"The Journey to Me"

Today I have new addition to my blogrolls, both the SecondLife and the first life ones as it - perhaps - will straddle  both.

The blog is my dear friend and Royal Gardener, Butch Diavolo's latest attempt at blogging ("for the umpteenth time", as he himself says) The journey to me. I am certain I will enjoy reading Butch's thoughts and opinions and rants, and hope that you go too.

Bock Parties at Pride

My buddy Carl Paneer, SecondLife blogger and photographer, for many know better as Naked Carl with blog "NakedCarl" is doing his usual extensive coverage of the Second Pride Festival. During Pride my days haven't really started until I have seen what Carl has posted from the parties.

Carl captured me at a party today in all my pride regalia, including my Jester's Hat in Multicolor Rhinestone by BMcM™ (which is my freebie for the festival this year and can be acquired at my booth) and a special Pride tutu. To my immense pleasure he has today also animated some of his pictures into gifs, among them one of me partying.

I am sure you can all appreciate how my spectacular hat follows and enhances all my movements. That is truly a masterpiece of imagination and creativity. It is of course also a much coveted accessory for all the true and daring fashionistas in SecondLife.

And the World Turns...

So... I'm utterly stunned today by the news I woke up to this morning, because I really could not imagine that a majority of the people of the United Kingdom would vote for leaving the European Union.

I have always had this vain belief that people in general are rational and will make conscious decisions that are in the best interest of their communities or - at least - in their own personal interest.

I read somewhere that the results of this referendum, caused a loss in British wealth during a few hours much exceeding what they have been paying to the EU since 1975 (not counting what they have received back from the EU). Edited 10:35PM SLT

The consequences of this referendum will cause us all much turmoil over the coming years, but especially for the Britons. The British pound is plummeting and the US dollar is soaring, which will among other things - and because this is a SecondLife blog - lead to SecondLife becoming more expensive for non-US nationals.

Thankfully the British Prime Minister David Cameron, who caused this mess by calling a referendum to try to curtail conflict within his own Conservative Party, has announced his resignation.

A Daring Fashionista (Updated)

I don't know this beautiful young man, but I must admit that I love him already! Update: I have since posting learned that the brave young man is none other than Mr Dozer G. Dragoone.

Look at his style, grace and exquisite taste, the strong and vibrant energy he exudes with his attitude of "Fuck you, I know I am beautiful!". He must truly be one of that rare breed, a true fashionista. Not one to follow the flock and bold enough to make his own statement.

As you may - or perhaps maybe not - notice the stunning and bold young man is sporting "The Jesters Hat in Multicolored Rhinestone" from BMcM™ (a part of the BMcM™ Corporation), this year's gift at the Bock in SecondLife booth at the Second Pride Festival.

Photo courtesy of NakedCarl Paneer, blog NakedCarl.

Second Pride Festival Starts Today

The Second Pride Festival 2016 starts today!

This is going to be so fun and exciting! I'm sure it will be "the best Pride ever", somehow that is mostly the feeling I walk away with at the end of every festival.

Just being there, meeting the people you like but still haven't seen much of since last Pride because our timezones are different and our circles don't overlap. Every year it is also exciting to make new friends - who may become "Pride friends" but, with any luck, closer.

Bock in SecondLife is going to be there - of course - and I will eagerly report back to you almost everything I encounter, but perhaps a bit more sparsely this year as I will not start my vacation until Midsummer's Eve, which is next Friday.

To celebrate the Pride Festival I have made a blog header of my own, I forgot to consult my clever and talented husband Tomais in time. I am graphically challenged but it will suffice for the coming nine days.

I hope to see you all at Bock in SecondLife's booth at Second Pride South or at the blog's event on this Saturday, 2-4PM SLT, when I and Kahvy are starting a new tradition - hopefully - with this event.

New Header for Summer 2016

Bock in SecondLife's art-director, Tomais Ashdene, has created a new awesome header for the summer season of 2016.

Tomais also suggested I change the background, which I was rather hesitant to do at first because it always screws up something else. When we had tried out a few - that buggered up the blog - we finally found this transparent background with a sort of paisley pattern. I like it alot.

The Bock in SecondLife Party

Bock in SecondLife has the honour to invite ya'll to our party at the GA SummerFest.

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The blog is extremely proud to present the return to the SecondLife Music scene of the awesome DJ Butch (i.e. Butch Diavolo-Gracemount).

This much longed for comeback of DJ Butch will proudly be hosted by the blog's editor-in-chief Bock McMillan. You are all cordially invited to join us, and bring your friends along, to The SummerFest festival sim.

No Moderation of Comments

A while back, in a stressful situation with hurt feelings and some turmoil for me and others who used to be close to me, I decided to start moderating comments on the blog again.

I am now hopeful that conditions are again normalized and stable and have therefore decided to turn off comment moderation again.

You are once again responsible for what you decide to post on this blog.

This doesn't mean that anything goes, there are still situations where I feel I will be in my right to delete comments, among others for the reasons listed here

• Spam, porn or illegal material. 
• Personal attacks against others who have commented. Treat each other with respect. Whatever you which to say about me is OK, but don't expect me to keep silent. 
• No hate speech, regardless of gender, race, creed, color, or sexual orientation.

Congratulations to Apmel for First 1,000,000 Pageviews

Sunday April 10th 2016 at 4.58 AM (local time) and Saturday April 9th 2016, 07,58 (SLT), my dear bosom buddy Apmel Goossons blog passed 1,000,000 pageviews.

I was an eyewitness to the event when the blogs counter stopped rolling due to the constrictions in it's format.

Congratulations, my dear friend! Way to go!

A Match Made In the SL-Heavens

Oh my, have I got news for you all! It is so exciting I can hardly contain myself, filled with jubilation and excitement as I am.

At the editorial meeting today I met with The Much Honored Bock McMillan, laird of Southern Charm etc, etc, at his mansion (a.k.a. "Gossip Central" due to the always well informed laird's highly dependable sources).

The laird had a particular bit of thrilling information to impart today, "directly from the two involved horses mouths" as he chose to phrase it.

Please sit down and breathe deeply three times before reading any further. This blog cannot be held accountable for any damages you may incur while reading this post!

OK, here goes!

His lairdship informed us that my Philip (a.k.a. Philip Linden in SecondLife or Philip Rosedale in first life) and my Ebbe (a.k.a. Ebbe Linden in SecondLife and Ebbe Altberg in first life) are romantically involved. So what we all thought was merely a bromance between our wonderful dreamer/creator and the best damned C.E.O. of Linden Labs we've ever had has evolved into a deep love between the two.

The guys have decided to move in together with both of their first life families as well. For that purpose a large mansion (sixteen bedrooms with ensuite baths) has been bought outside San Francisco for them and their families.

It is reported that both the wives and the families on either side get along famously with each other and are all for this somewhat unusual arrangement.

This is a marvelous - albeit unforeseen - development for SecondLife and all it's residents. Let us rejoice with the happy couple and their families!

Ziggy, Oh Ziggy!

The enfant terrible of SecondLife, one of my favorite Canadians and my friend Ziggy Starsmith (a.k.a. Rex Short again) has decided to shut down his blog (lately in cooperation with his - now - former partner Dalton Cole) and to start a new photoblog instead. (Update: Ziggy tells me he and Dalton have rekindled and are staying together.)

I for one - and I'm sure many more - will miss Ziggy's wordblog, where he has shared his investigations of SL villains (Kharfest), his adventures and his life with us.

Read Ziggy's action-packed last blog post here: Ziggy and Dalton In Second Life: The End Of An Era...This Blog Is Now Closed.

You will find Ziggy's new photoblog here. Tempus Fugit.

New Header for Spring 2016

Today my Tomais made a wonderful new blog header for the spring of 2016. Thank you my darling!

The header shows Tomais and myself in our boy avatars at Southern Charm. 

Blog Header - Winter 2015

My sweet husband the renowned SL-photographer Tomais Ashdene and I went to Calas Galadhon today to steal this years Christmas tree. Thank you again, Ty and Truck!

We ended up with getting both a beautiful tree and this smashing blog header for Winter 2015.

The GA SummerFest Starts Today

The Gay Archipelago’s Summerfest starts today and runs until September 6, 2015.

This year's theme is "Cirque Du So Gay" and is on it's own sim.

For complete information about the event,  and a full schedule of events look here!

Bock in SecondLife is naturally a sponsor of this event. You can find my booth at The SummerFest 2015 sim. 

Please also remember to check in at the blog's own event at the SummerFest on Saturday September 5, 2015, 12 PM (noon) - 2 PM SLT. Save the time and date, you will not be disappointed, there will be lots of wonderful bare male tits, chests, asses and other appendages! (More about this later...)

Sixth Blogoversary

Today we celebrate the sixth anniversary of Bock in SecondLife, which was first started on August 25, 2009.

Before moving on to the singing, cheering and toasting with champagne in crystal glasses lets summarize the blog's existence with a few numbers.

During the past six years the blog has accumulated

• 704,902 pageviews (since June 1, 2010), 
• 3,517 posts, 
• 6,969 comments and 
• 125 followers (of whom 7 prefer to remain hidden).

Now all please rise and join me in singing to the blog.

Happy blogoversary to you,
happy blogoversary to you,
happy blogoversary, Bock in SecondLife,
happy blogoversary to you!

May you have many more,
may you have many more,
may you have many moooooooooooorrreeeee,
happy blogoversary to you!


Three cheers to Bock in SecondLife, Hip, hip!

Hooray! Hooray! Hooraaaaaaaay!

700,000 Pageviews

Today Bock in SecondLife unexpectedly passed 700,000 pageviews since June 1, 2010. This is the 3,504th post.

The blog has been in existence since August 25, 2009, although I didn't start blogging regularly until January 12, 2010.

I would especially like to thank all my regular readers for following me through thick and thin, good times and bad. Thank you also to my incidental readers, please keep coming back.

Riding On Poultry at Southern Charm

My wonderful husband Tomais has a huge memory bank, contrary to me. I am certain that an objective assessment would show that he has something like 4 GB of memory at his disposal, while I have a mere 15 kB.

It is therefore not at all surprising that he called an old post to my attention the other day, which I had forgotten all about. The post was this one, Bock in SecondLife: The Laird's Challenge for Vehicle Builders.

Tomais reason for reminding me was that he had acquired some rideable poultry and he asked me if I thought they would fit the description. I was sorry to say, that as the poultry he showed me were more like enormous farm animals than mechanical vehicles I could not consider them worthy of the reward.

Nonetheless, Tomais, my brother JJ and I had some fun riding the cocks over to my brother Dej's place to try and give him a scare. As it turned out - and as the creator warns about in a note card - the rezzing of multiple cocks on the same sim creates a fierce lag, so textures didn't come in sufficiently fast for Dej to be scared.

The only one of us who could get things to rez enough to take decent pictures was JJ, so I must thank him for the mementos. 

Summer 2015 Blog Header

My wonderful Tomais made me this beautiful blog header for summer 2015! 

Technical Difficulties - Please Stand By

This blogger is experiencing a bout of Festival exhaustion, but we (i.e. I, me & myself) have decided to call it "technical difficulties".

Regular programming will be resumed shortly, please stand by.

Tomais & My Booths at The Festival

Tomais and I both have booths at the Second Pride festival this year.

Please feel free to come around and take a load of your feet to

• enjoy a free tropical drink, 
• eat a roasted pig, 
• look at - or even purchase - some of Tomais' photography, 
• read my blog, 
• acquire your own personal "Flat Bock", 
• get my fashion forward The Jesters Hat - Pride version. or simply
• rent a bike.

You will find our booths here: Tomais' & Bock's booths at Second Pride Festival (SLurl).