No More Bad Hair Days
Life is an endless struggle full of frustrations and challenges, but eventually you find a hair stylist you like.Anonymous This is the fourth part in a multipart story about my trek through Second...
View ArticleClothes Make the Man or the Avatar
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.Mark Twain This is the fifth part in a multipart story about my trek through Second Life (SL) to perform a makeover on my...
View ArticleThe Make Over
The finest clothing made is a person's skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this. Mark Twain This is the sixth and final installment in a multipart story about my trek through...
View ArticleCan I Find a Job in Second Life?
The hardest work in the world is being out of work.Whitney Young, Jr. I’m looking for work in Second Life (SL). Why? Have I lost my job in Real Life (RL)? Have I mixed up commuting to work with...
View ArticleAmong the Nekos
Time spent with cats is never wasted.May Sarton I’ve been meaning to get out more in Second Life (SL) and meet more residents. Especially the ones whom I can’t meet in Real Life (RL) like nekos...
View ArticleAmong the Vampires
There are such beings as vampires, some of us have evidence that they exist. Even had we not the proof of our own unhappy experience, the teachings and the records of the past give proof enough for...
View ArticleAmong the Steampunks
To some, ‘steampunk’ is a catchall term, a concept in search of a visual identity. To me, it’s essentially the intersection of technology and romance.Jake von Slatt I first encountered the world of...
View ArticleAmong the Goths
Ask ten goths what 'goth' means, and you'll get eleven different answers.Brian LuceI’m sticking my neck out with this story. Generally, when I begin to write a story I’ve done my research and I have...
View ArticleAmong the Furries
Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.Albert EinsteinMy journey in Second Life (SL) this week...
View ArticleSTEAM: the Hunt! – Back Among the Steampunks
The hounds all join in glorious cry,The huntsman winds his hornAnd a-hunting we will go.Henry Fielding During my recent trips across Second Life (SL), I was introduced to Perryn Peterson, a...
View ArticleAmong the Breedables
There are no shortcuts in evolution.Louis D. Brandeis Recently, while talking with my new found friend, Eleanor Banx, she mentioned breedables in Second Life (SL). In addition to everything else...
View ArticleNulli Secundus – Interview with the Vampires
Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.Dracula-Bela Lagosi Recently, I wrote a storyabout vampires in Second Life (SL). While researching that story I met a member of a vampire...
View ArticleNulli Secundus – Interview with the Vampires, Part II
They had forgotten the first lesson, that we are to be powerful, beautiful, and without regret.Armand-Interview with a Vampire This is the second installment in my trilogy about the Nulli...
View ArticleNulli Secundus – Interview with the Vampires, Part III
How do we seem to you? Do you find us beautiful, magical? Our white skin, our fierce eyes? "Drink" you ask me, do you have any idea of the thing you will become? Louis-Interview with A Vampire...
View ArticleReturn to Ankh-Morpork
The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment I want to begin this story with an...
View ArticleAmong the Norwegians
It is not down in any map; true places never are. Herman MelvillePart of my approach in managing my journeys has been to approach various explorer groups and their members. Sometimes I find a group...
View ArticleSTEAM: the Hunt! – The Game is Afoot!
The game is afoot!Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)Earlier in my ongoing travels across Second Life (SL), I encountered Perryn Petersonof the Mieville sims. These are dedicated to Victorian/...
View ArticleMy First Second Life Wedding
True love stories never have endings.Richard Bach As in Real Life (RL), when one gets about in Second Life (SL) as I have been doing, one meets people, forms friendships, and social interactions happen...
View ArticleWillkommen!
What good is sitting alone in your room?Come hear the music play.Fred Ebb and John Kander (From the musical Cabaret) Besides my wanderings across Second Life (SL), I also tend to wander...
View ArticleCreativity in Second Life
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.James Dean As I’ve been journeying across Second Life (SL), I’ve...
View ArticleSTEAM: the Hunt! – And the Winner Is…
Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.Vince Lombardi In this story, I’m bringing...
View ArticleHas Second Life Become the New Literary Salon?
And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. Sylvia Plath As a...
View ArticleProfessional Modeling in Second Life I
Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.Coco Chanel...
View ArticleSecond Life and the Great Recession I
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. Woody AllenSince first arriving in Second Life (SL) I’ve been struck by one thing, the feeling that I’ve arrived at the party right after...
View ArticleAre You Going to the Renaissance Faire?
I am a citizen of the world, known to all and to all a stranger. ErasmusRecently, Perry Peterson, of STEAM: The Huntfame, reached out to remind me that his next event, The Renaissance Faire - The...
View ArticleMaybe Second Life Isn’t Separate from Real Life
Curiouser and curiouser. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll After STEAM: The Hunt!5, I had a chance to sit down with Perryn Petersonand Ti’chelle Teebrooke, a representative of MadPea...
View ArticleSecond Life and the Great Recession II: It’s about the Economy!
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. Harold GeneenRecently, my friend, revochen Mayne, whom I met when I...
View ArticleI've Moved!
After six months of posting my stories here at CNN iReports, I’m moving to my own blog to post my new stories about Second Life (SL). Unfortunately, the recent upgrade at CNN iReports prevents me from...
View ArticleTwenty-four Hours in Second Life
Greetings all! I haven’t been here for a while but I’m dropping in to let everyone know about my next endeavor. On Friday, December 30th, I’ll be in Second Life (SL) for a full twenty-four hours....
View ArticleTwenty-four Hours in Second Life – Looking Back
Well, I did it! I spent twenty-four hours in Second Life (SL) and am still among the living (both SL and Real Life (RL)). I don’t have enough space to describe everything but it was a wonderful...
View Article
