A sign of the Times....well, the Sunday Times.....

As regular readers will know my recent blog post, We Need A Harvey Milk, Not A Panti Bar caused a gay political storm, albeit a minuscule one. I was surprised that my views appeared controversial however I was even more surprised when I received a call from the Sunday Times last Thursday asking if they could publish my blog!

"Who? What? publish? ah yeah sure" I said to the guy on the other end of my phone. "What do I need to do?"

He advised me that my blog would be edited and I told him that I would like to see the edited version before agreeing to publish it. The last thing I wanted was for my point to be lost or skewed after an editor got his or her hands on it. He told me I would receive an email the next day giving me all the details. He told me his name, I even asked for it again, but in my excitement I totally forget it by the time we hung up.

I excitedly ran into my partner and told him all the details. "The Times, The Sunday Times want to publish my blog, oh my god, I can't believe it, I've only been blogging a week" I then told a few close friends and my mother. The last thing I wanted was egg on my face if it wasn't published. I eagerly awaited the verifying email following the telephone discussion. The email didn't arrive Friday nor Saturday and I started to feel deflated about the whole saga. Come Sunday morning, I got up earlier than usual, turned on the Internet, I couldn't find anything relating to my blog on their website. Feck it I thought, it sounded too good to be true, however the curiosity was eating out of me so like a proper pyjama mama I went to the shop to buy the paper.

I scurried through the paper and to by astonishment I did find "some" of my blog in the opinions section of the paper, under the letters heading. All two paragraphs of it! I'd look over it if I actually sent it into the letters section, but they contacted me! I sat there having my Sunday morning cup of tea, with the paper in hand totally perplexed at the whole scenario, thinking that one day, just one day I might be known as Carrie Bradshaw* Conlon, columnist!

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*Carrie Bradshaw is not referring to any previous or future drag name, it's referring to the fictional, famous New York Columnist from Sex in the City!