How can I affect change in the world without being a pain in the ass to those around me? - Give without expectations. - Work with a purpose. - Be the change you want to see in the world and in turn that will create the change in the world that you want to see. - Living your faiths well is far more important than evangelizing your faith in others. Those are all mantras that I have tried to live my life by. I have felt that they would affect the most amount of positive change in the world with t… Continue

In responding to MD posting on healthcare, or as he tittles it “sickness care”, I would have to say that I think he is about 80% correct. MD writes: “First of all, let’s clarify terms. “Health care” is misleading — what we in practice are talking about is “sickness care”, because one doesn’t need care if one is healthy, only when one is sick. “Health” is an abstract term (and, even, a state of mind), whereas “sickness” in terms of medical car… Continue

(Crossposted from www.c4chaos.com)

'After catching the first Matrix film with some RealNetworks colleagues, Rosedale left the theater glum, announcing to them, "But that's what I was gonna make!"' - Philip Rosedale via The Making of Second Life…

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Evolution has ended – after reviewing the state of humanity, Evolution no longer wishes to take credit for the state of the world. Before bowing out of the world stage, Evolution would like to extend some gratitude and recognition for those caught up along the way. First, Creationism – even though Evolution has long been considered the bastard child of Creationism: Evolution would like to extend a warm thanks to Creationism for getting life to crawl out of the ocean and coaxing the first flower… Continue

(Crossposted from www.c4chaos.com)

I've been brushing up on my Second Life skills since Conversation Week @ SL. I think it's high time that I immerse myself in this virtual realm. But before I do I wanted to catch up with the history of this metaverse. So I read the book…

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