I should be flattered but....

I know I should be flattered when someone is inspired to set up another forum for the TG community based on the Angels.

But inspired by the Angels is one thing, being a complete cut and paste job is another.

Even the forum rules is a word for word duplicate, including smiley! Exhibit A : Exhibit B

They've even got a section called Guardian Angels, which as a pun only really works on the Angels site.

Still, if it's a new London venue to plug the gap left by Transmission then good luck to them. We could do with something.

Not totally sure if we need yet another forum though. Although I'm sure somebody will fill it with posts. Just look at the fuss on Roses over the loss of two years of posts due to a server crash. Some people seem to think that they only exist if they have a high post count....

Flickr Tranny Day - A lame excuse

Gillian had a great idea to try and kickstart the tranny community out of the current wave of apathy that seems to be sweeping across it - or at least across this corner of the trannisphere anyway.

March 29th would be the day we all get dressed up and put our photo on to Flickr Tranny Day group.

You may notice my photo is missing ;(

I tried, I really did. I had it all planned out, but unfortunately my plans went the way of a suitcase at Heathrow Terminal 5. In between visitors popping over, and my dad's car getting wheel clamped it seemed like the Cosmos was out to stop me.

At one point I'd even shaved my face and had a full face of foundation on when my sister rang to say she was popping over. It just wasn't to be.

I'm going to try again later in the week... honest!

Bingo (again)

And no, not another forum game.

Here's Vic Reeves giving a new meaning to the phrase Tranny Bingo in an advert for an online bingo site.

Gone Skiing

Heading out on my annual ski trip

Back in a week.....

Get over it

I like the new Stonewall posted campaign "Some People are Gay.... get over it". It's short and to the point. Very nice.

I'd love to see the same thing for trannies. Personally - "Some People are Trannies - Get Over it" would be great.

But I can just tell that we'd spend months just arguing over the wording.

Buzzword Bingo Explained

Buzzword Bingo is an excellent solution to long meetings. Just print up a few of these cards and take them with you to your next meeting.

As your boss and coworkers utter these awful buzzwords, mark them off. When you get 5 in a row, be sure and stand up and yell "Bingo!" to announce the fact to all present at the meeting.

Get your own buzzword bingo grids here.

Bingo

I received a bit of flak yesterday for locking a potential labels debate on the Angels forum since they always end up as a flame war.

In the spirit of adventure, I have reopened the discussion in the hope that maybe this time it won't end in tears. Or at least if it does the memory of the event will linger so people will know why I tend to lock them early.

Not everyone will take part in such a discussion, but that should not prevent you from gaining some enjoyment from the thread. So, in the style of Office Buzzword Bingo, I give you Tranny Labels bingo. Please feel free to set up your own grid and play along.

If you want me, I'll be in this bunker over here.....

Things that piss me off

(being part 422 of a long and continuing theme)

1. People who start forum posts with "I'm sorry, but....." when they are clearly not sorry.

2. People who start forum posts with "I don't mean to cause offense, but...." when the next statement is so obviously going to piss some people off.

3. People who use widely sweeping claims like "Well the bulk of the medical profession believe....." and "All the research has shown....." but when pushed to show some evidence for that quickly backtrack with their one reference source being a niche journal that nobody can access. Probably being stored in the Outer Hebrides. Next-door to the one DFS store that stocks everything full price so that the rest can legally list sale prices.

4. People who write stream of consciousness arguments, with no punctuation, line breaks and massive typos who then get arsey with you for not understanding the point they were (apparently trying to) make. If it's that important then write it properly. And use a bloody spellchecker.

Ho hum.

And erm.. yeah. I'm still here. Kinda.

Still here

I am still alive... Just having an outbreak of apathy.

Too many things to do and no real desire to sit down and get them done.

Normal service may be resumed shortly.

So here it is

Merry Christmas Everyone!

I hope you all have a great time and Santa brings you everything you wanted.