complaints.I'm looking for links to post in my group.Amy

A couple days ago, when news of the California Supreme Court ruling overturning the ban on same-sex marriage was announced, my partner asked me to marry her...

1705 British Summer Time

The top five stories for the last couple of hours are by Heulwen, Angharad, Angharad, Heulwen and Alys.

Is this a conspiracy?

Or are the Welsh writers trying to make up for the failure of their premier football team in the cup final?

Should we ever have left our coal mines?

Hugs

Alys

First let me say thank you to all who have commented on my entry from last night. I didn't really intend to bare my soul so much, it just sort of happened, but the response was very encouraging. I might need to consider a No BUI (Blogging Under the Influence) rule, however.

I'm only slightly tipsy this afternoon, so I should be safe. Hey, like Jimmy Buffet says, it's 5 o'clock somewhere.

I'm feeling a little philosophical tonight, so I thought I might try blogging some of it out. Forgive me if I ramble.

Okay, here's what I told Sephrena last night:

Before I left the hospital, she was stable and "sleeping normally" which is the doctors' way of saying "not in a coma".

My partner is back in Chicago. No one to cuddle with.
My sister is connected to beeping monitors. No one to check in on.
I'm way too pumped full of worrywart-flavored adrenaline to sleep, anyway.
Oh, and ICU visitation doesn't start until 4pm.

If anyone wants to chat to the "Real Allie Wilson" (my name is Ariana), I'm on gmail and chattable - admiralcarboncopy AT gmail DOT com

I saw this joke today and I had to repost it here. I felt it was somewhat fitting...

Walter's Problem Page

Dear Walter:
I hope you can help me here. The other day I set off for work leaving my
husband in the house watching the TV as usual. I hadn't gone more than a
few hundred yards down the road when my engine conked out and the car

Not a dating date but it's with a guy. :) Haven't had a date in 25 years and not with a guy for a year longer than that.

Hope things go well, I'm wearing purple. :)

- Erin

It's about time! I should be able to post the first part of 'Oh, Cheers' later today! Looks like it might get expanded to 5 parts from 3 due to some missing bits I found, but regardless it's all coming along great, and this time next week I should be able to post part 2. With any luck (cross your fingers here) I'll be able to have this finished posting by the end of June or July, then I can get back to Echoes. Thanks for being patient with me and my rambling on all the time :)

Melanie E.

The Midweek programme at 9.00am on BBC Radio 4 this morning, there was a piece that will be of interest to Top Shelf readers. It is about two friends, Richard and Andrew; Richard is a writer and Drew was working in the engine room of a P&O Ferry, and they were old friends, taking biker holidays together. Drew, who was married with kids then told Richard that he Transgendered and was going to have SRS.

For anyone who's interested, I am having a great deal of trouble getting The Sight back on track.

The reason is, a couple of people decided to try ripping me a new one in the comments and it kind of took the wind out of my sails. Since then, I managed to produce one chapter, but it seems the muse was not amused and no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to get it together.

Currently, there have been several comments about slavery and those states that have laws that are more tolerant of the trans-gendered in the United States Of America and Canada.

I have made a few minor changes to the end of the previous Aunt Greta chapter (School ’n Stuff) that will make the new Chapter, Back to 1944 Again easier to follow. I am posting this blog just in case you start wondering how I arrived at happenings at the start of this chapter.

Thanks for reading,

Hugs

Gabi

I am a Christian. I was raised a Southern Baptist. I am lucky that their dogma did not poison me. I believe that GOD LOVES us all and that HE will not oppose one that wants to correct their body to the gender that they want to be. If you are T.G. in anyway, God will accept you as you are.

Hi Everyone

In my rush to get to the end, which been filling my head for days, I left out a few crucial lines that may or may not be significant :-)

If you were one of the first 200 readers you would have missed it.
Sooooorry

Hugs

Alys

"Yes, they are," said Amarjit," and do you know where there is a really good medical school?"

bombs bursting in air... yeah, this is actually going on over my head as I write this - no, I'm not in a war zone, it's neighboring B***** College setting off a fireworks display to honor the graduating seniors. I've just reached a rather momentous decision in my life, which is why I've been rather distracted, lying rather low lately (is that a tongue twister?), trying to figure things out.

I want to thank all of your for your comments on my attempt at writing something worthy in Karen's world.

I would have liked to have responded to Stanman's blog, but I think there is more to it than that. As an author I've always written a story completely before posting it. The exception is Show Me The Money. I know that was a shameless plug, but that wasn't the point. All my stories were posted as a complete work, with the exception of Runway.

A couple days ago, someone posted a link to an NPR program on approaches to treating TG children.

Here's part 2 of the series:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90273278

I just got off the phone with the Waldenbooks store manager. Between us we have set the date for the signing! It will be May 31st, which is a Saturday afternoon, from 2-4PM. See my previous blog entries for the location. All advertising has to be done by me, including some kind of poster they can hang in their window, explaining what, when, and where.

As I approach episode 300 of Falling Off A Bike, I think I'd like to take check on if readers still want me to continue posting them or to bring it to a conclusion.

I'm aware it's at best literature lite, but given its preparation is zero, I really do write them directly to the site, which sometimes shows.

The power was off last night. There was just me and my laptop in the dark, and my mind started to wander around.

Imaginary Conversations I Might Have Had Once, With a Girl

One

Felicia, I know I’m not cool, and I promise I’ll never tell anyone we’re, you know, we have anything going on, but, do you think, I mean, could we just be friends? Friend friends?

Downside risk: Eeww!

Upside possibility: You mean talk and stuff? I s’pose so. [Thinking] Uh, Harry, would you help me with my Algebra?

I don't get the blues, I get the grays. Life seems colorless and little annoyances seem sharply defined because of contrast. The few joys in this state feel faded and evanescent and cause for more sadness because each one is small and fleeting.

I was reading a story, I thought was called "Rhapsody" and now I can not find it. I thought PB wrote it. "Hellllllppppp!", The young drama queen cried piteously. Anyhow it was about a Bass player in a band who dressed as a girl to hide out from bad guys.

I became aquainted with the Internet in 1980. Remember the amber screen, DOS, 720 kb flopies, and the 8088 chip? Oh, there had been been people messing about with tiny PCs before that but I never could see the point of it with their miniscule capabilities. I didn not want to mess with computers, I wanted to do something.

Although I'm from Gower, and would vigorously oppose anyone calling me a 'Swansea Jack', I have to admit an attachment to the 'ugly, lovely town'. In the ten years since I moved away it's managed to smarten itself up a bit, and returning as a tourist I spent much of last week trying to photograph it.

The date (when) is still to be determined. No more than a week or two from today, I believe. The where is The Waldenbooks Store, in the Lakewood/Chautauqua Mall, in Lakewood, New York. Likely either at 7-9PM on a Friday evening, or 2-4PM on a Saturday afternoon.

My posting for the next 3 chapters will be delayed as i am to reenter hospital tomorrow. I am experiencing significant discomfort from my surgery. I also have a severe infection in my bladder and kidneys. BLESSINGS TO ALL. I will return soon to post THE TRIAL part of my autobiographical story.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

Mellissa (prairie_girl_64)

So, when I was talking about posting the pieces of this story I wrote as a sort of fanfic, The Violet Ajah, I was proud of the fact that I had actually gotten James Rigney's permission to write it, as well as the fact that he liked the first 4 chapters of it when I sent them to him. [NOTE: James Rigney is the real name of the author known as Robert Jordan]