Does anyone remember Meryn Cadell, the Canadian singer and performance artist who rose to public prominence back in 1992 with the radio-friendly spoken word hit "The Sweater"? (Buried in a box somewhere in my parents' basement lies an abandoned cassette of Cadell's album "Angel Food for Thought").

Today on CBC Radio I heard an interview with Cadell, and I couldn't help but notice that her once lovely, lilting voice had deepened remarkably. Apparently, in 2004 Cadell came out as a transsexual man (i.e. female-to-male).

Huh. It's a funny old world, ain't it? Well, my hats off to her, ummm, him. That takes guts.

Here's a link to Cadell online journal, if you're interested: http://www.meryncadell.com/journal/