If You Can’t Say Anything Nice…Don’t Say Anything At All

If You Can’t Say Anything Nice…Don’t Say Anything At All

There's been a series of essays produced for a radio show that I listen to while I'm at work called 'Being Human'. People from actors to philosophers are asked 'What Makes Us Human?' and their essay is delivered on the radio and then discussed with the host of the show. It's fascinating to hear all [...]

You Can’t Make Greed Look Pretty – The Flickr Bump Row Continues

You Can’t Make Greed Look Pretty – The Flickr Bump Row Continues

There are a number of traits I find particularly unattractive and greed is right up there at the top of the list. It manifests itself in a number of ways within Second Life like clubs that 'game' traffic by using bots and alts to stores who put the most popular colours of an item unavailable [...]

These Are a Few of My Favourite Things

These Are a Few of My Favourite Things

During a planning meeting for a SL TV Show about MadPea myself, and the host Saffia Widdershins of Designing Worlds, went off at a tangent and started to discuss our SL homes.  We both keep our work spaces separate from our homes and found that we both have a favourite spot in our homes that [...]

I’m Starting a new Life as a Fisherman’s Friend

I met a friendly fisherman today at Peatonville Bay. He didn't talk much as he sifted through his nets, fixing them up for his next outing on the high seas. He was smiley, with that sea-weathered, ruddy look that fisherman tend to have...well, fisherman AND alcoholics but I'm pretty sure he was a fisherman first [...]

There’s Something Not Quite Right At Peatonville Asylum…and it’s scares me!

Peatonville Asylum is the latest game from MadPea and launches to the public on the 9th October and runs through til the end of November. This grid wide adventure game will have you chasing down and searching the grid for answers to the clues but you will be well rewarded for your efforts. If you [...]

Everyone is Fighting Their Own Battles – Be Kind

One of the things I love most about our Virtual World is that we come across so many different people from different walks of life. I find that SL often breaks the generalisations and prejudices that we might have had about people. I know over the 9 years I have been part of Second Life [...]

Mainstore Monday – Foxes

Every Monday I visit two mainstores for the Mainstore Monday feature. The purpose of the meme is to showcase two mainstores and redress the balance a little from all the event shopping we love. Most stores featured also take part in events but many of them have exciting and interesting mainstores, with a wealth of [...]

Just Keep Turning Corners in the Maze of Life

This week I have turned many a corner and I know I have many more ahead of me but I am moving forward. Mentally, Emotionally and Physically I am saying goodbye to pain and the people that caused that pain and I am welcoming new people into my life with a reserved happiness. The walls [...]

A new Meme for Bloggers? Will you Join me in Mainstore Monday?

A new Meme for Bloggers? Will you Join me in Mainstore Monday?

I have spoken to a lot of bloggers and several store owners lately about the balance between shopping events and mainstores. It seems that most feel the same as I do...that events are like chocolate...we love them, we want them but we know ultimately that too many of them are bad for us. I have [...]