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Hippiestock and the Sense of Community

by Sigmund Leominster “So shines a good deed in a naughty world.” Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice. The 21st century has gotten off to a good start by taking all the selfish tendencies of the 1980’s and layering on a liberal slathering of cynicism and weariness, wrapped in narcissism, irony, and pseudo-intellectualism that makes it [...]

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Gracie Kendal — Post 6 Grrrrl

[I have had the honor of meeting many "SLebrities" in the course of my virtual travels, and I want to start by saying that Gracie Kendal is among the nicest and most down to earth of any I've met. She is as charming and friendly as she is talented, and as anyone who has seen [...]

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My Love

by One Song In the midst of so many passionately fought battles We must not be distracted, nor forget our love. Today, we commemorate the execution of a saint, St. Valentine, who was amongst the most virtuous. Often, it seems, valiant warriors are martyred Unjustly defending a good cause. Saints, unlike angels, do not live [...]

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Pappy Enoch — Post 6 Valentine Hillbilly

[As he promised, so Pappy delivers. I believe that he's one of the most brilliant minds of our time, and certainly one with the most sense, so I'll get out of the way right after I say that it was an honor and a privilege and a lot of fun to shoot this week's Post [...]

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Big Money in the Virtual Baby Trade

Adoption in Second Life – Part 3 by Justine Babii real pregnancy – NEKO version – watch your baby grow little ears and tail My last article in this series related my experiences in finding some rather unseemly characters hanging around at adoption places. Of course there are questionable characters everywhere, in real life and [...]

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The Triumphant Return of Jimbo Quality – Part 3

Jimbo Quality and the Scarlet Pimple Hell, The Story’s Epic Contusion. by Jimbo Quality After a couple of days at the Herald Bunker in Jessie, life was good. Better than good in some ways. Miss Pix keeps the fridge well stocked and doesn’t seem to notice I’m mooching from it, the couches are soft and [...]

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Rod Humble: Current SL Players Key to Growth

Better shoes might help, too Linden Lab CEO Rod Humble believes giving current Second Life players better tools for content creation is a key to increasing interest in the struggling virtual world. The new leader of Second Life said Friday that first step in getting more players to sign up is "to have more people [...]

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Veronika Dimanovic — Post 6 Grrrrl

[I would like to give a special thanks to Shyayn Lusch for giving me a couple of weeks off and sharing with us a couple of fantastic Post 6 Grrrls. Do yourselves a favor and check out Shyayn's store, Shag. Veronika Dimanovic is perhaps the most modest and unassuming Post 6 model ever to IM [...]

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The Triumphant Return of Jimbo Quality — Part 2

Jimbo Quality Finds a Home: the boring part in the middle of a three part series. by Jimbo Quality, haiku master and munitions technician After awakening from my year long slumber and finding the Herald offices gone, I was happy to see my invisible friend Jeebus log on. He was surprised I was awake, I [...]

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The Triumphant Return of Jimbo Quality – Part 1

by Jimbo Quality, Haiku master I didn’t know what time it was, or where I was, all I knew was that someone was shaking me. “Jimbo,” a voice kept saying, “you have to wake up, the Herald needs you.” I awoke and to my surprise it was Justine Babii, the cute little Post 6 Photographer [...]

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