Bloodfang's Big Bold Blog

On Aug of '09 my rl mother was diagnosed with dementia a form of alzheimer's disease. I had been taking care of her up until February of this year when she had a UTI, a urinary tract infection, and was sent to the hospital. She stayed for a week and was released to a care center not far from me. She remains there today as I can not take care of her at home anymore. Today, I am currently looking for a job and new place to live as I have to give up my mother's house to keep her where she is. Currently I am looking for work and a new place to live. For 20 something years my mother had owned and run a very successful in home business designing monuments or tombstones. Now she lays in a bed not knowing whats going on around her. There will come a time when I won't be in sl if at all. So if you do see me in world, just know I'm working things out and need some something whatever that may be. It's been a good five years of fun, fur and friends. In the coming mo...

This is my Andy Warhol inspired work. Here's the link: http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorial-warholphoto.html

I'm not in SL as much for the holidays. I am fixing stuff up for my store now. Doing more comic type stuff. Here's a pic I fixed up when I found a simple tutorial to do it. http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/2007/09/13/give-your-photos-a-retro-comic-book-effect/

A sad side note is that rl and sl comes together sometimes as is in this case. This pic of him and the eagle sitting on top was on the isle. You could click on the pic and get this: Wednesday, 20th September 2006, 12:34 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A public memorial service was held in honour of 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin today (20.09.06). Over 5,000 people attended the ceremony, which was staged in the 'Crocoseum' at the wildlife expert's Australia Zoo, in Queensland, and broadcast live to Australia, Asia and America. Irwin, 44, was killed on September 4 when a stingray barb pierced his chest while he was filming a documentary off of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The conservationist's tearful wife Terri, their two-year-old son Bob and daughter Bindi, eight, were dressed in the presenter's trademark khaki shorts and shirts to say their public goodbyes. Irwin's father, Bob, said: "Please ...

The Milk n Kookies radio show is helping real life kids for Christmas. The following from the M -n- K blog: "In an earlier post, I expressed the challenges of growing up as a poor child during the holidays. This type of emotional stress can really break a kids spirit and I am hoping this year we can help brighten the lives of children. Our goal is to raise enough money to sponsor a poor family this christmas season with gifts and a Christmas dinner. We will be in touch with the South Jersey Foodbank in Egg Harbor Township New Jersey who will be helping us appropriate the donations to the family in need." So please donate what ever you can. You can donate at the M -n- K blog or in world at these places: Aspen Nights (Donation Center) Him I Us Commune (Donation Center) Vortex (Donation Center) Star Dreams (Donation Center) Lions Gaming Den(Donation Center) Marianne McCann- (Metaverse Messenger) Zak Kowalski (Sponsor & Graphics) Ashleigh Xeltentat (Project Assistant and G...

I haven't posted anything so far. First off, Ugotrade has a post about realXtend. The realXtend 0.3 release is out with a bunch of exciting new features! Click here or on the screenshot above to see the reX video. Also, RealXtend launched a public avatar service - avatar.realXtend.net If you are interested you should sign up soon. Jani Pirkola, Project Manager for realXtend, told me: You can read more here: http://www.ugotrade.com/category/social-gaming/ But to read more about it and what it means to SL here: http://www.realxtend.org/page.php?pg=news&s=20080627 More to come later......