How Much Solitude Should One Seek in a Social Virtual Reality World?

Sometimes I want to be alone in Second Life. Now, it's true that sometimes that is because I withdraw when things are bothering me and sometimes it's just because I like the peace and quiet. Many of us treat SL as a bit of an escape and the things we can be trying to escape [...]

Cause Every Girl Crazy Bout a Sharp Dressed Man

It's Monday morning again and boy did the weekend come and go quickly. I still haven't managed to get around all the events that I wanted to over the weekend but on a positive note at least they'll be a little quieter by the time I get there. I did get to spend a good [...]

The Theatre of Dreams and How Should I Change Mine?

It's almost 6 months since I moved my blog to WordPress and made a much more concerted effort to blog almost daily. I thought now was a good time to take a step back and review the progress and consider the strategy for the blog moving forward and I'm interested to know others views on [...]

All Good Girls Really Want a Swamp…Don’t they?

Once upon a time there was a girl with a vision. She had seen other girls playing with their beaches and forests and she wanted something to play with herself. But this girl wanted to be different. She wanted a swamp. She wanted the grit, the murkiness and dankness of a living, breathing swamp. While [...]

Why Can’t it Stay Autumn All Year Long?

In a few days it will be November. It will be colder and crisper and the TV will be full of advertisements for Christmas. My favourite season of the year will almost be over so I'll be making the most of the last few weeks of the Autumn. I want to keep my house as [...]

The Broken Body Clock

This whole extra hour in bed sounds like a great idea but in practice it doesn't work. In the UK British Summer Time officially ended in the early hours of Sunday morning when our clocks went back an hour. Technically this meant an extra hour in bed which sort of worked out on Sunday morning [...]