Year: 2009

Hiya, Well, I can stare at the small and empty white window no more. I feel that if I don’t put something – anything! – in here, Friday will pass without a post. It is true that the world will keep on turning and society will not fail due to me missing this one. But… It’s a personal deadline. I want to do this and I take (and make) the time to do something. Okay, this week I’ve left it a bit late and the working week has caught up with me. I find tiredness kills the Muse – or at least severely stuns the poor lass. This morning, I think I should have made a few notes rather than […]

Hiya, It’s been an odd sort of week this week. I’ve had a lot of time off – not due to sickness (thankfully) – but just to get stuff done. The Ever Lovely Mrs Jones is flat out at work, so dutiful husband that I am (with a few days leave under ones belt), I’ve had a couple of days off. Some to look after the kids, some to sort the house out (we’re having some decorating done) and also… a bit of time out and about. Sorting the house out took ages – honestly, I’ll be glad to go back to work for a rest. 🙂 I don’t think I’d fancy being a house husband, although the idea of […]

Hiya, I’m looking at this little white box that’s the Blogger New Post window. I look at it. It looks back at me. Well, inasmuch that an empty form box can look back. Hmmm…. It’s been quiet this week. Well, actually it’s been quiet on the trans front for the most part. The flurry of activity has been in the non-trans area of my life. A kid’s Halloween party: that was top stuff and very good to see Wee Man and Little Miss enjoying themselves so much. We’ve had the whoosh, boom and bang of November the 5th. That’s Bonfire Night to those of you outside the UK. It’s the only time when we Brits are allowed to play with […]

Greetings denizens of Earth, Makes a change from hi, doesn’t it? 🙂 I was about to write “the other day” or “earlier this week” and I’ve realised I start a lot of posts (and paragraphs) that way. Weird huh? Phrases that you just keep using eh? Talk about blogger’s fingerprints. 🙂 Where was I? Oh aye. Yes, I had an email from a friend – a trans friend, just so we’re clear. There’s nothing super-personal about it, but I’ll preserve the lady’s anonymity as it’s not mine to give away. Mrs B had written in and – amongst other things – asked: I wanted to hear from you what you get from your group outings. It seems to methat you […]

Hiya, This week’s been rather odd. Not in a dodgy way, but more in a blogging kinda way. This will be my third post that I’ve started. Sometimes the writing bug bites and it seems there’s lots I want to get out of my head and on to paper… so to speak. 🙂 It’s not exactly like a lot has actually happened: no ground breaking changes or shifts in the whole trans experience. I was going to say that maybe I’ll store those posts up, but actually, I don’t think that’ll happen. I’ll probably come to look at them in a week or so, re-read what I’ve put and delete them. Perfectionism? Maybe, but if something doesn’t feel quite right, […]

Hiya, While I was off being a dirty stop out last week, dear Auntie Beeb – BBC 4 to be precise – ran a programme entitled Micro Men. No, not a superhero tie-in or some quirky tribute to the Incredibly Shrinking Man, but partly facts based drama set in the early 80s, on the relationship between two of the UK’s leading computer manufacturers, Sinclair and Acorn…. and the men behind the companies. I won’t give you a capsule review; mainly because I’m lazy and should you wish to make up your own mind, it’s available on iPlayer. 🙂 I must confess that at the time, the history of what was going on passed me by. I was still at primary […]