Today, National Public Radio's evening news program, "All Things Considered", had a story on two m2f transgendered 6 year olds.

I can not help but think that the qualities that make these three websites better than most other is the very simple fact that there is a very strong sense of family in all three.

Bonjour mes dames

As I sit here writing this at 07:10 on Tuesday morning, it feels odd that it was exactly a week ago that Penny and I were sitting on board the ferry Barfleur, patiently waiting to go down to the garage, get in our car and get on with our holiday-cum-house-hunting.

Not sure when I'll post (repost technically) the next chapters of "Ju-Ju Box." I'm in a weird phase of life where I'm trying to overcome long term alcohol addiction while at the same time getting balance in everything I do. Such as gaming. I had a huge problem playing way too many video games a few years ago.

'Falling off a bike' started as an experience of cycling through a thunderstorm. Today, I cycled through another one, this time on a mountain bike, with some wet weather gear and mudguards on the bike.

Thanks to everyone who helped with the title, and KarenLS for the winner!

Ah here we go, this is one of those lunatic rambles inspired, if that's anything like the word, by various 'conversations' with several different people. It's about identity and self perception and that big little three letter word, you know the one, it's every bloody where, whether you think about it or not. I mean what is it that sells and what do your average 14 year old boys think about every 3.5 seconds or something?

In the crazy world of English law and taxes, such things are possible if farcical.

See the link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7376925.stm

What Courtney Knew

First of all, I did a bad job with the names. I've thought about going back to fix it, but by now it seems a bit late.

Usually I have a chart with all the characters listed, but for some reason I missed the fact that almost every character's name starts with an M: Marcie, Maisie, Misty/Mary, Margaret/Maisie... even Miriam! And I bet I missed one or two.

And why were there *two* Maisie's? Maisie Beale, the little girl, and Maisie Sabatino, now known as Mrs. Wix?

That sounds kind of desperate, doesn't it? I'm not, really. Just sort of frustrated.

GENDER PSYCHOLOGY TEST:

Here is an interesting test that I found on the Internet. I cannot vouch for its accuracy or authenticity. As this test was posted in early 2007, the promised answers to the grading of this seem long overdue.
~~hugs, LAIKA

To all my friends and co-workers at CARTS:

As many of you are aware, I have been undergoing some changes in the last year or more. This is due to the simple fact that I am transgendered...that is, a woman in a mans body. I am treating this as simply a mistake made at birth and I am undergoing constant therapy and medical intervention to correct the 'birth defect' I was born with.

Actually, it turned into pretty much a non-contest. It's okay. I know how daunting it must be to try to complete another writers story, and truthfully I didn't expect any entries, but I thought it'd be worth a try.

Hi all...

I was going to post 2 new stories that I was working on when the disk BROKE! I wanted to post it yesterday, but I have to rewrite them. (One is a preteen story about a boy and his brother who thought about being girls for HALLOWEEN.)

I have completed the Point Of View on Ahgharad's Easy As Falling Off A Bike with me posting Bonzi's View.

I have asked and have been given permission to do Point Of View upon Kaleigh Way's stories.

So the next Point Of View will be upon Marcie and her world, then Short Chapters.

hi all. for all those interested, there is a Kim and Server update posted on my blog. Piper's Geeky Blog

-Piper

Interesting letter in Dear Abby this weekend. It's from a person in Tennessee who's concerned about the son of some prominent townspeople. Seems the boy, who is in fifth grade (12 years old), has not been allowed to get his hair cut and is being teased about looking like a girl. Now, this would have been heaven for most of us, but the writer terms it child abuse.

I've contacted Borders Books and I have their phone number to call, Monday morning, to try and work a deal with them. So far, the manager of our local Waldenbooks is more than happy to host the signing, even though I informed her as to the content of the book, and my Trans status.

China has, eventually, begun to appear on my shelves, although it's somewhat different from what I started searching for more than a month ago. It didn't take too long to discover that I have an innate expensive taste in porcelain, the imari patterns I was most attracted to were art nouveau Derby pieces, beautiful but impractical for use.

I don't normally write about my days, but I couldn't help it today. Show Me 30 was posted and as much of a downer as the chapter is, my day couldn't have been nicer. The comments have been positive, and better yet my whole day has been perfect. I brought my dog, a Welsh Corgi, to the vet for a call back and her ears are good once again.

This was a great place. I look to my right and see fleurie, barnold, grover, I guess that you "blog" when you can't write? I grew up in their comfort. It is really hopless here for me.

The choice is grim...

Well..not really. You should never mess with a "Drama Queen"

Gwen

Dear BCTS Friends,

Evi V is ready for testing in Beta version. Known formally as Balthasar’s Elixir Part V, this 16,000 word chunk is the continuation of Evelyn Westcott’s novel-length journey toward self-realization as a turn-of-the-20th Century gender-conflicted youth.

The server is acting oddly, I've had to reboot twice. Once last night and one just now. Service may be up and down for awhile. There's a lot of bogus traffic being logged, we may be under Denial of Service Attack. Or it may just be some goof on the network at the server farm has his Windows machine configured to broadcast everything he's doing over the local net. That's happened before.

I will be posting Tragedy on the weekend. I havereturned from my surgery and am recouoing slowly. The next 3 chapters will be posted by mid week next. I wish to thank those that sent me well wishes and prayers. Many Blessings and God Bless you all

Mellissa (prairie_girl_64)

Sometimes a paragraph or two will move me, a lot. This is from an article I just started reading. This scene is from a classroom in Toronto where, for over a decade, the author has been sponsoring a series of sessions to promote social and emotional literacy, as well as empathy, by inviting a mother and her baby to spend time with the students.

starting today:

• Sk8r Grrls 22
• Sk8r Grrls Comix SB-1-1-1-2
• Sk8r Grrls Comix SB-1-1-1-3
• Sk8r Grrls Comix SB-1-1-1-4
• Sk8r Grrls Comix SB-1-1-1-5
• Sk8r Grrls Comix SB-1-1-1-6
• Sk8r Grrls Comix SB-1-1-1-7
• Sk8r Grrls Comix SB-1-1-1-8
• Sk8r Grrls Character Codex
• Carlotti's Way 3
• Wurtha'hekawee
• Intrepid Heroes 10
• Intrepid Heroes 11
• Intrepid Heroes 12
• Intrepid Heroes 13
• Meanwhile... 2
• Suspicious 2
• The Vermilion Schizanthus
• Glory and Honor
• Anything else that takes my fancy

One, a casual friend named Anselmo Nunez...an older Puerto Rican man who I took back and forth from dialysis for over four years. He was teaching me spanish, a little bit at a time..as quickly as my poor overloaded mind could take it in. He had no legs left, lost to diabetes, yet he walked on his two artificial ones until last year when his illness finally confined him to a power wheelchair.

Some people have all the luck...

Birdsong

I ran across this on a blog the other day and thought I'd share. Apparently,

Take the quiz here!

It almost slipped past me, but I saw a notice of the death of George McDonald Fraser and I thought surely there must be other BCTS readers who liked his novels. In fact it was Alys's highwaylady that jogged my memory (pure accidental mental association, you understand).

Hi guys! More BLSB images coming soon. I've been on some newe medication and it has kept me from doing much online ... except WoW, I think I'm more addicted to that than crossdressing at the moment. o.O

See you all soon!

-- SD

I know I've been more than a bit 'melodramatic' over the past few weeks. All I can say in my defense, is that I have been wrestling with old, bad memories and present day fears. It's taken a couple of days of "alone time" recently, to wrestle with my demons, major and minor, and at the end of that, I found myself with a new purpose, or a redux of my original purpose.

Good thing I'm ambidextrous. :) Mousing with my left hand isn't hard but my desk isn't set up for it. I may not be doing much more today, it's not a bad burn so it should be okay tomorrow.

- Erin

This is what's ahead for me, as far as I can see:

While wandering the web tonight, I stopped by the Skepchick website. This website is crewed by some wonderfully independent thinkers with a knack for finding and writing about things I find interesting and/or amusing. While browsing through the various bits, I came across a link to another blog, by Greta Christina.

In an effort to get out of this whiny assed, needs a whippin' blue funk, I am working on the next installment. Expect action, like you ain't seen no shit like this befo'. It's going to be one of those "leave the ladies faint" episodes with much funk and gore.

Hello everyone

It's been a while now since my last blog entry. When i returned from Dresden (see my previous blog entry)i decided it was time to do something and finad a therapist.

There I was last night huddling over a dim candle, blanket around my shoulders , shivering into my cocoa, trying to make sense of the latest chapter of Orphan.

In the end, I noticed the clock and decided that I would just have to send it out as it was.

Message from the author.

Arecee has told us that after part 30 he is taking a little break to look at his other story and come back to Show Me. Writing a couple of stories at the same time is tiring so for the time being he is taking a bit of time off to recouperate.

Hopefully it will continue asap

Samantha

Hiya everyone! I just wanted to let ya's know my computer died a while ago, and I just recently got a replacement and have been able to get back online. It feels so nice to be back again. :)

These characters are some of the most thought provoking in T.G. literature and each story is unique in its setting and style. Each story has its merits and fan base in T.G. literature.

Bob Kames, a Milwaukee businessman and minor recording artist died recently. He was in his early 80's and in declining health. You are all going, "Bob WHO?"

Maddy Bell has posted a new chapter at her site Maddybell.com on Drew/Gaby. And once again, Maddy delivers as Drew has another of his misadventures. All that I can say is that it is a fun chapter.

I have in the past been accused of being a prude when it comes to writing my stories but I can honestly say that I am not a prude but I write my stories for a different reason. I don't write for the tittilation factor but rather to see the building of characters and plot. Too many stories, IMHO, are based solely on sexual content and no plot. That type of story I don't read.

I've spent the last fortnight alternating between the throes of nicotine deprivation and guilt from succumbing to it - I am too weak.

I've written nothing, though I've had a few new ideas, and earlier this week I - accidentally - half sold the idea of 'Midnight Angels' to one of the commissioning editors in work - like I need the pressure!

The jury is in. Our collective apprehension about the contents of the pop up ads has been put to rest by experience. Whatever filtering process Erin is putting them through works just fine. Hope they put lots of pennies in the hatbox.

Hugs to all, Daphne