kali Wylder

oh, that's it. Thanks!

did they change the max by any chance? I tried 3 times this morning and it locked me out on the 3rd try. I thought we get 5 homes to try per day

To be honest @Garnet Psaltery, I don't have time to read every thread in the forums. One person came in saying how they felt without identifying a thread or naming names and got support, you came in yelling at them for not quoting you correctly which was the first I knew that you were involved in any way. You didn't get support because you weren't asking for it, you were fighting. And were correctly told this is not the place for that.

I'm a little disappointed with the log cabins. They are not log cabins. They don't have logs. They have clapboard. Not at all as rustic as I imagined they would be. This looks like an expensive Tahoe suburb to me. And while they are beautiful, they are not me.

Thanks for posting this, I've subscribed to the med cram now and I really liked the information and presentation. I make my own chicken soup and in addition I usually have from 4-6 cans of chicken soup in the pantry. I tend to live on chicken soup all winter. I also love tiger balm. Great stuff!

i hate to admit that I had to go to the urban dictionary to find out what a front bottom is

My first avatar was a mouthful of syllables, Kattatonia Wickentower. Kattatonia was a play on both the words catatonia and Kathleen(my real name) and was to denote that I am clinically depressed. I invented it in another venue, the old usenet newsgroup ASD (alt support depression). I chose Wickentower for two reasons one was because it suggested pagan beliefs (wiccan) and two because it was the only fiery choice and I joined SL because I heard they had a virtual burning man festival and I wanted to see that. Well, everyone I met shortened my name to Katt which was fine with me. But I learned my lesson and for my first alt (the me I am now) I chose a shorter name. Kali for the Hindu Goddess of change, destruction and death. Wylder because I intended my new avatar to be bolder, braver and stronger than my first.

I'm mostly ok, wish I had more time. Usually I love the fact that I am able to work from home. But now it's kind of a curse, because I have to work when I want to have some time to read, to socialize on line, to be with everyone in this stressful plague time. I love you all and please don't any of you think your contributions to the conversation are lacking; we all do what we can do and we all get our buttons pushed in different ways. I need you guys!

Yes, the Junkyard is the oldest continuously operating blues club in SL. It started in 2006 when it was just a party in Kiff Clutterbuck's back yard (which had a lot of junk in it that Kiff had collected) the party never ended and eventually Kiff built a dance floor using the blue tiles texture from the SL library. At it's height there were 10 junkyard regions surrounding the club which eventually left Kiff's back yard for larger quarters. We'll be celebrating 14 years in June. Kiff and Dina still own it and some of the patrons can still remember the beginnings. I made the junkyard my home when I stopped being an alt and became my main avatar in 2012 and I still have a little shack there behind the junk barn. The music is great and the people are warm and friendly. I still host there on Saturday nights. And you're right Scylla, there is still a lot of junk there so it still looks kinda the same.

I'm not fussy about chili, but I do know a good chili joke, or mabye it's a shaggy dog story Notes from an inexperienced Chili taster named Frank, who was visiting Texas from the East Coast: Recently I was honoured to be selected as an outstanding famous celebrity in Texas, to be a judge at a Chili cook-off, because no one else wanted to do it. Also the original person called in sick at the last moment, and I happened to be standing there at the judge's table asking for directions to the beer wagon when the call came. I was assured by the other two judges (Native Texans) that the chili wouldn't be all that spicy, and besides, they told me that I could have free beer during the tasting. So I accepted. Here are the scorecards from the event: CHILI # 1: MIKE'S MANIC MONSTER CHILI JUDGE ONE: A little to heavy on tomato. Amusing kick. JUDGE TWO: Nice, smooth tomato flavour. Very mild. FRANK: Holy *****, what the hell is this stuff? You could remove dried paint from your driveway with this stuff. I needed two beers to put the flames out. Hope that's the worst one. Those Texans are crazy. CHILI # 2: ARTHUR'S AFTERBURNER CHILI JUDGE ONE: Smokey, with a hint of pork. Slight Jalapeno tang. JUDGE TWO: Exciting BBQ flavour. Needs more peppers to be taken seriously. FRANK: Keep this out of reach of children! I'm not sure what I am supposed to taste besides pain. I had to wave of two people who wanted to give me the Heimlich manoeuvre. They had to walkie-talkie in three extra beers when they saw the look on my face. CHILI # 3: FRED'S FAMOUS BURN DOWN THE BARN CHILI JUDGE ONE: Excellent firehouse chili! Great kick. Needs more beans. JUDGE TWO: A beanless chili. A bit salty. Good use of red peppers. FRANK: Call the EPA, I've located a uranium spill. My nose feels like I have been snorting Drano. Everyone knows the routine by now. Barmaid pounded me on the back; now my backbone is in the front part of my chest. I'm getting *****-faced. CHILI # 4: BUBBA'S BLACK MAGIC JUDGE ONE: Black Bean chili with almost no spice. Disappointing. JUDGE TWO: Hint of lime in the black beans. Good side dish for fish or other mild foods. Not much of a chili. FRANK: I felt something scraping across my tongue, but was unable to taste it. Sally, the barmaid, was standing behind me with fresh refills; that 300 lb ***** is starting to look HOT, just like this nuclear-waste I'm eating. CHILI # 5: LINDA'S LEGAL LIP REMOVER JUDGE ONE: Meaty, strong chili. Cayenne peppers freshly ground, adding considerable kick. Very impressive. JUDGE TWO: Chili using shredded beef; could use more tomato. Must admit the cayenne peppers make a strong statement. FRANK: My ears are ringing, and I can no linger focus my eyes. I farted and four people behind me needed paramedics. The contestant seemed offended when I told her that her chili had given me brain damage. Sally saved my tongue from bleeding by pouring beer directly from a pitcher onto it. It really pisses me off that the other judges asked me to stop screaming. Freakin' Rednecks! ! ! CHILI # 6: VERA'S VERY VEGETARIAN VARIETY JUDGE ONE: Thin yet bold vegetarian variety chili. Good balance of spice and peppers. JUDGE TWO: The best yet. Aggressive use of peppers, onions and garlic. FRANK: My intestines are now a straight pipe filled with gaseous, sulphuric flames. No one seems inclined to stand behind me except that ***** Sally. I need to wipe my ass with a snow cone! CHILI # 7: SUSAN'S SCREAMING SENSATION CHILI JUDGE ONE: A mediocre chili with too much reliance on canned peppers. JUDGE TWO: Ho Hum. Tastes as if the chef literally threw in a can of chili peppers at the last moment. I should note that I am worried about Judge # 3. FRANK: You could put a #)$^@#*&! Grenade in my mouth, pull the #)$^@#*&! pin, and I wouldn't feel a damn thing. I've lost the sight in one eye, and the world sounds like it is made of rushing water. My shirt is covered with chili, which slid unnoticed out of my X*$(@#^&$ mouth. My pants are full of lava-like *****, to match my X*$(@#^&$ shirt. At least the during the autopsy they'll know what killed me. I've decided to stop breathing, it's too painful. I'm not getting any oxygen anyway. If I need air, I'll just suck it in through the four inch hole in my stomach. CHILI # 8: HELEN'S MOUNT SAINT CHILI JUDGE ONE: A perfect ending. This is a nice blend chili, safe for all; not too bold, but spicy enough to declare its existence. JUDGE TWO: This final entry is a good balanced chili, neither mild now hot. Sorry to see that most of it was lost when Judge # 3 passed out, fell and pulled the chili pot on top of himself. Not sure if he's going to make it. Poor Yank. FRANK: - - - - - Mama?- - - (Editor's Note: Judge # 3 was unable to report).

@Seicher Rae and @Beth Macbain I really really love you guys! I laugh a lot reading these, but it's the been there laugh and oh God yeah! laugh, and never the mean sarcastic one. Know that I hear you and feel you and care. And my mood, up and down and round and round and trying desperately to get my work done while still keeping up with whats happening in the world I love, the unreal one that is so much more important to me than RL. I want to go find that thread and straighten those people out about who is singing, but I don't have time and how dare they get mad at you in the how do you look thread?

The idea of using a natural disaster, like the pandemic, to promote a business, even one we love, like SL, is abhorrent and really not a good idea at all. I thought we'd already agreed on that in a similar thread recently.

Yeah, Kattatonia was my first av, named after my name in the old, old, old, deja newsgroup alt.support.depression. So named because I felt catatonic and Katta is a diminutive of my rl name Kathleen. I thought I'd mentioned who I was before. Not a secret. That first me was way too fragile, I prefer Kali, the Hindu goddess of change, death and destruction; she makes me feel strong. Hugs ya back!

I got the Sweetmarsh, thanks Chloe, it is pretty sweet

ok, here's a quick summary of how I am. I'm a mess. Unlike most everyone else I know except people at work, my work is relatively unchanged since the Covid Follies came to town. It's very high stress, I have to make very quick decisions that tear me up inside and I have to meet a quota of cases every day. I work from home so the job has not changed significantly except to cancel the once a month in house day. But my mind is not with it. I can't sleep at night so I'm very tired in the morning, and my plans to retire have had to go on hold because I can't sell my house while we are in lock down. And all the little things that have gotten harder are getting to me like groceries and bills and filling prescriptions etc. And I am just losing it. Getting short tempered which I dont' enjoy and I even snapped at Prok who of course snapped back louder and harder and made me feel bad, and so I wound up answering back again and I know better than to do this! So, I've got a bad case of "the feels" and I'm not having fun.... ok, gotta go back to work and hit my quota....

darn!

I still love you. This thread has become a lifeline for so many of us. I know your intentions were good even if you may have bungled the execution. Guess what, we all screw up. Communication is an imperfect tool, but it's what we have.

thanks for giving me a much needed laugh

Oh Come now Prok, there’s no need to denigrate college students in defense of your perceptions of the free press. I admit it. I went to college. It was over 30 years ago, but I went, and even got a BA. But I never took a survey course that included Chomsky, and I’ve never read The Intercept. I’m very glad to hear that you think there is so much wild and free media. But when I speak of “The Press” I’m talking about the ones that everyone knows. It doesn’t count as “The Press” if nobody sees it. I am constantly searching for unbiased sources of news and they are hard to come by. And lets be honest, Twitter feeds are really just vanity press. You don't really think that each person who hit follow once upon a time is still poring over every word a person tweets, do you?

darn! Missed it twice!

darn, missed it

not sure where you live Prok, but our press isn't free anymore, it's owned by the Oligarchy that is pretending the US of A is still a democracy.

I'm sorry this happened to you. Not knowing why and not feeling in control really sucks. Hang in there my friend. Hugs!

Rose, that was so beautiful! I rarely hit play when people post songs, but I know how beautiful Andrea Bocelli sings and so I hit it and I was so glad I did. In fact I even had to listen again, I got chills!

Damn! I do hope you know that those feelings, while real and painful are not facts. I'm part of humanity and I care about you. I'm sure there are others too. offers you the gentlest of friendly loving hugs...