The Real(?) McCoy

I haven't had any of Glenn McCoy's The Duplex in about three months.  He's due.

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Facts Is Facts

I've posted Fuscos before, but this is the first Saturday-worthy one I've found.  The Fusco Brothers have a somewhat limited repertoire, but Duffy makes the most of them.  This is a riff on Rölf on yet another first date....  Although the dates always look pretty much the same.  It reminds me of old radio shows like Gunsmoke or Space Patrol where the same actors show up as someone different each episode.  On Gunsmoke, it was the same person playing a different young male; on Space Patrol it was a different villain.  The odd thing was, one of the guys who played multiple villains was Bela Kovacs, who had a very distinctive accent.  So most of the bad guys came from the same region, I guess.

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20 Nov 2013 ~ The Service

The service was nice.  The minister spoke this year; in the past, women who were close to home on the issue of trans-violence spoke.  She added details to most of the people pictured in the bulletin.

They recited a few lines from Benedictus, a marvellous song by The Strawbs.

There was a table with a candle for each victim of fatal violence.  They had different members of the congregation recite each victim's name and snuff out the candles.  Then each candle was re-lit.

There was a snack after the service.  We didn't stay.  I did stop for a minute to speak to the minister, who remembered me from previous years.

I can't understand how someone can harm or kill someone else simply because they're living their lives.

I've tried.

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20 Nov 13 ~ At the Church

We entered the church and I saw JoAnn, who I knew and actually recognised.  She was sitting front

Unassuming church in the background

and center; I wanted to be closer to the back so we went to the right and found two seats.  Charity saw a couple of people she knew.  I said "I don't know anybody."  I was referring to my face recognition issue, but at that the woman in front of us turned around, introduced herself, and said "now you do."  We had a nice chat and then I left them to talk while I went to say hi to JoAnn.
I had noticed JoAnn was talking to a couple of women right behind her so after we spoke a bit I asked softly "do I know the women behind you?"  She said yes, and that I had met them at her house.  So I said hi (they remembered me) and went back to my seat as the service started.

There was a woman sitting to my left wearing a white dress.  I didn't get a chance to talk to her, but if I did, I would have mentioned that she looked just like a woman (gg) I used to work with.  I wish I had.  I know I'd consider that a high point of my day to be told I looked just like a woman someone knew.

Brief explanation: even though I have trouble with faces (or maybe it's a consequence) I often point out someone who looks like someone else, and I often get a "you're right.  I hadn't noticed" reply.  It's an odd talent, and it would be more useful if I had a larger pool of Faces I Know to relate to.

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Simple Pleasure ~ Saving Nails

Last month, I wrote about my frustration with splitting my thumbnail while trying to hold the lobster claw clasp open when putting on a necklace or bracelet.  Marian suggested an easy solution: there are magnetic clasps.  You add this to the stock clasp.  It has a claw on one end and a hoop on the other.  Simply attach the clasp claw to the hoop on the item and the clasp hoop to the claw on the item and after that, you only need to open and close a magnet.

Of course, if you have several bracelets/necklaces you like to wear, you really need one per and that can run into money ~ money that can be better spent on jewelry.

It turns out there's an easy solution for my favourite necklace.  It's 24" and I wear it most days when in drab.

At 24" there's no need to open it at all.  It just slips over my head.  I was opening and closing it daily for no good reason.

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20 Nov 2013 ~ Getting Ready

And pumps.

There's not much to tell.  I just... got dressed to go out.  Isn't that the way it should be?

I wore a dress I hadn't worn before.  Since it was a church event, I needed to dress up a bit.  I considered a suit but it didn't seem like that sort of church, from my past visits.  I needed a cami under the dress, and I wore plain black tights and pumps.

Charity came with me.  Only a few of the local girls said they were going to the Fairfax event that night.  We arrived about ten minutes early, which was good ~ we had some time to chat.

20 Nov 13

was the Transgender Day of Remembrance.  I joined 40 or 50 people at the same church in Fairfax I'd gone to for three or four of the five years they've been presenting this service.  Here's the program.  You can click to enlarge each page.

Please be safe out there.