Year: 2007

The Merry Men The bona bijou City of Nottingham is packed with omi-polone and beancoves? I couldn’t believe my orbs! [BTW, apologies for the ropey Polari] I got this link from Penny’s blog (Idle Thoughts, Furious Musings). It’s about Nottingham being the 7th Most Gay City in England & Wales. How gay our celtic cousins are, I’m not sure. Let’s think: the national dress that shows off manly legs, they’re nation of hardmen, like a good time and going out seems a national pastime. Nah…. 🙂 But what would I know, I’m only a bit Scots. (Ed: but which bit?) Anyhoo – Gay Nottingham? I must confess it makes me feel a little bit cosmopolitan! I’d like to think that the […]

Evening all, Pop Pickers In some ways, trans folk are much like indie bands. Some arrive on the scene, do a few gigs and disappear. You wonder where they went and what they’re up to now. Perhaps the everyday struggle against the daily grind wears them down and they simply give up. Occasionally bands will re-surface with a slightly different line-up, but you know you’ve heard these guys before. The odd few may persevere and make the jump into the mainstream; shifting from My Space to the Big Leagues. Media appearances aren’t unknown and other indie bands may be looking up to them for inspiration (or if they’re ego-centric, knock them down). A rarer few will shift sound completely and […]

Hi peeps, Ahhh, the Easter break is upon us. Traffic and DIY shop chaos will ensure no doubt, but hey, it’s a few days away from you-know-what isn’t it. With a bit of luck, the weather will be good too. Brownfield Earlier in the week I ended up in a bit of town that I used to live it. The place had gone development mad! A new road system and the builders are… ummm… building on just about every plot of land they can lay their hands on. Shops, petrol stations, pubs, houses with big gardens – they’ve all gone to be replaced with those new town houses. Or, as my Dad likes to call them: ‘flats’. They are, of […]

Hi kids New Words I had originally done a little comedy skit about this, but having read it, I didn’t make me laugh. (If you were curious it was a mock Listen with Mother thingy, but it didn’t quite gel). So, you’ll just have to put up with the straight (!!) version. Personally, I find language (and accents) fascinating. A few years ago I remember chuckling when a friend said that his dad (from way Oop Neurth) said: “Aye, I got ’em borth from t’internet”. T’internet or t’interweb. Those word seems to have done the rounds and you read / hear it in various places. Anyhoo, one that seems to be doing the rounds at the mo – at least […]

[Ed looks around] Has she gone? Aye, looks like it. Probably gone off to check her eyebrows and that summerglow body moisturiser or summat. Crossdressers eh? 🙂 So who am I? The dark side to Lynn’s oh-so witty self indulgence? Maybes. Humour with a serated edge. The lead pipe of self deprecation. It seems that I’m the internal – yet vocal – critic that pops up once in a while. Popping the trans bubble when it all gets a little too much. But really, I’m just a mask. A comedy facade where she can put the jester’s boot in because this blog has, just ever-so slightly, got it’s tongue in it’s cheek. Sometimes it works. Other times? Tumble-weed central. I’m […]

After a hard day’s logic, my brain seems to overheat on creativity. Well, in as much as blogging can be deemed to be creative. 🙂 I was sat in an identi-kit chain pub earlier tonight, jotting down ideas on a paper napkin. [laughs] Is that what proper authors do? Or do they carry a notepad for such emergencies. Funny how the Muse struct me then and yet the laptop has been sat showing black screen for the last hour. A case of typing while the ideas are fresh perhaps? I don’t know what it is, but kids film seem to have perfect pitch when it comes to tugging my heart strings. I found myself blinking back a tear (Ed: she […]