Dillon Levenque

editor, viciously striking out posts

You crack us up too, Tari :-).

I heard this on another forum; a smart lady named Myf McMahon listed it in a collection of Christmas music and it instantly became part of my tiny collection of favorite Christmas songs. That was about three years ago; it still gets to me.

How have I not learned this word before now? If the various definitions I found on Google are even close, it's almost the perfect profanity. All-inclusive, gender neutral, the whole bit. I must have it. I suppose I'll have to spend time in Quebec to really get the pronunciation and inflection down pat, though. Maybe in the spring.

a label reading "sixteen tons"

Thanks. Actually I did see what must have been the second thread, so now I know. She had a remarkably low threshold of agitation, seemed to me. Getting upset at people who did nothing more than point out what she was doing was probably not going to go well.

So much this. Try as I might I cannot keep from checking the clock when the sun comes over the ridge and thinking something like, "Wow, not til 7:45 now? Just last week it was up by 7:30." I really don't like shorter days. On the other hand, I never get flustered thinking I'm not ready and Christmas is coming; I'm buoyed up knowing the solstice is getting closer.

I need to start picking my spots better. All the good stuff seems to happen when I'm away doing something; all I get is threads like this from after the fact or an enigmatic mention in the Derail thread :-(.

the humdrum existence of everyday

unless Rod Stewart is nearby

but you must call them chips

is what made them inedible

change the subject, but did

Formal?!? And here I was thinking I had an excuse to shop for a new 'Santa's Naughtiest Helper' costume, something I haven't worn in ages :-).

, hoping for some new games

There's no question that barriers exist preventing first-time users from really having a chance to properly experience Second Life, and as some have mentioned it seems there are more barriers all the time. I don't know how to fix that (I agree that avatar customization methods being simplified would be a massive start) but I don't think that users can do much more than they already are doing. LL has to do that, if it gets done at all. That video, however, didn't impress me in the slightest and it certainly wasn't "painful to watch". I gave it a bit over two minutes and bailed; it was just some clown goofing for his audience. Whoopee. The only thing about it that I thought was indicative of a problem with SL rather than a problem with the videographer was that introductory comment: "Today we venture forth into one of the most bizarre dating sims on the free internet, Second Life!" If he got the idea that SL is first and foremost a 'dating sim', that might just be idiocy on his part (evidence suggests that possibility). I think it's at least as likely that it can be chalked up to the way Linden Lab advertises SL.

innuendo is destined to stay

I found an article today and thought of Garnet first thing; it's about a wildlife photo contest. You can find the article here: https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-46302730 I liked this one :-).

Avoid the stilettos.

Oh, for crying out loud. Does this also count for the Home & Garden thread? It's my front yard. Thanks to all the people driving by who shouted encouragement like, "Get over yourself!". Buncha creeps. I'll dance to anything but if you want my best there's only one way to go.

There's at least am eighty percent chance that the last time I danced one of my animations (as opposed to someone's chim/HUD) it was Akeyo's NINA2_Dance. I bought it years ago and love it. A couple months ago I visited the main store to see what was new; I spent most of an afternoon trying every dance they had. NINA2 (which is still available there) still rules, for me.

It's priced at one rupee [continuity, note name of saloon]

This one makes perfect sense, but I'm not sure anyone needs a poster to remind them.

wagged, as so often happens