Helen Boyd Kramer's journal on gender and stuff
To all those who celebrate Christmas, have a lovely day with family, or friends, or pets, or all of the above. We’ll be spending the day at my sister’s, with some close friends of theirs, but of course spent Christmas Eve together, at home, since that was when Betty’s family traditionally celebrated the holiday.
& Of course, don’t drink & drive.
For those of you with cats, isn’t wrapping presents a whole new frontier with them around? Endymion is about as helpful as helpful isn’t, since he has to know about the scissors and the tape and usually has to at least sit on the sheet of rolled paper I’ve pulled out to wrap a package. I’ve noticed my tape isn’t as sticky as it used to be, since there’s usually at least a little fur on it once Endymion has done his round of inspections.
I hope all of your packages are wrapped, with no injuries, & that you had enough of everything without a late night run to the store.
2007’s Best Self-Mockery
Sting, on being asked why the Police reunion tour now, asked (& I’m paraphrasing), “I mean, what else was I going to do? Make another CD of medieval mandolin music?”
2007’s Best ‘Full Circle’ Career Moment:
Vincent D’Onofrio playing Robert Goren playing Private Pyle (in the penultimate show of this season’s Law & Order: Criminal Intent)
2007’s Product Most Clearly Designed to Compensate for a Lack of Foreplay:
KY’s “Tingling” Lube
2007’s Most Predictable Lateness
Amtrak’s 2PM to Boston
2007’s Most Confusing Sign
“DANGER: Do Not Walk On Ceiling” (posted, on the ceiling, in Boston’s North Station)
2007’s Biggest Loss for the Trans Community
The decision of Becca and Dixie to stop putting on the En Femme Getaway, which served a geographical region no other conference serves, was couples-oriented, spectrum-friendly, and held in an LGBT-friendly town.
2007’s Least Done with the Most Potential:
Oprah‘s show on trans couples, which provided absolutely no resources for trans couples on the show or on their website.
Our internet (& cable) are spotty today; it’s an area thing, in Brooklyn.