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Adam’s Apple
Today I had my first appointment with the surgeon who will do my Adam’s apple reduction. I reported at the desk of the otolaryngology department in the hospital, but — of course — I had to go back to the reception desk to have a punch card made. So I went back to reception desk [...]
Running Behind
It looks like I am running more and more behind in writing my weblog. I often get mail from people who say “It has been a bit quiet lately, hasn’t it?” No it hasn’t! I work on it every week and there is always a lot of material “in the pipeline” to be published “real [...]
Forty-Eighth Column
Tonight my forty-eighth column was broadcast in Gendertalk #576.You can find the complete program in the Gendertalk archive.Or you can find just my column at:http://eveliensnel.com/audio/HAIR01.mp3A full transcript of the text is below: Hair When you get a sex change operation (SRS), some of the skin that is now on the outside of your body gets [...]
Laser hair removal
Today was the day: My first appointment for laser hair removal on my genitals. I have to admit I was quite nervous: People had told me this would be very painful. But fortunately I had Emla cream to sedate my skin with. You have to apply the cream one hour in advance and then you [...]
Again negative publicity about Webstats4U
http://www.tellertest.com [Translated from Dutch]: “Was there any way webstats4U (formerly Nedstat Basic) could sink any deeper after setting up popups on the websites of the people who use the free version of their visitor counter? YES THERE WAS, by spreading pornographic popups to a children’s site about rabbits and spyware that can be installed without [...]
Evoluon
Today the Evoluon was open to the public just for one day. There was a time when the Evoluon used to be a wonderful museum of science and technology, a place where young people could experience that science is fun, long before our governments started a campaign to persuade young people to choose scientific subjects [...]
Site infected by webstats4u
This weekend I got an email from someone who was worried my site might have been infected by a pop-up virus. Every time she opens one of my pages she gets annoying windows with commercial messages on her screen. I am afraid you have all experienced this problem. Those nasty pop-ups on my site are [...]
Forty-Seventh Column
Tonight my forty-seventh column was broadcast in Gendertalk #574.You can find the complete program in the Gendertalk archive.Or you can find just my column at:http://eveliensnel.com/audio/PRAGUE01.mp3A full transcript of the text is below: Prague Last week we had a short vacation in Prague in the Czech republic. As you know I was a bit apprehensive about [...]
Slates, Chalks and Cans
We were hardly back in Holland when we had another project on our hands:: T&T-evening; in Eindhoven with Julia at the cash register and Fenna and me behind the bar. Fortunately they have new furniture in the community center, so I will never have to carry those heavy tables any more. But still it is [...]