Two days before, he stood up to speak for the immigrants at city hall.The day before... he worked and laughed. And said "It wasn't a lotl, so I bought it for you." It was a small gingerbread axolotl from Buildabear. That morning, I could hear the whistle he used when he had tachy events even … Continue reading The last moments of a life lived

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I spent about 5 days in the sepsis ward, with the nurses and technicians bouncing back and forth to keep me comfortable, fed, and medicated. My lactate was at almost 8. My blood counts were all over the place. There were opacities in both lungs on x-ray. They stabilized me, and, after those few days, … Continue reading Coping with Sepsis: My Emotional and Physical Battle

Or: Thanks for the Vacay So... a couple of weeks back, one of the broadcasters from the Gorean Whip had an issue. Paraphrasing his words, but essentially, he was at a set at a sponsor when he got an uninvited teleport request, which he took, to another part of the sim. The request turned into … Continue reading The Impact of Misinformation

Volunteers are the lifeblood of events Without volunteers putting in uncounted hours, whether in real life or in Second Life, special events can not happen. I stopped volunteering years ago for conventions and more when I moved out of the area a lot of conventions were easy to get to and didn't require a ferry … Continue reading The Challenge of Being a Good Volunteer

HOLY SHEET ON A SHEET SHINGLE! I am part of the Whip as a broadcaster again! How the HELL did I manage that? Oh, right... Cause Irish believes in me and what I've done for the last 3 years for Black. And Black has spent 3 years trying to help me heal from everything that … Continue reading ANXIETY? NAH!!!!

Or... How to break a dj... I don't know which member of the staff of Whip Radio wanted us to do this photo for their calendar, but when I finally got Black pinned down long enough to do it, this beauty was made. December came and went and a lot of fun was had. The … Continue reading TGIF

Irony, I ran this blog through the "ai assistant" that WordPress has. I'm not impressed. Nightmares The nightmares are back. I had gotten rid of them. I had started to forget and to heal. The nightmares that woke me up at night and stole what little peace I ever had. She - throwing open my … Continue reading New Year

A new playlist was worked on. Patch Linden announced that the SL20B exhibits would stay open for another week or so, which made people cheer. I spent most of the week engaged in acts of chaos, all while dealing with a bad tooth. I had had a root canal late June and it was failing. … Continue reading SL20B – Crew Party