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Male-female duets remind me of ephemeral beauty

Posted on May 8, 2016 By Sylvie Dale

On waking this morning, I found that a song was living in my head. The song is “Dust to Dust” by The Civil Wars, a duo that is no longer together. Listen on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/5P6ZBMWS66FVo6deJaDdHy. I discovered this amazing group too late, it seems. The haunting acoustic melody has a…

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Big and tall clothing store needs an in-store makeover

Posted on March 5, 2016 By Sylvie Dale

I visited a men’s clothing store with my husband today. He was there to buy a suit for a job interview (he had lost weight and the old one was too big). My husband is a big AND tall guy – a real teddy bear type. He’s hard to buy clothes…

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How my delivery of groceries saved me some energy – and the value of that

Posted on April 24, 2014 By Sylvie Dale

I was schedule challenged this week and experimented with grocery delivery service to save time and energy normally spent grocery shopping and loading/unloading food. I find this to be an exhausting and thankless task and frankly, I hate it. So I spent half an hour on a grocery shopping site and had the groceries delivered. While it successfully saved me a lot of time, it also resulted in 25% of my items being substituted because they weren’t in stock.

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Injuries from running of bulls affirm my belief in human foolishness

Posted on July 13, 2013July 13, 2013 By Sylvie Dale

Virtual fishing rod = about $1 US dollar
Getting into the Hall of Fame = about $75 US dollars
Beating the top fisherperson in Second Life = way too expensive and time consuming. But it would be fun to try.

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Mimsy thoughts while editing my email address book

Posted on July 4, 2013 By Sylvie Dale

Perhaps it is this imminent marriage of my 8-years-younger brother Alfredo which has me thinking in a mimsy way while editing my address book.

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Thoughts on hope

Posted on March 31, 2013 By Sylvie Dale

It’s Easter Sunday, a time we Christians look to for hope and joy as we reflect on Jesus’ journey and what it means for us. But I was not raised a Christian, although I began attending church when I was 13. So for me, the Easter holiday was always a…

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Tunisian ‘morality cops’ make asses of themselves over topless feminist

Posted on March 24, 2013October 3, 2014 By Sylvie Dale

Tunisian ‘morality cops’ have made asses of themselves after becoming enraged by the photographed antics of a topless feminist who writes provocative messages on her chest. Almi Adel has publicly advocated stoning her to death because her behavior might give other women ‘ideas’.

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Metanomics: Learn how your avatar participates in a virtual world culture

Posted on March 2, 2009 By Sylvie Dale

The Metanomics group on March 2 discussed virtual world culture and how having an avatar can impact social interactions in places like Second Life. How seriously should we take it?

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Participate in an online discussion

Posted on February 20, 2009 By Sylvie Dale

One of the things I enjoy doing in Second Life is participating in, and helping with, online discussion groups. I volunteer with a group called Play as Being, which holds daily meetings in Second Life for the purpose of discussing the results of their experimentation with meditation techniques.

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Attend real-life meetings about Second Life

Posted on February 20, 2009 By Sylvie Dale

Following are some notes from various sessions in the Second Life Community Convention, which is in Tampa, Fla., from Sept. 5-7.

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