mittfh https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/taxonomy/term/4569/all en Watery Tales (AquaGirl) https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/29513/watery-tales-aquagirl <section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Audience Rating:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-24 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Organizational:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/title-page" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Title Page</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-7 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">TG Universes &amp; Series:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-universes-series/comics-retcon-universe-lilith-langtree-et-al" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Comics Retcon Universe by Lilith Langtree et al.</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/superheroes" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Superheroes</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-8" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Serial Chapter</a></li></ul></section><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><table width="100%" border="0"> <tr valign="top"> <td> <p align="center"><font color="#3D85C6"><font size="7"><strong>Watery Tales</strong></font></font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#3D85C6"><font size="4"><strong>(The life and times of Lorena Marquez, aka AquaGirl)</strong></font></font></p> <p align="center"><strong>by mittfh</strong></p> <p align="center"><strong>Copyright © Ben Norwood 2010-2011</strong></p> <p align="center"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" width="88" height="31" /></a></p> <p align="center"> <strong>Mark Foster is terrified of water.</strong><br /> <strong>So what's he doing on a cross-channel ferry...</strong><br /> <strong>...at the bottom of the sea...</strong><br /> <strong>...alive?!</strong> </p> <p align="center">With thanks to Lilith, Lynceus and EnemyOfFun - you know your roles in producing this!</p> </td> <td width="160"> <p align="center"><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u6689/aquagirl2a.jpg" width="121" height="198" alt="AquaGirl" /></p> <p><small><strong>Image credits:</strong><br />  <strong>Original:</strong> DC Comics<br /> (found @ <a href="http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/29010/747713-252685_61729_aquagirl_super_super.jpg" rel="nofollow">ComicVine</a>)<br />   <strong>Modified:</strong> mittfh</small></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div></div></div> Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:03:39 +0000 mittfh 29513 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Musical Motif Mayhem! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/18204/musical-motif-mayhem <section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Audience Rating:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-24 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Organizational:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/organizational/section-page" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Section Page</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></section><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <strong><font size="+3">Musical Motif Mayhem!</font></strong><br /> <em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em><br />  <br /> <small><strong><em>Copyright © 2010 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a>  These works are licensed under a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a> </div> <p> </p> </div></div></div> Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:38:35 +0000 mittfh 18204 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Peter / Petra https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/17781/peter-petra <section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Audience Rating:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg/younger-audience-gy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Younger Audience (g/y)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-24 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Organizational:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/organizational/title-page/series-page" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Series Page</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/crossdressing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Crossdressing</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/voluntary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Voluntary</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/fresh-start" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fresh Start</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/real-world" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Real World</a></li></ul></section><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <strong><font size="+3">Peter / Petra</font></strong></div> <p> <br /> An occasional series of stories featuring Peter, a closet crossdresser until his partner's actions cause the 'birth' and emergence of his alter-ego, Petra.<br />  </p> </div></div></div> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:14:55 +0000 mittfh 17781 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Mittfh's Stories https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/17780/mittfhs-stories <section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Audience Rating:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg/younger-audience-gy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Younger Audience (g/y)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-24 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Organizational:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/author-page" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Author Page</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></section><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <strong><font size="+3">Mittfh's Stories</font></strong><br />  <br /> Here's a list of all the stories that have escaped my warped imagination...so far!<br />   </div> </div></div></div> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:10:40 +0000 mittfh 17780 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Christmas Tune Acronym Quiz 2020 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog-entry/87883/christmas-tune-acronym-quiz-2020 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>It's December, which means it's also time for a semi-annual tradition: my infamous <font size="+1"><strong><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ohcGDNzfqrR92kEKQXHhgaytnxyv1H8qyP4bicJOPvE/edit?usp=sharing&amp;fbclid=IwAR24W2Qrbwu7J_A620la7N2yhzrm0csT_ziZrmqlJIkjJqBy3yHr5oUbruE" rel="nofollow">Christmas Tunes Acronym Quiz</a></strong></font>.</p> <p>This year, there are <s>350</s> 300 tunes to decode / identify<sup>1</sup> - most of what you'll find on almost any Christmas CD, plus a lot more besides (including some very obscure ones!). </p></div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/poetry-verse-lyrics" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Poetry / Verse / Lyrics</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 05 Dec 2020 22:26:07 +0000 mittfh 87883 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf A Wedding with a Difference https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/87299/wedding-with-difference <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/crossdressing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Crossdressing</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/female-male" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Female to Male</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/voluntary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Voluntary</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/appliances-attached" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Appliances Attached</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/corsets" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Corsets</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/fancy-dress-prom-evening-gown" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fancy Dress / Prom / Evening Gown</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/hair-salon-long-hair-wigs-rollers" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Hair Salon / Long Hair / Wigs / Rollers</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/high-heels-shoes-boots-feet" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">High heels / Shoes / Boots / Feet</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/panties-girdles" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Panties / Girdles</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/wedding-dress-married-bridesmaid" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wedding Dress / Married / Bridesmaid</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <h1>A Wedding With a Difference</h1> <p><strong>Ben Norwood 2020</strong><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>.</div> <p>Here's a light-hearted bit of fluff I came up with the other day. Descriptions have deliberately been kept vague, both to keep it nice and short (so I had more chance of finishing it, rather than leaving it abandoned!) and to allow your imaginations to fill in the gaps.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:06:02 +0000 mittfh 87299 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Remember me?! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog-entry/87280/remember-me <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>While the more eagle-eyed among you may have noticed recent comments from me scattered across a handful of stories, it actually marks a 'soft' return from a prolonged absence (from here - those who frequent the BCTS group on the Book of Faces will probably have seen me quite frequently...) of about 3 1/2 years...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/autobiographical" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Autobiographical</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/home-family-children" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Home / Family / Children</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/work-workplace" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Work / Workplace</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:26:24 +0000 mittfh 87280 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Breast feeding https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog-entry/78224/breast-feeding <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Since my transition many years ago every few months my breasts will produce milk.<br /> I went to my doctor and she informed me that it is normal that it simply happens when my progesterone levels drop.<br /> I have a neighbor who is a good friend who recently had a baby and was adamant that she wasn't going to use formula ever for her children. A couple of months after giving birth she became ill and her doctor advised her to stop breastfeeding immediately for the babys health.<br /></p></div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/new-author" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">New Author</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/author/blogger" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype=""> Blogger</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 24 Feb 2019 20:31:59 +0000 raychelle_a 78224 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Paranormal org debuts daft theory https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog-entry/65142/paranormal-org-debuts-daft-theory <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A paranormal organisation who have managed to pick up thousands of online followers (Spiritual Research Foundation) have debuted their own daft theory on the predominant cause of homosexuality - posession by ghosts and "subtle-sorcerers" from hell. They apparently believe most gay men are possessed by female ghosts, and lesbian women possessed by male ghosts (!).</p></div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/news-item" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">News Item</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 10 Dec 2016 18:46:15 +0000 mittfh 65142 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Xmas Tune Acronym Quiz https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog-entry/64913/xmas-tune-acronym-quiz <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>If you've been here a while, you'll know what this is all about.</p> <p>For several years, I've run a "Christmas Tunes Acronym Quiz" through December, whereby I post up a spreadsheet containing acronyms of Christmas tunes, and The Internet attempts to solve them.</p></div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/music-songs-singers" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Music / Songs / Singers</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 22:09:21 +0000 mittfh 64913 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Tavistock Clinic referrals double https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog-entry/61430/tavistock-clinic-referrals-double <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Some interesting nuggets of information have been revealed by the Tavistock Clinic.</p> <blockquote><p>The number of young people referred to England's only gender identity clinic for under-18s has doubled in the past year to nearly 1,400, figures show. The data also shows that nearly twice as many biological girls than boys were referred to London's Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust last year.</p></blockquote> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36010664">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36010664</a></p></div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/news-item" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">News Item</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:42:48 +0000 mittfh 61430 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Christmas Tune Acronym Quiz 2015 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog-entry/59605/christmas-tune-acronym-quiz-2015 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>So we're approaching <em>that</em> time of year again, so it's time to roll out my annual tradition - the Christmas Tunes Acronym Quiz!</p> <p>This year, I've compiled over 200 tunes to decipher, including a handful of instrumentals in addition to the usual mixture of songs, carols and novelty / parodies. There's also an "Add Your Own!" tab in case your favourites aren't represented in the list (already filled with a handful of songs I discovered which didn't make the 200).</p></div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/holidays-vacations-resorts-travel" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Holidays / Vacations / Resorts / Travel</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/music-songs-singers" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Music / Songs / Singers</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 15 Dec 2015 21:23:35 +0000 mittfh 59605 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf HexaBigClosetVersary https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog-entry/57269/hexabigclosetversary <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>So after seeing the "Member for" indicator stuck on 5 years 12 months for the past few weeks, it's finally ticked over to 6 years 22 hours.</p></div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/autobiographical" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Autobiographical</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/internet-software-computers-websites" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Internet / Software / Computers / Websites</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 23 Jul 2015 21:48:57 +0000 mittfh 57269 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Another lap around the sun https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog-entry/56258/another-lap-around-sun <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>As those of you who engage in the Great Waste Of Time known as Facebook may already be aware, today marks my completion of another lap around the sun - not that I feel any different to yesterday or appreciably older. Just an ordinary day at work attempting to make sense of a pile of social care data, hoping to massage it into shape by the end of the week ready for the annual government return.</p></div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/autobiographical" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Autobiographical</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 18 May 2015 19:21:07 +0000 mittfh 56258 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Students Rogeting to avoid getting sinister buttocks https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/51929/students-rogeting-avoid-getting-sinister-buttocks <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Apparently the latest trend sweeping classrooms (schools, colleges, universities) is "Rogeting," named after the famous brand of thesaurus.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/authors-stories-books-writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Authors / Stories / Books / Writing</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 10 Aug 2014 12:09:54 +0000 mittfh 51929 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf I've apparently been here five years... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/51624/ive-apparently-been-here-five-years <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Five years and 21 hours, according to the counter. I'm sure I didn't register at midnight BST, so I think I'll take the hours figure with a pinch of salt :)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/autobiographical" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Autobiographical</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 23 Jul 2014 20:53:32 +0000 mittfh 51624 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Marvel takes Rule 63 to Thor https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/51491/marvel-takes-rule-63-thor <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Rule 63: "For any given male character, there is a female version of that character."</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/cartoons-comics-manga-anime-art-artists" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Cartoons / Comics / Manga / Anime / Art / Artists</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 15 Jul 2014 23:00:42 +0000 mittfh 51491 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Even Classics get 1* reviews! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/49073/even-classics-get-1-reviews <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A big hat tip to <strong>Karin Bishop</strong> for highlighting this over on the Book of Face.</p> <p>Even Classic novels can earn a single lonely star in reviews at Amazon and other online book retailers. Take the following comments for example:</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/authors-stories-books-writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Authors / Stories / Books / Writing</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:33:47 +0000 mittfh 49073 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Study claims cyclists are intelligent, charitable, cool https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/48439/study-claims-cyclists-are-intelligent-charitable-cool <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Make of this what you will...</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/cyclists-are-more-intelligent-charitable-and-cool-than-the-average-person-says-study-9051434.html" rel="nofollow">'Cyclists are more intelligent, charitable and cool than the average person' says study</a>. </p></blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/sports-athletes" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Sports / Athletes</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 11 Jan 2014 18:10:21 +0000 mittfh 48439 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Merry Christmas everyone! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/48156/merry-christmas-everyone <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Since I don't know if / when I'll be able to log on tomorrow (hey, it's a busy day!), I would like to wish you all:</p> <p>Have a Very Happy Christmas.</p> <p>Eat, drink and be merry (in both senses of the word!) :)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/holidays-vacations-resorts-travel" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Holidays / Vacations / Resorts / Travel</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 24 Dec 2013 19:30:54 +0000 mittfh 48156 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Interesting song... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/47977/interesting-song <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Since you've so far got over 70% of the tunes on my <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Av-BF-z4INZUdDJYUHE5VTAxSTMyN2gwRzNVbHJRaWc&amp;usp=drive_web#gid=0" rel="nofollow">infernal acronym quiz</a> without much difficulty (although I've noticed edits have dried up recently <strong><em><small>(Hint Hint)</small></em></strong>), I thought I'd search out some more obscure songs for the next iteration.</p> <p>Among them, I discovered this ever-so-slightly tongue-in-cheek track, which for rather obvious reasons never makes it onto seasonal compilation albums... :)</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqvQOvE0vA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqvQOvE0vA</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/music-songs-singers" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Music / Songs / Singers</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 14 Dec 2013 20:45:42 +0000 mittfh 47977 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Xmas Tunes Acronym Quiz https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/47883/xmas-tunes-acronym-quiz <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>So, as we're well into advent, it's time to roll out my infamous Christmas Tunes Acronym Quiz again. This year, I've bumped it up to 160 songs - most of which are either carols or secular seasonal pop songs (i.e. ones that actually mention winter / snow / Christmas, rather than just those that share nothing in common with the season other than release date), but there's a handful of secular songs considered traditional and the occasional novelty / parody track.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/music-songs-singers" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Music / Songs / Singers</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 08 Dec 2013 13:58:48 +0000 mittfh 47883 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The Sun headlines with an F2M child https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/47819/sun-headlines-with-f2m-child <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Today's <em>Sun</em> (yes, that esteemed newspaper) headlines with the following tale:</p> <div align="center"><strong>Exclusive: Mum fights bigots</strong><br /> <font size="+2"><strong>I'm a boy, says twin girl, 6</strong></font></div> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 03 Dec 2013 19:32:26 +0000 mittfh 47819 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Daily Mail: Humans are chimp/pig hybrids! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/47763/daily-mail-humans-are-chimppig-hybrids <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Daily Fail has scored yet another notch in the "WTF?" category with this article:</p> <p><strong><big>'Humans evolved after a female chimpanzee mated with a pig': Extraordinary claim made by American geneticist</big></p> <ul> <li>Dr Eugene McCarthy points to features that distinguish us from primates</li> <li>He says that the only animals which also have these features are pigs</li> <li>Controversial hypothesis has been met by significant opposition</li> </ul> <p></strong></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 01 Dec 2013 16:41:17 +0000 mittfh 47763 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf 30 million hits! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/47257/30-million-hits <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>I don't know if anyone else pays any attention to the hit counter at the bottom of the page, but over the past day, we've hit a big milestone.</p> <div align="center"><big><strong>30,016,985 hits</strong></big></div> <p>So, everyone, give yourselves a pat on the back as we've all contributed to that figure! :)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/authors-stories-books-writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Authors / Stories / Books / Writing</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 27 Oct 2013 13:15:13 +0000 mittfh 47257 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf National Coming Out Day https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/47021/national-coming-out-day <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>I wasn't previously aware of this, but courtesy of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia's Main Page</a>, I've discovered that today is (or has been for those in UTC+3 or greater) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Coming_Out_Day" rel="nofollow">National Coming Out Day</a>.</p> <p>It is apparently "an internationally observed civil awareness day celebrating individuals who publicly identify as bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender–coming out regarding one's sexual orientation and/or gender identity being akin to a cultural rite of passage for LGBT people. The day is observed annually by members of the LGBT community and allies on October 11."</p> <p>So if you weren't already aware of it, consider yourself informed :)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 11 Oct 2013 21:34:49 +0000 mittfh 47021 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Gulf States to 'detect' gays on entry https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/46981/gulf-states-detect-gays-entry <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Admittedly the story's in the Daily Mail, but apparently Gulf Cooperation Countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) are to use a medical test developed by Kuwait to supposedly 'detect' homosexuals and prevent them from entering their respective country.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/politics-politicians-legislation-elections" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Politics / Politicians / Legislation / Elections</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:16:52 +0000 mittfh 46981 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Dual Controls (Rewrite) https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/46713/dual-controls-rewrite <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2013-costumes-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2013 Costumes Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/crossdressing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Crossdressing</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/stuck" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Stuck</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/tricked-outsmarted" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Tricked / Outsmarted</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/halloween" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Halloween</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/revised-and-expanded-version" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Revised and expanded version</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <strong><font size="+3">Dual Controls</font></strong><br /> <strong><font size="”+1”">(Revised / expanded version, Part 1 of 2)</font></strong><br /> <em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em><br />  <br /> An expanded and revised edition (well, actually heavily rewritten) for the Halloween “Costumes” Contest 2013.<br />  <br /> <small><strong><em>Copyright © 2013 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a>  This story is licensed under a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a> </div> </div></div></div> Sun, 22 Sep 2013 13:03:14 +0000 mittfh 46713 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Someone else's birthday... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/46201/someone-elses-birthday <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Courtesy of the Book of Face, I have discovered one of our most prolific authors is celebrating a milestone birthday today.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/authors-stories-books-writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Authors / Stories / Books / Writing</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 22 Aug 2013 21:17:27 +0000 mittfh 46201 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf For Doctor Who fans... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/46082/doctor-who-fans <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>As we probably all know, Google regularly likes to pay homage to pop culture. They've had a bit of Whoniverse fun recently with StreetView.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-tags/streetview" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">StreetView</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-tags/tardis" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">TARDIS</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/movies-television-theater" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Movies / Television / Theater</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:03:29 +0000 mittfh 46082 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Four Years One Day https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/45706/four-years-one-day <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Who'd a thunk it? I've been entertaining you with my random comments (which I've been assured on previous anniversaries are not incomprehensible gibberish, despite the joke in my Twitter bio) and (very) occasional story for just over four years now.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/authors-stories-books-writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Authors / Stories / Books / Writing</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/autobiographical" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Autobiographical</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/internet-software-computers-websites" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Internet / Software / Computers / Websites</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 24 Jul 2013 21:19:06 +0000 mittfh 45706 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Breakout https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/44653/breakout <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Completely off-topic, but Google's coders have been having fun again with another "Easter egg"...</p> <p>Search Google Images for "Atari breakout" and prepare to waste a few minutes or hours of your life...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/board-card-video-role-playing-games-toys" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Board / Card / Video / Role-Playing Games / Toys</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 31 May 2013 22:50:42 +0000 mittfh 44653 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf 1½ weeks' absence https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/44417/1-weeks-absence <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Righteo, tomorrow I'm heading off for Hastings for a week (well, heading to Mum's, then on to Hastings on Friday), so it's likely to be a week Saturday before you start seeing my random comments starting to appear on your stories again :(</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/autobiographical" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Autobiographical</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/holidays-vacations-resorts-travel" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Holidays / Vacations / Resorts / Travel</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 15 May 2013 22:46:54 +0000 mittfh 44417 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Laura Jane Grace: My First Year as a Woman https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/43889/laura-jane-grace-my-first-year-as-woman <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Spotted over at Crystal Hall, a link to a very well handled story about Laura Jane Grace. Laura was previously known as Tom Gabel, and remains the founder and lead singer of <em>Against Me!</em> - whose latest album will be called <em>Transgender Dysphoria Blues</em>:</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:28:03 +0000 mittfh 43889 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Uruguay approves same sex marriage https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/43839/uruguay-approves-same-sex-marriage <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Just spotted this:</p> <blockquote><p>Uruguay's Congress passed a bill on Wednesday to allow same-sex marriages, making it the second country in predominantly Roman Catholic Latin America to do so. </p></blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/politics-politicians-legislation-elections" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Politics / Politicians / Legislation / Elections</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:40:26 +0000 mittfh 43839 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf French study: women better without bras https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/43836/french-study-women-better-without-bras <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Using a slide rule and caliper, Professor Jean-Denis Rouillon spent fifteen years carefully measuring changes in the orientation of breasts belonging to 130 women, at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (University Hospital) in Besançon.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/shopping-clothes-shoes-hair-makeup" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Shopping / Clothes / Shoes / Hair / Makeup</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:07:05 +0000 mittfh 43836 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf 28 million hits! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/43378/28-million-hits <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>According to the counter at the bottom of the page:</p> <div align="center"><big><strong>28,005,105</strong></big><br /> Since 16 June 2005</div> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/internet-software-computers-websites" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Internet / Software / Computers / Websites</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:10:55 +0000 mittfh 43378 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf UK one step closer to marriage equality https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/42468/uk-one-step-closer-marriage-equality <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Commons have just voted 400:175 in favour of the <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2012-2013/0126/cbill_2012-20130126_en_1.htm" rel="nofollow">Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (HC Bill 126)</a>, despite a rebellion by nearly half of all Conservative MPs.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/love-sex-dating-relationships" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Love / Sex / Dating / Relationships</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:00:09 +0000 mittfh 42468 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Bike Wiki https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/42443/bike-wiki <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>If you've been following Angharad's <em>Magnum opus</em> you may be aware that a few years ago I had the daft idea to compile a spreadsheet summarising every EAFOAB episode... which gradually grew to include lots of additional information such as character lists, memorable quotes and the occasional humorous episode number. My grateful thanks go to PS, who helped with about half of the summaries from 1 to 1000.</p></div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/authors-stories-books-writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Authors / Stories / Books / Writing</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:49:03 +0000 mittfh 42443 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Indy: "Everything is about to change forever" https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/42301/indy-everything-is-about-change-forever <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>There's an interesting opinion piece in today's Independent:</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:40:25 +0000 mittfh 42301 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf 27,021,375 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/42245/27021375 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>I've just noticed we've passed yet another million view milestone! Twenty Seven Million (plus about twenty two thousand by now)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/authors-stories-books-writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Authors / Stories / Books / Writing</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:20:54 +0000 mittfh 42245 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Rule 63 Avengers / Dark Knight (Photoshop) https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/41879/rule-63-avengers-dark-knight-photoshop <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Spotted courtesy of the "Geeks are Sexy" blog, a set of rather impressive photo manipulations to illustrate what (live action) female versions of a trio of Avengers characters and a trio of Dark Knight characters could potentially look like (links to original source) - the series is dubbed "If women ruled the earth"...</p></div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/internet-software-computers-websites" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Internet / Software / Computers / Websites</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/movies-television-theater" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Movies / Television / Theater</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:21:46 +0000 mittfh 41879 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Merry Christmas! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/41504/merry-christmas <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>So, it's that time of year again... heading off to relatives, eating too much, drinking too much, and generally enjoying the time off work while collapsing in front of the goggle box (TV).</p></div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/holidays-vacations-resorts-travel" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Holidays / Vacations / Resorts / Travel</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:06:52 +0000 mittfh 41504 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Wiggo wins BBC SPOTY 2012 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/41334/wiggo-wins-bbc-spoty-2012 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>One for the cycling fraternity on the site...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/sports-athletes" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Sports / Athletes</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:37:09 +0000 mittfh 41334 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf I've heard it all now... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/40921/ive-heard-it-all-now <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>We all know homosexuality is a biological trait, right?</p> <p>Not according to the people editing <em>Charisma Magazine</em>, who believe it's caused by something completely different.</p> <p>Demon sex.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/religion" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Religion</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 08:08:20 +0000 mittfh 40921 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Another Team Sky accident... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/40722/another-team-sky-accident <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Is fate conspiring against (British Cycling) Team Sky?</p> <p>Following on from TdF winner <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/nov/08/bradley-wiggins-witnesses-shock-collision" rel="nofollow">Bradley Wiggins</a> and Head Coach <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/nov/09/shane-sutton-leave-hospital-saturday" rel="nofollow">Shane Sutton</a> getting up close and personal with cars, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/nov/19/markcavendish-cycling" rel="nofollow">Mark Cavendish</a> has now collided with one (albeit this time in Tuscany rather than Manchester or Lancashire) and suffered a bruised arm.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/celebrities-actors-actresses-models" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Celebrities / Actors / Actresses / Models</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:39:50 +0000 mittfh 40722 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf NS: Why are NHS docs still treating TG as mentally ill? https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/40662/ns-why-are-nhs-docs-still-treating-tg-as-mentally-ill <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>An interesting article just spotted in the New Statesman:</p> <p><strong><em>Why are NHS doctors are still treating trans people like they’re mentally ill?</em></strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/voices/2012/11/why-are-nhs-doctors-are-still-treating-trans-people-theyre-mentally-ill" rel="nofollow">Read the article here</a>.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-tags/news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">News</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-tags/new-statesman" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">New Statesman</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:51:17 +0000 mittfh 40662 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Other election news... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/40410/other-election-news <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In among the various ballots running in addition to the federal ones yesterday, several States were voting on the issue of same-sex marriage (the first to offer a vote on the issue).</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/politics-politicians-legislation-elections" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Politics / Politicians / Legislation / Elections</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:41:20 +0000 mittfh 40410 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Hurricane Sandy https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/40192/hurricane-sandy <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>It appears as though a significant portion of the Eastern portion of the US is going to get a bit wet and windy with the arrival of Sandy over the next few days.<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#Current_storm_information" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> has further information over the storm's current status and forecasted impacts.</p> <p>If anyone's in an affected region (or knows someone that is), stay safe and we'll see you on the other side...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:43:51 +0000 mittfh 40192 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf HK tycoon offers $65m dowry for lesbian daughter https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/39940/hk-tycoon-offers-65m-dowry-lesbian-daughter <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Definitely one from the weirder side of the news - Hong Kong property tycoon Cecil Chao has offered HK$500 million ($65 million) to any man who can woo her away from her lesbian partner. Gigi Chao has eloped with her partner to France and the pair have had a church blessing.</p> <p>If that wasn't bizzare enough, she's not cross with dad. "I'm actually on very, very loving terms with my father. We speak on a daily basis. He just has a very interesting way of expressing his fatherly love."</p></div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/celebrities-actors-actresses-models" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Celebrities / Actors / Actresses / Models</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:18:23 +0000 mittfh 39940 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf California governor bans gay 'cures' https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/39614/california-governor-bans-gay-cures <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>California has become the first US state to ban unfounded therapies that attempt to turn gay teenagers straight.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/politics-politicians-legislation-elections" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Politics / Politicians / Legislation / Elections</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:36:31 +0000 mittfh 39614 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Piratical Lulu Sale https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/39398/piratical-lulu-sale <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Apparently today (September 19th) is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and perhaps unsurprisingly, Lulu have used it as an excuse to have one of their famous flash sales.</p> <p>Until Friday (21st) you can get 15% off any order with the code "PIRATA".</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/authors-stories-books-writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Authors / Stories / Books / Writing</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:02:05 +0000 mittfh 39398 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Interesting error... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/39307/interesting-error <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>This week I received a letter from my local council containing a rather dry consultation on how to negotiate a cut imposed on them from on high.</p> <p>However, there was a rather <em>interesting</em> error (corrected in another letter the following day) on their equality questionnaire...</p> <p><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u6689/images/equality2.JPG" width="400" height="340" alt="First version" /></p> <p>(Helpful hint: look at the first question)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/politics-politicians-legislation-elections" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Politics / Politicians / Legislation / Elections</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:55:26 +0000 mittfh 39307 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Neil Armstrong dies https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/38907/neil-armstrong-dies <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font size="4"><b>"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."</b></font></div> <p>Alas Neil will be taking no more small steps anywhere. He died earlier today at the age of 82, apparently from complications following heart surgery three weeks ago.</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/25/13478643-astronaut-neil-armstrong-first-man-to-walk-on-moon-dies-at-age-82" rel="nofollow">NBC News</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11162858" rel="nofollow">Obituary</a> (BBC News)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/celebrities-actors-actresses-models" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Celebrities / Actors / Actresses / Models</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:31:00 +0000 mittfh 38907 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf 24 million hits! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/38836/24-million-hits <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Well, <s>24,036,165</s> 24,036,376 since 16th June 2005, according to the counter at the bottom of the page...</p> <p>It doesn't seem very long ago that someone was blogging about 22m... or was that 23,456,789?</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/authors-stories-books-writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Authors / Stories / Books / Writing</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/internet-software-computers-websites" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Internet / Software / Computers / Websites</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:57:53 +0000 mittfh 38836 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf EOF's whereabouts https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/38521/eofs-whereabouts <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Just in case anyone's wondering where EnemyofFun has disappeared to... he's got caught up in events that took place a long time in a galaxy far away :)</p> <p>Courtesy of a post he made to Google+ this morning:</p> <blockquote><p><em>Sorry for being absent for so long in my writing...I assure you nothing bad has happened. I've actually kinda got sucked into Star Wars The Old Republic. I did writing almost 5 pages of my latest chapter for Season...here's hoping I can take some time off TOR to actually finish off the chapter :)</em></p></blockquote> <p>So now you know :)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/authors-stories-books-writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Authors / Stories / Books / Writing</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:39:41 +0000 mittfh 38521 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Doesn't time fly... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/38248/doesnt-time-fly <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>...when you're having fun!</p> <p>I've now been entertaining you all with my mixture of witty, inane, sometimes over-analytical and occasionally pertinant / well thought-out comments for just over three years now, believe it or not...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/authors-stories-books-writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Authors / Stories / Books / Writing</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/autobiographical" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Autobiographical</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/internet-software-computers-websites" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Internet / Software / Computers / Websites</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:17:26 +0000 mittfh 38248 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Wiggo Wins! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/38201/wiggo-wins <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Just got back from a nice walk around the local area, checked the news to see if the TdF had finished...</p> <p>...and yup, it had and there were no unforseen calamities, so we ended up with the perfect result as predicted for the past few days: Cav won the stage, Wiggo won the race, and Froome was second.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/18946960">http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/18946960</a></p> <p>Congratulations to all three!</p> <p>Next stop: a certain quadrennial sporting event... which starts on Friday evening for most, but Wednesday afternoon for the footballers (!)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-tags/cycling" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Cycling</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-tags/tour-de-france" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Tour de France</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/sports-athletes" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Sports / Athletes</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:09:03 +0000 mittfh 38201 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf 23 million hits! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/37600/23-million-hits <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>I've just noticed on the hit counter at the bottom of the page that we've now exceeded 23 million hits (plus an extra 9,000) since 16th June 2005. Yay us! :D</p> <p>That works out at about 3 ¼ million hits per year, nearly 9,000 hits per day, 370 hits per hour or 6 hits per minute (have I ever mentioned I like playing around in spreadsheets?)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/authors-stories-books-writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Authors / Stories / Books / Writing</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/internet-software-computers-websites" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Internet / Software / Computers / Websites</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:01:36 +0000 mittfh 37600 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Another sporting gender controversy https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/37363/another-sporting-gender-controversy <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>This has to count as one of the most bizzare stories ever to come out of the world of sport:</p> <blockquote><table border="1"> <tr> <td>A female Indian athlete who won a gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games appeared in court on Friday charged with raping her former lover who has alleged that she is actually a man.</p> <p>Pinki Pramanik was remanded in custody for 14 days to await trial on allegations that she repeatedly raped her female live-in partner.</td> </tr> </table> <div align="right">Source: <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/indian-female-athlete-gender-row-rape-arrest-065821022.html" rel="nofollow">AFP (via Yahoo)</a></div> </blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/sports-athletes" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Sports / Athletes</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:49:40 +0000 mittfh 37363 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Armstrong accused of doping (again!) https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/37321/armstrong-accused-doping-again <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>It appears as though the US Anti Doping Agency can't leave Lance Armstrong alone - they've written a fifteen page letter to him littered with yet more allegations dating as far back as 1996, claiming a "pervasive pattern of doping" over many years.</p> <p>Unsurprisingly, Armstrong has hit back: "I have never doped ... These charges are baseless [and] motivated by spite ... These are the very same charges and the same witnesses that the Justice Department chose not to pursue after a two-year investigation."</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-tags/cycling" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Cycling</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/sports-athletes" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Sports / Athletes</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:54:14 +0000 mittfh 37321 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Denmark allows gay marriages... in church! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/37170/denmark-allows-gay-marriages-church <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Spotted on Google+, shared by a prominent Googler (<a href="https://plus.google.com/100008438047495460295/posts/YQR5eiK7Wv2" rel="nofollow">Kristoffer Sorensen</a>):</p> <blockquote><table border="1" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td>The Danish Folketing has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a full ecclesiastical marriage service in the national Evangelical-Lutheran church for homosexual couples, to be instituted as a full, official marriage equal to that of heterosexual couples.</p> <p>After a lengthy and sometimes heated debate, which ran some three hours over its expected time, 85 members voted in favour of the law, 24 against and with two abstentions.</td> </tr> </table> <div align="right">Source: <a href="http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/ECE1649141/homosexuals-get-church-weddings/" rel="nofollow">Politiken.dk</a></div> </blockquote> <p>Apparently, the reason the Folketing can rule in this way is that the Protestant Church in Denmark is a State Church.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/politics-politicians-legislation-elections" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Politics / Politicians / Legislation / Elections</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 07 Jun 2012 20:17:05 +0000 mittfh 37170 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The Indy: "...let's forget gender altogether." https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/37151/indy-lets-forget-gender-altogether <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>There's an interesting comment piece in today's Indy. It mainly deals with gender roles in the workplace (so arguing from the <span title="Women into Science and Engineering"><u>WISE</u></span> / <span title="Men Into the Caring Environment"><u>MICE</u></span> point of view<sup>1</sup>), but could be applied more widely:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/06/instead-of-fighting-for-gender-equality-let%E2%80%99s-forget-gender-altogether/" rel="nofollow">Instead of fighting for gender equality, let’s forget gender altogether</a></p> </blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/protests-boycotts-activism" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Protests / Boycotts / Activism</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:05:17 +0000 mittfh 37151 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Happy Birthday To Me https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/36707/happy-birthday-me <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Yes, well, erm, I've notched up another milestone on my journey through life. In years gone by, I'd be exactly half way through my allotted three score and ten, but with the way both longetivity and statutory minimum retirement ages keep rising, I might still be as fit as a fiddle and in work by then. I can but hope :)</p> <p>So... thirty five years I've been on this planet (well, I will have been as of about 5:45pm tonight, as mum will frequently remind me at this time of year!) - here's to many more.</p> <p>Cheers! :)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/autobiographical" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Autobiographical</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 18 May 2012 07:02:07 +0000 mittfh 36707 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf ZW politician blames women for HIV https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/36665/zw-politician-blames-women-hiv <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>You might want to move your keyboard out of the way so you can bang your head against your desk in desperation at this...</p> <p>It's about what you'd expect from many African politicians - effectively putting the onus of the blame for the spread of HIV onto women (presumably under the impression that it's completely impossible for their menfolk to control their philandering ways).</p> <p>The synopsis of what this latest politican to make a completely bonkers statement on the issue can be neatly summed up in this tweet:</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/politics-politicians-legislation-elections" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Politics / Politicians / Legislation / Elections</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 16 May 2012 08:06:16 +0000 mittfh 36665 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Any musicians around? https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/36198/any-musicians-around <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>You may remember several weeks ago, one of Bailey Summers' original songs from Jem got a very positive reception. At the time, only the lyrics existed.</p> <p>When I read it, I started to get the inklings of a tune, and with Bailey's permission, have attempted writing some music for it (my first attempt at composing since GCSE Music in 1993-95!). Bailey approves, so now the next stage is to publish it here, in the hope we've got some arrangers / musicians / singers who can take Bailey's words and my melody / chords, and work some magic with them.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-tags/bailey-summers" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Bailey Summers</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-tags/oncology" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Oncology</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-tags/jem" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Jem</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/music-songs-singers" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Music / Songs / Singers</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:06:25 +0000 mittfh 36198 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Dull and Boring people may link up https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/36144/dull-and-boring-people-may-link-up <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Something completely irrelevant but as it's from the lighter side of the news, fun nonetheless...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-tags/news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">News</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/humor-jokes-cuteness" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Humor / Jokes / Cuteness</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:22:07 +0000 mittfh 36144 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf MP spouts nonsense on gay marriage https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/35992/mp-spouts-nonsense-gay-marriage <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Just in case those of you in the US thought your politicians had cornered the market in spouting nonsense in their campaigning against gay marriage, one of ours has apparently decided that it opens the door to bigamy and child marriage...</p> <p>Ho hum.</p> <p>The story's featured in the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/04/20/karl-mccartney_n_1439781.html" rel="nofollow">Huffington Post</a>.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/love-sex-dating-relationships" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Love / Sex / Dating / Relationships</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/politics-politicians-legislation-elections" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Politics / Politicians / Legislation / Elections</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:40:38 +0000 mittfh 35992 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Free writing aid website https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/35249/free-writing-aid-website <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Discovered while leafing through a copy of Web User, a <a href="http://www.prowritingaid.com/" rel="nofollow">free website</a> which analyses a chunk of text (ideally 200+ words) and reports back on various technical aspects of your writing:</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/authors-stories-books-writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Authors / Stories / Books / Writing</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:25:44 +0000 mittfh 35249 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Underwear fetish? https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/34373/underwear-fetish <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A recently arrested chap in Thailand gives a whole new meaning to the term "Panty thief". How about a collection of 10,000 pairs of women's underwear?!<br /> He's been convicted of breaking and entering but not theft, as (perhaps unsurprisingly) nobody's reported their undies disappearing...</p> <p><a href="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2012/02/14/thai-man-10000-pairs-womens-underwear/">http://www.weirdasianews.com/2012/02/14/thai-man-10000-pairs...</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/shopping-clothes-shoes-hair-makeup" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Shopping / Clothes / Shoes / Hair / Makeup</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:06:31 +0000 mittfh 34373 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf For the rest of us... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/34349/rest-us <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>As an antidote to all the soppy romantic songs that will be filling the airwaves today, here's a few for the benefit of the happy singletons among us:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AwaA85nEbE" rel="nofollow">Females</a> (pretty unambiguous!)</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdnAQ5cIu4E" rel="nofollow">Males</a> (yes, it's as cheesy as heck, but there aren't many from a male POV!)</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMMNLe1ZyEk" rel="nofollow">In general</a> (miles better than the original soundtrack!)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/anti-valentines" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Anti-Valentines</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/music-songs-singers" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Music / Songs / Singers</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:54:54 +0000 mittfh 34349 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Washington State to allow same-sex marriage https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/34324/washington-state-allow-same-sex-marriage <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Breaking News on Google+ originally shared this <a href="https://plus.google.com/108404515213153345305/posts/QxwzVyMbjxq" rel="nofollow">post</a>:</p> <p><strong>Washington becomes 7th US state to allow same-sex marriage, as Gov. Gregoire signs bill into law</strong> <em>Olympia, Wash., USA</em></p> <p>+KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reports that Gov. Chris Gregoire has signed Washington State's gay marriage bill into law. The measure takes effect June 7.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/breaking-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">breaking news</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/politics-politicians-legislation-elections" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Politics / Politicians / Legislation / Elections</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:18:22 +0000 mittfh 34324 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf New DarkRealms Resource https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/34050/new-darkrealms-resource <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Back in the early days of <a href="http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/31791/darkrealms-universe" rel="nofollow">The DarkRealms Universe</a> (when we'd only been introduced to a couple of vampires), I sensed that it had the potential to expand and introduce us to <em>Lots of Characters</em>. So, rather than attempting to write a story (which knowing my writing speed you'd probably see sometime never!), I decided to create a Wiki to hold information on the people, places and events connected with Ravencrest.</p> <p>So here it is: <a href="http://deltabetazeta.wikia.com/wiki/The_DarkRealms_Universe_Wiki" rel="nofollow">The DarkRealms Universe Wiki</a>.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/darkrealms-universe-enemyoffun-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">The DarkRealms Universe by Enemyoffun</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-26 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Blog About:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/blog-about/authors-stories-books-writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Authors / Stories / Books / Writing</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/various-hands" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype=""> Various Hands</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:36:51 +0000 mittfh 34050 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Avatars (comment / message pictures) https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/forum/33786/avatars-comment-message-pictures <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>OK, the feature only appeared yesterday, but since I've already had one person asking me how to do it, I thought it might turn out to be a FAQ in time.</p> <p>So, you may have noticed since the upgrade that some people have small images sitting in the top right corner of their comments:</p> <p><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u6689/images/screenshot_308.jpeg" width="450" height="52" alt="Example" /></p> <p>If you think that's a cool feature, and would like to know how to do it yourself, read on...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-forums field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Forums:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even" rel="sioc:has_container"><a href="/topshelf/forums/just-faqs" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Just the FAQs</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/avatars" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Avatars</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/pretty-pictures" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Pretty pictures!</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/nothing-do-with-that-movie" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Nothing to do with that movie!</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:45:06 +0000 mittfh 33786 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf I must be mad... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/33365/i-must-be-mad <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Never mind the fact I can't keep the existing EAFOAB <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Av-BF-z4INZUdE1SMTY3OUZZNm9BZkI2eDUtc1VWdkE&amp;hl=en_GB#gid=13" rel="nofollow">episode summary spreadsheet</a> up to date, I've had another crazy idea.</p> <p>Convert it all to wiki format.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:18:11 +0000 mittfh 33365 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Happy New Year! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/33272/happy-new-year <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <blockquote><p><em>Should auld acquaintance be forgot,<br /> And never brought to mind?<br /> Should auld acquaintance be forgot,<br /> And auld lang syne?</p> <p>For auld lang syne, my dear,<br /> For auld lang syne,<br /> We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,<br /> For auld lang syne.</em></p></blockquote> <p><strong><font face="verdana,arial,geneva,sanserif" size="6" color="#A05"><br /> Happy New Year Everyone!<br /> </font></strong><br /> <strong>May 2012 bring you increased peace, happiness and joy.</strong> </div> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:18:01 +0000 mittfh 33272 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Lulu - 12 days of coupons https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/32926/lulu-12-days-coupons <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>As ever with Lulu, any excuse to put on an offer... :)</p> <p>This time, there'll be a different offer each day for the next eight days (it's day four today, they didn't send an email for the previous days). As this set of offers started on 14th, which was also when the previous offer ended, it's likely there'll be a new year sale when this one ends...</p> <p><a href="http://www.lulu.com/holiday_coupons">http://www.lulu.com/holiday_coupons</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:22:09 +0000 mittfh 32926 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf EAFOAB summaries - volunteers? https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/32647/eafoab-summaries-volunteers <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>If you've followed my occasional ramblings over the past couple of years, you may remember I once embarked on the foolish quest to compose a spreadsheet containing summaries of all the "Bike" episodes, together with some other relevant background information.</p> <p>PS and I worked together to get the first 1,000 done, then I largely took over until the 1280s whereby my life got busier and I fell behind.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:37:51 +0000 mittfh 32647 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Seasonal humour... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/32640/seasonal-humour <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Posted on Facebook by someone from one of my other networks...</p> <blockquote><table border="1" cellpadding="10"> <tr> <td> Dear Santa,</p> <p>This year can I please have a big fat bank account and a slim body?<br /> Please don't mix 'em up, like you did last year!!!!</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>__________<br />  <br />  <br />  <br />  <br /> P.S. I have tried really hard to be good this year.<br />  <br />  <br />  <br />  <br /> P.P.S. The incident with the greasy pig wasn't proved.</td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:22:43 +0000 mittfh 32640 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Interesting dance video... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/32536/interesting-dance-video <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>YouTube themselves are helping this interesting dance sequence (titled Miracle on 42nd Street) go viral, and it is getting a <strong>lot</strong> of attention.</p> <p>I wonder if any of the males on "Strictly Come Dancing" or "Dancing with the Stars" would be brave enough to follow in the footsteps of Zac Hammer here... :)</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZqz94ODz18">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZqz94ODz18</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:23:27 +0000 mittfh 32536 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The perils of women drivers... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/32531/perils-women-drivers <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Apparently allowing women to drive would increase prostitution, pornography, homosexuality and divorce.</p> <p>Yes, we're talking Saudi Arabia, and one particularly loopy academic (Kamal Subhi) who's submitted that description as part of a report to the country's legislative assembly, the Shura, in an attempt to get it to drop plans to reconsider the ban on women drivers.</p> <p>You can read more about this rather strange report over at <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16011926" rel="nofollow">BBC News</a>. Further evidence it's a mad world out there.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:32:47 +0000 mittfh 32531 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Man claims ex-girlfriend stole his sperm(!) https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/32375/man-claims-ex-girlfriend-stole-his-sperm <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>This has to be one of the most bizarre cases I've ever read. Boyfriend didn't want children so used condoms. Girlfriend did so saved the sperm they contained, cryogenically preserved them, then at a later date defrosted the little wrigglers and had twins via IVF. Unsurprisingly, when the ex-boyfriend found out, he wasn't exactly pleased...</p> <p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ex_gal_is_rubber_robber_DCGfEDf4vcBl12VJaiIo2N" rel="nofollow">Ex-girlfriend hid sperm and used for in-vitro pregnancy: suit</a></p> <p>Oh, and look at the page filename for the tabloid version of the headline...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:08:28 +0000 mittfh 32375 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf New Statesman review of "My Transsexual Summer" https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/32177/new-statesman-review-my-transsexual-summer <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>This popped up in my Twitter feed today: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/juliet-jacques" rel="nofollow">Juliet Jacques</a> in the New Statesman examines <a href="http://www.channel4.com/programmes/my-transsexual-summer/" rel="nofollow">My Transsexual Summer</a>, while also taking an opportunity to comment on media coverage in general of those on the transgender spectrum. The article also links to several other reviews of the series so far.</p> <p><a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/11/trans-summer-representation" rel="nofollow">New Statesman - My Transsexual Summer: The trouble with television</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:27:19 +0000 mittfh 32177 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Keeping up the theme of recent comments... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/32042/keeping-up-theme-recent-comments <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Those of you who've been here a few years may remember a devilishly difficult Christmas tune acronym quiz I've run over the past few years.</p> <p>As it's still November, I thought I'd share with you the answer sheet - so allowing you plenty of opportunities to download it, abridge it and save a copy with the answers removed to try out on your friends / family / neighbours / colleagues etc.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:33:28 +0000 mittfh 32042 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Product Placement (image) https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/31975/product-placement-image <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Seen on Richard Wiseman's blog. If you have had a sense of humour bypass or hate carefully arranged images with a passion, don't read any further.</p> <p>For those of you remaining, this might tickle the cyclists among you. The photographer was presumably commissioned to produce a photograph featuring a (fully clothed!) couple posing in front of a bicycle.</p> <p>Then the photographer got inspired - while the models were probably completely unaware of the rather 'interesting' framing...</p> <p><a href="http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/a-tad-rude/">http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/a-tad-rude/</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/humor" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Humor</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:00:03 +0000 mittfh 31975 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Lulu offer https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/31920/lulu-offer <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Lulu seem to like having regular offers - they've just launched another one for UK readers, which is valid until 11:59pm Friday.</p> <p>20% off site-wide, up to a maximum discount of  £100.</p> <p>The code is: EARLYSHOPPERUK305</p> <p>So if you've been procrastinating over the possibility of buying one of Maddy's books... :)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:17:51 +0000 mittfh 31920 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Story help https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/31518/story-help <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>I'm currently writing a story consisting of a mash-up of several fairy tales, with the obligatory TG twist. Courtesy of death threats made shortly after birth, the protagonist (currently about 6 years old) is prohibited from leaving the (small) castle where (s)he lives. However, at some point before the teenage years start, she will need to leave the castle so various assassination attempts (all of which will, of course, be unsuccessful) can take place.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 22 Oct 2011 08:41:33 +0000 mittfh 31518 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Dual Controls (Original version) https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/31447/dual-controls-original-version <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2011-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2011 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/comedy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Comedy</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/hypnosis-mind-control-brainwashed" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Hypnosis / Mind-Control / Brainwashed</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/stuck" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Stuck</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/tricked-outsmarted" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Tricked / Outsmarted</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/genie-jinn" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">genie/jinn</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/brief-mild-horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Brief mild horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <strong><font size="5">Dual Controls</font></strong><br /> <em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em><br />  <br /> <small><strong><em>Copyright © 2011 Ben Norwood.</em></strong><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a>  This work is licensed under a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>.<br /> </small> </p> <p><strong>On the way to a Halloween Ball, a boy meets a girl.... and a genie. What could possibly go wrong?!</strong> </div> <hr /> </div></div></div> Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:23:23 +0000 mittfh 31447 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Flash 365 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/forum/30912/flash-365 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Something interesting mentioned on BBC Radio 4 the other day - a chap who's set himself the unenviable task of publishing a new piece of flash fiction (very short story written in a single 'burst', usually inspired by a 'prompt') every day for a year. He started on 1st May, and each month uses a new theme for his prompts. September is based on poetry, October will be Barbara Cartland book titles.</p> <p>I've set the audience rating to mature after reading the current (as of now) entry - a recipe with a difference...</p> <p><a href="http://flash365.blogspot.com/">http://flash365.blogspot.com/</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-forums field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Forums:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even" rel="sioc:has_container"><a href="/topshelf/forums/writers-forum" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Writers&#039; Forum</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:04:08 +0000 mittfh 30912 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Another GabyCon review https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/30682/another-gabycon-review <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Here's an alternative bit of waffle about the GabyCon - this time from my perspective :)</p> <p>Having attended my first GabyCon last year and enjoyed it so much, I readily signed up to this year's. Despite not having ridden (rode?) a bicycle for the best part of 16 years (since going to uni), I was brave / foolish enough to volunteer to take part in this year's bicycle ride. But more on that later.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:40:29 +0000 mittfh 30682 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Bizarre complaint... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/30516/bizarre-complaint <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Imagine you're visiting a coastal town on holiday. This town has a working harbour, so you decide to have a walk along the quay. Now, what would you expect to find on the quayside? Fish, perhaps? <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/8743065/Tourist-complains-about-sight-of-fish-in-harbour.html" rel="nofollow">This tourist</a> apparently didn't think so...</p> <blockquote></blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:26:00 +0000 mittfh 30516 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf What will they think of next?! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/30321/what-will-they-think-next <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>On the one hand, it's a 16 GB USB flash drive.</p> <p>On the other, it can also be used in a completely different 'port'.</p> <p>I'm not entirely sure who'd want to pay $140 for this, and would you really want to use it for one purpose after using it for the other purpose?</p> <p>Needless to say, there's plenty of joking in the "Best Rated" comments.</p> <p>Read more to find out what I'm wittering on about: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2029963/USB-stick-doubles-vibrator.html" rel="nofollow">Here's the article</a> (in the Daily Wail, of all places!)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:17:03 +0000 mittfh 30321 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Salut d'Amour https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/30268/salut-damour <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-1" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Verse, Poetry, Lyric</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <strong><font size="+3">Salut d'Amour</font></strong><br /> <em><strong>Lyrics by mittfh, tune by Edward Elgar</strong></em><br />  <br /> <small><strong><em>Lyrics copyright © 2011 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a>  This work is licensed under a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>. </div> <p>Listening to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIP9_DyTfxA" rel="nofollow">Elgar's piece</a> this morning, I thought it sounded very lyrical. Unable to find any sung versions other than <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdCIQmqJuGU" rel="nofollow">this cute</a> K-pop version, I hit upon the idea of writing a TG-themed set of lyrics to the tune. The first lyric came pretty quickly - I apologise for the second - there aren't many words that rhyme with "am"! Verse 2 was written during a quiet helpdesk session this afternoon, and the bridge this evening.</p> <p>I've tried to keep as close to the tune as possible, although it does get a little tenuous at times (the tune's bridge deviates from uniformity towards the end, as does the final verse). Anyway, enough waffling, on with the lyrics...</p> </div></div></div> Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:31:33 +0000 mittfh 30268 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Gender stereotypes (YT videos) https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/30108/gender-stereotypes-yt-videos <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A couple of interesting videos that YouTube decided to recommend to me.</p> <p>First up, a witty animation (in the style of BUPA adverts) looking at gender stereotypes:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIwWS2atEmc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIwWS2atEmc</a></p> <p>I would advise you stay away from the comments though - there's some troll feeding going on (one commenter equating feminism and lesbianism with satanism. Oh dear...)</p> <p>Second up, "What's wrong with Gender Roles?"</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swcXk-uqqLk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swcXk-uqqLk</a></p> <p>Oh, and Lizzie appears to have attracted a much nicer bunch of commentators :)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:51:56 +0000 mittfh 30108 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Gender Bent Justice League (Cosplay) https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/29603/gender-bent-justice-league-cosplay <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Spotted in a comment by <em>edinjapan</em> to Chicago Water Torture 2 - a story about a group of cosplayers who portray gender-reversed Justice League members.</p> <blockquote><p>"One night, we were all hanging out and I said how funny it would be if we had a whole Justice League with swapped sexes."<br /> (one member of the group: Tallest Silver)</p></blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:40:27 +0000 mittfh 29603 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Member for: 2 years 1 day https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/29520/member-2-years-1-day <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Doesn't time fly? I apparently first signed up to BCTS on 24th July 2009.</p> <p>Looking back through "Track", my first 66 comments (including several on the first day!) were all in response to a single story (albeit different chapters!).</p> <p>1 year 48 weeks ago I posted my first blog entries and found some other stories to comment on.<br /> 1 year 33 weeks ago saw me inflicting you with my Christmas Tunes Acronym Quiz (did I ever give out the answers link?)<br /> 1 year 26 weeks ago saw my first two stories arrive.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:19:25 +0000 mittfh 29520 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Chicago Water Torture 2 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/29514/chicago-water-torture-2 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/science-fiction-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Science Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/superheroes" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Superheroes</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-7 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-universes-series/comics-retcon-universe-lilith-langtree-et-al" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Comics Retcon Universe by Lilith Langtree et al.</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/canon" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Canon</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><table width="100%" border="0"> <tr valign="top"> <td> <p align="center"><font color="#3D85C6"><font size="7"><strong>Chicago Water Torture 2</strong></font></font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#3D85C6"><font size="5"><strong>(The training / torture continues)   (AquaGirl 3)</strong></font></font></p> <p align="center"><strong>by mittfh</strong></p> <p align="center"><strong>Copyright © Ben Norwood 2010-2011</strong></p> <p align="center"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" width="88" height="31" /></a></p> <p align="center"><em>(Comments competition - devise a suitably witty teaser for this space...)</em></p> <p align="center">With thanks to Lilith, Lynceus and EnemyOfFun - you know your roles in producing this!<br /> <strong>Just remembered!</strong> Thanks also to the BCTS Google+ users who beta'd this last night :)</p> </td> <td width="160"> <p align="center"><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u6689/aquagirl2a.jpg" width="121" height="198" alt="AquaGirl" /></p> <p><small><strong>Image credits:</strong><br />  <strong>Original:</strong> DC Comics<br /> (found @ <a href="http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/29010/747713-252685_61729_aquagirl_super_super.jpg" rel="nofollow">ComicVine</a>)<br />   <strong>Modified:</strong> mittfh</small></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div></div></div> Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:39:08 +0000 mittfh 29514 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Another birthday! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/29257/another-birthday <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>(Yup - it really seems to be the season for birthdays and anniversaries!)</p> <p>I have it on good authority that the person responsible for these characters (and many more)...</p> <p><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u6689/montage.jpg" width="301" height="225" alt="Montage of ten EOF characters" /></p> <p>...has a birthday today.</p> <p>And not just any birthday... it's one of the milestone ones. (No, this person has definitely not arrived at their End Of File!)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 15 Jul 2011 06:41:13 +0000 mittfh 29257 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Trope:Play - The Challenge https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/29160/tropeplay-challenge <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Following an idea from Lilith in response to my (very) short story <a href="http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/29158/trope-averted" rel="nofollow">Trope: Averted</a>...</p> <p>Take a <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage" rel="nofollow">trope</a> (but preferably one that tends to be associated with TG fiction, such as <a href="http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/17744/tg-tropes" rel="nofollow">this list</a> I compiled earlier <em>[i.e. about 18 months ago]</em>)...</p> <p>...and either avert it, subvert, invert it or otherwise <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlayingWithATrope" rel="nofollow">play with it</a> (the link contains brief examples of each).</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/tropeplay" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Trope:Play</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:16:08 +0000 mittfh 29160 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Trope: Averted https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/29158/trope-averted <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-3" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Short-short &lt; 500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/caught-with-consequences" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Caught with Consequences</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/maids-french-maids-servants" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Maids / French Maids / Servants</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/tropeplay" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Trope:Play</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <strong><font size="+3">Trope: Averted</font></strong><br /> <em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em><br />  <br /> <small><strong><em>Copyright © 2011 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a>. </div> <p><strong><em>Teaser:</em>When your wife presents you with a maid's dress and tells you to get changed, it can only mean one thing...<br /> ...or can it?<br /> </strong></p> </div></div></div> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:02:04 +0000 mittfh 29158 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Romantic novels 'cause sexual problems' for women https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/29059/romantic-novels-cause-sexual-problems-women <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The variety of odd and slightly suspect (pseudo-?) scientific research that wiggles its way into the pages of the media never ceases to amaze me.<br /> The following link is courtesy of one of my Facebook contacts, who lives North of the border...</p> <blockquote><p>An agony aunt and broadcaster has hit out at romantic novels for the impact they have on women’s sexual health. In a paper entitled: “He seized her in his manly arms and bent his lips to hers”, Susan Quilliam argues that the “rose-tinted” view of relationships in the likes of Mills and Boon publications makes itself felt in the problems which women bring to the consulting room.</p></blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:28:49 +0000 mittfh 29059 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Billy Elliot writer vs Opera North https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/28988/billy-elliot-writer-vs-opera-north <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Could someone remind me which century we're living in?</p> <blockquote><p>"Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall has spent the past year working on an epic opera starring 300 schoolchildren. Now his backers have pulled out, in a bitter row over a character's sexuality."</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/jul/03/lee-hall-opera-north">http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/jul/03/lee-hall-opera-n...</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:52:54 +0000 mittfh 28988 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Interesting press clipping https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/28774/interesting-press-clipping <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>This one's been doing the rounds at work - mainly because one of my colleagues does a spot of cake decorating herself. But you may be more interested in the second extract.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:32:56 +0000 mittfh 28774 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Desert Island Disccs https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/28607/desert-island-disccs <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Righteo, something to help us calm down and cool off after yesterday.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:43:18 +0000 mittfh 28607 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Bailey Review https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/28577/bailey-review <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>No doubt pressured by the likes of the Daily Mail, six months ago the UK government launched a review into the "Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Childhood". Oh yes. It was led by a chap called Reg Bailey, who's the Chief Executive of Mothers' Union. The organisation then criticised the report for "not going far enough" in its recommendations. Ho hum.<br /> The recommendations include:</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:03:35 +0000 mittfh 28577 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Cali Prop 8: Walker's ruling stands https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/28540/cali-prop-8-walkers-ruling-stands <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>I've just read <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ruling-expected-on-gay-marriage-in-california-2297348.html" rel="nofollow">this Independent article</a> about the recent attempts to overrule Judge Vaughn Walker's 2008 ruling on Proposition 8.</p> <p>So I then hopped onto Google News, and discovered that Judge James Ware has now ruled that Walker's judgement stands. Here's <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/0611/Judge_wont_overturn_samesex_marriage_ruling.html" rel="nofollow">one article</a> briefly mentioning the decision, and the <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;cf=all&amp;ned=uk&amp;cf=all&amp;ncl=diAUItyfL1wdw_MwDX4F6PdyipRVM" rel="nofollow">Google News feed</a>.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:38:42 +0000 mittfh 28540 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Interesting documentary https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/28303/interesting-documentary <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>While trawling YouTube the other day (as you do), I found a one hour documentary (split into four parts) about a 17/18 year old trans girl called Lucy. As well as narration, it features contributions from her mum, grandparents, therapist, breast augmentation surgeon, best friend and Lucy herself (through video diaries). Needless to say, as well as the usual tensions, there's also friction between Lucy's typical teenage "I want it all and I want it now" attitude and reality.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 04 Jun 2011 21:02:09 +0000 mittfh 28303 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Reads, kudos and comments https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/forum/28133/reads-kudos-and-comments <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>So you've just written a story. Well done! Now, you understandably want to obtain some kind of measure of how popular it is with the readers. So you look to the three statistics above. But what are they, and what do they mean? Can they give any indication of how good or popular your story is?</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-forums field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Forums:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even" rel="sioc:has_container"><a href="/topshelf/forums/just-faqs" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Just the FAQs</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 28 May 2011 20:26:21 +0000 mittfh 28133 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf 100010 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/27912/100010 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In another number system, it's the ultimate answer. In a third, it's just over a third of a century.</p> <p>What's the significance? Well, this might provide a clue...</p> <p><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u6689/301014068.jpg" width="320" height="240" alt="301014068.jpg" /><br /> (Photo a bit blurred as it was taken on my mobile phone at work, where I'd taken the item pictured)</p> <p>Needless to say, if my comments later on this evening make even less sense than usual, you'll know I've consumed an extra glass of vino... :)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 18 May 2011 18:12:51 +0000 mittfh 27912 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf IDAHoT 2011 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/27895/idahot-2011 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Courtesy of a link on Warwickshire's corporate intranet homepage, I've discovered that apparently today has been "IDAHoT 2011" - International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.</p> <p><a href="http://www.dayagainsthomophobia.org/-IDAHO-english,41-">http://www.dayagainsthomophobia.org/-IDAHO-english,41-</a></p> <p>Apparently May 17th was chosen because the date is the anniversary of the World Health Organization’s May 1990 decision to remove homosexuality from its list of mental disorders.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 17 May 2011 22:09:21 +0000 mittfh 27895 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Waterloo Road TG Storyline https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/27757/waterloo-road-tg-storyline <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>It looks as though Waterloo Road (which bills itself as a "Contemporary drama series set in a challenging comprehensive school") is including a TG storyline in the current series.</p> <p>From the synopsis of <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01132vx" rel="nofollow">tonight's episode</a> (already available on iPlayer): "A shy and effeminate year 12 pupil is branded a 'perv' when he is caught poring over a lingerie magazine - but the truth is far more complicated than Chris imagines." (Judging by the cast list, Chris is probably Christopher Mead, Deputy Head)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 11 May 2011 20:25:09 +0000 mittfh 27757 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf "Time" interview with Chaz Bono https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/27707/time-interview-with-chaz-bono <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Via Twitter, I came across an interview in "Time" with Chaz Bono, the F2M son of Sonny and Cher.</p> <p>It's fairly brief, so if you're interested, take a peek <a href="http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2070191,00.html" rel="nofollow">over there</a>.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 09 May 2011 19:51:08 +0000 mittfh 27707 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Labels (no, not T* & friends!) https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/27542/labels-no-not-t-friends <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>As a counterpoint to the discussion over T* related labels, I thought it might be interesting to have a more light-hearted discussion of the various other labels we may apply to ourselves (i.e. not related to gender, sexuality or political affiliation) to describe certain aspects of who we are and what we do.</p> <p>For example, as I'm more knowledgeable than average about computers, and actively enjoy using them, I consider myself a "Geek" (although according to some definitions, I'm actually closer to "Nerd").</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 01 May 2011 17:21:16 +0000 mittfh 27542 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Bobbitt Mk. II? https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/27292/bobbitt-mk-ii <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>I don't normally post two blog articles in succession, but <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-13159145" rel="nofollow">BBC News</a> is carrying the story of a rather unusual orchiectomy...</p> <blockquote><p>A mother of four accused of biting off her boyfriend's testicles has denied grievous bodily harm. Maria Topp, 43, allegedly attacked Martin Douglas at his Newcastle flat at 0400 GMT on 18 February. He required emergency hospital treatment for his injuries.</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:59:53 +0000 mittfh 27292 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Outrage as Malaysia sends 'effeminate' boys to anti-gay camp https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/27291/outrage-as-malaysia-sends-effeminate-boys-anti-gay-camp <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Courtesy of today's <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/outrage-as-malaysia-sends-effeminate-boys-to-antigay-camp-2270551.html" rel="nofollow">Independent</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>The Malaysian authorities are at the centre of an increasingly heated row after it emerged that 66 Muslim boys identified by teachers as "effeminate" had been dispatched to a special camp to discourage them from becoming gay.</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:49:38 +0000 mittfh 27291 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Bike Summaries https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/27192/bike-summaries <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>You may have noticed that neither I nor PS have been updating the Bike summary spreadsheet recently. Unfortunately, we've both been quite busy recently, and as I often now read it first thing in the morning before heading to work, I don't have time to update it until the evening, when I tend to forget to re-read the last episode and update it.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:20:33 +0000 mittfh 27192 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf One for the cyclists... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/27125/one-cyclists <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In the desire to enhance their environmental credentials, many local authorities have started installing cycle facilities (e.g. cycle lanes, shared use paths). One UK cyclist has started noticing there are some excellent (*cough*) examples of cycle facility design out there, and for the past few years has compiled a "<a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.meg/wcc/facility-of-the-month/index.htm" rel="nofollow">Cycle Facility of the Month</a>" page.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:04:46 +0000 mittfh 27125 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Are you happy? https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/27092/are-you-happy <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>It may seem a slightly odd question, but a new charity launched yesterday, called "Action for Happiness" (I kid you not - <a href="http://www.actionforhappiness.org/" rel="nofollow">here's proof!</a>). </p> <p>Apparently, they've worked out that although average incomes have consistently risen over the past five decades, happiness hasn't.</p> <p>To attempt to make us happier, they've published a list of <a href="http://www.actionforhappiness.org/take-action" rel="nofollow">fifty actions</a>, most of which appear to be backed up by videos, text explaining why you should do it, and a bunch of resources.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:40:15 +0000 mittfh 27092 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Daily Mail does it again... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/26746/daily-mail-does-it-again <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>So apparently Prince William is feeling pre-wedding nerves. He's also inviting everyone from the helicopter base where he's currently training to the wedding.</p> <p>But evidently, that's not quite newsworthy enough for the Daily Wail (a far more appropriate name for the newspaper!). So they've done some digging and found one of his colleagues is transgendered... and yes, the tone of the article is about what you'd expect from that publication.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:48:00 +0000 mittfh 26746 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Interesting YouTube comment... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/26678/interesting-youtube-comment <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The other day I was sufficiently bored to browse my way through a lively comment war on one of Stefani Germanotta's videos (no prizes for guessing either the song or the entrenched sides), and came across this interesting theory, which I've quoted verbatim (so spelling / grammatical errors in the quote are the commenters, not mine!):</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:00:32 +0000 mittfh 26678 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Unusual heels... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/26330/unusual-heels <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Apparently this week is the 100th anniversary of the Cheltenham Festival, so a betting company commissioned some designers to create some appropriate footwear to auction off for charity.</p> <p>Apparently they feature an imitation hoof made from carbon fibre and up to 5,000 individual horse hairs. And have a guide price of  £1,300.</p> <p>Definitely for those with more money than sense.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:49:15 +0000 mittfh 26330 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Story idea up for grabs https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/26274/story-idea-up-grabs <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A slightly odd story idea that came to me in a dream...</p> <p>A group of teenagers arrive at a disused holiday camp (in the dream it appeared as a pair of linked islands, the North containing a mini-mansion designed for group leaders, the South containing deteriorating simple log platforms and structures designed for use for camper accommodation) determined to 'do it up' as they enjoyed their times there and didn't want it sold off to a developer.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 07:46:21 +0000 mittfh 26274 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Real life superheroes? https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/26162/real-life-superheroes <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>OK, so they're more Batman than Superman (i.e. no extraordinary abilities), but according to The Currant Bun, there are at least sixteen patrolling the streets of Britain. And they're probably not TG, but nonetheless may be of interest to fans of the Comics Retcon Universe (and similarly themed stories)...</p> <p>Discovered via the BBC's <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2011/03/10_things_we_didnt_know_last_w_175.shtml" rel="nofollow">10 things we didn't know last week</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>8. There are 16 amateur superheroes patrolling UK streets at night.</strong> </p></blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:48:48 +0000 mittfh 26162 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf On Your Bike (Radio series) https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/25548/your-bike-radio-series <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Here's something for fans of a certain pedal-powered form of locomotion - a series of ten radio programmes about the social and cultural history of the bicycle. It started on Monday, so there are currently two programmes available to listen to, but as they're only being made available for a week after broadcast...</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yfq82">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yfq82</a></p> <p>It also features some notable riders, including (this selection from the first five minutes of Episode 1 alone):</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:07:00 +0000 mittfh 25548 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Texting and Walking can be dangerous... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/25123/texting-and-walking-can-be-dangerous <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Completely off-topic, but it's doing the rounds and worth a giggle.</p> <p>You've probably all seen people busy texting on their mobile phones while walking around the streets, probably not paying too much attention to where they're going. Well, a few days ago, in Pennsylvania, one woman got her comeuppance in a shopping centre - and it was caught on CCTV...</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12226192">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12226192</a></p> <p>The presenters of the clip are Bill Turnball and Sian Williams, on BBC Breakfast (the BBC's daily 6am - 9am news magazine show)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:39:07 +0000 mittfh 25123 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Who's to marry Who's Daughter https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/24793/whos-marry-whos-daughter <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Here's one for Sci-Fi fans: the 10th Doctor is to marry the 5th Doctor's daughter. Who once played the 10th Doctor's daughter/clone.</p> <p>Well, he is on record as talking about the "wibbly wobbly timey wimey" nature of his travels, so I guess anything's possible...</p> <p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/05/who_marriage/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/05/who_marriage/</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:39:14 +0000 mittfh 24793 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Happy New Year! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/24679/happy-new-year <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>So as the first complete calendar year of my presence here draws to an end (I signed up sometime in 2009), I thought I'd kick off the greetings. And what better way to do that than via this message which is currently going viral in Facebook statuses...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:14:20 +0000 mittfh 24679 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Season's Greetings https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/24509/seasons-greetings <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Just a quickie to let you know I'll be offline for a few days - so you'll have to cope without your daily dose of random weirdness in the comments section of your stories :) No doubt you'll also spot plenty of catching up comments when I return mid-week :)</p> <p>Anyway, on with the main point of this post: wishing you all a <big>Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year</big>.<br /> Or, for the benefit of some readers, <big>Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda</big>.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:10:53 +0000 mittfh 24509 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Password security https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/24287/password-security <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Apparently a few days ago, the Gawker network of sites was hacked and the perpetrators managed to get hold of the password database of contributors. In amongst the stuff they've republished is an anonymised list of over 188,000 entries from the password database.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:06:43 +0000 mittfh 24287 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Whatever happened to Persephone? https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/24280/whatever-happened-persephone <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>I remembered a few minutes ago that it had been a while since we had a new chapter for Goddess' Tears, so sauntered over to Persephone's author page to find out more...</p> <p>...only to find that only the title pages for her stories (Frozen Balance, Goddess' Tears, Healing Dagger) remain, and all the story content appears to have been pulled. I don't recall reading any blog entries announcing her departure, so does anyone know what happened?</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:01:43 +0000 mittfh 24280 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Marvel Infographic https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/24197/marvel-infographic <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Something that may be of interest to Whateley-ites and Retconners - an infographic about Marvel ®, courtesy of an outfit called "Online Schools".</p> <p>They normally expect it to be embedded in pages, but since it's about 4,700 pixels tall, I thought it more prudent to link to an embedded copy elsewhere - i.e. the site where I found it.</p> <p>So, if you're interested, click on <a href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/08/09/the-marvel-universe-infographic/" rel="nofollow">this link</a> to view.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:06:44 +0000 mittfh 24197 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Snow News https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/24152/snow-news <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>There hasn't been much around my way, but I couldn't resist pointing out some of the dafter stories to emerge from the UK's recent snow.</p> <p>-oOo-</p> <p>In case it hasn't been reported in your neck of the woods yet: A woman dialled 999 (UK Emergency Services number) to report a theft.</p> <p>So what?</p> <p>The item in question was a snowman, with pound coins for eyes.</p> <p>Understandably, the force has branded her "Completely irresponsible".</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-11908583" rel="nofollow">BBC News</a></p> <p>-oOo-</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:12:01 +0000 mittfh 24152 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf It's that time of year again... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/24030/its-that-time-year-again <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Not just the Christmas season, but I've republished that insane Christmas tunes acronym quiz thingy from last year...</p> <p><a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Av-BF-z4INZUdHpZcllKZVZCMkhEQ0d5cWFoRWUxQmc&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;authkey=CIjl9KYM" rel="nofollow">It's here</a></p> <p>...but since 140 tunes would be a big stretch for anyone to complete on their own, I've made it world writable, so if you click on the link above, you can fill in the ones you can solve there and then... as well as seeing what others on BCTS have found.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:40:42 +0000 mittfh 24030 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Chicago Water Torture 1 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/23862/chicago-water-torture-1 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/science-fiction-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Science Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/superheroes" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Superheroes</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/age-regression" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Age Regression</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-7 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-universes-series/comics-retcon-universe-lilith-langtree-et-al" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Comics Retcon Universe by Lilith Langtree et al.</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/canon" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Canon</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><table width="100%" border="0"> <tr valign="top"> <td> <p align="center"><font color="#3D85C6"><font size="7"><strong>Chicago Water Torture 1</strong></font></font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#3D85C6"><font size="5"><strong>(It would be torture for anyone else!)   (AquaGirl 2)</strong></font></font></p> <p align="center"><strong>by mittfh</strong></p> <p align="center"><strong>Copyright © Ben Norwood 2010</strong></p> <p align="center"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" width="88" height="31" /></a></p> <p align="center"> <strong>Ever spent an entire morning swimming underwater, the afternoon having an intensive workout,<br /> followed by an evening trying to reason with an alien AI with an obnoxious personality?</strong><br /> <strong>It's all in a day's work for Rena...</strong></p> <p align="center">With thanks to Lilith, Lynceus and EnemyOfFun - you know your roles in producing this!</p> </td> <td width="160"> <p align="center"><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u6689/aquagirl2a.jpg" width="121" height="198" alt="AquaGirl" /></p> <p><small><strong>Image credits:</strong><br />  <strong>Original:</strong> DC Comics<br /> (found @ <a href="http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/29010/747713-252685_61729_aquagirl_super_super.jpg" rel="nofollow">ComicVine</a>)<br />   <strong>Modified:</strong> mittfh</small></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div></div></div> Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:00:50 +0000 mittfh 23862 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Blackmail (how not to...) https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/23707/blackmail-how-not <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/blackmail" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Blackmail</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/tricked-outsmarted" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Tricked / Outsmarted</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/tropeplay" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Trope:Play</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <p><strong><font size="+3">Blackmail</font></strong><br /> <strong><font size="+1">(How not to!)</font></strong></p> <p><em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em><br />  <br /> <small><strong><em>Copyright © 2010 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a>  This work is licensed under a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>.</div> <p><strong>A silly idea came to me (and turned into this nonsense within an hour) - what if a blackmailer hadn't done his research and what he assumes is the target's devastating secret isn't (exactly)(much of) a secret...</strong></p> </div></div></div> Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:05:35 +0000 mittfh 23707 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf AG2 research https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/23541/ag2-research <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>I'm hoping at the weekend to get a big chunk of AquaGirl 2 written - as it's currently &gt;5,000 words long and I've only covered half a day; and I'm intending this episode to last several days (more water-based training, starting her 'day job', evening computer fiddling, and her first mission), it might take a while longer to finish (although hopefully before a rather portly superhero piloting a rather improbable vehicle makes his seasonal appearance!)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:39:41 +0000 mittfh 23541 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Sexual confusion... among insects! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/23397/sexual-confusion-among-insects <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>There have been numerous ways devised over the years to control pests. The most obvious is to dig out bottles of pesticide - unfortunately, if they're over-used, they can have damaging impacts on the human population. For larger pests, capture and sterilisation has been used. But what if your pest is an insect?</p> <p>How about spraying the crops with a wax powder coated with female insect pheromones? It obviously doesn't affect female insects, but for the poor males who pick up the particles and end up wafting female pheromones about the place...</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11694374">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11694374</a></p> <p>The headline? "How are sexually-confused insects helping small farmers?"</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:25:43 +0000 mittfh 23397 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Out of the (Stephen) Fry-ing pan... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/23311/out-stephen-fry-ing-pan <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Stephen Fry (possibly the most well-known homosexual in Britain, also actor, comedian and host of QI) has caused a few raised eyebrows over the weekend. In an interview for November's "Attitude" magazine, he apparently said:</p> <blockquote><p>"If women liked sex as much as men, there would be straight cruising areas in the way there are gay cruising areas...It doesn't happen. Why? Because the only women you can have sex with like that wish to be paid for it."</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:26:43 +0000 mittfh 23311 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Unusual Scrabble champion... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/23293/unusual-scrabble-champion <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Scrabble championships don't normally attract a lot of media attention, in much the same way as chess championships don't.</p> <p>But that's been blown apart by the winner of this year's contest...</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11662754">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11662754</a></p> <p>(N.B. That BBC article is one of the few referring to Mikki using feminine pronouns)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:53:04 +0000 mittfh 23293 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Dissatisfied date (spoof) https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/23261/dissatisfied-date-spoof <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Newsbiscuit carries a variety of spoof / satirical news stories, but this particular one (evidently compiled by a history buff) had me chuckling far more than most...</p> <p>The supposed dating site advert:</p> <blockquote><p>‘Young-at-heart widower seeks like-minded companion of child-bearing age for fun, adventure and to sire a male heir to the throne. GSOH and an intolerance of Catholics an advantage.’</p></blockquote> <p>The dissatisfied customer? Miss Katherine Parr, age 31. No prizes for guessing who supposedly posted the ad (with obligatory misleading portrait)...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 30 Oct 2010 20:40:06 +0000 mittfh 23261 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Crossing the Pacific, Google-style... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/23220/crossing-pacific-google-style <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>From the company that once advised people asking for driving directions between Europe and the US to "Swim across the Atlantic Ocean", try entering these searches into Google Maps and watch out for some rather suspicious looking directions...</p> <p>From: Japan To: China (Step 43)<br /> From: Seattle To: Sydney (the suspicious direction appears thrice!)<br /> From: Seattle To: Beijing (both modes of water transport)</p> <p>Apparently it works for a lot of trans-Pacific routes - but sadly they haven't reimplemented the very long swim on the other side of the globe :(</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:18:47 +0000 mittfh 23220 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf I must be mad... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/23040/i-must-be-mad <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>You may vaguely recall a story I wrote a while ago called "<a href="http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/17487/genie" rel="nofollow">The Genie</a>". Somehow I got this crazy idea in my head of recording myself reading it...</p> <p>...so at 5:30pm today, trying to ignore the fact the temperature was dropping from 8 °C to 3 °C (hence the thick coat!), I sat at the edge of a local monument and did the deed.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:42:19 +0000 mittfh 23040 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Harvest Mice! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/22479/harvest-mice <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Spotted on the Telegraph's website:</p> <p>"<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/8018069/The-secret-life-of-the-harvest-mouse-cute-pictures-by-Jean-Louis-Klein-and-Marie-Luce-Hubert.html" rel="nofollow">The secret life of the harvest mouse</a> - cute pictures by Jean Louis Klein and Marie Luce Hubert"</p> <p>So assuming life in a certain household manages to settle down in the next year<sup>1</sup>, those are the cute critters that the matriarch will be showcasing...<br />  <br />  </p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:41:36 +0000 mittfh 22479 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Free plot starter https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/22437/free-plot-starter <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Thinking about the October contest last night, this opening idea came to me while I was dreaming, and was sufficiently wacky for me to recall it after waking...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:44:20 +0000 mittfh 22437 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Car saga https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/22355/car-saga <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>I've had my little Suzuki Alto since new (2002), and apart from a couple of incidents in late 2004 (one of which involved taking a corner too fast in icy weather, the other someone shunting the car's rear end), I'd driven without incident until last November... </p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:02:03 +0000 mittfh 22355 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Another GabyCon Update https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/22270/another-gabycon-update <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Since Mads and Bev have given their 2p worth, I thought I'd join the club - but to be different, I'll give a rough outline of the weekend's events. I've also deliberately left a lot of it vague, to both tease you and not spoil things in case any of the other attendees decide to write in more detail about proceedings.</p> <p><strong>Saturday, 5am.</strong><br /> The things I do in the name of fun... waking up at a ridiculously early hour on a weekend to travel half way across the country to spend a weekend with a bunch of random people I've met on the internet. On the one hand, I'm a little nervous and apprehensive (for a variety of fairly obvious reasons); on the other I'm excited about finally putting faces and voices to some of the people whose writing I read every day here on TopShelf.</p> <p>Oh, and there's also the small matter of this being the third bunch of random internet strangers I've met - the first being regulars on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/" rel="nofollow">this blog</a> (and what could be stranger than fans of a blog of a radio news magazine show?!); the second being fans / participants of <a href="http://www.oneandother.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">this project</a> held last year.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/gabycon" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gabycon</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:46:30 +0000 mittfh 22270 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Not your average Porsche... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/22052/not-your-average-porsche <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>I saw this pop up in my 'Recommended' list on YouTube, and couldn't resist sharing it. I know we're generally not car nuts here, but this ain't an ordinary "car" (and I use the term tentatively)...</p> <p>Introducing the Ferdinand GT3 RS. It is an Austrian vehicle (currently on show in the Lentos Museum of Art, in Linz, Austria) built with an "ultra light construction", and all "unnecessary" components have been removed. As a result, it weighs less than 100kg, has zero emissions, and is completely silent.</p> <p>So what's the catch? Well, one of the "unnecessary" components was the engine...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:15:44 +0000 mittfh 22052 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf New wonder drug! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/21895/new-wonder-drug <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><big><strong>Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin</strong></big></div> <p>The BNF has 20,000 different drugs to take - so Adam Kay and Suman Biswas thought "What could we produce to give you all a break?"</p> <p>In a nutshell: Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin is a cure-all, but has some rather unusual side-effects...</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlmEc8rd_Nw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlmEc8rd_Nw</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/song-parody" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Song parody</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:36:13 +0000 mittfh 21895 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf AG Research: Lake Michigan https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/21889/ag-research-lake-michigan <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A decent sized chunk of my next AquaGirl story is going to involve her swimming around in Lake Michigan. But being a UK citizen, I know virtually nothing about it other than what I can dig up on a Wikipedia trawl. So, since I figure some of you probably live a little nearer it than I do, I thought I'd pick your brains... :)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:53:50 +0000 mittfh 21889 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf MI6 agent death: Wild Sun speculation https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/21853/mi6-agent-death-wild-sun-speculation <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Background: A person who was coming to the end of a secondment from GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) to MI6 (Secret Intelligence Service) was discovered dead in his flat, his body contained within a bag within his bath. The first post mortem was inconclusive, and there's speculation he'd been killed two weeks beforehand. As there was no sign of forced entry, it's believed the victim knew his attacker - so his private life is being investigated.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:54:56 +0000 mittfh 21853 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf AquaGirl: Treasure Hunt https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/21831/aquagirl-treasure-hunt <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>First up, I've started writing AquaGirl 2: Chicago Water Torture<br /> (Well, I couldn't resist another corny aquatic title - and what Rena's about to go through would be torture... for anyone else!)</p> <p>Secondly, as you read through AquaGirl 1: Born in a Watery Grave, you may have noticed the occasional reference to a Sci-Fi show.</p> <p>Those references were quite deliberate.</p> <p>Unless I added any others before compiling the list of references, you should find 18 different references, either hidden in plain sight, alluded to, or otherwise concealed.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:29:10 +0000 mittfh 21831 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Comics Retcon Wiki https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/21809/comics-retcon-wiki <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>As the Comics Retcon Universe expands, so does the amount of information pertinent to it. While some of that information can be conveyed through the stories themselves, the Universe page, and blogs; there's an increasing need for a more centralised storage.</p> <p>So may I present...</p> <p>The <a href="http://comicsretcon.wikia.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Comics Retcon Wiki</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:56:32 +0000 mittfh 21809 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf AquaGirl: The Stats! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/21793/aquagirl-stats <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>N.B. You may find it useful to read <a href="http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/21792/aquagirl-1-born-watery-grave" rel="nofollow">Born in a Watery Grave</a> either before, during, or after reading this.</p> <p><strong>Name:</strong> Lorena (Rena) Marquez (previously Mark Foster)<br /> <strong>Codename:</strong> AquaGirl<br /> <strong>Age:</strong> Chronologically 34, Physically/Legally 17<br /> <strong>Height:</strong> 5'8" (previously 5'4")<br /> <strong>Stats:</strong> 36B-26-36 (previously 36" waist)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:32:21 +0000 mittfh 21793 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Born in a Watery Grave https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/21792/born-watery-grave <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/science-fiction-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Science Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/superheroes" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Superheroes</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/age-regression" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Age Regression</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/stuck" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Stuck</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-7 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-universes-series/comics-retcon-universe-lilith-langtree-et-al" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Comics Retcon Universe by Lilith Langtree et al.</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/canon" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Canon</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><table width="100%" border="0"> <tr valign="top"> <td> <p align="center"><font color="#3D85C6"><font size="7"><strong>Born in a Watery Grave</strong></font></font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#3D85C6"><font size="5"><strong>(AquaGirl 1)</strong></font></font></p> <p align="center"><strong>by mittfh</strong></p> <p align="center"><strong>Copyright © Ben Norwood 2010</strong></p> <p align="center"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" width="88" height="31" /></a></p> <p align="center"> <strong>Mark Foster is terrified of water.</strong><br /> <strong>So what's he doing on a cross-channel ferry...</strong><br /> <strong>...at the bottom of the sea...</strong><br /> <strong>...alive?!</strong> </p> <p align="center">With thanks to Lilith, Lynceus and EnemyOfFun - you know your roles in producing this!</p> </td> <td width="160"> <p align="center"><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u6689/aquagirl2a.jpg" width="121" height="198" alt="AquaGirl" /></p> <p><small><strong>Image credits:</strong><br />  <strong>Original:</strong> DC Comics<br /> (found @ <a href="http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/29010/747713-252685_61729_aquagirl_super_super.jpg" rel="nofollow">ComicVine</a>)<br />   <strong>Modified:</strong> mittfh</small></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div></div></div> Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:28:08 +0000 mittfh 21792 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Catholic charity's appeal over gay adoption fails https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/21664/catholic-charitys-appeal-over-gay-adoption-fails <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>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.</p> <p>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".</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11019895" rel="nofollow">BBC News</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:22:56 +0000 mittfh 21664 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf California puts same-sex marriages on hold https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/21619/california-puts-same-sex-marriages-hold <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>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...</p> <blockquote><p>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.</p> <p>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.</p></blockquote> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10994651">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10994651</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:15:00 +0000 mittfh 21619 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Unusual distraction robbery https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/21541/unusual-distraction-robbery <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><font size="+2"><strong>Thieves use breasts to distract victim</strong></font></p> <p>Police in France are looking for two attractive female thieves who bared their breasts at a man at a cashpoint to distract him before stealing his money. The women in their 20s exposed themselves to the victim as he punched his pin code into an ATM machine in Paris.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:15:30 +0000 mittfh 21541 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Any bright ideas? https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/21433/any-bright-ideas <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>How NOT to do Tech Support - over the phone, to a technophobe, half a day after the problem was encountered, when the remote user doesn't have the laptop in front of them.</p> <p>Oh, and said user is my mother, 40 miles (an hour's drive) away, and the laptop is at my sister's house (she's currently on holiday so left mum in charge of feeding the cat and attempting to learn how to use the internet from scribbled messages on post-it notes), about a mile away from mum.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:14:40 +0000 mittfh 21433 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Bike Resources https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/21303/bike-resources <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font size="+3" color="#A03"><strong>Bike Resources</strong></font><br /> <font color="#A03"><strong>A.K.A. Your free ‘cut out and keep’ guide to the world of “Easy As Falling Off A Bike”</strong></font></div> <p> <br /> Just to keep you up to date with what's what in terms of the background resources PS and I have been working on to enhance / extend your enjoyment of the series (and act as an aide-memoire to past events), here's what we have lined up for you:</p> <p><strong>Current Resources:</strong><br /> <font color="#A03"><br /> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"><strong>Bike Archive<br /><a href="#Archive" title="Race to this section" rel="nofollow"><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u5621/bike.png" width="48" height="35" border="0" alt="Bike" /></a></strong></td> <td align="center" valign="middle"><strong>Episode Summaries<br /><a href="#Summaries" title="Race to this section" rel="nofollow"><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u5621/bike.png" width="48" height="35" alt="Bike" border="0" /></a></strong></td> <td align="center" valign="middle"><strong>Location Map<br /><a href="#Map" title="Race to this section" rel="nofollow"><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u5621/bike.png" width="48" height="35" alt="Bike" border="0" /></a></strong></td> <td align="center" valign="middle"><strong>And in the future?<br /><a href="#Future" title="Race to this section" rel="nofollow"><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u5621/bike.png" width="48" height="35" alt="Bike" border="0" /></a></strong></td> <td align="center" valign="middle"><strong>EAFOAB Wiki<br /><a href="#Wiki" title="Race to this section" rel="nofollow"><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u5621/bike.png" width="48" height="35" alt="Bike" border="0" /></a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><strong><a href="http://easyasfallingoffabike.tglibrary.com/" title="Go straight to this resource" rel="nofollow">Resource Link</a></strong></td> <td align="center"><strong><a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Av-BF-z4INZUdE1SMTY3OUZZNm9BZkI2eDUtc1VWdkE&amp;hl=en_GB" title="Go straight to this resource" rel="nofollow">Resource Link</a></strong></td> <td align="center"><strong><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=105743795190521787937.0004845271c2772a5a0f9" title="Go straight to this resource" rel="nofollow">Resource Link</a></strong></td> <td align="center"><strong> </strong></td> <td align="center"><strong><a href="http://eafoab.wikia.com/wiki/The_Daily_Dormouse_Wiki" title="Go straight to this resource" rel="nofollow">Resource Link</a></strong></td> </tr> </table> <p></font><br /> (More info after the break...)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/as-easy-asenjoying-our-very-own-soap-opera" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">As easy as...enjoying our very own soap opera!</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/author/ps" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">PS</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:47:01 +0000 mittfh 21303 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf A little light relief https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/21169/little-light-relief <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>OK, there's been a lot of serious blogs recently (including Erin pleading for the umpteenth time for us to try and remember to be civil with each other instead of ripping off each other's heads!), so I thought I'd quickly grab a few amusing songs from my YouTube favourites...</p> <p>Righteo, here we go. Let's kick off with a publicity stunt / fake flashmob by the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd_9oGq3K3o" rel="nofollow">Swingle Singers</a>.</p> <p>A couple of medical professionals describing their new wonder drug: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlmEc8rd_Nw" rel="nofollow">Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin</a>.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/humor" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Humor</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:11:27 +0000 mittfh 21169 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf I-Dosing (classic Daily Wail "science") https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/21050/i-dosing-classic-daily-wail-science <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>I-Dosing: How teenagers are getting 'digitally high' from music they download from internet.</p> <p>At last, vindication for those of us who suspect the Daily Wail's science reporting isn't all it's cracked up to be.</p> <p>They've published a story about a phenomenon called <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1296282/I-dosing-How-teenagers-getting-digitally-high-music-download-internet.html" rel="nofollow">I-Dosing</a>, which they claim to be A Bad Thing <sup>TM</sup>.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/dodgy-science" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Dodgy Science</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:53:26 +0000 mittfh 21050 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Have I really been here a year? https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/21013/have-i-really-been-here-year <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Apparently so.</p> <p><strong>Member for:</strong><br /> 1 year 17 hours</p> <p>During that time I've commented on oodles of stories, written 13 short tales and have a fourteenth under construction (plus an abandoned story which I might upload somewhere so others can hijack), and somehow came up with the daft idea of producing background resources for this site's very own soap opera... (not to mention persuading a certain Kiwi to help out!)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:44:04 +0000 mittfh 21013 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf NS Opinion: Don't foster the gender divide https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/20909/ns-opinion-dont-foster-gender-divide <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Interesting article spotted in this week's New Scientist:</p> <blockquote><p>"IN 2010 we need to ask afresh just how deep the rabbit hole goes when it comes to gender politics - and how far we are from digging ourselves out. Our beliefs about differences between the sexes have an impact on society vastly out of proportion to the magnitude of those differences, from female scientists defending their mathematical and technical expertise to boys accused of lacking the communication and emotional skills to succeed at school."</p></blockquote> <p>New Scientist: Opinion | <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727691.100-out-with-pink-and-blue-dont-foster-the-gender-divide.html?full=true" rel="nofollow">Out with pink and blue: Don't foster the gender divide</a> | 19th July 2010</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:16:32 +0000 mittfh 20909 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Shower dodging https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/20863/shower-dodging <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Just in case anyone's been wondering why there's been a distinct absence of comments from me over the past week, I've been temporarily offline.<br /> Well, strictly speaking, my 'net connection's fine, it's just that I've been on a short holiday in the Exeter / Dartmoor area.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:19:33 +0000 mittfh 20863 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Unfortunate Reuters headline https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/20653/unfortunate-reuters-headline <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In their sports section, Gene Cherry wrote an article covering the results of the 200m sprint at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting on Saturday. Either Gene was in a funny mood, or someone needs to educate Gene on double-entendres...</p> <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6622I420100703">http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6622I420100703</a></p> <p>Needless to say, it's doing the rounds on Twitter...<br /> (Yes, I am a member of the Twitterati, FWIW)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:47:04 +0000 mittfh 20653 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Strange sex life? Ask an animal... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/20598/strange-sex-life-ask-animal <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>So you think some humans have strange sex lives? I can pretty much guarantee they're tame compared to what some animals get up to...</p> <p><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727671.100-curious-liaisons-natures-weirdest-sex-lives.html" rel="nofollow">Curious liaisons: Nature's weirdest sex lives</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/real-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">real life</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:30:20 +0000 mittfh 20598 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Bike Week 2010 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/20328/bike-week-2010 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Apparently this week is "<a href="http://www.bikeweek.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">Bike Week</a>" - no, nothing to do with Portsmouth's very own soap opera, but (the organisers claim) "a national celebration of cycling!"</p> <p>Apparently it's "an annual opportunity to promote cycling and show how cycling can easily be part of everyday life. Demonstrating the social, health and environmental benefits of cycling, the week aims to get people to give cycling a go all over the UK. This year they aim to make 'everyday cycling for everyone'!"</p> <p>-oOo-</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:27:48 +0000 mittfh 20328 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Whoopee! Bike Summaries fully updated! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/20164/whoopee-bike-summaries-fully-updated <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Phew! It's taken long enough, but finally the <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Av-BF-z4INZUdE1SMTY3OUZZNm9BZkI2eDUtc1VWdkE&amp;hl=en_GB" rel="nofollow">EAFOAB Episode Summaries</a> are completely up to date.</p> <p>Every single one of the 1,020 episodes to date has been summarised and entered into a Google spreadsheet. I intended to complete it before we reached 2<sup>10</sup> episodes, and I've succeeded :)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:10:07 +0000 mittfh 20164 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Pub refuses to serve LGBT group https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/20107/pub-refuses-serve-lgbt-group <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Oh dear...</p> <p><em>The Labour Party's Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transsexual Society were in the Greencoat Boy pub in Westminster, central London, when a row broke out. The duty manager is alleged to have refused them service and said that had he known they were a gay group he would not have accepted their booking. Punch Taverns, which owns the pub, has launched an investigation.</em></p> <p>More details: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/10249335.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/10249335.stm</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:07:58 +0000 mittfh 20107 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Interesting idea from Nokia... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/20051/interesting-idea-from-nokia <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Or, "As easy as charging up your mobile phone"</p> <p>Imagine (for whatever reason) you're going on a long bike ride, but your mobile phone is running low on charge. Evidently someone at Nokia thought that the power generated by a dynamo sandwiched between the frame and wheel could do more than illuminate darkness...</p> <p><a href="http://www.reghardware.com/2010/06/03/nokia_bicycle_charger_kit/">http://www.reghardware.com/2010/06/03/nokia_bicycle_charger_...</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:59:18 +0000 mittfh 20051 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Guinness *IS* good for you! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/19909/guinness-is-good-you <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Well, it's good for dogs at least!</p> <p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3266819.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3266819.stm</a></p> <blockquote><p>The Wisconsin team tested the health-giving properties of stout against lager by giving it to dogs who had narrowed arteries similar to those in heart disease.</p> <p>They found that those given the Guinness had reduced clotting activity in their blood, but not those given lager.</p></blockquote> <p>So next time you go to the pub, order a pint of the black stuff for your pooch! :)</p> <p>(Never mind the strange things some scientists choose to research - and the creatures they use in their research...)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/real-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">real life</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/dodgy-science" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Dodgy Science</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 25 May 2010 21:24:28 +0000 mittfh 19909 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Pacman 30th anniversary https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/19849/pacman-30th-anniversary <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Apparently it's the 30th anniversary of the release of Pacman today.</p> <p>So of course Google has to celebrate with one of its famous doodles. Although there's more to this one than meets the eye. Apart the [I'm Feeling Lucky!] button being replaced with [Insert coin].</p> <p>This one's written in Javascript (so those with NoScript installed may already have spotted something's up!) and is a playable version of the game - apparently all the way up to level 255...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 22 May 2010 10:05:55 +0000 mittfh 19849 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf 12,053 days https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/19781/12053-days <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Just in case you're not a mathematical genius (or have easy access to a spreadsheet), 12,053 days (or, if you prefer, 289,263 hours) translates as 18th May 1977. On that rather dubious day in history, at about 5:31pm, one new life amongst many entered the world...</p> <p>Anyway, Mum and Katie (my sister) popped over on Sunday, including this very attention-seeking ten year old...</p> <p><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u6689/imgp0319x.jpg" width="300" height="159" alt="Bessie" /></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 18 May 2010 07:54:30 +0000 mittfh 19781 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf IDAHO 2010 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/19727/idaho-2010 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><big>IDAHO 2010</big></div> <p>As far as I know, nothing whatsoever to do with the US State, but according to an article on our Intranet today (i.e. lifted directly, including the logo):</p> <div align="center"><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u6689/IDAHO202010logo.jpg" width="210" height="130" alt="IDAHO 2010 logo" /></div> <blockquote><p>17th May marks International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO). Campaigns and initiatives take place around the world to combat prejudice against LGBT people.</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 14 May 2010 15:18:37 +0000 mittfh 19727 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf "Vote Cure" https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/19448/vote-cure <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>I wonder if these guys are "Skin Horse" fans?</p> <p>Apparently there are people standing in four constituencies for the forthcoming UK General Election for the Cure (Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality) Party.</p> <p>That sounds awfully Unity-ish...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:25:23 +0000 mittfh 19448 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Chocolate causes depression? https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/19431/chocolate-causes-depression <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>"You can prove anything you want with statistics!"</p> <p>How true... especially when it comes to the Aztec ambrosia - chocolate.</p> <p>In today's BBC news comes the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8644016.stm" rel="nofollow">revelation</a> that chocolate lovers 'are more depressive', according to experts. Similarly...<br /> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8173936.stm" rel="nofollow">29 Jul 2009</a>: Calls to downsize chocolate bars<br /> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7159051.stm" rel="nofollow">24 Dec 2007</a>: Dark chocolate 'not so healthy'</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/real-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">real life</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/dodgy-science" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Dodgy Science</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:10:34 +0000 mittfh 19431 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Happy St. George's Day! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/19359/happy-st-georges-day <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Today's the annual celebration of the most famous dragon-slayer in history, if you believe the myths!</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:19:33 +0000 mittfh 19359 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Real life slapstick stupidity? https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/19281/real-life-slapstick-stupidity <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>You're probably all familiar with the classic slapstick comedy sketch whereby someone saws off the tree branch they're perched on. Scarily enough, it's happened <a title="I kid you not, a hapless gardener rested his ladder against the Sycamore branch he was chopping off at a hotel..." href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/7589093/Handyman-injured-after-chopping-down-branch-he-propped-his-ladder-against.html" rel="nofollow">in real life</a>. And the hotel concerned has been fined  £1,000 and ordered to pay  £1,000 costs...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/real-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">real life</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:47:35 +0000 mittfh 19281 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Bike Episode Summaries - Update! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/19271/bike-episode-summaries-update <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>(Me) I thought it was about time to give you lot a progress update on the Bike episode summaries. Remember the last time I posted, I'd done episodes one to 103, plus 900 to wherever we'd got to by then. A lot can happen in a few weeks, and the number of episodes covered has grown to over 600. There's also a cast list and a title page.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/author/ps" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">PS</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:06:04 +0000 mittfh 19271 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Watch Europe's air traffic close down... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/19214/watch-europes-air-traffic-close-down <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><big><strong>...Live!</strong></big> <a href="http://www.flightradar24.com/">http://www.flightradar24.com/</a></p> <p><em>[EDIT Unsurprisingly as news of the site has spread rapidly today, the server is very busy. You may need to refresh a few times before it will let you in.... the config panel is supposed to have a user count, but whenever I've been in today it's stated "Too many users!"]</em></p> <p>So far, the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Sweden appear to have closed down their airspace.<br /> Helpfully, the Health Protection Agency have advised there's <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8622362.stm" rel="nofollow">no health risk</a> from the plume (unless you're <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8621992.stm" rel="nofollow">flying a plane</a> through it...)</p> <p>Here's apparently what the Captain of the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8622099.stm" rel="nofollow">1982 flight</a> in which all four engines temporarily failed told his passengers - talk about understatement!</p> <blockquote><p>"Good evening ladies and gentlemen. This is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are all doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress." </p></blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/real-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">real life</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:30:31 +0000 mittfh 19214 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Latest Daily Wail research https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/19159/latest-daily-wail-research <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>There is a school of thought which states that the Daily Mail is engaged in an ongoing project to classify every inanimate object into those which cause cancer, and those that prevent cancer.</p> <p>Perhaps not quite as daft as <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1149207/How-using-Facebook-raise-risk-cancer.html" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> increasing your risk of cancer (!), apparently turning on a light when you wake up to relieve yourself in the night can cause it...</p> <p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1265277/Cancer-danger-night-time-trip-toilet.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1265277/Cancer-dan...</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/real-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">real life</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/dodgy-science" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Dodgy Science</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:20:15 +0000 mittfh 19159 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Google Translate for Animals https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18942/google-translate-animals <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>"Translate for Animals is an application for Android phones that recognises and transcribes words and phrases that are common to a species, like cats for example. To develop Translate for Animals, we worked closely with many of the world's top language synthesis teams, and with leaders in the field of animal cognitive linguistics, including senior fellows at the Bodleian Library in Oxford."</p> <p><a href="http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/translateforanimals/">http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/translateforanimals/</a></p> <p>Now what makes me think this service will only be available for 24hrs, and will be withdrawn on Friday? :)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:58:42 +0000 mittfh 18942 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Petra: Lydia's Lament https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/18918/petra-lydias-lament <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg/younger-audience-gy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Younger Audience (g/y)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/march-fools-2010" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">March of Fools - 2010</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/crossdressing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Crossdressing</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/caught-with-consequences" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Caught with Consequences</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/tricked-outsmarted" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Tricked / Outsmarted</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/maids-french-maids-servants" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Maids / French Maids / Servants</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <p><strong><font size="+3">Petra: Lydia's Lament</font></strong></p> <p><em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em></p> <p> <br /> <small><strong><em>Copyright © 2010 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a></p> <p>The story and partial analysis of the events leading up to Petra 1, from Lydia's point of view.<br />  <br /> <em>Petra 2, which covers the day after Petra 1 from Peter's point of view, will arrive...eventually!</em> </div> </div></div></div> Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:34:33 +0000 mittfh 18918 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Chocolate CAN be good for you... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18916/chocolate-can-be-good-you <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>...but before you start celebrating, there's a catch.</p> <p>In the study, the benefits came to those consuming only one measly chunk per day, or one bar a week.</p> <p>And then only if it's used to replace a similar number of calories of other snacks. Nutritionists are such spoilsports, aren't they?!</p> <p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8593887.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8593887.stm</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/dodgy-science" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Dodgy Science</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:01:32 +0000 mittfh 18916 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf A Life Changing Experience! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/18818/life-changing-experience <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/march-fools-2010" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">March of Fools - 2010</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/science-fiction-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Science Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/crime-punishment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Crime / Punishment</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/tricked-outsmarted" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Tricked / Outsmarted</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/identity-crisis" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Identity Crisis</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/identity-theft" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Identity Theft</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/parody" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">PARODY</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/virus-hoax" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Virus Hoax</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <strong><font size="+3">A Life Changing Experience!</font></strong><br /> <em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em><br />  <br /> <small><strong><em>Copyright © 2010 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a>.</p> <p><em>(N.B. Just in case it isn't absolutely obvious, this is a virux hoax parody. Please do NOT redistribute this via email!)</em></div> <p><font face="Courier"><strong>From:</strong> scampbell @ gmail.com.cn<br /> <strong>To:</strong> undisclosed-recipients:;<br /> <strong>Subject:</strong> Fwd: A Life Changing Experience!<br /> <strong>Attachments:</strong> lifechange.pdf.vbs</font></p> <p>WARNING!</p> <p>If you receive an email with the subject "A Life Changing Experience!" please delete it immediately without opening it. Especially do not open any included attachments.</p> </div></div></div> Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:52:04 +0000 mittfh 18818 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Hospital gowns get a makeover https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18807/hospital-gowns-get-makeover <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Hospitals feature quite heavily on this site - both in fictional stories and in real life blogs. So you may be interested in this story from Tuesday...</p> <p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8582161.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8582161.stm</a></p> <blockquote><p>Hospital gowns, bed bays, chairs and washrooms have been given a makeover to prevent patients being exposed and embarrassed.</p> <p>The initiative, led by the Department of Health and the Design Council, aims to transform a stay in hospital, making it a more modest experience.</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:52:31 +0000 mittfh 18807 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Hopefully Siân isn't this bad... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18773/hopefully-si-n-isnt-this-bad <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Randomly roaming through today's news stories, I discovered this one (predictably enough on the Daily Wail's website) - which instantly reminded me of Stella's opinion of Siá¢n. Hopefully Siá¢n isn't (or wasn't) this bad...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:07:57 +0000 mittfh 18773 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Reunion (V2) https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/18683/reunion-v2 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/school-or-college-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">School or College Life</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/voluntary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Voluntary</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/real-world" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Real World</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/permission/revised-and-reposted-version" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Revised and Reposted Version</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <strong><font size="+3">Reunion (V2)</font></strong><br /> <em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em><br />  <br /> <small><strong><em>Copyright © 2010 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a> </div> <p>If the title and plot of this story seem familiar, it's intentional! This is a rewriting of <a href="http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/18521/drabble-reunion" rel="nofollow">Drabble: Reunion</a> in a slightly more prosaic format (~730 words compared to 100) - which should provide more of a grounding for anyone wishing to continue the tale.</p> <p><strong><em>Teaser:</em> I stood on the concourse of Arrivals, nervously awaiting the appearance of Jack. I'd been having second thoughts about this reunion ever since I'd arranged it - after all, a lot can happen in five years, and in my case, a lot had happened in the past five years.</strong></p> </div></div></div> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:23:51 +0000 mittfh 18683 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Oops! Wrong preview clips played on US children's TV channels https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18668/oops-wrong-preview-clips-played-us-childrens-tv-channels <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>TV bosses in the US have apologised after preview clips of the Playboy channel were accidentally played out on two children's channels (Kids On Demand and Kids Preschool On Demand)</p> <p>A Time Warner Cable (TWC) spokesman said a "technical glitch" was to blame for the mistake, which lasted two hours in parts of North Carolina on Tuesday.</p> <p>The company was made aware of the error after parents called in to report it.</p> <p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8571798.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8571798.stm</a></p> <p>(Well, I suppose that's one way to teach them the basics of sex education...)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/real-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">real life</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:23:40 +0000 mittfh 18668 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Women (allegedly) better than men at ironing... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18643/women-allegedly-better-than-men-ironing <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Unsurprisingly the Daily Wail likes research that confirms its own house views on gender roles / stereotypes.</p> <p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1258231/Ironing-Leave-Woman-far-better-men-winning-arguments.html" rel="nofollow">Ironing? Leave it to her: Woman are far better at it than men (and at winning arguments)</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/real-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">real life</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/dodgy-science" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Dodgy Science</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:27:36 +0000 mittfh 18643 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Battle of the sexes? (Image now fixed!) https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18612/battle-sexes-image-now-fixed <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Spotted on the shelves of my local Tesco...</p> <p><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u6689/74851531.jpg" width="344" height="275" alt="74851531.jpg" /><br /> (Apologies it didn't show up earlier - evidently Twitpic [where it was originally uploaded] doesn't like direct linking!)</p> <p>Was someone in the factory having a bad day?</p> <p>Caption suggestions welcome - either from Troy's POV or Gabriella's.</p> <p>Or of course we knock a couple of letters off one character's name and do the obligatory TG twist - Troy's POV or Gabriel's...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:13:24 +0000 mittfh 18612 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf I hate it when that happens... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18563/i-hate-it-when-that-happens <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>&lt;rant&gt;</p> <p>I must remember, next time I spend 10-15 minutes carefully crafting a comment, to copy / paste it into a text editor before hitting Preview.</p> <p>It doesn't always happen, but on several occasions, when either hitting Preview or Submit, the page has decided to reload instead, retaining the comment title but not the comment text. Aarrgh!</p> <p>It's probably caused by something like a temporary hiccup in communications between my computer and the server, so there's almost certainly nothing anyone can do about it, but it's still darned irritating when it happens.</p> <p>&lt;/rant&gt;</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:22:18 +0000 mittfh 18563 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf UK Street View update - 96% roads covered. https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18544/uk-street-view-update-96-roads-covered <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Completely off-topic, but it may be of interest to Anglophiles...</p> <p>Google have released a giant update to the UK street view coverage (the panoramic photos taken from Opal Astras with funky camera gear on top), taking it from a few major cities and patchy coverage elsewhere, to (they claim) 96% of UK roads.</p> <p>Here's a few highlights, (inevitably) from Land's End to John O'Groats, plus a few extra locations thrown in for good measure.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/real-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">real life</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/non-tg-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Non-TG</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:15:52 +0000 mittfh 18544 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Drabble: Reunion https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/18521/drabble-reunion <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-22" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Drabble ~ 100 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/real-world" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Real World</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <strong><font size="+3">Drabble: Reunion</font></strong><br /> <em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em><br /> <small><strong><em>Copyright © 2010 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a></div> <p>I stood nervously in Arrivals, butterflies in my stomach. Why had I ever agreed to this reunion in the first place? </p> </div></div></div> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:25:19 +0000 mittfh 18521 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Frosti the Snowgirl https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/18431/frosti-snowgirl <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg/younger-audience-gy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Younger Audience (g/y)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/based-song-challenge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Based-on-a-Song Challenge</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-1" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Verse, Poetry, Lyric</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-3" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Short-short &lt; 500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/non-transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Non-Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/february-music-motif-challenge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">February Music Motif Challenge</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <p><strong><font size="+3">Frosti the Snowgirl</font></strong></p> <p><em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em></p> <p> </p> <p><small><strong><em>Copyright © 2010 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a></p> <p>Blame Angela Rasch for the inspiration behind this! In <a href="http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18422/snow-sculpture-deemed-too-risque#comment-118794" rel="nofollow">response</a> to my earlier <a href="http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18422/snow-sculpture-deemed-too-risque" rel="nofollow">blog post</a> about the creators of a snow sculpture being persuaded by the local plod to cover up her 'assets', she quipped: <br /><em>"What if there's some magic in that old silk bra they found? What if, when they put it on her, she began to dance around?"</em></p> <p>So of course I couldn't resist the temptation to play with that song... and the few small changes had the side-effect of loading it with innuendo, thus making it appear far less innocent than the original!</div> </div></div></div> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:31:34 +0000 mittfh 18431 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Cov Telegraph: SRS in Cov/Warks cost £250k over 5 years https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18425/cov-telegraph-srs-covwarks-cost-250k-over-5-years <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Yup, it's another "Sex Swap Sensationalism Sells" Strategy (I'm almost surprised they didn't use Sun-style alliteration) - this time in a local paper. </p> <p><a href="http://tr.im/QJfd">http://tr.im/QJfd</a> (URL trimmed as it was incredibly long)</p> <p>Couldn't their journalists find better things to do with their time than submit a Freedom of Information request on the costs of SRS? Apparently not... and to think it's the headline article on the paper version.</p> <p>It doesn't help when the website "designers" think it's a good idea to slap a poll on whether Coventry smells or not (!) in the middle of the article text...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:40:18 +0000 mittfh 18425 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Snow sculpture deemed too risque... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18422/snow-sculpture-deemed-too-risque <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>OK, here's the latest example of "World gone mad"...</p> <blockquote><p>Police in the US state of New Jersey have ordered a family to cover up their snow sculpture of the famous nude Venus de Milo after a neighbour complained.</p> <p>Eliza Gonzalez sculpted the snow-woman with her son and daughter on her front lawn in Rahway following a snowstorm.</p> <p>Many people praised their creation, but a police officer told them a neighbour had found it too risque, she said.</p> <p>When given the option of covering the sculpture up or knocking it down, she dressed it in a bikini top and sarong.</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:23:35 +0000 mittfh 18422 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Don't watch this! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18370/dont-watch-this <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Here's a nice, cheery blog post (well, sort of...)</p> <p>Just to prove I'm not afraid of laughing at myself...</p> <p>A few weeks ago, I attended a weekend social in Bournemouth with about a dozen people from another online community I'm a member of - the Radio 4 PM Blog.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:17:58 +0000 mittfh 18370 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf EAFOAB Chapter Summaries - update! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18314/eafoab-chapter-summaries-update <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>You may recall a few weeks ago, I mentioned a daft weekend project of mine, to slowly produce chapter summaries for a certain story featuring characters with the unlikely names of Cathy Watts, Stella Cameron and Simon Cameron. Not forgetting Tom Agnew, Mima, Trish, Livvie, Danny, Billy, and Julie - together with appearances by Leon and his mum, Pippa and her sons, the lab technicians Neal and Gloria, Simon's father Henry and his other half Monica, several dozen other humans, and a dormouse by the name of Spike.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/insanity-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Insanity!</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:31:52 +0000 mittfh 18314 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Fairytale Drabbles: Sleeping Beauty / Cinderella https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/18263/fairytale-drabbles-sleeping-beauty-cinderella <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-22" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Drabble ~ 100 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic/fantasy-worlds" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fantasy Worlds</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <p><strong><font size="+3">Fairytale Drabbles: Sleeping Beauty / Cinderella</font></strong><br /> <em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em><br /> <small><strong><em>Copyright © 2010 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a></p> <p>Oh dear... after exploiting nursery rhymes, I've now found a couple of fairy tales to exploit - and squeeze into drabble format.<br /> Familiarity with the original tales is highly recommended!</div> </div></div></div> Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:31:30 +0000 mittfh 18263 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Rhyme Stew - a cautionary tale https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/18248/rhyme-stew-cautionary-tale <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/based-song-challenge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Based-on-a-Song Challenge</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/historical" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Historical</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/bad-boy-good-girl" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Bad Boy to Good Girl</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/hypnosis-mind-control-brainwashed" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Hypnosis / Mind-Control / Brainwashed</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/tricked-outsmarted" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Tricked / Outsmarted</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/preteen-or-intermediate" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Preteen or Intermediate</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/february-music-motif-challenge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">February Music Motif Challenge</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <strong><font size="+3">Rhyme Stew - A cautionary tale</font></strong><br /> <em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em><br />  <br /> <small><strong><em>Copyright © 2010 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a></p> <p>This one's even shorter than usual(!)<br />It's another cautionary (and potentially disturbing) tale set in nursery rhyme land,<br />but how many rhymes inspired this?</p> <p><em><strong>Warning:</strong> this tale contains a scene of mollusc genocide!</em></div> </div></div></div> Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:46:47 +0000 mittfh 18248 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Transgender children documentary https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18246/transgender-children-documentary <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Found during a link crawl from the "Princess" comic strip (see GeekGirl's earlier blog - <a href="http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18237/princess-sarah-wears-what-she-pleases" rel="nofollow">here's a handy link</a>), an article covering a (recent?) episode of "The Dr. Oz Show" - a US health issues / investigations show presented by Dr. Mehmet Oz, MD.</p> <p><a href="http://www.feministing.com/archives/020137.html">http://www.feministing.com/archives/020137.html</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:36:54 +0000 mittfh 18246 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf After the fall https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/18203/after-fall <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/based-song-challenge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Based-on-a-Song Challenge</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/historical" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Historical</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/bad-boy-good-girl" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Bad Boy to Good Girl</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/crime-punishment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Crime / Punishment</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/hypnosis-mind-control-brainwashed" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Hypnosis / Mind-Control / Brainwashed</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/february-music-motif-challenge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">February Music Motif Challenge</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <strong><font size="+3">After The Fall</font></strong><br /> <em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em><br />  <br /> <small><strong><em>Copyright © 2010 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a></p> <p><em>Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water,<br /> Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.</p> <p>Up Jack got and home did trot as fast as he could caper,<br /> To Old Dame Dob who patched his nob with vinegar and brown paper.</em></p> <p><strong>But what happened next? Jack soon finds out that concussion is the least of his problems...</strong></div> </div></div></div> Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:09:12 +0000 mittfh 18203 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Two Little...Boys? https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/18166/two-littleboys <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/based-song-challenge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Based-on-a-Song Challenge</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/real-world" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Real World</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/february-music-motif-challenge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">February Music Motif Challenge</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <strong><font size="+3">Two Little...Boys?</font></strong><br /> <em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em><br />  <br /> <small><strong><em>Copyright © 2010 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a></div> <p><em>Otherwise known as the perils of listening to Desert Island Discs en-route into work, followed by a very quiet afternoon on the helpdesk...</p> <p>Oh, and in my desire to always "do something different", I've tried writing this entirely in the present tense. On reflection, I'm not entirely convinced the concept works. Oh well.</em></p> </div></div></div> Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:11:24 +0000 mittfh 18166 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf PCC & CPS clear Daily Mail over Gately article https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18152/pcc-cps-clear-daily-mail-over-gately-article <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Remember a few months ago when Jan Moir wrote an "extremely distasteful" article in the Daily Mail about Stephen Gately's death - and the furious backlash that resulted?</p> <p>Well, it's been investigated by the Press Complaints Commission (who received 25,000 complaints) and the Crown Prosecution Service (2 complaints), and both have cleared the paper of any wrongdoing.</p> <blockquote><p>The watchdog's head said aspects of the piece were "extremely distasteful".</p> <p>But the PCC said it was an essential point of principle that papers could print views which might offend readers.</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/real-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">real life</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">News</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/daily-mail" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Daily Mail</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:53:14 +0000 mittfh 18152 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Yet another new career... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18106/yet-another-new-career <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Pop quiz: Who has had 125 different occupations over the past 60 years, and has now decided to move into IT?</p> <p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/magazine_enl_1266316035/img/1.jpg" rel="nofollow">Here's a visual clue</a></p> <p>And here's the answer: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8517097.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8517097.stm</a></p> <p>She certainly has an "interesting" taste in workday fashion - black leggings, bright patterned tunic top, and a white sleeveless jacket - coupled with specs, Bluetooth headset and suspiciously perfect hairstyle...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:36:55 +0000 mittfh 18106 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Downward Spiral, Upward Cycle https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18018/downward-spiral-upward-cycle <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Since I know several members of this community are keen cyclists, seeing this on a friend's Facebook page piqued my interest:</p> <blockquote><p>Downward spiral, upward cycle. How cycling can help manage depression,<br /> from one of our supporters at CityCycling magazine: <a href="http://bit.ly/amdjXY">http://bit.ly/amdjXY</a> </p></blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:57:42 +0000 mittfh 18018 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Yak Breeding for Beginners https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/18000/yak-breeding-beginners <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>(I thought that title would grab your attention! Sadly, it's not original - it's mentioned in a story on this site. All will become clear if you read further!)</p> <p>I've finally taken a bit of time to do something with a project I started a while back.</p> <p>The project was inspired by tales told of <s>Yak Breeding</s> (sorry, Wuthering Dormice), and the aim was to skim through the chapters and produce one line summaries of the main event(s) of each. Easier said than done, and I initially gave up after the first 40.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:03:59 +0000 mittfh 18000 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Love is blind? https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/17978/love-is-blind <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>It seems as there are some people for whom garments that cover the entire face can be useful/necessary, wherever in the world they may be...</p> <p>Courtesy of <em>El Reg</em> (an online IT news tabloid) here: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/10/bearded_lady/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/10/bearded_lady/</a></p> <blockquote><p>A Dubai man whose fiancée kept her charms hidden under a <em>niqab</em> opted for a quick divorce after his first glimpse beneath the veil revealed she was cross-eyed and sported a beard.</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:18:40 +0000 mittfh 17978 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Goodbye Sam... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/17908/goodbye-sam <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/based-song-challenge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Based-on-a-Song Challenge</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transitioning" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transitioning</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/february-music-motif-challenge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">February Music Motif Challenge</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <strong><font size="+3">Goodbye Sam...</font></strong><br /> <em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em><br />  <br /> <small><strong><em>Copyright © 2010 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a></p> <p>Contains lyrics from "Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha", copyright of whoever Cliff's record label was back in 1970...</div> <p>I mentioned this song when the contest was first proposed. Back then, I claimed I wasn't an author and couldn't imagine myself writing <em>anything</em>. Just over a month later, I've somehow got three stories up here and another in the works...<br /> So I suppose I'd better do something with these lyrics...</p> </div></div></div> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:06:36 +0000 mittfh 17908 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Things Greta Says https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/17836/things-greta-says <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>If you like the hilarity of the average conversation in Cathy's household in "Bike", you'll probably like this...</p> <p>Greta is the four year old daughter of UK satirical musician / comedian Mitch Benn and his wife Clara. Like most four year olds, she often produces unintentionally hilarious comments - but whereas in most families these are quickly forgotten, in their household one of the parents will often tweet it for posterity (editing where necessary to fit within the 140 character limit).</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/real-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">real life</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:11:33 +0000 mittfh 17836 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf 100 Votes - Thanks! https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/17782/100-votes-thanks <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Just a quick "Thank you!" to all who've been reading, voting and commenting on my stories over the past fortnight...</p> <p>Petra's Outing - 1,762 hits, 101 votes, 35 comments.<br /> Petra: I Will Survive - 229 hits, 18 votes, 2 comments.<br /> The Genie - 1,670 hits, 83 votes, 15 comments.</p> <p>All together: 3,661 hits, 202 votes, 52 comments.<br /> (Stats as of 3rd Feb, 00:30 GMT)</p> <p>Yes, my first story, Petra's Outing, has managed to acquire over 100 votes (so that probably translates as at least 50 of you clicking the button), and all three together have accrued over 200.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:42:09 +0000 mittfh 17782 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Petra: I Will Survive https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/17774/petra-i-will-survive <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/based-song-challenge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Based-on-a-Song Challenge</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-1" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Verse, Poetry, Lyric</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/crossdressing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Crossdressing</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/voluntary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Voluntary</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/fresh-start" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fresh Start</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/real-world" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Real World</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/february-music-motif-challenge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">February Music Motif Challenge</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <em>February Music Motif Challenge</em><br /> <strong><font size="+3">Petra: I Will Survive</font></strong><br /> <em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em><br />  <br /> <small><strong><em>Copyright © 2010 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a></p> <p>Contains lyrics from "I Will Survive", written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris - © 1978 Polydor Records</div> <p><strong><em><big>Synopsis:</big> I've been mulling over the possibility of writing a sequel to Petra's Outing and doing something for the Challenge, when I realised a perfect opportunity to set the challenge within the context of Petra. This is set "the morning after the night before", at Kim's flat.</em></strong></p> <p>N.B. Think of this as a cut scene from <em>Petra: The Aftermath</em>, the (as yet unwritten) sequel to Petra's Outing, taking place immediately after that story ends.</p> <p>N.N.B. This is completely unedited - this is more-or-less a stream of conciousness. Gedit thinks it's spelled correctly, but whether it makes any grammatical sense or is properly punctuated is another matter entirely... :)</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:23:38 +0000 mittfh 17774 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Pope attacks UK Equality Bill https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/17768/pope-attacks-uk-equality-bill <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>(Saw this article at work, and decided to be very naughty and beat Angharad to blogging about it!)</p> <p>See <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8492597.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8492597.stm</a><br /> or <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8493280.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8493280.stm</a><br /> (effectively the same article, just rephrased slightly.)</p> <p>The Pope has urged Catholic bishops in England and Wales to fight the UK's Equality Bill with "missionary zeal".</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:47:26 +0000 mittfh 17768 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf TG Tropes https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/17744/tg-tropes <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>I'm sure many of you have discovered <a href="http://www.tvtropes.org/" rel="nofollow">TV Tropes</a>, but as I've wandered through this site, reading thousands of pages worth of prose and comments, I've found a few additional themes / tropes / stereotypes / clichés, which may or may not occur elsewhere or in different media...</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:00:26 +0000 mittfh 17744 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Sizing https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/17606/sizing <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Without revealing the plot, the latest short story I'm dabbling at involves an adult male and female of broadly similar size (height, build etc.), swapping clothes (the exact circumstances and relationship between the two is part of the plot, but irrelevant to my question below) with the intention of being fairly passable (at night!).</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:55:01 +0000 mittfh 17606 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Not as dirty as it sounds... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/17553/not-as-dirty-as-it-sounds <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The video's entitled "Penis and Pussy", but don't let that put you off - it's a crafty attempt at misdirection, as although the images the artist draws in this film start off looking like the aforementioned body parts, as he continues drawing the image becomes completely innocuous...</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=KuSWqJ7sevM">http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=KuSWqJ7sevM</a></p> <p>...just don't follow the related videos, as YT highlights the inadequacies of automatic algorithms...</p> <p>(Another oddity - I suspect the artist may be right handed, but he's flipped the video...)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg/younger-audience-gy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Younger Audience (g/y)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:17:43 +0000 mittfh 17553 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The Genie https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/17487/genie <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/wishes" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wishes</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/voluntary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Voluntary</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/fresh-start" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fresh Start</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <strong><font size="+3">The Genie</font></strong><br /> <em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em><br />  <br /> <small><strong><em>Copyright © 2010 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a></p> <p><em>Special thanks to Holly H Hart for approving the first draft (~700 words) and Angela Rasch for suggesting improvements...<br /> as a result, this is now over 2,300 words!</em></div> <p><strong><em>Synopsis: It's just a typical spring morning for John, as he arrives at Cartwright Collectibles for his Saturday job. But an unexpected encounter with a creature he thought only existed in legend leads to a life-changing decision...</em></strong></p> </div></div></div> Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:21:19 +0000 mittfh 17487 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Peter/Petra - Background info https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/17463/peterpetra-background-info <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Since I've fallen victim to the curse of the short story writer (a rather deafening blast of "Encore! Sequel!"), while I await inspiration for where I can take the story further, I thought I'd share my thoughts on the characters - which may be of use if anyone decides to write their own tale featuring them (hint, hint!)</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:06:39 +0000 mittfh 17463 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf New research: Blondes more aggressive than darker haired women https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/17448/new-research-blondes-more-aggressive-than-darker-haired-women <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Women with fair hair are more aggressive and determined to get their own way than brunettes or redheads, according to a study by the University of California.</p> <p>Researchers claim that blondes are more likely to display a “warlike” streak because they attract more attention than other women and are used to getting their own way – the so-called “princess effect”.</p> <p>Even those who dye their hair blonde quickly take on these attributes, experts found.<br /> Times: <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/genetics/article6990988.ece">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/genetics/artic...</a></p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/dodgy-science" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Dodgy Science</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:20:11 +0000 mittfh 17448 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Petra 1: Petra's Outing https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/17443/petra-1-petras-outing <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg/younger-audience-gy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Younger Audience (g/y)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/crossdressing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Crossdressing</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/caught-with-consequences" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Caught with Consequences</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/tricked-outsmarted" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Tricked / Outsmarted</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/voluntary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Voluntary</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/real-world" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Real World</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/tropeplay" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Trope:Play</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <strong><font size="+3">Petra 1: Petra's Outing</font></strong><br /> <em><strong>by mittfh</strong></em><br />  <br /> <small><strong><em>Copyright © 2010 Ben Norwood.</em></strong></small><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a></div> <p><strong><em><big>Synopsis:</big> Lydia has encouraged her partner to cross dress at home when she was absent, with the intention of using hidden camera footage to blackmail him into obeying her desires. However, Peter had suspected she was up to something, and had made plans of his own...</em></strong></p> </div></div></div> Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:18:35 +0000 mittfh 17443 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Here goes nothing... https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/17420/here-goes-nothing <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>I've said repeatedly over the past few months that I'm not an author, and I doubted I'd ever be one.<br /> Yet somehow, after not writing a word of fiction since High School (~1993), my mind has evidently decided that's long enough.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:05:30 +0000 mittfh 17420 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf "Customers who bought this item also bought..." https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/17395/customers-who-bought-this-item-also-bought <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Doing the rounds (and even got a mention on The News Quiz)...</p> <p>Look at this item on Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Communion-Wafers-Box-of-1000/dp/0805470859">http://www.amazon.com/Communion-Wafers-Box-of-1000/dp/080547...</a></p> <p>Now look at "Customers who bought this item also bought..."</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mittfh" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mittfh</a></li></ul></section> Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:04:20 +0000 mittfh 17395 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf
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