Danielle Hallett

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but
shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more,
but have less; we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and
smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees
but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more
problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little,
drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too

After much tinkering, I think I've finally got my site also posting updates to Twitter and Facebook, and then reposting the tweets back here.

All being will this blog will "automagically" appear on my Twitter page, and then Facebook shortly after.

Here goes....

If you've been sitting around today hoping I would post an article on about Vaniqa, then you're in luck. Read on...

Vaniqa is a topical cream used to remove unwanted facial hair, it's typically applied twice daily, and seems to cause a lot of confusion about how to best use it as the included instructions are vague at best.

Reply to Humiliated and embarrassed

I've received a reply from customer services, and after leaving it settle for a while, I don't think I'm satisfied by the response.

All I asked for were two things, an apology and some information on what steps would be taken to ensure this does not happen to anyone else.

This is the response I received:

Thank you for speaking with me on the 5 December

So the end of 2008 is here and as I type the final hours of the year (in the UK) are ticking past and what a remarkably eventful year this has been for me.

I’ve discovered and learned so much this year; I don’t think I’ll be able to take it all in for a long time. The biggest discovery, or strictly speaking re-discovery, has been my friends.

Friends are brilliant!

Today I was left incredibly humiliated and embarrassed by a very large national chain of retailers, of whom I have been a loyal customer for a long time.

I needed to pick up a new suit or smart jacket for work due to my old one becoming too big for me. As I had a free hour, I popped into the store in question, I had seen some ones which I quite liked on their website and the store generally has god stock (and usually exceptional customer service).

Thinking of getting one of those pre-paid cards from Easykard? In a nutshell, don't!

About a year or so back, I decided I wanted to be a little more secure online and get a limited credit card for use online, and Easykard appeared to offer the ideal service.

Easykard is one of those credit cards where you pre-load the card with funds then use it as you like. On the face of it, a pretty decent service, one which I thought would be ideal for my "online" card, something to use for those times where I want to be extra super careful and really limit the risk of fraud.

I have my trachea shave on September 1st at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. The operation will take 45 minutes, I'll be under anaesthetic and be expected to stay in hospital overnight.

This will be the first surgery of my transition, so I am looking forward to it. I'm hoping it will aid my feminization process by making my neck seem flat in appearance.

Recently, my employer provided me with a shiny new laptop so that I can be more mobile and work from home. It's fantastic, dual cores, lots of rams, fast interwebs etc. a really nice piece of kit.

But... It has a sinister dark side; It’s a masochist!

Traditionally, computers don’t like to be dropped or beaten up; heck my first experience with a PC (a Viglen in 1986) required the user to run the “park” utility from DOS before you even moved it. My new laptop however is very different. It comes with a utility which shows how much of a beating it’s taking.