I just can't say that enough!!! I'm stunned, shocked, and amazed by the response to my first story here.

To all that took a chance and read a post by a 'newbie', to those who posted comments, and especially to the ones that sent all of the wonderful PMs, I can't possibly Thank You Enough!

I know that the story is incomplete (so far), and that fact alone can dissuade some from venturing further. With the amount of support, compassion, and understanding that I've recieved I'm more confident than ever that I'll be able to share the rest with all of you.

It's been more than two years since Musetta came to life. Dr. O'Donnell asks her if she has Klinefelter's Syndrome. She didn't know what it was and in the story as originally written it turns out she didn't. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that her having Klinefelters made a lot of sense. It explained her natural appearance and some of her personality. I made some corrections in Chapters 11 and 12 to now reflect that she had this condition. It does nothing to change the story other than to make it a bit more realistic.

Hugs,

Portia

A Roman Catholic adoption charity's appeal to be allowed to discriminate against gay people wanting it to place children with them has been rejected. Catholic Care wanted exemption from new anti-discrimination laws so it could limit services provided to homosexual couples on religious grounds.

The Charity Commission said gay people were suitable parents and religious views did not justify discrimination. The Leeds-based charity said it was "very disappointed".

Source: BBC News

Well, today has been an exercise in patience and frustration.

Every woman who cycles experiences abuse from male motorists and pedestrians, I've been happy slapped and shouted at, but I'd never have had the nerve to do what Dawn Foster did - she started blogging about it on a website called - you'll love this - 101 wankers.

See the link to the story on the Guardian's web site.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2010...

I've seen a few blog entries over time dealing with California's "Proposition 8" - apparently there's been a last-minute delay in getting it repealed...

A federal appeals court has put same-sex weddings in California on hold while it considers whether the state's gay marriage ban is constitutional.

A three-judge panel in the US Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a lower court's ruling that would have allowed gay marriages to begin on Wednesday.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10994651

If you’ve discovered that someone stole all of your DVD’s and most of your music CD’s, would that be ‘poH or just a crappy day?

Some days I just want to run away and hide.

*sigh*

Connie

I really don't know how much more I can take. After every shift at my work, I am in such pain I can hardly walk. I wake in the middle of every night having to stifle a scream from the pain. Something has to change, and soon. The only good news I have is that I now have a picture of myself that my counselor took on my last session:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12415215@N03/

I've been fiddling around with a small website. A place to warehouse cleaner versions of my stories, and to post tales that either are not yet ready for prime time (i.e. posting here), or are languishing in my pitiful brain.

Clearly, I have too much time on my hands.

Anyway, I've added a tiny amount of content, and will add more as it happens in real time. (Exciting, no? Or is the answer to that actually 'no!')

Click below if you are so inclined.

Armond's Place

Thanks!

Okay, so this is the beginning of a novel length story that I am planning on releasing a chapter a week, probably on Sundays. It may be a little shaky here at first, release wise as I am still dealing with the fallout of the death of my wife's mother and needing to take our daughter up to Ohio for school, so it is going to be a bit crazy for a while. It will calm down and the story will get to you guys.