Oliver Elton's Valentine Show

I have encountered the talents of Oliver Elton three times in a very short period of time.

The first occasion was at Miss Wigstock 2013, where Oliver was the stage designer and one of the entertainers. The second time was at Messrs. Garth and Mitch Raleigh-Underwoods´s wedding where Oliver was the entertainer at the reception party and the master of fireworks. Today Oliver was an entertainer, a set designer and the master of fireworks.

The main set was magnificent and reminded me of the scenographies in the musicals from the late 50' s and early 60's. The talented Oliver loves "larger than life" productions and has charisma enough to carry it off.

Although he is quite a small person, he has a large presence even in his huge sets. He is like a glamorous Edith Piaf, if you can imagine such a strange creature. Today he offered his captivated audience a string of love songs - of course - mostly alone but in two songs with the support of Juve, the winner of Miss Wigstock 2013. It was a highly memorable exhibition of excellent showmanship and the audience was thrilled throughout the show.

The European Trade in Horsemeat

(via guardian.co.uk)

More than 60,000 tonnes of horsemeat was traded by European countries in 2012. This data, from the Eurostat internal trade database shows exports of Equidae over the year - that is, 'horse-like' animals, such as horses, donkeys, mules and asses. Roll over the buttons on the left for details of where each country received its equidae from.

To interactive map of the Weuropean horsemeat trade 2012.

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While considering how I have been lied to by the manufacturers and traders of meat over the last 20+ years I am on the verge of becoming a vegetarian.

The Importance of Forwarding Your Mail

This is a commercial currently running on Swedish television on the importance of ordering forwarding of your mail when you change your address.

The captions at the end say, "Today Kjell lives with Britt-Marie", "Don't miss important mail" and "Order mail forwarding when you move"

Kjell asks: "A croissant?":
Britt-Marie answers: "No, I'm fine!"

Cute isn't it?

On Anonymous Commenting

The Egg-Despiser (Hamburg 1931), photographer  Herbert List

Today I have changed the options on Bock in SecondLife concerning commenting.

Anonymous comments will no longer be allowed. The reason for this decision is that lately I have been overwhelmed with spam-comments and that 99.8 % of those who comment anonymously are spammers.

To those of you who have earlier made legitimate comments anonymously I kindly suggest you get a Google Account or some other Open-ID account, as all comments from Registered Users will be allowed. You can choose any name you wish for yourself through these services.

OBR 2013

The day of the One Billion Rising had arrived, I threw myself on the computer when I got home to take part in the fun and the manifestation against men's violence against women. I could not stay very long because I had only slept about three-and-a-half hours the past night so I was very tired.

Despite that I, and despite I most likely was there after most of the Euro´s had logged off and before the Americans logged in there were quite a lot of people assembled. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and met a few nice people, some that I knew already and others that were charming anyway. 

SaveMe Oh, the well-known performance artist had been pre-banned from the event by some meddling fool, but she turned up at the event all the same in the form of her alt Ms. SaveMe Ohare. Even though she behaved like a perfect lady as far as I could judge, the meddling twats kicked her off the sim and banned her anyhow. I despise unforgiving, vindictive and petulant a-*-*-h-o-l-e-s.

Ziggy, my buddy the furry red-striped tiger joined me for awhile, before he had to go off to have dinner. It was nice meeting him again, I haven´t seen or talked much with him since his and my stepson Guykechen's break-up.

I stayed and danced until the sun had set, then I felt the tiredness overwhelming me, so I logged off to write up this post and then crawl to bed for an early night.

Don't Forget!

This is probably the most important event of the year in SecondLife. Lets stand together against men´s violence against women.

ABOUT ONE BILLION RISING
One in three women on the planet will be raped or beaten in her lifetime.

One billion women violated is an atrocity
One billion women dancing is a revolution

ONE BILLION RISING IS:
A global strike
An invitation to dance
A call to men and women to refuse to participate in the status quo until rape and rape culture ends
An act of solidarity, demonstrating to women the commonality of their struggles and their power in numbers
A refusal to accept violence against women and girls as a given
A new time and a new way of being
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Join the manifestation!

Hanging at Whim

Tonight I went to Whim, the trance club owned and operated by my buddy Butch Diavolo. DJ Heloq Tomsen was spinning interesting psych trance music.

The atmosphere at the club was friendly and relaxed and that was what I needed today. I have to get up early tomorrow morning to take a flight at 07.30. And as those who know me already know, I absolutely detest early mornings and especially early morning flights.