The machinima at Oolon Sputnik’s 500 Year Diary: Secret Policemens Ball is a fine result of Saturday night’s events. It shows considerable creativity, as do the swirling intrigues and drama being carried forward on various Caledon blogs. In addition, Mr Zealot Benmergui very graciously stepped out of character on the Caledon Forums to help out the clueless such as myself, and Guvnah Shang himself posted to the Forums to reassure residents.
From the monthly archives:
April 2007
Project Open Letter
While I have not personally experienced each bulleted item in Project Open Letter, I’ve had some of those bugs as well as being tired of other, “ambient suffering” glitches that seem to be perpetually with us. I fully support the open letter’s plea that Linden Lab give priority to stabilization and scaling over new features. I’m especially glad that the authors added this:
We remain fully supportive of Second Life and are more than willing to continue doing our part to help, . . .
I enjoy SL so much, most of the time I’m just delighted to be able to be at play there and overlook the ongoing problems. But it would be so much nicer to have teleports and sim crossings always work, and attachments to stay put, and friends, groups, and search working consistently! So I’ve signed the letter.
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Quakerism classes
Because the Quaker group in Second Life includes both experienced Friends and those discovering Quakerism for the first time, I’ll be offering a series of four classes on Quakerism. Come for one or all!
Four Tuesdays: May 8, 15, 22, and 29, 6:30-8:00 PM SLT/PDT (9:30-11:00 EDT)*.
Classes will be held at First Friends Church of Second Life (Quaker/156/22).
SYLLABUS
A class of four sessions begins with the assumption that most things are left out! Here are the topics I plan to present:
May 8: Quaker History
The Religious Society of Friends from the 17th century in England to today all over the world.
May 15: Biblical Origins of Quakerism
We will be using the Friendly Bible Study method on John 1:1-9. If you have a preferred translation of the Bible, please come prepared to share the text in your version.
May 22: Meeting for Business
How do Quaker meetings and churches make decisions? What are the roles that are involved?
May 29: Quaker Spirituality
What are the distinctive elements of Quaker spirituality? What practices do Quakers use to deepen our spiritual lives?
The classes will include a combination of presentation, exercises, and discussion; the balance will vary considerably from week to week.
* I’m sorry that I’m not able to commit to a series of weekend times that would include people far from my own geographic location.
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Caledon-Neualtenburg Reconciliation Ball
Last night’s Reconciliation Ball, with its distressing conflict between Hotspur Otoole and Edward Pearse and the unpleasant abduction of the Kaiserin of Port Neualtenburg, induced my typist into a long reflection on role-playing.
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Victorian housewifery
Mrs Beeton’s THE BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT in the aetheric medium:
it contains all that was needed for a newly-married woman to face keeping house with confidence
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