Thursday, July 12, 2007

Going where no other blog or magazine goes...

I'd like to see the clowns that run Pilot Challenge Magazine, who represent the wacko religious right, do a story like this. What would "their" Jesus have to say? So anyway, we're here at the Petro in Carlisle, PA. We gave our load of (more) roofing material to another team because for whatever reason they "had" to get to Indianapolis yesterday. We weren't crazy about another 600 mile overnight trip, so we drove the 78 miles from Myerstown, PA to Carlisle and they gave us a MT trailer which we will use to pick up a Hazmat load of (yup, roofing material) headed 1450 miles down to Houston. After the repower, we went into the Petro to take advantage of the $7.95 luncheon buffet. We made our way through the Idle Aire folks (wow, they say drivers are overweight and unhealthy) standing around trying to look busy - in case the boss drives by in his (her?) golf cart - past the beggar sitting outside, past the annoying vendors inside to the restaurant. We sat down in the non-smoking section which used to be the smoking section until they shoved all the smokers in the back. Our "waitress" (server?) came right over and wait a darn minute. This woman looks familiar. What is it about...hold on...our waitress is (was) a man. "Barb" used to be Vinny. The legs, arms, shoulders and face are Vinny, but the hair, little boobs and I guess the "rest" are, well, kinda "Barb." She had no makeup. And no she was not a "lesbian." The legs were waxed but they were definitely a man's legs. And yes, we did spend a lot of time checking her "out." "She" was far more interesting than our meal. Under her yellow Petro shirt she was wearing a bra, but the shoulders were definitely a man's. Based on the way she worked - "she" was a hustler - we would have to call her an "alfa" transgendered female. But you couldn't stop thinking "she" was a man, who decided one day to come to work as a girl. But hold on here. This is a "new" world. You will lose your job if you call someone a "nappy" haired something or other, and you will be shunned in Hollywood if you refer to a fellow actor as a "faggot." Ann Coulter can use the word faggot, but not someone else, especially an African-American male. Black folks can use the "N" word, but not a white person. According to the religious right and the "church", our waitress will soon be struck down by lightning and go to hell. I wonder if the devil likes to dress as a women sometimes? Well, bottom line is, we don't really care. "She" did a hell of a job making our meal more "efficient." She even threw out two women who tried to lite up in the non-smoking section. Right on, girl (boy) friend! The other servers are the typical droopy truck stop "girls" not really knowing what the hell to do. It's as if these "women" never ate in a restaurant in their lives. You want to put them in front of a mirror and ask "you've got to be kidding, right?" So "Barb" was once a man and is now a woman? If "she's" happy, then so are we. She certainly didn't have that "gay" attitude. Just kidding! She does the job (well) and that's enough. She certainly wouldn't make it as our city manager. He - she - decided to become a woman and got fired. A well known sports writer decided recently to make the switch. Whatever - they're other more important things to worry about. The photo is of Susan Stanton, who used to be Steve Stanton, the former City Manager of Largo, FL. Google him/her if you want more details about the transformation. And since we had to do a little research on this "situation", we learned a few things you may or may not give a shit about, but here it is anyway. A transvestite is a dude who likes to wear women's clothing, but does not want to be a woman. A transsexual is a man or woman who wants to go 100% in the opposite direction and change sex completely. There's a lot more, some who are in between and well, you can find out more on your own. Susan's photo is from the St. Petersburg Times (that's Florida, not Russia), and we did not think it advisable to ask "Barb" if we could take her photo for this article. And, for all our GLBT readers, we love ya. We listen to Derek and Romaine too! Filed by Cowboy Kitchen and "friend" from Carlisle, PA.