Countless

Numbers are not my thing. Never have been, never will.  I tend to look at those people who are good with numbers much as I do people who can unicycles backwards over tightropes, or insert entire dinner plates into their mouths…freaks of nature. To be respected certainly, but also feared.
This story however, has many interesting [...]

Goth Helps Those…

Over the mast month or two, there have several stories in the news and/or featured here about a growing amount of discrimination and persecution against the Goth community worldwide. Stories of harassment, abuse and even murder of Goths simply due to their fashion and lifestyle choices are becoming more common, usually accompanied by the standard [...]

Caledon at Two – Part One

Two years have come and gone…and what a long strange trip it has been.
Over the last several days there have been simply scads of events all over Caledon to celebrate this august occasion, many run or coordinated by Duchess Gabrielle Riel and her crack team of Shield Maidens and raving ninja smurfs. Of course, the [...]

Mighty King Lud

There are few things I hate more then using a word incorrectly, or not fully understanding the implications and meanings of a term I use. Little did I know that one of my favorite and most venomous insults, Luddite, had so many nuances I did not appreciate.
I certainly knew the basics, that is that the [...]

Queens of the Night

I have always been fascinated with the way superstition and/or faith effects a society and its day to day life. My interest is only increased when the faith in question is not part of the mainstream, such as is found in the New Orleans Voodoo culture in the 19th century.
The famous Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau, [...]

Steampunk Heroes

Steampunk and superheroes have always seemed to be a natural combination to me, as so many comic book heroes are created (supposedly) by accidents of science that seem so typical of the normal steampunk tomfoolery. Add to the fact I have a passionete interest in both, and I have long been looking for a way [...]

Resurrecting Words

As a student of words I am also a great enthusiast regarding the preservation of languages. So much about a culture is found in the way they wrote and spoke and the language they did it in, to lose such a resource simply due to laziness or negligence is inexcusable to me. I have always [...]

Come and Gogh

In my 2+ years in Second Life, I have seen many beautiful builds and a whole lot of mediocre or lousy ones. However, recently my dear Kirawill took me to see a Sim that stands head and shoulders above anything else I have ever seen in the Metaverse.
Simply put, it has been days since our [...]

The Stars Above

Continuing the recent technology trend here at the blog, I wished to share with you all, my darling readers, an upcoming bit of software that I am truly excited about. I have always adored looking at stars, but never had the equipment, time or patience to really delve into the observation of distant worlds.
The wise [...]

Security Alert

There are certain bits of news that I encounter that I feel must be shared with my readers as a matter of community service. This is one of those times. Please read the following information and take what ever steps you feel wise.
This information comes from C|Net, so I am confident of the source and [...]

Happy St. Valentine’s Day

All of us here in the House of BardHaven are pleased and somewhat aroused to wish all you lovers out there a very happy and successful (not to mention safe, sane and consensual) St. Valentine’s Day.
Zealot Benmergui and Kirawill Collingwood 

The Food of Love

Valentines just wouldn’t be the same without chocolate. In fact, almost nothing would be the same without chocolate. The mix of caffeine, sugar and endorphins makes chocolate one of God’s perfect foods.
Like most intelligent adults, I have always adored dark chocolate as ambrosia and scorned milk chocolate as candy. However, apparently the long exile of [...]

Survival of the Hottest

Now that Valentine’s is here, many erstwhile swains find their pursuit of fair lady moves from the high minded romantic to more..earthy pleasures on the big day, and night itself. After all, once the flowers and the candy and the poetry and the wooing have done the trick…what comes next?
Thankfully scientists have labored tirelessly to [...]

It’s Raining Women

Photographic exhibits by Miss Autopilotpatty Poppy have rapidly become treasured events here in Caledon, after the success of her Exotic Men of Caledon exhibit. Considering the excellent reviews and crowds she received both for that show and a “Greatest Hits” follow up at the Whitehorn Library in Victoria City, I am sure no one [...]

Lip Service

My interest in seasonal romance is continuing, dear readers…but thankfully for many of you, I am stay strictly above the waist for the moment. WAY above the waist, in fact.
There is no more fundamental act of love, and perhaps no more misunderstood one, than kissing. So much can be meant with a kiss that often [...]