The Laird´s Envoy Returns

Millimina, czarina of Solace Island and other distant territories
Photography by Kent Hutchinson/KH Photography

The McMillan Household sent an envoy to the Court of St James's to congratulate Queen Elizabeth II, constitutional monarch of the sixteen Commonwealth realms, head of the fifty-four members of the Commonwealth of Nations and head of state of the Crown Dependencies, at the celebration of her Diamond Jubilee.

The envoy was the younger sister of the Much Honored Bock McMillan, laird of Southern Charm and prince of Cascade Falls, the enchanting Millimina Salamander, czarina of Solace Island and other distant territories of the McMillan Household.

However the princess returned prematurely from London today with a case of "political flu". It is rumored that the dispute  between the McMillan Household and the Court of St James´s concerns the suggested seating arrangements at the festivities.

The laird would not comment on the diplomatic kerfuffle other than saying "We are very happy that our little sister is safely home again. Welcome back, Millimina!"

For Your Viewing Pleasure

Anton´s own comment about this picture was "It´s just an ass. What´s the problem?"
My response would be "I see no problem at all, Anton, it´s a very cute ass indeed!"

While browsing for a picture to my previous post I came across these two pictures of the charming, the gorgeous and the hot-hot-hot, albeit too young for me, Anton Hysén. Enjoy!

The pictures are from a photo shoot for the Swedish gay magazine Qx.se.

If you wish to check out Anton´s own blog you can find it in my blogroll.

...And The Winner Is... Anton!!!

Anton´s final pose in his last dance (Photography: Maya Suslin/Scanpix)

The Swedish version of "Dancing With The Stars" (which for some obscure reason has been renamed "Let´s Dance" here) was decided yesterday.

The final two couples were Anton Hysén (the first openly gay pro-soccer player), with his partner Sigrid Bernson, and Molly Nutley (actress and daughter of actress Helena Bergström and film director Colin Nutley), with her partner Calle Sterner.

If you wish you can see the whole final at TV 4 Play (url), only available for six days. Anton´s last dance was a show stopper with the song "It´s Raining Men" (see photo).

The judges votes ended 89-89, with two judges having Molly as the winner and one having Anton as the winner. The final decision was left to the viewers vote, who awarded the victory to Anton.

Way to go Anton!

Blog Stats for May 2012

The total number of pageviews for Bock in SecondLife in May 2012 was 16,631. The all time high for the blog was set last month, April 2012, with 18,261 pageviews. March 2012 held the previous record of 16,569 pageviews.

Sweden still leads as my all time largest reader country with 69,148 pageviews, followed by the United States with 63,827 pageviews and the United Kingdom with 8,859 pageviews.

The three largest language groups among my readers in April 2012 were English (70.8 %), Swedish (12.4 %) and German (4.5 %)

A Sacrifice For Love

(via J.M.G)

Only a smoker can understand how much this means...

Mr. Gay 2012

"The Gay Archipelago is celebrating 5 years of friendship, LGBT Pride and community sharing.  Today the GA is pleased to announce the scheduling of SummerFest, 2012!  We’re busy putting together a full calendar with a number of super events beginning July 12th and concluding July 15th .  There’ll be hot summer parties, sizzling concerts, performances, contests, a vendor market – ALSO  we have scheduled the MR. Gay, 2012 contest.

This year for the Mr. Gay, 2012 contest, we are inviting all GA sims, clubs and organizations as well as all our friends on Gay and Gay-friendly sims, clubs and organizations to choose their candidate by voting (or contest) – and advance this representative to the GA Events Team contact, HunterTx before July 8th – and get set to cheer for your favorite at the Mr. Gay, 2012 finals event to be held Saturday, July 14th !  (can you say ‘sexy sash’ everyone?)

What’s that you say?  Prizes?  OF COURSE!  The judges on the Mr. Gay, 2012 panel will award the person with the highest scores the title AND a cash purse of L$15,000.  There’ll be prize packages from various sponsors for the sexy contestants as well.  Please contact HunterTx (HunterTx resident) with questions or to supply the name of your man!  Hurry, space is limited!

So, to friends in the GA and in Gay estates & clubs grid-wide:  It’s time to put on your thinking cap, plan your events and prepare to have a blast as the Gay Archipelago whoops it up in the heat of its 5th summer at SummerFest, 2012! – stay tuned for more details and check the GA weblog www.GA-weblog.com for updates."

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I got this note card from Garth Raleigh of The Gay Archipelago yesterday. Given my profound interest in the beauty of male avatars I feel compelled to post it. 


May the best - and most beautiful - man win!

Assange Loses Extradition Appeal But...

Photograph: Geoff Caddick/AFP/Getty Images

guardian.co.uk today reports:

"Julian Assange has lost his appeal against extradition to Sweden at the supreme court.
By a majority of five to two, the justices decided that a public prosecutor was "judicial authority" and that therefore his arrest warrant had been lawfully issued.

But lawyers for the WikiLeaks founder submitted an urgent request to the supreme court asking for permission to challenge one of the points made in the judgment.

Assange, who is facing charges of sexual assault and rape, was not in court. There was no legal requirement for him to be present. According to his solicitor, Gareth Peirce, he was stuck in traffic

The court granted Assange's lawyers 14 days to present their arguments that crucial issues related to Article 31 of the Vienna convention, on which the majority of the justices based their decision, were not raised during the hearing.

Assange's lawyers can also, at the same time, begin the process of appealing against the judgment to the European court of human rights in Strasbourg."

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So we have another delay, even if this last emergency application hinges on a crucial legal point in all democracies. No one should be judged on grounds that the involved parties haven´t been able to discuss in the case. If it is true, it would be a bit tragicomic that such a fundamental mistake is made in a high-profile case by the finest judges, but shit does happen...