If you follow the alternative news channels, then you know that, beyond the “precipice of WWIII,” there is really just nothing to report. Although there is no lack of Q stuff right now.

In fact, here’s an interesting one. It appeared on a few channels this morning, but this is from News Treason Channel 17 (a re-post from X) :

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Phil did not do his livestream last night. He has switched it to Wednesday at 7PM Eastern time. Check here to confirm, though.

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I meant to post this yesterday from Absolute 1776, but I forgot. I donated to this young woman’s cause, so I am following it.

Elle Palmer is de-transitioning back to being a woman. Here is part of her current story, as posted to Absolute 1776:

“…Conservatives have not “weaponized” my story.

They just want other people to hear it, and they just want me to say what happened to me. They have put me on their show and simply said “tell us what happened.” There was no twisting of words, no lies, no propaganda. They simply wanted me to tell them the honest truth: why did I transition and detransition?

Now, I’m 25, and have realized the only reason my parents would feel threatened by conservatives is because the overwhelming majority of them will rightfully criticize my parents for letting me transition at 16 years old…

Next week I’m going to Washington, DC to rally and speak at the Supreme Court for the Skrmetti case that will set the precedent on whether or not minors will be allowed to transition for the entire country. […]”

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It is, of course, a topic I am very interested in, since I think it should be criminalized to let minors surgically transition. It is a HUGE choice to have to make and often times, even adults aren’t completely ready to make that decision. And having been friends with many people who had the surgery (as adults) and fully transitioned, I can tell you that most of them became very unhappy with that decision. In particular, the switching of hormones made them bonkers.

Which is one of the things that is so incredible about Sandra, though — and one of the reasons why “The Guide to being Fabulous” (our play) is so incredible. Sandra’s life has been incredible — but that doesn’t mean it has been easy at all. She surgically transitioned over 40 years ago. She’s in her 70s now and still dealing with all of it.

I can’t even imagine letting a teenager make that kind of life-altering choice.

On that note, though, here is a photo of Sandra years before she surgically transitioned:

And please come see our play when it opens Off-Broadway!! I will keep you posted.

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On a similar note…

Today is “Giving Tuesday” here in the US. And if you want to assist writers in the LGBTQ community, consider donating to Lambda Literary. They have been around a long time and they help under-served writers find their audiences.

They certainly helped my career as a writer many times over the decades.

You can donate HERE.

(And it might surprise you to know that many older LGBTQ creatives, such as myself, are Conservatives, and voted for Trump.)

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Okay, here’s what I have for today.

From James Tabor.

Is This the Earliest Source for the Teachings of Jesus? (45 mins):

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I keep forgetting to post this.

Ross K. Nichols – The Life and Times of Isaac (1 hr):

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Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – Starmer EXPOSED Dodgy Deals (3 mins):

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Sanity4Sweden – ARLA – Another one on my boycott list. My plan to get popular with old friends (6 mins):

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In my own world–

I did spend a good chunk of time yesterday getting all the Christmas stuff out of the storage closet. The kitchen and family room are decorated now, but I’m saving the tree for when I have another chunk of time. It takes a couple of hours to get that thing up and decorated.

In terms of my progress with the memoir, though, I went through something a bit traumatizing yesterday: I took out all the songs I wrote back in the 1970s. Or the ones that still exist. I wrote MANY that are no longer in my storage files.

But the songs I wrote in 1974 and 1975 specifically do still exist. Lyrics, only. In some cases, the chords are noted, but I no longer recall the melodies for most of them. Strangely (luckily), I always dated everything. So I know exactly when each song was written.

And quite a few of the songs were written while I was in the mental hospital.

And one song was written just a couple of weeks before I attempted suicide the first time — and those lyrics were decidedly eye-opening. I clearly knew, on some level, what was coming and I was sort of “liberated’ about it, or by the thought of it.

One thing I can say from reading over all those lyrics — I had an impressive vocabulary! Plus, my god, I wrote about topics that, well, honestly you’d easily think an adult had written those songs.

One heartbreaking but beautiful thing: On one of the songs that I’d written while in the mental hospital , that girl Kathy — the girl I posted about here on the blog a couple weeks ago. My first true girlfriend, in every sense of the word. She wrote at the top of the paper: “Hello, Maralyn! Kathy” (misspelled)

Wow. Nearly 50 years ago. It looks like maybe she was passing by while I was writing the song and she left me that little note. Well, now that note means the world to me.

Anyway.

That’s it for now.

Have a terrific Tuesday, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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I leave you with this song again, because, honestly, what else can I do? Enjoy, gang.