We zombies are a fortunate lot. Food is rarely an issue for us as we can subsist entirely on the brains of any hapless soul who unwittingly crosses our path. For many less-dead humans, though, hunger is a real issue. October 9th through 13th, Hot For Zombies, in conjunction with World Zombie Day™, will present [...]
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It’s A Gray Day
Sanura Snowpaw has experienced first hand the heartbreak Brain Cancer can cause. She and her RL family lost a loved one to this devastating disease. For one day, join Sanura in an effort to raise Brain Cancer awareness, and perhaps a few funds, by dressing in Gray today. Several retailers have joined in the cause [...]
You’re So Vain…
I’ll bet you think this song blog is about you. Don’t you? Don’t you? I posted today on my “other” blog home, Atomic Valley, about the price of vanity. A pretty performance penny paid, not by the wearers of Anti-Inspection Shields, but by everyone in their vicinity. Here’s one of the snapshots we used to [...]
I See The Moon & The Moon Sees Me
I’ve recently become reacquainted with Moonshine. No, I haven’t taken to distilling my own liquor, but I have rediscovered my fondness for Shelly Toonie’s designs. I have an alt (shhh…don’t tell) whose inventory consists predominantly of Moonshine clothing, yet I have only a few pieces on my main account. So, I was delighted when Shelly, [...]
Mass Exodi
Ryker Beck is Second Life’s version of the Big Bang Theory. Creativity and drive seem to collide within her and explode across the grid. It should come as no surprise, then, that as she reopens under her new brand, Exodi, she does so in a big way. Today, Exodi introduces not one, but TWO, new [...]
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
I think I’ve finally climbed my way out from under the avalanche of Blogger Appreciation Week gifts, and all I can say is “Thank You!” A thousand “thank you”s to the fashion designers in Second Life who put their creativity and talent out there for all of us to enjoy; who work tirelessly to make [...]
Today, I Remember My Friend
Rheta Shan has been my friend and trusted confidante for the better part of a year. Today, after more than a month with no word from her, we learned of her tragic passing. On 3 April 2009, just days from giving birth to her first child. She was struck down while crossing the street. Her [...]
It Lives! Designer Showcase Network
Recently, the metaverse has been abuzz with the heated debate surrounding the value and effectiveness of freebies, group gifts and hunts. The hunt after hunt after hunt. The are everywhere, a new one every week it seems. I don’t know about you, but my inventory is still clogged with unopened gifts the grid wide Easter [...]
It All Started With A Simple Dare
That’s right, one tiny little challenge has snowballed into THIS. And what exactly is THIS? Come closer and I’ll let you in on all the fun… While I sit, innocently minding my own business after a fun-filled day at the RFL Art Auction – over L$300K raised, by the way! – my dear friend Jori [...]
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Pink Shirt Day 2010
by Gabby Panacek on 14. Apr, 2010 in commentary, events, fashion
bul·ly –noun a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people. We all know someone who is guilty of bullying and someone who has been bullied. April 14, 2010 is Pink Shirt Day, an awareness initiative that asks us to examine our behaviors and to make a change, both in [...]