Year: 2019

Day & Night

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Hi, A day out It’s been a short week for Yours Truly, What with the Easter Bank Holidays and an extra day off on Tuesday. The Ever Lovely Mrs J and I looked down to Leicester. Mainly as a break from the norm and to grab a spot of lunch together. We looked at a few hidden bits of urban history, people watched a bit, enjoyed the spring sunshine, and took our time. Mrs J said she had an HR course coming up on trans awareness which made us both chuckle given our circumstances. The conversation drifted around Grayson Perry (and his/her eloquence), how some men dress up (I don’t mean crossdress. Think MAMILs, bikers, hipsters, sportsmen, etc), and she […]

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Don’t be a three card trick

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Hi, For the sake of since decency, today’s title has a bit of rhyming slang in it (hint: the last word). There’s a risk of going down the rabbit hole about my love of wordplay, but let’s skip that and stay on target, red leader 😉 Not so long ago ShyBiker made a comment about good service and it made me wonder what it might be like on the other side of the counter. I’ve never worked in retail, well, unless you count operating the village tombola a few summer’s ago, but I’m not sure that really counts 😉 So, if I’m shopping – be that in Lynn or Richard guise – I guess I have pretty much the same […]

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Background checks

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Hi, Occasionally I find myself looking through the T community’s photos. Part of it is a level of curiosity to see how others do it. Plus, perhaps vague elements of feeling included by passing through and not feeling out on a limb, as it where. Those who post, well, their ages seem to vary by the platform. So blogs, Reddit, Flickr, Tumblr, etc; they seem to attract certain folk. No judgement, just observation. Likewise, there’s the variety of peoples’ journies: some are starting out and are often shy about their new looks, others are more confident and are seemingly happy with the route they’re taking. Personally, I think it’s great to see people’s progress as they learn to accept who […]

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The Balancing Act

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Hi, Someone once said – or more accurately, sang – it’s not easy being green. I make this point only as a pop culture reference and a warm up to the idea of the obvious metaphor at play. So, by a series of fortunate events, it came to pass that I had a day out. With messing things up last week and knowing that I’ll miss next week’s meeting, I was beginning to feel the pinch of being in just one gender.I feel guilty at what I think of as sneaking out, yet at the same time – either through self-kindness or self-delusion, the jury’s still out – that ol’ inner stress ratchet was clicking slowly but ever upwards. Due […]

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20/20 Hindsight

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Hi, Given the AI revolution of smarter software and whatnot, I’m wondering how long before we get an app that starts to look for patterns of where things may not go well. You may think I’m talking about a particular political situation in the UK, but let’s not for I will add little to the debate and much has been said about it already. 🙂 On Wednesday I popped home for lunch and let both doggos out to stretch their legs – and more importantly – let them spend a penny outside. While they were sniffing in the garden and enjoying the turn of the seasons, I nipped upstairs and tried on a few outfits. Suitably pleased with some choices – […]

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Kindness

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Hi,A handful of weeks ago, Susie made a reference to Twelfth Night. Now, as someone who loves a good quote, I did take a look at some of The Bard’s famous lines. This one jumped out at me: In nature there’s no blemish but the mind. None can be called deformed but the unkind. So, dare I suggest that kindness is cool? Going back a little further, and some readers may be aware of the sad passing of Keith Flint, the force majeure frontman for The Prodigy. It seems he was a kind fellow by all accounts. To be kind in a world that often seems so unpleasant is, I think, an act of rebellion. When the “cool kids’ in music dissed […]

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