I’ve been taking a long break from Second Life again – just when I was getting momentum on the Kipling Rock project, distractions from First Life cropped up. Nothing major; mostly it was lots of new episodes of favorite television shows, family stuff on the weekends, midweek choir practice, and afternoon naps! But I’ve kept up with blogs and SLUniverse, and ran across this reminder of an underused feature: Linden Lab is now marketing itself as "Makers of Shared Creative Spaces". And they even might have created a "shared creative" space by accident. It could become the intersection between the…

Two hours of Swing Revival, Jazz and a little Electro-swing, as only Edward Pearse can do. Friday night 30th November 7:00 – 9:00pm SLT http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seraph%20City/64/80/106/ Link: Through the Filter of a Victorian Aesthetic: Swing Dance at The Seraph Club UPDATE: This was a really enjoyable event; I went dressed in a kind of gun-moll outfit and wore my Thadovian Man-Melter pistol (non-lethal) on my thigh. I also was at Cafe Wellstone listening to a comedy podcast, at Toot Toot’s Carolina Pub listening to a great set of tunes all about whistling, and ended up at Steelhead’s Friday night dance, which…

Yes, there’s been a lot going on in my First Life. Nothing bad, just stuff that was interesting or engaging. Of course, the election news was good for me and other reality-based life forms. And also mundane things like new episodes of favorite television programs, family get-togethers on weekends, and one or two very sad events that really brought everything to a halt for a while. After that, it was easier to just watch TV and read news and blogs. I’m inworld now, goofing around in Cafe Wellstone watching the People’s Bailout show with Lizz Winstead. I just happened to…

And now we’re blogging, we’re blogging, we’re blogging…. and Tweetering too. Watching #PeoplesBailout #RollingJubiliee from within #SecondLife @LizzWinstead, originally uploaded by Lelani Carver.

Hmm, this little one-seater biplane looks pretty sweet, and I’m told the animations are cute. Second Life has been working lately to make being a Resident fun again (aside from the bug reports that aren’t interactive anymore and the lack of communication by the Markeptplace team with Merchants. Anyway, this gift is free to paid members and people with “concierge” level membership (ie they own entire islands and estates and pay a boatload of monthly tier (which most try to make up with rents or product sales).I might have to check it out using one of my viewers that has…

Please sign the petition to let the people who signed the petition to let Texas secede, secede. Is that so hard to understand? https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/grant-god-fearing-tooth-challenged-cousin-wives-and-uncle-husbands-texas-petition-secede-us/gN9SN37q