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...

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...

Sounds like the start to a minor Beatles song, doesn't it? No such luck. 5 am this morning, I wandered into the kitchen to grab a glass of water.

Water.

Oh water, how you fail me sometimes.

There was water all over the floor. All. Over. The. Floor.



At first I thought rain had poured in through the window, as it had been left open during a couple storms that passed through very late. Instantly I saw it was far more and farther...