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Category Archives: Personal
Family History
I’m visiting my mother this weekend and have been asked to sort through piles of stuff. In amongst it I found a file of papers on family history. Most of it is unremarkable, but I did find two things worth … Continue reading
New Toy
I got to be even older this week, and my mother very kindly sent me some money. For once I have not just put it into the “books & clothes” fund, I’ve gone out and bought something relatively pricey: a … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Technology
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Telephone Spam Gets Interesting
UK readers are probably sick to death of the people who phone up claiming to be from Microsoft about a virus being detected on your computer. If I have the time I tend to keep them on the phone with … Continue reading
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Busy Day – Radio, Readings, Lack of Sleep
I spent most of yesterday in Bristol, doing radio at Ujima and then hosting a reading by Emma Newman and Jo Hall. The radio stuff ended up being not much about books, but was fun all the same. As a … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions, Personal, Radio, Readings
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Joining The Cool Kids
I have been reliably informed that no one under the age of 20 even knows what a blog is any more, and no one under the age of 30 would admit to having one. If I want to reach out … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Personal
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Amanda at TED
While I was getting all nervous about having to interview Tim Maughan live on air, Amanda Palmer was tweeting frenetically about her forthcoming appearance at TED. Scary as Tim can be, I suspect she had the harder job. But, as … Continue reading
Rail Saga Update
I had to use the trains today as I was co-hosting Women’s Outlook on Ujima. All went well. So no trouble with officious conductors. Also a great interview with Tim Maughan and an opportunity to plug Ian McDonald’s PlanesRunner. I’ll … Continue reading
In Which I Lose Faith In FGW
Over the weekend I traveled to Exeter and back by train. On Sunday night I stopped off in Darkest Somerset to see my mother, resuming my journey today. This is something I have done many times before without trouble. Today, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Travel
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The Minister and I #girlslikeus
This morning I was up early and off into Bristol to the M-Shed for an important meeting. As you may recall, the LGBT History exhibition that I have been involved in organizing was mentioned in Parliament by local MP, Stephen … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Gender, History, Personal
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Forthcoming Appearances
I have a busy few weeks coming up. Here’s a brief rundown. Tomorrow I will be at the M-Shed in Bristol giving a talk about trans pioneer, Michael Dillon. That’s a 2:30 start. It is a free event, but if … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions, Gender, Personal, Radio
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Goofing Off
It is Valentine’s Day. Kevin and I can’t be together, though we’ll email as usual and if all goes according to plan there will be opportunities for romantic things later in the year. Next to Kevin, I guess what I … Continue reading
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Minor Medical Alert
When I woke up this morning I discovered that the world was going round me at a fair lick. After a short while it stopped, so I lay there and read social media stuff on my iPad for a bit, … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Personal
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Some History Month Reportage
Dru Marland has kindly done a post about the launch of Bristol’s LGBT History Month, with photos. Here’s one of me making my speech. It’s not my most flattering angle, but the background scenery is awesome.
More #TransDocFail Links
I know you are probably getting fed up with this stuff by now, but this story does illustrate very clearly just how manipulative the press can be if they want to be, openly spreading ideas that they must know to … Continue reading
GMC – The Wider Issue
When I wrote the post about Richard Curtis I couldn’t find any links to the issues that Christine Burns has raised. However, she has kindly sent me some links via Twitter, which I’ll now share with you. First up there’s … Continue reading
The GMC’s War Against Trans People Continues
This week I’ll be going up to London to do some research on Michael Dillon, an Irishman who because the world’s first female-to-male transsexual while living in Bristol. Dillon not only holds a record for his own gender change, but … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Health, Personal
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My Brain: She Is Weird
I very rarely remember dreams. This is probably a good thing, because when I do they can be decidedly weird. This morning I awoke from a dream of watching a cricket match. Tim Powers had taken up the sport, and … Continue reading
Resolutions
I don’t normally pay much attention to New Year Resolutions. Yesterday’s xkcd pretty much sums up my opinion of them. However, last year has been a disaster for book reading, in that I bought far more books than I have … Continue reading
That Time of Year
Last night, while I was waiting for the 49ers to wrap up the Divisional Championship, I had a quick look at Google Analytics to see how the year had gone here. One or two interesting things popped up, so I … Continue reading
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Review Policy
I’ve seen a significant upturn in requests for book reviews of late. I have no idea why. I review very little, and a review here is probably worth no more than one or two sales, but I keep getting requests … Continue reading
