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Is usability a dirty word in SL?

2012/07/24 Written by Rants , Second Life

At the risk of sounding like a total noob (yes, I have been a SL “resident” since 2008), it kind of hit me yesterday how not user friendly SL is. As I’ve said on this blog before, I don’t really have a separate identity in SL; my avatar basically looks like me and I use [...]

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One Day, One Cat

2012/07/12 Written by Rants

Ok, so this has absolutely nothing to do with Virtual Education or virtual anything for that matter. I thought I would share anyways and perhaps start something akin to “The World Today, In Pictures” for cat (and other furry friends) lovers. A little background may be in order – I have always been a devoted [...]

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An introduction and piece of slam poetry!

2012/06/30 Written by Rants

Hello! My name is Hanna.  I’m a fifteen-year-old writer and photographer.  Vanessa requested that I record a video of a piece of slam poetry I wrote so it could be posted on here, and so here I am.   The poem in text is below. Enjoy!   few fourth graders have many kind words to [...]

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Bullshit on Demand

2012/04/10 Written by Rants

THE HAGUE, 9 April – Vaneeesa Blaylock’s skill at detecting bullshit, or at least her glee at convincing herself that she does, have gained a wide following. Recently paid £500 to determine whether or not Clipix and SocialBro are or are not in fact BULLSHIT!!!, Blaylock’s research is today being released for free to you, [...]

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Klout is Bullshit!

2011/11/28 Written by Rants

VB Rant Week 7 Bitchy Posts in 7 Angry Days http://vaneeesa.com/category/vaneeesa/rants/ Rant the fifth: Klout is Bullshit! I had such a “nice” time yesterday letting someone else do my ranting for me, that I thought I’d do one more day of, hahaha, “guest ranting” before I get back to my own complaint writing. As with [...]

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God is Bullshit!

2011/11/26 Written by Rants

VB Rant Week 7 Bitchy Posts in 7 Angry Days http://vaneeesa.com/category/vaneeesa/rants/ Rant the fourth: God is Bullshit! My father was a lifelong democrat. He passed away three years ago. My mother is a lifelong republican and she still lives near Georgetown, USA. I think I get my aesthetics mostly from my mother, but my ideology [...]

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Detail of the 1863 painting Olympia by Victorine Meurent and Edouard Manet

Painting is Bullshit!

2011/11/26 Written by Rants

VB Rant Week 7 Bitchy Posts in 7 Angry Days http://vaneeesa.com/category/vaneeesa/rants/ Rant the third: Painting is Bullshit! Yes it’s true, there are some great old dude painters. Yes it’s true, there are some amazing emerging women painters. And yes, it’s even true that friends of mine are painters. But with apologies to all… I’m just [...]

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Television is Bullshit!

2011/11/24 Written by Rants

VB Rant Week 7 Bitchy Posts in 7 Angry Days http://vaneeesa.com/category/vaneeesa/rants/ Rant the second: Television is Bullshit!   I wrote yesterday that Fútbol is bullshit, but really, it’s minor-league compared to the Heavyweight Champion of Bullshit, Television. Later this week I plan to write God is Bullshit, but even the supreme sociopath hasn’t ruined as [...]

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Fútbol is Bullshit!

2011/11/23 Written by Rants

VB Rant Week 7 Bitchy Posts in 7 Angry Days http://vaneeesa.com/category/vaneeesa/rants/ Rant the first: Fútbol is Bullshit! In the country of my birth “football” means “pigskin” In the country of my current residence, “fútbol” means “soccer” Doesn’t matter. They’re both bullshit! Not saying they always were… Just asking why a couple of sports invented in [...]

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long narrow photograph of Seasprite Destiny in the St. Leo University virtual art gallery circa May 2009

I’ve Fucking Had It!

2009/08/25 Written by Rants

  Many of the “artists” in SL are not only “hacks who couldn’t make it IRL”… in fact… they’ve never even tried… making “real” art never even occurred to them. The just showed up in SL, put colors in a rectangle, and said, “Look mommy, I’m an artist!!” Today another one of these fucking hacks [...]

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