Last week Eclectic (Wingtips) announced here on SLU that she and FABGlitter's co-owner Rondo (Catteneo) we're selling, and when I learned of it I think I had a heart palpitation. But before I get into all that, let me step back a bit and talk about beginnings. Free Xue's, to be exact.

I started my Second Life, um, life, back in May of 2008. A friend and I were talking about online activities we liked, and she brought up this Second Life "game". What I heard her describe...

Just came across this: http://betterbooktitles.com/

Lots of great ones in the archive, but these may be my faves:





That last one is The Bible retitled.

What if Neo had taken BOTH PILLS.

For those following my ongoing struggles with notebook PCs, here's the newest chapter. Enjoy.

When we last left our heroine, she was celebrating her recent fortunes, little aware that Atrox Fortuna is always hanging out nearby, waiting for an opening to kick her in the teeth.

Yes, my new Sammy - MY FUCKING NEW BARELY A MONTH IN MY HANDS SAMMY - bit the dust last night. And as one might expect, or rather as I would expect, it did so in a way...

Since I did some kvetching over the implosion of my previous computer on this here blog, I figured I'd post a follow up to salute my new notebook PC. Well, my no more than 2 weeks old new notebook PC.



That's it! The Samsung QX411-W01. A stupid name for a very pretty notebook, so I call it my Sammy Q. The design gives off a bit of a MacBook vibe to me - nothing wrong with that. And it really...