Bock in SecondLife

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Premium Meetup with the Lindens

I got an email from my good friends at Linden Lab today. It contained an invitation to a meetup! This event is only for premium account holders.

"Join the party! You're invited to a Tiki Beach Bash, just for Premium members! Join us inworld from 10:30-11:30 a.m. (SLT) on Thursday, June 11. You'll get early access to a free SL12B surprise avatar, too! Be sure to claim it before 11:59 p.m. on the 12th or you'll have to wait until it’s available for everyone."

Take this link to get to the location. First hit "View on map" and then "Visit this location".

There has been some speculation on the new avatar, judging by the picture in the email the speculations were correct. The new avatar is indeed a dinosaur.

I hope to see y'all there!

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Picture of the Day - 363

"To wonder is to begin to understand." by Skippy Beresford

If you wish to see more of young master Skippy's photography, please visit his Flickr photostream here.

To Mr. Kahvy Smith: "You Are Already Old!"

Yesterday I had two discussions with my friend Kahvy.

The first one occurred when I logged into SecondLife and received a gesture from him. It seems we both suffer from being married to men with the same hoarding addiction, boats.

I tried it out on my sweet hubby immediately and this is the reaction I received:
[13:48] Bock McMillan shouts: "** You don't NEED another Boat!!!**"
[13:48] Tomais Ashdene shouts: "Dream on, Monkey Boy!"

I was not at all surprised by that response, and to be quite honest, I don't really mind Tomais buying every damn boat that is put up for sale in SecondLife. Kahvy confessed feeling the same way about Garrett's hoarding. We decided that both our husbands are wonderful men and this little flaw of theirs is not much to make a fuss about.

Later, about ten minutes before midnight CET, Kahvy and my local time, Kahvy got back to me and complained that he "in ten minutes would only have a year left as a young man" because today is his 34th birthday. It seems that he lives in the erroneous belief that the official age of becoming "old" is 35.

I feel the need to correct him and perhaps also sooth him, so my birthday present is this statement.

"Kahvy, my dear friend,

Age is but a number, but always remember that ageing is mandatory but growing old is optional. You need not worry about being 35 in less than a year, because you actually have six more years until you are "old" as the official age of becoming old in the straight culture is 40.

However, on the other hand in the gay culture, you have already been old since you turned 30 as that is the official age for turning old among us gays. Enjoy the rest of your life as an old queer and get the f-u-c-k over it!

Many happy birthday wishes, my dear old friend!"

SaveMe Oh Release Party Today @ Josef K's

The famous - or perhaps infamous - SecondLife performance artist Ms. SaveMe Oh today celebrates the release of her eBook in three languages!

We are all invited! Apmel promises no bans today, but let's wait and see how that goes...

Read more about this event, which starts at 1 PM today, in my friend Apmel Goosson's blog post My Avatar's Name Is Apmel: SaveMe Oh Release Party Today @ Josef K's.

In his post Apmel supplies you with a SLurl to the party and links to iTunes store where you can purchase the Spanish, Swedish and English editions - or why not all three? - of the eBook.

Reminder: Last Hours of Reader Survey 2015

There are now only 15 hours remaining to get your responses in on Bock in SecondLife's reader survey of the year.

Read this blog post Who Are You? - Reader Survey 2015 and then answer the polls in the right column.

I am very much obliged for your effort and cooperation.

Those of you who have already answered have the option to change or complete your responses until the poll closes today at 12 AM (midnight) SLT.