My Terrible Review Of A Book You Should Read.

The Worst Date Ever or
How it took a comedy writer to expose Africa's secret war.
Jane Bussmannn

I was out actually contemplating buying an e-reader and decided against it for now. I ended up looking round a bookshop to see if there was anything interesting out. This book caught my eye.
Jane Bussmann,a comedy writer, newspaper columnist has written a book that I would really recomend.
I've never read a book that had me with tears streaming down my face one second then had me rolling about laughing.
It is a memoir that goes from Hollywood to Uganda.
In Hollywood you get an insight into the crazy world of celebrities when she moved to LA from the UK and ends up working as a celebrity journalist. She decides to go to Africa to interview a respected peacemaker who she finds very attractive.
In Uganda she ends up alone investigating war crimes. The abduction of thousands of children by the Lord's Resistance Army who are used as soldiers and a whole lot worse.
You realise she is really out of her depth but she succeeds in getting this out to the wider world.
I am not very good at writing a review, but I felt this book deserves to be a bestseller and in my view a must read. If you do you will not regret it. I found it difficult to put down. It left me thinking about what a crazy world we live in, but there is hope.

The link below gives far better reviews than mine just click and have a look. 
 Jane Bussmann | The Worst Date Ever

Until Tomorrow

No reason for this one except I really like it

I've been thinking about my next time out which is still weeks away.I just read on Emma's blog 'More Earth Than Sea' which can be found at the side, how she suffered an assault on the way back to her hotel from the Village. Emma  who I've been out with a few times was with her wife went through an ordeal that must have been horrendous. No one was injured but it is a reminder of  what can happen. I have been on the end of verbal abuse and to be honest it is scary. It really saddens me when I hear about these transphobic incidents.
I guess the more you are out the more likely you are to come across the morons or whatever you call them who spew their vile crap.  I just hope Emma and her wife are ok.
The Village is a safe place to be, but no where is perfect.
On a more positive note, 2 friends Diana and Kate raised a lot of money for charity, one close to me, MS. I hope they don't mind me mentioning their efforts very briefly here. MS affects about a 100 000 people in the UK. Thanks girls. I've heard people talk about being transgender that you are on a journey, for me it's had a lot of twists and turns, but one thing stands out the wonderful people I've met or been in contact with.
I am really looking forward to seeing my friends again. I am hoping to spend at least a week out so hopefully I'll get to see everyone.
I have been looking at taking a day trip to London on the train from Manchester. It would have to be at the weekend because the train fares are to much during the week. I doubt I'll go this time, but I'll see.
I can now say I've quit smoking a couple of things have happened where I could have lit up, but I didn't.
The trick now is to keep the weight off but I can do that, actually my jeans still fit.
A few things have happened since I was last out, a volcano, new government, it would be nice if the weather improves.
It was sad to read the singer Ronnie James Dio died from stomach cancer a couple of days ago. The ex Rainbow and Black Sabbath singer  in my opinion  should be remembered as one of the great rock vocalists.
I'll end with a link to a song of his Holy Diver album, 'Invisible'. The song does have, I guess a T reference. If  Calie reads this maybe she can have a look for her .Calie's T-Tunes  
Sorry Calie if you read this.

  YouTube - Invisible - Dio