Month: June 2007

Hello honkytonks 🙂 The other day I caught sight of a headline regarding the death of Bernard Manning. That reminded me of 70s comedy in all it’s non-ironic (Ed: or what it?) occasional non-PC gags. In the 70s there where only – brace yourself kids – just 3 channels back in the day (BBC 1, BBC 2 and ITV). Most of society thought that it wasn’t alright to be gay and men had to be 100% male – anything less than that was just ‘wrong’ (because wearing a frock is gay right? Yeah right [rolls eyes]). However, there were a few performers who had an impact on my already confused growing up: John Inman, Dick Emery, and to some extent Larry Grayson. A trinity of non-vanilla lifestyles and comedy performance. 🙂 It […]

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Howdy partners, Just as double Maths on a schoolday drags out time, so a good time passes in what seems a blink on an eye. Still, it’s good to be back…. in the cold, the floods and to a (work) inbox that packed fuller than a Sparkle bound crossdressing suitcase. Still, work pays the bills which lets us go on these fancy jaunts. So Sparkle? Did you go? Did you have fun? I missed it, although to be honest I had no intention of going. My trans batteries are feeling a little flat at the mo. I think it’s the summertime – although, it’s not like I can blame the heat right? 🙂 It’s funny because when I was away […]

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Hiya peeps, Help, it’s a funny thing. Some people want it, others can’t abide it. But enough of the word wrangling. I must confess that I have a bit of a soft spot for some of these lifestyle help programmes that seem to populate the airwaves. Yes, some are downright pants but there are others (How to Look Good Naked) that jump out at you. I think with the latter is the presenter, Gok, who makes the show. He is so positive and sincere. It’s lovely to see. It’s so not about size 0, it’s about real women and understanding that the magazines peddle a figure unobtainable by 90% of us. Coupled with the Dove campaign of recent years, I […]

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Hi kids, How’s you? Good I hope. After last week’s downpour, it looks like summer’s back. No big a meaningful insights today I’m afraid. It is late and my creativity is ebbing as I flag from a full-on week. Excuses, excuses eh? Maybe the muse will come later on. The Name Game This is a silly thing that we do as a family. We watch out for streets or business that share the same name as friends and family. I hadn’t seen a good one for ages and then the other day I drove past a truck for Nolan Transport. That made me smile! There’s a shopfitters in Leeds which is almost my name – although as there are two partners in the […]

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