Safe In My Hands - Eli Lieb

(via J.M.G.)

Eli Lieb sings his song in a commercial for an auto insurance company. I couldn't find the full song anywhere yet and this animated version is really cool. Enjoy!

Bock Among Savages

Gay activist and sex advice columnist Dan Savage should need no introduction for most of you, but those of you who need to read up on him can do so here, Wikipedia: Dan Savage.

I have admired Dan for a many years and many reasons. He and his husband Terry Miller co-founded the It Gets Better Project to remind LGBT youth that they are not alone and that it indeed does get better.  Dan also set up the website Spreading santorum in 2003 as a countermeasure against an American gay-hating politician who compared homosexual sex to bestiality and incest. What I most of all admire Dan for is his way of dealing with the bigots and gay haters of the Christian right in America. He is in their faces and comes down on them like a ton of bricks with his intelligent, humorous and no-nonsense responses against their attacks.

 Onward!

Yesterday I encountered this tweet in my Twitter-feed.

Anyone else want to shut @fakedansavage up, here is the Etsy source: https://t.co/nxVcPfiQ2J
— Bill Savage (@RogersParkMan) June 14, 2014

As I perceived it as an attack on Dan Savage, I jumped right in and shared my two bit thoughts. In hindsight I wish I had reacted to the fact that the tweet was from someone with the same last name as Dan and had taken a moment to check it out, but alas in my usual rash and impetuous manner I did not...

I would like to shut @RogersParkMan up, is there a pin for that? @fakedansavage keep up the good work!
— Bock McMillan (@BockMcMillan) June 14, 2014

A kind soul in the Twitter world took pity upon me and informed me that the two Savages are brothers and the correct situation.

@BockMcMillan FYI - Bill Savage ---> @RogersParkMan is ---> @fakedansavage's brother. He's showing the dumb button, not advocating for it.
— libsechumanist (@libsechumanist) June 14, 2014

Which lead to me realize I had jumped to the wrong conclusions. Bill Savage, however, graciously accepted my heartfelt apology.

@libsechumanist @RogersParkMan @fakedansavage Opps, sorry for the misunderstanding Bill
— Bock McMillan (@BockMcMillan) June 15, 2014

@BockMcMillan @libsechumanist @fakedansavage No worries! The Internet is all about misunderstandings.
— Bill Savage (@RogersParkMan) June 15, 2014

At this point my hero made an appearance in the feed...

@BockMcMillan @RogersParkMan @libsechumanist But there should be a "shut up!" pin for Billy too - would come on handy at family reunions.
— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) June 15, 2014

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All is well that ends well, but hopefully I have - yet again - learned the lesson that I should not charge into things like an elephant into a china shop and that I sometimes need more information to make a better assessment of a situation.

In closing, I would like to thank Bill Savage for accepting my apology and @libsechumanist for seeing my predicament and taking the time to correct it.

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"@ Black Basalt Beach" Photography by Charlie Namiboo

If you wish to see more of Charlie's photography, please visit her Flickr photostream here.

Pre-Festival Second Pride Meeting

There will be a public Second Pride board meeting on Tuesday June 17, 2014, at 7 PM SLT.

The meeting will be to review the schedule and answer any questions there might be regarding the soon commencing Second Pride Festival. (The festival starts on Saturday June 20.)

I Like Mike - Jay Spears

This video clip was "submitted without comment" to me by my brother (whose first life name happens to be Michael).

Dej my darling, I don't only like you, I love you! What's not to love about you?

The Fishing Hole

"A sim-owner's work is never done!" (Old jungle saying)

There is always something that needs updating, repairing, landscaping, gardening or a general overhaul. Yesterday my Tomais had the brilliant idea that we should convert one of the many ponds at Southern Charm into a fishing hole.

Although fishing has never been a great interest of mine, I like the idea and view it as yet another place on the sim where we can sit and talk with friends or just the two of us. As always when Tomais is involved it turned out beautifully.

We are not going to put out fish in the hole and it will not be one of those fishing contest places either. The fishing poles are just to make you relax and look good while you are talking.

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"Beach Thursday" by Safari Resident

If you wish to see more of Safari's photography, please visit her Flickr photostream here.