Cartoon of the Day

Taken at a KISS tribute for the Relay at OD Designs, among those dancing away was this kangaroo girl. One of the tribute musicians really did call her a "rockin' roo."

By Bixyl Shuftan

"Kiss" Tribute Concert at Primal Passions for Post-Walk Relay Event

Although the Relay Walk is over, there are still some Relay for Life events taking place. One was the Kiss tribute concert at Castle Primal Passions in the Sunweaver Estates. Taking place Sunday July 26, it was held in front of a packed crowd, whom cheered on the hard rock musicians.

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A Busy Weekend

With the Relay Walk over, some might expect that this weekend would have nothing going on. That was not the case. There continued to be Relay events after the walk. Team Strange Journey held a party at the Shadowmoon roleplay area. Castle Primal Passions held a music concert featuring a "Kiss" Tribute band with over 5,000 Lindens raised going to Team Sunbeamer. The Roma sims held a weekend festival with the Roman god Neptune as the theme, with a few water-related events.

There's always something going on, somewhere, in Second Life.

Cartoon of the Day

Taken at Club Cutlass, the dance animation at times made this girl in a Felicia avatar look like she was blowing a kiss. Now what music would have inspired that gesture? ;-)

By Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day

Looks like Stinky the Relay skunk is out for a little fun. At least he's not using a phony French accent.

by Bixyl Shuftan

What Happened to the Valentines Day "Kiss a Linden" Event?

Every year on Valentine's Day, the Linden Lab team have held their "Kiss a Linden" event in Second Life. For this one day a year, the Isle of View and Isle of ViewTwo sims would be brought online just for this occasion. These were heart-shaped islands with huge candy hearts, heart lollipops, and kissing booths with Lindens and sometimes resident volunteers. The Teen Grid had it's own event, though it was "Hug a Linden."

The event was held every year, at least until now.

In 2011 last year, Gemma Cleanslate covered the event, which was as active as usual and everyone having a good time. Courtney Linden had made an announcement, and later on Torley Linden posted a few pictures on his Flicker.

The Second Life Destination Guide didn't make a mention of the event this year, but Second Life Newser went ahead and posted a small notice about it as the year before. There was no reason not to, as the event had always taken place.

Apparently this year it didn't. The islands weren't on the map in the wee hours of the morning, and this afternoon they still weren't there.

So why the change? Linden-bashing has been a favorite sport around the Grid, but that hadn't stopped various Lindens from volunteering or residents from showing up. A glance at the blog revealed no announcement of the event being called off or why.

Apparently, the end of a tradition that's gone on for several years.

Strangely enough, not far away from where the Isle of View would have been to the south was a sim I hadn't known of, Terraform Me.

Teleporting there, it didn't seem like much on ground level, just red ground with steep white mountain peaks before me. Only by looking at the map would one get the point. The island was one big cupid picture. Someone had gone through quite a bit of trouble to make it.

So besides the various club events, there was a Valentines Day special on the Grid after all.

Does anyone out there know anything about what happened to the "Kiss a Linden" event? Please notify one of the Second Life Newser staff know if you do.

Bixyl Shuftan

"Kiss a Linden" Today

This Valentines Day, don't forget to check out the "Kiss a Linden" holiday events at the Isle of View and the Isle of ViewTwo, where every year Lindens and volunteers show up to give residents a virtual smooch upon asking.

Kisssssssss: Linden Love!!

Valentine day always brings out the Lindens and the Volunteers for a kiss! Naturally since I go throw snowballs at them I always go for an “apology “ kiss. Courtney Linden was graciously kissing everyone who came. Golon Eilde, one of the volunteers, was hugging and trying not to bite everyone ( vampire??).

The crowd was raucous as usual but having lots of fun! I grabbed some free valentine lollipops! I had to leave but went back later to find more Lindens and a more outrageous group in the sims! Daniel Voyager was taking pictures everywhere . You can find lots of great pictures at this link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielvoyager/



Go take a look!! If you did not get there you missed a lot of fun! The only one I felt sorry for was a tiny, Hadley Metaluna, celebrating a rezz day. Wanted a kiss so badly and there were no kiss poses for tinies!! Maybe next year!! Simon , Oskar, Bacon , Alexa, Nya,Lexie to name a few , were Lindens that I kissed! And I got a few volunteers also!

(pictures by Daniel Voyager)

Gemma Cleanslate

You Too Can Kiss Off the Lindens

This Valentines Day, don't forget to check out the "Kiss a Linden" holiday events at the Isle of View and the Isle of ViewTwo, where every year Lindens and volunteers show up to give residents a virtual smooch upon asking.