Hip Hip Hooray, It's My 10th Rezday Today!

How time flies! It amazes me to think that today I am celebrating my tenth anniversary in our wonderful world of SecondLife.

Bock 2017 by Richard De Grataine Suoh

It's been a wonderful and amazing journey and I wouldn't wish to be without it. In those days we were born ugly and we stayed ugly. We duckwalked and had our clothes plastered to our bodies. Some days we would crash 45-50 times a day and still we would soldier on through those bad days and log right back in again. After each teleport you had to check yourself, so that you hadn't ended up with your shoe sunk into your ass or your hair stuck to your groin.

But we sure did have fun, even when we and watched the number of logged in residents getting close to first 5,000 holding our breath and waiting for SecondLife to crash. Then that number rose to 10,000, 20,000 until we no longer thought about it.

Bock 2007 by Bock McMillan

Life improved gradually - and at times very fast - but most of the time there was some improvement that gave us all hope and energy. Well except for under the reign of M Linden, those years were a total waste and we were all rather despondent until Philip Linden took the reins again. At the moment we are experiencing another golden age with great improvements under the benevolent rule of Ebbe Linden.

I am going to stick around for a couple of years more to see where this whole exciting adventure ends. It's going to be a thrill!

UniQue Magazine, Issue #5

Read UniQue #5 here

The latest issue of the UniQue Magazine is out now. The magazine is the result of a collaboration between Nathanael Sommerfeld, Ophiel Er'el, Piccolo Gattonero and Richard De Grataine Suoh.

This week there is a special surprise for all readers of Bock in SecondLife, as the laird himself is featured as on of the magazines Men of the Month with an exclusive interview and gorgeous pictures.

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I would like to thank the UniQue-team for honoring me with the title this month, I do not feel deserving but I am still very, very, happy. Thank you, guys!

JJ Goodman's Photos from the Benefit for Bri

Today I am sharing my talented brother JJ's photos from the highly successful Benefit for Bri at the Starlight Ballroom yesterday. The reason for this is that "grey people" kept messing up my own pictures, and JJ's are much better anyway.

Kahvy was the master of ceremonies for the full four hours the event lasted, sometimes DJ-ing but always telling us what dances to perform to the music that was played.

Live entertainment was provided by singers Samm Quendra and Reallymad Morpork. They were both in excellent form.

My son Pook and his man Knox

The lady of the day, Ms Bri Franklin
in the avatar of Kerowyn Kirke

Her Irrelevant UnGodliness of Troublesome Pwincess of Glorious Uncle Huggings, 
a.k.a Pienikins

Butch, he cleans up nicely huh?

Kharissa and the event DJ and ballroom master of ceremonies Kahvy

Leonard, shows us the moves a la mode

The always elegant PuPicita

Samm at the microphone

Garrett - looking a bit tired with hurricanes and all going on...

My Tomais dancing with some guy in a kilt

The stunning couple Richard & Steven

My BIL Michi & his Tien

My wonderful brother JJ & his Aeon

RickJ, the organizer of the event, and Bri

Study of Samm, relaxing after her set

Proud dad Tomais and the lovely Bri

Helene & her stunning man Dozer

Sexy SL-artist Madonna a.k.a. Sascha

The stunning Theron

Reallymad

Sweet Cayson & Scio

For more pictures from this event, please visit JJ's album on Facebook Benefit for Bri

Please note, This event continues until May 31st, 2016, so you can still go to The Starlight Ballroom (SLurl) to support Bri either by donations or by purchasing some - or all - the generously donated creations.

Elizabeth Taylor In Memoriam

Taylor and Newman in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (MGM 1958)

Dame Elizabeth Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was an English-born American actress. Beginning as a child star, as an adult she came to be known for her acting talent and beauty, and had a much publicized private life. Taylor was considered one of the great actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age. (Wikipedia)

What I will remember Elizabeth Taylor for most as an actress are her performances in
"Giant" opposite James Dean and Rock Hudson (1956),
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof " opposite Paul Newman (1958) and
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opposite Richard Burton (1966).

As a heroine in real life I will always remember Elizabeth Taylor for her strong moral backbone, her loyalty and support to her friends Rock Hudson and Michael Jackson and her support of the gay community in general during times when it was not politically correct or even convenient.

The world will always need strong and outspoken women, Elizabeth Taylor was one of them. She made a difference and she will be sorely missed.

This is amFARS´s (The American Foundation for AIDS Research) tribute to Elizabeth Taylor, who was one of the founders..