R.I.P. Circe

Today the friends of Circe Broom in SecondLife were reached by the sad news that she had passed away yesterday. After an extremely long and difficult struggle she has now finally found peace.

I will always remember and be grateful to Circe for being a warm, loving, supportive and loyal friend with a wonderful sense of humor.

Circe was also for many years a very prominent person on the live music scene in SecondLife.

Rest in peace, dear friend!

Life, Love and Moustaches

I met up with my son Guyke for a lazy Friday evening talk. No serious subjects were brought up, just the mundane ones like the meaning of life, the intricacies of love and the art of moustache maintenance and such things.

It´s good talking with Guyke because under that sweet, witty and charming facade there is a sweet, witty, charming and intelligent soul. And of course the best part is that he knows that I am always right, concerning just about anything.

NOH8 Avatars 18

Diana Gilderoy

For more information about the The NOH8 Campaign and how to join it in SecondLife please read my previous post The NOH8 Campaign in SecondLife. There you will also find instructions on where to find the necessary duct tape and cheek painting free of charge.
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If you would like to be a part of the NOH8 Campaign on this blog please send me your picture (fullperm), I will be happy to post it. Name the picture NOH8 and your avatar name and drop it on my profile or send it to my email lundamats@gmail.com.

The Dead Hamster

As some of you may remember I have been growing a mustache during the month of Movember. Well, above you see a picture of the dead hamster I have on my upper lip at the moment.

Although some kind people tell me that the mustache suits me I am so looking forward to tomorrow, when I can shave it off with good conscience. I have changed the blade in my razor and gotten a new shaving cream in preparation for the wonderful event.

UN Recognises Palestinian State

The UN resolution A/67/L28 granting Palestine non-member observer state status has been passed in the United Nations general assembly with the votes 138-9, with 41 abstentions.

The distinguished representative of Southern Charm to the UN, prince Wild Zepp, in a brief comment said. "Southern Charm welcomes the outcome of the vote. We, like the UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon, believe that Palestinians have the right to its own state, just as Israel has the right to exist and to peace and security."

Assangeistas, Eat Your Hearts Out

The World Justice Project (WJP) has recently issued its annual report for 2012, the WJP Rule of Law Index® 2012.

The WJP Rule of Law Index is an innovative quantitative assessment tool designed by the World Justice Project offering a detailed and comprehensive picture of the extent to which countries adhere to the rule of law in practice. It provides original data regarding a variety of dimensions of the rule of law, enabling the assessment of a nation’s adherence to the rule of law in practice, identify a nation’s strengths and weaknesses in comparison to similarly situated countries, and track changes over time.

The results show that Sweden, contrary to the claims made by suspected rapist Julian Assange and his cohorts and supporters (the Assangeistas), actually is a country that ranks among the highest in the world (often among the Top 3 and always among the Top 10) in all factors and subfactors that are indexed in the report. You can download the full report for 2012 here and there is a cool interactive map here.

Criminal Justice

Sweden´s  overall scores & rankings

The NOH8 Project

I have now published pictures from all the avatars who have been kind enough to supply me with their NOH8-pictures so far. More pictures are welcome for the good cause, but I am not going to twist anyone's arm for them.

For more information about the The NOH8 Campaign and how to join it in SecondLife please read my previous post The NOH8 Campaign in SecondLife. There you will also find instructions on where to find the necessary duct tape and cheek painting free of charge.
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If you would like to be a part of the NOH8 Campaign on this blog please send me your picture (fullperm), I will be happy to post it. Name the picture NOH8 and your avatar name and drop it on my profile or send it to my email lundamats@gmail.com.