Two Exciting Days (Updated)

"This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two key marriage cases: On Tuesday, the Court will hear oral arguments in Hollingworth v. Perry, the challenge to California's Proposition 8, and on Wednesday, the Court will hear oral arguments in Windsor v. United States, the challenge to the so-called Defense of Marriage Act."

For a live blog from the courtroom, and later a recording and a transcript of the proceedings, please visit Freedom to Marry, Live Blog

The Supreme Court is expected to announce its rulings in June 2013

You can listen to the oral arguments on Proposition 8 here.

Knocked Out by the 4th Flu

Sweden has had four different flu-strains this winter which have been wrecking havoc among the population. I have already gone through three of them and was hoping that i would be lucky enough to avoid the fourth one.

Not so, while I was setting my auto-response message on my email at work on Friday - as I am taking a vacation until the Easter holidays - I felt my throat going all sore, the fever mounting in my delicious body and aches starting absolutely everywhere in my body, from head to feet and effecting every organ in between.

I managed to drop in at Benja's and Ryce's wedding yesterday and stay for a short while during the reception afterwards but then I was completely exhausted and had to crash into bed. '

I am blaming the weakness of my immune system on Philip Linden for the shocking news that he has deserted me into the hands of people I do not know or trust, with the possible exception of Mitch Kapor..

There will be no posts for a while until I feel much better! Take care all my darlings  and hope to see you soon!

W T H Blogger?

I have "Showcase images with Lightbox" activated on my blog.

This option is according to the description supposed to do the following "When clicked, your images will open in an overlay on top of your blog. If your post has multiple images, they will appear as thumbnails along the bottom."

Well, today that's not happening and I don't like it one bit.

Blogger, please stop screwing around with my settings!

Gay Male Avatar to Gay Male Avatar

Hunky Sexy Avatar: "What does NSA stand for, do you know?"

Beefcake Sturdy Avatar: "It usually means 'No strings attached'" 

Hunky Sexy Avatar: "Ahhhh, thanks" 

Beefcake Sturdy Avatar: "No problem" 

Hunky Sexy Avatar "Men are pigs, by the way" 

Beefcake Sturdy Avatar: "Yeah, basically" 

Hunky Sexy Avatar: "You were always one of the good ones" 

(Tipped by reader of Bock in SecondLife Hunky Sexy Avatar, who thought I might appreciate it)

Dear Hunky Sexy Avatar,

Thank you so much, you really know me well. I loved it!

Hugs, Bock

P.S: And here I was believing that NSA referred to "National Security Agency". That only goes to show how innocent and unspoiled I really am. 

What Has Happened To My Philip?

I came across this yesterday, but could not believe my eyes - so I thought I had better sleep on it and come back for another look today.

This snippet is from http://lindenlab.com/about on Linden Lab's webpage.

My wonderful Philip Rosedale, the founder of Linden Lab and my and your creator, (in-world a.k.a. Philip Linden) is nowhere to be found in the listings of the management or the board of Linden Lab.

Philip was the only person in the management or on the board that I felt some personal trust for when it comes to keep the original vision alive.

Did my beloved Philip leave? If so when and for what reason? Why has no one bothered to inform me? What will his removal from the board mean for the residents of SecondLife? And what is my Philip doing now?

Or is this old news to most of you, that I have missed foe some reason or other?

PRISM Magazine, Spring Issue 2013

"Check out the Spring 2013 issue of PRISM Magazine.

It has a new design and feel with content about first life and SecondLife news from around the world.

Click here to Read PRISM Magazine

Our next issue will be the "Pride" issue, 2013 celebrating the Second Pride Festival.

Don't miss out on opportunities to advertise for this great annual event. We're also looking for great articles and opinion pieces from you. For more information, check out the links under PRISM Magazine at www.second-pride.com"

(From a press release by Second Pride)

Why?

"Why"

How many times do I have to try to tell you
That I'm sorry for the things I've done
But when I start to try to tell you
That's when you have to tell me
Hey... this kind of trouble's only just begun
I tell myself too many times
Why don't you ever learn to keep your big mouth shut
That's why it hurts so bad to hear the words
That keep on falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth
Tell me...
Why
Why

I may be mad
I may be blind
I may be viciously unkind
But I can still read what you're thinking
And I've heard is said too many times
That you'd be better off
Besides...
Why can't you see this boat is sinking
(this boat is sinking this boat is sinking)
Let's go down to the water's edge
And we can cast away those doubts
Some things are better left unsaid
But they still turn me inside out
Turning inside out turning inside out
Tell me...
Why
Tell me...
Why

This is the book I never read
These are the words I never said
This is the path I'll never tread
These are the dreams I'll dream instead
This is the joy that's seldom spread
These are the tears...
The tears we shed
This is the fear
This is the dread
These are the contents of my head
And these are the years that we have spent
And this is what they represent
And this is how I feel
Do you know how I feel?
'cause i don't think you know how I feel
I don't think you know what I feel
I don't think you know what I feel
You don't know what I fee

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I am feeling tired and low today, so I went to bed after work and slept until 10 PM local time. I'm still tired, but have to make preparations for the flushing of the sewer pipes that the landlord has ordered for my building tomorrow. There is also a visit in the morning to my Hungarian doctor to take some tests before my visit with him next week. And then I am going to Stockholm on Thursday over the day, it still looks like it will be a very windy flight that I am not particularly looking forward to.

When I just opened my e-mail there was an offline message to me from in-world, with the lyrics of this song. I am confused and tired and don't really know how to interpret it. I may have unintentionally hurt someone. Life sucks. All I can say is that I usually don't have any intention of hurting anyone's feelings, especially not the people I love and have declared my love to repeatedly.