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Of New Years, Resolutions, and To-Don’t Lists
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.” — T.S. Eliot My new year always starts in December. I try my best during this month…
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Andrew McCurdy’s “A Drop of the Venom” Harkens Back to the Days of Serial Adventure Novels
Episode #1: “Leviathan’s Bane” A chance rescue on the high seas brings together an unlikely pairing: an aging submarine captain on a lifelong quest and a wayward confidence man down on his luck.…
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Peter Jurasik joins The Blackened Mirror for a one-off special radio play
Peter Jurasik, the well known American actor (Londo Mollari in Babylon 5, Sid the Snitch in Hill Street Blues) will be making a special appearance in a special spin off of The…
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The Federal Bureau of Amusement
A forgotten aspect of the FDR’s New Deal program, the FBA was created in 1934 to administer the equal and fair allotment of fun and good times to those who had been down…
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American Precisionists Art at First Bank Gallery in Seraph City
EXHIBITION: AUGUST 28 THROUGH NOVEMBER 1 An Exhibition curated by Gstone Turas Artists Charles Demuth and Charles Sheeler share much more than a first name and birth year. Contemporaries, both were born in…
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Armada Sings a Siren Song, Calling You Home
Armada Breakaway is a floating steampunk pirate city in Second Life, scrapped together from the bones of old boats and swarming with brigands of all types and creeds. Armada Breakaway is inspired by…
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Crazy Dream
Being overly exhausted today, I came home from work and dropped for a nap – which ended up being two solid hours of sleeping so deep I nearly came out the other side…
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For My Dad With Love From The Punk
I’ve been thinking about my dad a lot today. Why? Simply put, he’s the greatest guy ever. My dad has been a huge factor in my discovery of everything I love about this world,…
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The Great New Babbage Bar Crawl
Get your crawl on in New Babbage between June 1st – June 30th! In New Babbage, drinking is the only activity that rivals building as the national past-time. To celebrate National Drinking Month,…
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The Busiest Two Weeks Of The Year
Today may have been my peak day in the seasonal cycle of Spring, which masqueraded as Summer today, being in the 90’s. As usual, the yard and gardens have turned into a jungle.…
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Welcome! Or Not.
I will not name sims in this entry – but you may recognize some of the situations. If you do, that’s great. Maybe you can help make a difference. If you don’t, congratulations!…
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Deep In The Heart Of Taxes
(With profuse apologies.) The stars at night – laugh at my plight Deep in the heart of taxes. I pray and sigh – my gross is wide and high Deep in the heart…
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Big Green Sharpie!
Am spending my workday sorting through a ton of paperwork given to me to untangle. It is mostly in Spanish, much of it crumpled from traveling in backpacks, and all of it highly…
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The Sacrifice
One last thought about the Al Stewart concert Saturday, and then I’ll hush about it! After the concert, during a conversation with Al, a man asked him if he always opened his performances…
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Seattle Stories: 2012, meet 1977. I think you two might get along.
I have been inadvertently plunged back into the 1970’s this weekend. Firstly, I learned yesterday that one of the biggest influences on the evolution of my sense of humor, Peter Bergman, 1/4 of…
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Full Steam Ahead to Happiness
Say you’re a writer. (Yes, I’m hearing “You’re A Writer!” from those of you permanently mindwarped by Zucker Brothers movies). Anyway – you’re a writer, and are adept in the genre of Steampunk. …
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A Rare Real-Life Ramble: Cupboard Cleanout
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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Presenting! Ceejaytoypia Imaginarium
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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Good Clean Fun
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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Art Where You May Not Expect It
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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Short and Sweet and To the Point
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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Treasure Hunt
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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LOOT! A Celebration of Stealing Stuff! (and Happy Anniversary, Armada!)
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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For My Font Junkie Friends
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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Jazz at the Java Jive
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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A Reminder To All About The Poetry Slams
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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Merry Christmas!
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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Java Jive Grand Reopening and Holiday Party
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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My Year End List: Phrases I Can Live Without In SL
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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Prim Perfect Issue #38 – Happy Holidays!
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…
