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  • Blog
  • About
    • About Lori
    • Contact Lori
    • Privacy Policy
  • Book Reviews
    • Book Review Policy
  • Editing Services
    • The Little Red Pen
    • Services and Rates
    • Second Life Editing
    • About My Logo
  • CowTown Cooking
  • HodgePodge
    • Living Simply
    • Seattle Stories
    • The Aether Salon Archives
    • Aether Chrononauts Calendar
    • Edmund Dulac Portal Index
  • Living A Writer’s Life
    • About My Books
    • Writer’s Resources
    • Why Should I Pre-Order A Book?
    • Fun Lorem Ipsum Generators
  • Blog
  • Living Simply

    A Rare Real-Life Ramble: Cupboard Cleanout

    Lori Alden Holuta / February 27, 2012 / 0 Comments

    And being that Ceejay’s typist is quite the foodie, I just wanted to babble a bit after a rather nice weekend that was filled with rest, relaxation, good times with dear friends, and…

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  • Living Simply

    Presenting! Ceejaytoypia Imaginarium

    Lori Alden Holuta / February 19, 2012 / 0 Comments

    So. It’s like this. When I am tired, stressed, rolling thoughts around in my mind, or planning the next chapter in the book, I tend to smash prims and mangle sculpties.  More often…

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  • Living Simply

    Good Clean Fun

    Lori Alden Holuta / February 8, 2012 / 2 Comments

    New Toulouse has seen strange sights before.  Zombies. Ghosts.  Hurricanes. Floods.  Last night I may have inadvertently added to the list. You see, I have a skybox at 2000 meters over Java Jetcity’s…

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  • Second Life

    Art Where You May Not Expect It

    Lori Alden Holuta / February 4, 2012 / 0 Comments

    Just for fun, I thought I would mention two ongoing art shows, a bit off the usual gallery paths.  I enjoyed them both! The Old Works Art Gallery Located in Babbage Square, New…

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  • Vintage and Steampunk

    Short and Sweet and To the Point

    Lori Alden Holuta / January 29, 2012 / 0 Comments

    A friend clued me into this free PDF download – and so I’m cluing YOU in. The Steampunk Opedia I suspect it will be out of date by this time next year as…

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  • Vintage and Steampunk

    Treasure Hunt

    Lori Alden Holuta / January 27, 2012 / 0 Comments

    I work at a Very Old University (established 1855). Over the decades, various storage rooms, closets, and little-used offices have accumulated a lot of paper, steelcase furniture pieces, broken chairs, cartons of floppy…

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  • Second Life

    LOOT! A Celebration of Stealing Stuff! (and Happy Anniversary, Armada!)

    Lori Alden Holuta / January 15, 2012 / 0 Comments

    An aging parrot careens onto the deck of your ship, bashing his beak soundly against your rum cup. He seems to snort in annoyance as he drops a scrolled message next to your…

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  • Living Simply

    For My Font Junkie Friends

    Lori Alden Holuta / January 11, 2012 / 0 Comments

    Sometimes too many choices is too much!  I tend to be better at content than appearance, but I’m trying to make a website (not this one) look nice.  AND I just happen to…

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  • Second Life

    Jazz at the Java Jive

    Lori Alden Holuta / January 7, 2012 / 0 Comments

    Every Thursday evening from 6pm to 8pm slt, DJ Misha brings us the best in vintage jazz, with a different themed focus each week. And let me tell you, Misha *knows* her Jazz!…

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  • Second Life

    A Reminder To All About The Poetry Slams

    Lori Alden Holuta / January 5, 2012 / 0 Comments

    Sharing a message received from Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: It is a new year, and with the New Year often comes personal resolutions of all sorts. In this vein, the theme for this week…

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  • Second Life

    Merry Christmas!

    Lori Alden Holuta / December 25, 2011 / 0 Comments

    On this bright and shiny Christmas day, I bring you a small gift. It’s the exciting story of Santa and the Sim Crossing: Part One and the unexpected conclusion to the adventure in…

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  • Second Life

    Java Jive Grand Reopening and Holiday Party

    Lori Alden Holuta / December 22, 2011 / 0 Comments

    Mark your calendar now! Friday, December 23rd, 7pm slt! The Java Jive and surrounding vintage shops in Seraph City are now bigger and better than ever! Please celebrate these new beginnings and the…

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  • Living Simply

    My Year End List: Phrases I Can Live Without In SL

    Lori Alden Holuta / December 20, 2011 / 0 Comments

    Tis the time of year when lists are made. The media loves to make year end lists of who rocked, who died, who we loved and who we hated. On a personal level,…

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  • Second Life

    Prim Perfect Issue #38 – Happy Holidays!

    Lori Alden Holuta / December 19, 2011 / 0 Comments

    Prim Perfect wishes you the compliments of the season with our special Christmas issue! I must add, on a personal note, that I had more fun than is legally allowed writing “Santa and…

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  • Second Life

    Musings of a mad builder

    Lori Alden Holuta / December 16, 2011 / 0 Comments

    Late one night, a conversation betwixt TotalLunar Eclipse and myself resulted in his penning this little essay almost instantaneously. Please allow me share it with you! — Ceejay Writer ‘C 4 works most…

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  • Life In A Small Cowtown

    Antisocial Networking

    Lori Alden Holuta / December 8, 2011 / 2 Comments

    (sometimes gossip, assumptions and the overwhelming ‘everywhereness’ of the web gets to me.  This is one of those days.  Just unloading a bit so I can move along.) “… so Molly’s a bit…

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  • Second Life

    Poetry Slam at the Java Jive

    Lori Alden Holuta / December 6, 2011 / 3 Comments

    Repeal Day is December 5th!  It’s time to celebrate the repeal of the 19th Amendment. Rumrunners organized regattas and cup races – on the other hand, the moonshiners created the NASCAR culture. Hey,…

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  • Second Life

    Bay City Annual Treelighting Concert & Fundraiser

    Lori Alden Holuta / November 29, 2011 / 1 Comment

    Come to the Bay City Fairgrounds on Saturday, 3rd December 2011 for a tree lighting, skating party, silent auction and music event featuring GoSpeed Racer and Christov Kohnke. All proceeds go to Child’s…

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  • Second Life

    Fall Burlesque Bootcamp~Become a bombshell!

    Lori Alden Holuta / November 27, 2011 / 0 Comments

    The Naughty Box Burlesque Theatre with the Dufaux School of Burlesquery (and other party tricks) presents the Fall BURLESQUE BOOTCAMP – sponsored by Vita Bella (and others to come) on Monday, November 28…

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  • Second Life

    Armada Breakaway Harvest Dinner

    Lori Alden Holuta / November 21, 2011 / 0 Comments

    The Feast takes place at Fort Livingston, Armada Breakaway!

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  • Second Life,  Vintage and Steampunk

    Victuals! November Aether Salon

    Lori Alden Holuta / November 19, 2011 / 1 Comment

    Sunday, November 20 at 2 pm slt Babbage Palisade & Academy of Industry http://slurl.com/secondlife/Babbage%20Palisade/254/60/106 and http://slurl.com/secondlife/Academy%20of%20Industry/2/56/106 What’s that bubbling in the pot on the stove? SCIENCE! Kitchen technology took great strides in the…

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  • Living Simply

    6P, Or Not 6P

    Lori Alden Holuta / November 18, 2011 / 0 Comments

    …. is no longer the question.  Today, I bid farewell to my beloved Hewlett Packard 6P printer, which I purchased at work when I was hired here, in 1997.  Even THEN she was…

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  • Second Life

    Hell Race

    Lori Alden Holuta / November 17, 2011 / 0 Comments

    The following is an announcement from Captain Static – listen up, you lot! Think you have the nerve and cunning to beat the Devil and Davy Jones at their own game?  Hell Race…

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  • Living A Writer's Life

    The Novel: Research Fun

    Lori Alden Holuta / November 4, 2011 / 0 Comments

    I thought it might be a kick to list out the interesting sites I came across while writing tonight.  It’s such a great thing to have a few browser tabs open and the…

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  • My Poetry

    An Ode To WordPress

    Lori Alden Holuta / October 27, 2011 / 2 Comments

    An Ode to WordPress A newish Presser is what I be With lots to learn, it’s plain to see And so I dream, perhaps to Blog. Or is it Post? I am agog.…

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  • Second Life

    Burlesque for Breasts! Tonight!

    Lori Alden Holuta / October 3, 2011 / 0 Comments

    The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure. — I. F. Stone, December 24, 1907 Tonight, Monday October 3rd, 2011,…

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  • Vintage and Steampunk

    Living a Steampunk Life, in Real Life, Entry #2

    Lori Alden Holuta / August 30, 2011 / 0 Comments

    I blogged back on June 26th to let people know that I might randomly post a little here about my Real Life, since I have the tendency to go about my days in…

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  • Second Life

    The New Champagne Rooms 4th Anniversary Ball

    Lori Alden Holuta / August 21, 2011 / 0 Comments

    Please join the Champagne Ladies as they celebrate four years (yes, four years!) of shake and shimmy, sass and class, and that vintage Burlesque you’ve enjoyed in the sumptuous surroundings of the New…

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  • Second Life

    Air Kraken Festival in New Babbage

    Lori Alden Holuta / August 11, 2011 / 0 Comments

    (Poster designed by Lia Bilavio) Week-long Events Open Air Market Shop carts along the Port Babbage docks will be filled with festival themed wares, food and games for festival goers to take and…

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  • Living Simply

    What’s In A (Sur)Name?

    Lori Alden Holuta / July 19, 2011 / 3 Comments

    It would seem that the Jira asking to Bring Back Last Names Options! has struck a nerve on many residents of Second Life, including me. The issue becomes more convoluted due to many…

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