It's life Jim, but not as we know it

So I was on Facebook the other day, not something I do very often and I saw this advert in the right hand column...

What happens here, stays here!  Really?  That hasn't been my experience at all and I'm not sure that's a very honest premise to sell Second Life on.  It's like saying, come into SL, cheat on your partner, nobody will ever know.

Make virtual memories that won't come back to haunt you!  Oh, so SL is a place with no consequences, the people there have no feelings, I can act however I like and not have to worry about the aftermath.

To be honest, I was more than a little shocked and those of you that know me can attest (lol) to the fact I'm no Mary Whitehouse.  It seemed immoral to sell Second Life in this way.

I think the correct advert should have looked something like this...

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Last month Thom and I celebrated 3 years in world and together.  It's been quite a ride :)  Thank you to all of you who came along to our party and made it special for us, we appreciate your friendship every day.

Mossy did us proud, playing all of 'our' songs and some that he'd chosen himself. It was a lovely evening and we loved every minute of it. Thank you.

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AAi is proud to open it's airspace to brand new satellite venue, The Cavern.

AAi Manager Graz Firecaster got the building bug and decided, together with Claire Elgund to build a tribute to the original Liverpool Cavern in Second Life.

At the end of April, Graz and Claire hosted a Merseybeat night at the newly built Cavern as a launch evening and it went with a swing!

We all boogied for 3 hours to the great tunes played by Graz and Claire and I hoped there would be many more evenings this good in the new place.

I think they did a fabulous job - it's not a completely faithful reproduction, but it has all the main points of the original build and is an artistic tribute more than an attempt at accuracy.  It's a lovely place and you should go have a looksee :)  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Clockwork/199/42/1999

It's quite exciting to have a new venue under the AAi header and you can be sure that some of the regular sets will take place here.  Anyone interested in doing an appropriately themed set should contact the Grazcaster to discuss please.

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Finally... thought for the day "Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad".

Norm Papernic