A while ago, shortly after I started my journey of transition, I came across a couple of references to “Two-Spirit” people. These were people in Native American communities who roughly corresponded to what we now call transgender, but with one major difference: The Two-Spirit person “has nothing to do with being in the wrong body; … Read more
This week’s post takes its title from an old John Lennon/Yoko Ono song with the same title: So this is Christmas And what have you done Another year over And a new one just begun And so this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear one The old and … Read more
Or, How Can Walmart Sell A Roasted Chicken For Less Than It Can Sell The Same Chicken Uncooked? Here’s the conundrum: I can buy a roasting chicken at Walmart for $1.56 a pound. I can also buy an already-roasted chicken as a meal-to-go at less than the price-per-pound for the raw one. So what’s up … Read more
Let's talk about blogging. Specifically, blog editors. I'm talking about the kind that let you compose your entry offline and then post it when you've beaten it into shape. I have two that I use: Windows Live Writer, and Blogsy. Live Writer when I'm on my laptop, and Blogsy on my iPad mini. Each has … Read more
This evening’s post was going to be about good web page design, and everything I’ve learned about creating web pages since I first started back in 2004. But then I discovered a web page that shows me someone’s beaten me to the punch. I don’t agree with everything he or she says, but it makes … Read more