Dillon Levenque

I don't know what all you people are on about. The only important sports news is that the San Francisco Giants are still clinging to third place, with at least a small chance to reach the playoffs. That's baseball: a game that is something like what cricket would be if Aristotle had written the rules. Nevertheless, congratulations on England's valiant victory. Happy Independence Day to all of you and to my fellow colonials. :-)

I've been a BBC fan for decades. Years ago a local high school had a student-staffed radio station (still does) and on Sundays they would connect to BBC news. I was captivated by all the foreign news, something we don't get from American media. Unless something overseas involves an American national it's not 'news' here (that's a bit of an exaggeration, but only a bit). I figured the Brits were so good at covering the rest of the world because they used to own most of it. I watch virtually no TV news these days (and that which I do is local only) and get most of my news online starting with BBC World News online. The (failing) NYT's also pretty accessible online.

I read the ice cream cone story on a visit yesterday; as I lay in bed last night I recalled a couple of the times we've lost pets. Then I returned this morning to see Rhonda's post from last evening, along with Maddy's reply. In between I watched a movie I'd not seen before called "Arrival". It is science fiction, complete with aliens from outer space, but it is very nearly intellectual. It is also very moving. It has to do with language, among other things. I found myself thinking of the mutual cherishing we enter into with our pets. At first we can't speak their language nor they ours, but as time passes we find that we can communicate with one another quite well. Rhonda's loss is one we've all been through. When we take in a pet we know almost without a shadow of a doubt that we will have to experience its passing. We can see that future, but we raise the pet anyway (in a small way, that process also reflects something about the movie). When the inevitable happens, I try to concentrate on the fact our pet spent its whole life around people who loved it and cared for its every need. The idea is that it gives me something positive to think about. It hasn't worked all that well for me, but I offer it to Rhonda and anyone else. I'm not sure when this Forum has left me so introspective. Introspection's not my normal gig; I mostly do the slapstick.

I'm pretty sure you played this somewhere else where I saw it. Loved it then, love it now. The variety of dancers moving with the consistency of the beat reminded me of another song I played not that long ago. Everybody moving to their own thing, in perfect rhythm. Kinda like dancing in Second Life. ;-)

I read all of this without posting (though not without laughing). I listened. Can I have my root beer float now?

That was the subject of one of the funniest forum posts ever. The writer had accidentally "worn" a cabin. He was getting razzed for making such a rookie mistake, so he decided to attach a cabin (it was 'Copy') to every point available on his avatar, getting rather large in the process. Funny stuff. "the Night I Became Cabin Man", or something much like that.

Nice going, Hippie! It worked like a charm. Four posts already in this section alone.

Happy Solstice, everyone. :-)

She does that sometimes....

Belatedly returning Rhonda's serve......

Well, actually I'm just there to pay at the checkstand, since the potatoes don't have pockets.

I thought it called for Cheryl Wheeler's song.

Now that's a derail. Just, "Bam!", right outa nowhere. Perfect. :-) I have that same problem with the potatoes except I'm normally only shopping for two.

Not to pile on, but "nowadays"? When I first started here I almost always wore dresses or skirts; I wanted to look as girly as possible (also I loved that skirts in SL were wonderfully short). As time went on I began to enjoy dressing much more casually. My first DIY outfit consisted of denim shorts and a t-shirt with a denim jacket (that almost matched the shorts), sneakers and ankle socks. The sneakers were hot pink, more or less matching the t-shirt and the bikini I wore underneath. I was terribly proud of myself. My favorite casual outfit is jeans and sneakers with a sweater (pullover cable-stitch preferred, with turtleneck)*. As has been mentioned already, trying to find that 'look' can be a little challenging. So many sweaters that are cropped way high, or are cardigans open to the navel. Just finding a regular old sweater can take some time. I wore that look on my system avatar all the time; now that I've finally caved in and gone mesh I can start looking again. Funnily enough, this is my first outfit in the mesh avi. I went with sandals to save time; I'll look for sneakers soon enough. *A look I've always liked on women

Please don't do that! Same to you, Jameson. Gotta draw the line somewhere and I say calculus is across the line. Line. Lines. I can work with those. Geometry Yes, Calculus No! ps: My father once got a passing grade in one of his calculus classes by accident. He copied one of the problems for the final wrong, and wound up getting trapped trying to fight his way through it (while filling a couple sheets of paper). When time was called he'd taken so much time on that one problem that he hadn't finished the final, but he turned in what he had. The instructor noticed the incorrect copy, but read through my dad's 'solution' anyway. He said, "It's the wrong problem, but you did prove that the distance between a line and a point on that line is zero. If you know enough calculus to do this you pass the test."

Thanks. Liked that. I had to Google the "rivers of blood" speech. Ugly (not that the Civil Rights Movement here didn't spawn worse ugliness). I like your mom, too. :-)

of blondes who carried flamethrowers.

the Immodium Space Modulator—KABOOM!

avocado donuts. The mysterious link

I think almost all of Florida got extensive rain, but right now Alberto's heading straight for the Panhandle. If it stays on track it'll go right up the middle of Alabama tomorrow. Ceka may not want to go horseback riding Tuesday night. The path goes up through Illinois and Indiana and even Maddy might see some Alberto induced rain by Thursday. Stay dry, folks! Except Maddy—she'll find some way to enjoy/experience the weather. She does that. Chick's a little batty that way. ;-)

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I hadn't done any online gaming so I had nothing to base my expectations on. I just showed up in SL and went with it.

Nay. As it happens I saw something on the Marketplace today I didn't know existed: breedable PLANTS! Seriously. Potted plants that interact with you (creepy, n'est pas?). They will IM you when they need watering. Yikes.

who all eschew drama religiously