The Lemur Picnic and Roller Derby of Dooooom!

The Rez Day Girl and her shoulder Ringtail.

Frequency Picnic's Rez Day party - Mexican Wrestling Roller Derby, Zombies, and Lemurs. OH MY!

The Luchadora Lemur of Skye

The Guns of Port Merrimac Take A Beating - or "The Most Fun the ol' Port Has Seen Yet"

Mars and Bacchus would have both felt at home in Port Merrimac last night as the Thursday Night Iron Melee hosted an event of a different sort. I shall let the Commodores (Dagger and O'Toole) give you the detail of the strategy and/or the After Action Reviews, but I shall greatly enjoy sharing my thoughts, photos, and some anecdotal evidence of a merry time had in scenario battling.

The general premise was that we would once again pit Red against Blue. Teams were chosen (self-identified) as the crowd gathered and learned what each would be doing. Red would defend the guns and port; Blue were to attack from Sea and Land.

"What's that?" you say.

Yes indeed - a landing party scenario. Or at least the first runs with the MMCS system used by our friends in New Brunswick.

We had an excellent crowd! By my count at the height of our participation we had 18 folks. Everyone was anxious to give the infantry battle a try along with the now normal use of the ironclads and guns on the dock.

We ran the scenario (variations on the theme) three times. Despite the casualties on both sides, at the end of each attack (Blue won all three!) we were friendly and ready for the next thing. No drama! Just so much fun that Bacchus would barely have been able to keep up with us. :) Why is that, I wondered briefly. But I think the reason is that the rules of the road are always clearly spelled out, and everyone knows the mission here is to have a good time, and to run generally authentic scenarios (i.e. one's gun does not work underwater in RL, therefore, we do not shoot guns underwater) for the time period. When the battle is over (or each round) then we are back to our "normal" SL selves.

Let me show you the evidence - and after you've read and viewed I'm sure you will want to join us next week. I'm in favor of running the same kind of scenarios next time since we are just scratching the surface of possibilities on this.

Blue Team prepares for the first round.
(l-r) Remington Pinion, Exrex Somme, Hotspur O'Toole,
that's me with my back to you (sorry), and Krystine Qinan

Oh - here I am. :)

For the first two rounds, I had the honor of gunning for Mr. Easterman of the Caledon Navy. We totally killed the mortar on the dock at least twice! Hee hee hee!

Red Team members: (l-r) Commodore Nabila Nadir, TotalLunar Eclipse, Tensai Hilra

We gather between battles.
(l-r) Alex Chadbourn, Eva, Nabila Nadir, Justinian Huszar

Oh the huge manatees! The Penzance and one of the cannon are aflame!

Lunar is down (round two)

MrBunwah, Dale, and Maxim

Group shots after round three.

And then things really got silly...

Climbing aboard Alex's "Happy Missile"
O-0

This was at least as fun as Cow Jumping at IBM.

Now don't you want to come play next week??
Thursday nights at 7pm SLT, Port Merrimac, Roatan.

BATTLE ON!

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Recalling the Fun from Last Week

Her Grace of Winterfell Eventide Started It

Victorian Ad Farm??

Well here is an advert that I found this morning on my front porch as I wandered out with my cup of Lapsang Soushong in hand to check on Bucephalus, Nellie, and the new platypus that has taken up residence in Loch Avie. I already have a fine corset maker, but one should always keep one's options open.





Do you have some print ads of which you are fond? Feel free (and by the way please do) to post them in comments here. I would love to share more of these with my readership.

Arabian Nights - Presented by Steelhead and Loch Avie

A grand time at the Grande Hotel and Ballroom in Steelhead last evening as Loch Avie co-hosted another event with the citizens of that fair city. Silks, strong coffee, delicacies from exotic locations, plush pillows, a hookah, and lots of fun and dancing.

As I searched for the best music for this particular themed piece, I stumbled upon the lyrics for an Arabic song made popular well in the future (1996), Habibi ya nour el-ain. In general the romance of the piece suits me although it can be quite repetitive. In this instance I was captivated by the line, "You live in my imagination." The stories we tell here in world must begin in the imaginations of all of us.

I hope you will enjoy.

Habibi ya nour el-ain
Ya sakin khayali
A’ashek bakali sneen wala ghayrak bibali

Habibi, Habibi, Habibi ya nour el-ain, aah
Habibi, Habibi, Habibi ya nour el-ain
Ya sakin khayali

Agmal a’ouyoun filkone ana shiftaha ...
Allah a’alake allah a’la sihraha
A’oyonak maa’aya ...
A’oyonak kifaya ...
Tinawar layali

Habibi, Habibi, Habibi ya nour el-ain, aah
Habibi, Habibi, Habibi ya nour el-ain
Ya sakin khayali

Kalbak nadani wkal bithibini
Allah a’alake allah
Tamentini
Maa’ak elbidaya ...
Wkoul elhikaya ...
Maa’ak lilnihaya


English Translation:
My darling, you are the glow in my eyes
You live in my imagination
I adored you for years, no one else in my mind
My darling , my darling, my darling
glow in my eyes, aah
My darling, my darling, my darling glow in my eyes
You live in my imagination
The most beautiful eyes I ever saw in this universe.
God be with you ... what magic eyes.
Your eyes are with me ...
That is enough ...
They light the nights.
My darling, my darling, my darling glow in my eyes
You live in my imagination
Your heart called me and told me you love me
God be with you
You reassured me.
You have the beginning ...
And all the story ...
I will be with you to the end.

Eva Bellambi, FRS, Talks to Natural Geography

(just because it's fun)

Kilts on the Karibbean

An Invitation from my friend, Radslns Hutchence:

Are you ready for a break from the Highland mists?
Winter storms got you down?

Well.. join us for a Scots Night Out at the Boiled Shrimp in Brauni. Come get a Brauni Brau and dance upstairs or down or over the water.

Lounge on the dock or sun on the beach and don't forget the Catch of The Day.

We'll start about 7:30 SL on Wednesday February 6th, but of course, The Boiled Shrimp is always open!

Look forward seeing you and all the Caledon Snowbirds!

Rads

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Brauni/147/225/21

I hope that several of you gents will put on your kilt (everything else optional), and that several of the ladies will don their tartan (bikinis? little dresses? ) and come down and enjoy the music and dancing and warmer climate for a while with me. (Not that I'm finished with snow yet....but a little fun in the Carribean is good for everyone.)

See you there!

Sometimes One Just Needs To Leave The Work

Even as the preparations for the Burns Supper are all coming together - and hard work still ahead - sometimes it's just good to heed the call of a friend who says, "You MUST come see this."

Such was the call I received from Lady Kate last night. She had been exploring in the mainland fairly near Sir Adso's latest property, and came across a beautiful and fun set of Protected Land Sims. She and I do share a winter-time passion: skiing. So that was all she had to say when I responded to her initial call. "There is skiing! Skiing across three sims!"



She was unfortunately not able to stay in world for too long once I arrived in the sim, but she did show me the slope and took a run or two downhill with me.

Near the bottom of the run

Well lit even for night-time skiing

I made the run a number of times. The whole of the experience is gorgeous and fun, unfortunately the lift does not actually work. Working "magic chairs" (as my typist's children call them) would have made the experience nearly perfect. The Lindens do provide free skis and poles (no scripting), and the ski animation which takes you all the way to the lake at the bottom of the run.


After skiing several times, I flew around for a little while finding not only beautiful vistas, but also a sledding run. Wheeeeee!

Double Black Diamond Sledding Hill????
w00t!

Just the break I needed.....



Now back to the planning and preparation for Burns Night with renewed vim and vigor. The cold air, and exertion of sport does wonders for the mental health of your Duchess.

Sláinte!!