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055) In Search of 17-beta-HSD-3 Blockers OR Life's Easy When

As many of you are probably aware I've doing HRT DIY-style.

I've gotten my dosages and scheduling and everything pretty well perfected except for ONE THING. One of my three T blockers is making me tired all the time.

Maybe this life is not for me

I am not happy with what happened today, no I am not happy at all. I feel as if I am a fraud or a hypocrite.

With that opening line, maybe some information would be helpful.

The harder I work, the further behind I get

When I started Op Rescue: The Things We Do For Love, I had 4 stories in the queue. Now, I've got 19 or 20 - and that's after completing another Bikini Beach story (which is out being edited).

About the Through the years bios

I have started posting the bios for through the years. I will post the major and minor character bio sheets and updating them through out the next few weeks.

Somehow BC got it wrong

Somehow the BCcomputer got it wrong, Twins is an ongoing story to be posted in three parts due to length. The second and third parts deal with the hormone issue and the story is complete.

Honolulu, Hawaii

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I have some questions about neighborhoods or parts of the city. If there is someone familar with these, please private message me. Thank you.

Danielle

Where is Anistasia Allread

I have just been trying to find parts of novels that I have missed. When I wanted to do that with a couple of stories posted by Anistasia I could not find her here. Does anyone have any info?
Ginnie

Lingerie firm launches women’s underwear for men

I found this a my FB wall posted by my nieces husband. I wonder what's up with that . I checked & they have some nice stuff

Once upon a makeup

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Well, I just broke out my new makeup. This was the first time I really put on makeup. I've used lipstick before but that was all. I'm still learning and I have a big uphill battle.

Soaring With Eagles Post Scripts

There was a time where I thought I might just have Fred and Angie get out of the Air Force and go back to making wine. We would just follow Matt's career; however, Angie sort of took over.

Hatbox Comments

Although I'm pleased to be able to help Erin in any way to support this site, I do have one complaint.

Checking Browser?

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All of the sudden I'm getting a message Checking browser before connecting to BigCloset (or something to that effect) when I come to BC.

Cat watch: Day 3

Very little change. Had a slight moment of hope this morning when cat tried to lift it's back leg to scratch ears but hasn't done it since.

oops

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An enlightened council

or just another example of local government making laws when none are needed ?

Is she one of us? (What I meant) Edited

I saw this article today, and wonder if she is one of us.(What I intended to say was, is she on this site?) The article says that she and her family stayed together.

Re: Through the years (some what good news and a question)

I have been working on the next few parts of Through the years when I got sidetracked. It happens really easy to me. But one day I was busy typing something out and I thought....

Soaring With Eagles - Some Comments

First of all I want to than everyone of my hard core fans for their continued support. I appreciate the PMs pointing out some editing omissions on my part. Editing is painful.

Had a super night last night

Had a super great day at work last night, with no pain in my shoulders for the first time in 3 weeks. Yay!

Follow StoryPortal @SPFN on Twitter for BC news and updates

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If you tweet or follow twitter, you can find BC news at the @spfn Twitter feed run by Piper.

Cross-Dressers Like Lure Men to Murder Them!

So I was watching cops, as there was nothing on TV... The episode was originally aired on November, 25th, 2006...

Cat watch: Day 2

Still haven't seen any improvement, but my cat has shown a lot of spunk. Last night when I opened the door to go for work, she dragged herself outside while I wasn't watching.

Idea For Fantasy Authors

-or- Imagined origins of large monster/creature myths.

Dear Authors,

PINK OUT in Louisville!!! Kentucy Oaks Day...

If you're coming to Louisville for the Derby Saturday, Please come a day early and attend "The Oaks" on Friday.

Question

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I have a bunch of incomplete stories and my writing has slowed down. I may never finish them.

Sad and Crying

I took my cat Madeline to the vet today. She was such a good cat. I had her in a little pink basket that I put a pillow down in and she just laid there, occasionally rubbing her cheek against me.

Chile Transgender Man Becomes Nation's First To Give Birth:

Chile Transgender Man Becomes Nation's First To Give Birth: Report

Corrected Historical Error

John from that unpronounceable place in Wisconsin pointed out a historical error in Part 7 of Soaring With Eagles. I had omitted Theodore Roosevelt and his son as Medal of Honor recipients.

being pre-op and horny

I was reading Gwen's post about being horny post-op, and it seems like ironic timing. This afternoon I woke up rather ...

Help

Does any one remember a multi-part story about a young transwoman w/Grand mother buying and building companies?

my poor cat

My poor cat Madeline. Over the past week she has gotten worse. It started with a reluctance to jump and moved to a limp. It is now where she can't move her rear legs.

Daily counts resetting?

Why aren't the daily counters resetting? I get a lit of info from the trends on stories. With no daily count, that's hard. Is this in work or overlooked?

Post ops only please. Do you ever get horny?

Post ops, do you ever get horny? I know this is an indelicate subject and since I say I am so religious, you probably find my question unthinkable.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to tell me

Re: Soaring With Eagles - Part 2. I forgot how things change in military training. The last time I fired an M-16 was in late summer of 1966.

Scripting

Well, I entered the BBC competition. No great hopes, but I got a reply today. My script hasn't been selected, but they have told me it reached the top 16% of entries. Now, there's a compliment!

Good Grief!

Or should that be not-so-good brief? Someone is putting an advert for MEN'S underwear on our homepage! 0_0
Anybody got any theories on this one?

Harry Potter fanfiction community

Wotcher folks!

Who of you hasn't wished that he or she was a witch or wizard?

A Wedding and Two Wars - now available as a paperback.

Just a quickie for those who don't like Kindle books. My new Book - A Wedding and Two Wars - is one of sixteen now available as a paperback.

This Might Be A Help to Readers

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I was having difficulty yesterday in accessing an older story with many chapters, so took my older computer and connected it and using AOL Version 1 instead of 9.6 that is in my newer computer, was ab

Please Log Off and Log Back On

Due to a change in our security settings, it may be necessary to logoff and log back on in order to reset your session info so you don't get blocked from posting comments.

Sorry - No Bike tonight.

Sorry I've been distracted by my fridge turning up its compressor or whatever happens to deceased cooling units. I had to dash out an order a new one as well as cough up the readies to pay for it.

3/4 of the way through "She's not there"

I'm about 3/4 of the way through "She's not there", and its a tough bit to read.

Old Faithful

Well, Old Faithful, the 14 year old Hp computer that was always there as a backup when newer machines failed finally called it quits.

upset

I was debating whether or not to post this, but after a day it is still bothering me to the point of tears.

Ma'am, you've dropped your keys.

I was on vacation last week and while I'm on vacation, I like to dress as girlie as the occasion will permit. At home, or when we aren't going any where, that means the full Monty, anything goes.

I am searching for

Ashleigh Blaze. Has anyone heard from her since she moved and went job hunting a year ago?

Anyone Else Having Problems With FictionMania?

I just responded to a couple of posts on the FM site. The replies are there if you click on the original posts, but they don't appear on the main hyperboard page.

Secrets

Against huge odds, I have finally managed to post ‘Secrets part 3’. Now would seem to be a good time to thank the band of workers who slave away keeping BCTS alive.

A Little Princess

If anyone happens to be in the Northern California region, come and see our production of a new musical theater adaptation of Francis Hodgson Burnett's "A Little Princess" at the Sacramento Theatre Co

I got my copy of "She's not there" today!

my copy of "She's not there" has arrived!

I'm reading, and I'm having a bookgasim!

Made-Up Punctuation Marks

We need these on BC!

Pretty in Pink?

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Okay, have no problem with the pink coloring as such. However I did like the other format/layout much better. Just a personal opinion but, at fist blush it seemed that it might be easier to navigate.

Don't Talk About It

Wow, things suddenly seem to be working very well. The site is operating rapidly, linking is swift, no more interminable waits, etc. Everything seems to be wonderful.

BC Has Got The Blues

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I woke up this morning, hoping that for once I would be able to log on without getting a "site down" notice, and I did!!

Problems

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We may have some files that have been corrupted, perhaps during the crashes on Magda.

Open letter to Erin HalfelvEn

Dear Erin,

dreams

I have been thinking a bit about dreams lately. I know that dreams may not tell you much about your past or your future, but I think they sort of point to where you are at the moment.

A trailer on Youtube

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I happened upon this trailer on Youtube that reminded me of something I could find here.

Waking up from a Comma...

…and no, that's not a spelling error.

Welcome to our new home - we are now live on Eva

We are now live on Eva with BC but the following list of sites will be down probably for another day or so:

ENDA, Second Attempt

Please write your congress critters. We need to get it passed this time.

Some info:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mara-keisling/enda-2013_b_3149...

Labels

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I was reading an academic work the other day and they classified transgender as "Tomboys" and "Sissies". I was wondering what the community thinks about these labels?

dreams

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I have been thinking a bit about dreams lately. I know that dreams may not tell you much about your past or your future, but I think they sort of point to where you are at the moment.

I could have sworn I posted

an MAU story entitles MAU: Typhoid Mary Syndrome, but I don't see it in my list of stories. Maybe I just thought I did, and am losing my mind. Does anyone elae remember me publishing it here?

Jaci should be a therapist

As some of you guys know by now, I talk to Jaci by phone or online at least once every day, and I think she missed her calling.

Too many books?

A girl can't have too many shoes can she? In my case that also applies to bikes and books, the latter outnumbering the former by about 400:1 and I have ten bikes so do your own calculation.

How to replace a story?

OK, I know that I could have just asked you, Erin, directly but you are so busy I was hoping to avoid bothering you, so I'm not in trouble, right?

Ramblings on writing

Okay, I may be dome posting stories to the TG-Fiction group, and maybe to another site. Why, you may ask?

Whately having problems?

Can someone explain why, when going to Crystal Hall's main page you are directed to a page claiming that this is an adult site and you are then given a number of links to various iterations of Big Clo

Whately having problems?

Can someone explain why, when going to Crystal Hall's main page you are directed to a page claiming that this is an adult site and you are then given a number of links to various iterations of Big Clo

Happy Birthday Sasha Nexus

Carpe Cakem, hon. Have a great one. I'm waiting patiently to hear from you.

All my hopes,
Cathilynn

Lucky 7

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Well it appears I've made it to 7 years in the Big Closet (6 years 52 weeks) at least :)

No need for gifts this year, just please send money :) :) :p

Love to all!!!

Story update/short excerpt

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So, it's time for another update! I told myself that I would post an update once I reached 40,000 words and what do you know last night I did just that. So as a result here I am posting an update.

Computer issues

Well, ever since I moved it has been a battle to get sufficient signal to get on line. I have been using the Hot Spot on my phone but that gets expensive and I worry that the phone will melt.

hopefully

This weeks postings are all correct!

New Gaby here and on Maddybell.com!

not gonna be my best day today

Today is not going to be a good day for me.

Shaggy Dog Stories

The big thing about shaggy dog stories is the set up followed by a big let down. Fortunately, at least I think so, Soaring With Eagles is not in that category.

Delaying some dreams

No matter how much I don't want it to be so, my van is gone. That has a few ramifications on my life and I'm not happy with them but I will have to make due.

One more week ...

With just one week left to go before we move out of our house for good and across La Manche to France - also for good - it's hard to believe it's really happening.

New Book Published - A Wedding and Two Wars.

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A Wedding and Two Wars

Yes folks, Book two of the Knox Journals is now available for Amazon Kindle.

Find it here with direct links to the Amazon sites

All right - it would seem we have a serious problem...

for the moment.

There are five people who log on to Big Closet each using their own account who go through our business internet.

I am one of them.

Okay, here's the deal

I have problems posting my stories on BC. Let me explain, I write the text on MSword, edit it, have Holly edit it, edit it again and then change the text to HTML.

Cache Glitch

For those that saw it, sorry about the cache glitch. We are constantly trying to tune, and improve performance of the site, and sometimes we break things as we go....

thank you all

Well, thanks to Jaci being a big tattle-tale and telling you guys I was feeling grumpy, I got flooded with people ready to cheer me up.

Sniffle, I love you guys ....

Access Differences

Interesting that I can't access this site from AOL; however, it comes up instantly on IE. I am certainly glad that there are several options available.

Portia

Need a little help with Dottie.

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She is feeling a little down because a cashier made an obvious error and called her Sir.

Calamity Strikes

I am trying not to take this as a sign that whenever things go too well that disaster has to strike in my life, but I am quite upset.

Still tuning the server

We hope you have noticed that things are slowly getting better as we tune the server for better performance but sometimes we blow a sour note like this morning.

Transgender Job Seekers Face Uphill Battle

Transgender Job Seekers Face Uphill Battle

Found this interesting article on job discrimination on-line.

Anonymous Plans Internet Blackout

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"This video below with Hillary Clinton, encourages an internet ‘unplug’ tomorrow, Monday, April 22, 2013, in protest of CISPA.

"How should one address a Dorothy?"

Had an interesting conversation with my store's HR person last night, and she mentioned that when it was announced I was coming to the store, a few people came to her unsure how to address me as my tr

Thought you all might like to know...

Just thought I'd drop in and let you know that health issues are still problematic. They are fading, but they are still there. And then there is the kidney stone I passed last night. So yeah...

The Family Girl #57: It's Half Full!

       
The Family Girl Blogs
(aka "The New Working Girl Blogs")

Blog #57: It's Half Full!

To see all of Bobbie's Family Girl Blogs, click on this link:
http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/28818/family-girl-blogs

It is disheartening at times (lately it's almost all the time), to be reading tales of woe and hardship, of depression and sadness, here in my favorite site. I suppose our community has more than its share of hardship stories. More than other equivalent communities, I'm sure. I can understand that. I've been there, too, after all. But, even so, I wish there were more positive posts. Goodness knows I try to be positive in my blogs as often as I can, if just to provide a contrast to what is apparently the norm now here in the Blogs section of BCTS.

Feeling Depressed

The question I have is after posting a story or part of one is it normal to feel 'depressed'?

problems with posting

I am unable to post stories for authors until menu glitches with my accounts are fixed - I have half the edit/++fiction page selectors for posting visible, the rest greyed out and the editor html butt

The Family Girl #56: Jealous Girl

       
The Family Girl Blogs
(aka "The New Working Girl Blogs")

Blog #56: Jealous Girl

To see all of Bobbie's Family Girl Blogs, click on this link:
http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/28818/family-girl-blogs

Oftentimes I find myself jealous of others, for a myriad of things. I suppose girls with similar... "problems" as mine do, too. When life has given you lemons, and you don't know about lemonade... I am a regular Jealous Girl. At least some of the time.

return of face pain

well, my cluster headaches have returned. See, just before I started transitioning, I started getting these mysterious pains in my face, centered on just below my right eye.

A New Me

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Since January I have been taking on a new outlook on life. I've been making amends with family members and people I have wronged.


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