It's about time Pee-Wee Herman?more accurately, his hizzouse?showed up in SL. Made by none other than the fun-lovin' Aretis Pollack of Pirate Kitties! There are all my friends… Conky… Chairy (Chairee?)… the map-thing, whatever he's called… all I gotta do is open the fridge and hope to see the talking food, or wait for Cowboy Curtis to come along maybe. That's one thing I think SL is missing in spades?more freeform houses. Rather disappointing there's such an imbalance involving so many houses that realistically reflect offline architecture, and not more of these colorful onslaughts. I want to see more of many types of abodes!

AngryBeth Shortbread has quite an imagination. She's working on an inworld puzzle game inspired by Myst. I came to visit her and get a ride on her steampunky whale. Check out the wings on that. If that's not fantasy, I don't know what is! AngryBeth also has a blog.

Part of the reason why I cite so many references from my past is, well, it's useful. Points connected throughout the timeline that've become relevant in the present because of just that! Sometimes I self-consciously wonder if I wonder too much. But then it dissolves. A lot of things I couldn't quite grasp, or even imagine when I was young, suddenly seem a lot closer. SL is more like SC?Second Childhood?in that light.

How about another fave of mine, sunrises and sunsets, which I should start an album about too. (I don't come up with these themes; they unfold and I recognize them in retrospect.) A friend told me a quote that inspired me when taking this picture. I just wanted to stand off to the side, and let the naturally digital beauty of the solar sphere be framed flawlessly. There's a great Orbital track titled "One Perfect Sunrise", like the first three minutes are the best (after that it doesn't evolve as much as I'd like)?if there was a sequel to that, "One Perfect Sunset", it'd be the soundtrack to this photo.