GarFest 2009 a Huge Success

An overflow crowd thoroughly enjoyed this year's edition of GarFest.

We don't know who all those people were, but they mis-behaved just enough that we want them all back.

Gonzo and Doggy enjoyed themselves tremendously. Doggy in particular has developed an unusual fondness for Lena.

And as usual, Gar popped out of the cake and danced for everybody.

its gars birthday!!

lets celebrate the judgeys birthday!

7:00 twosday night in sl at moss beach

byopfg

Moss Deletes House, Unable to Deal with Pie Menus

In an apparent act of deliberate insanity on Friday, Moss Lane deleted the stately mansion he shares with his roommates at the Moss Beach communal compound and dogpound. With help from residents Tsidel Shepherd, Leslea Aldrin, and Gar Hallard, Moss replaced the house to its original condition.

Neighbor Solari Georgia witnessed the event, visibly stifling laughter.

This reporter does not understand deliberate insanity. Never did.

Flossed!

its tsis birthday!!!!

party thursday night at 7 pm sl time!!!!!

byob

Moss Beach Expands

Prims. We need prims!

So we have them. 300 more.

Now you can rez that steampunk carnival (temporarily).

No shopping sprees please, let's keep a big cushion for special occasions.

Stay Puft Stomp

Join the rest of the Stay Puft Stompers as they terrorize yet another sim!

Be afraid, Etopia. Be very afraid.

Coming Soon!

(Date yet to be determined. Anyone who does not yet have their giant marshmallow avatar, see Solari)

Tsi is back!

our newest roommate is back!
we have missed her soooooooooo much

Talk Like a Pirate

International Talk Like a Pirate Day is September 19

And if ye didn't know that, ye scurvy landlubber, then ye'll be wantin to edumacte yerself, at http://www.talklikeapirate.com/ and perhaps enjoy one of my favorite old sea chanties (those who know me will understand why I like this one) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGyPuey-1Jw

Funny, isn't it, that pirating is one of those fantasies that large numbers of people who otherwise pass for normal have enjoyed living out in SL. It will never be nearly as big as bdsm, of course, but there remain a number of dedicated pirate sims and dedicated pirates. One of the best is Jabberwock, which owes much to the inspiration of a dedicated female pirate, Antigua Jewel.

Like so much else, RL facts can tarnish some of the fun of SL - case in point - nobody wants to be identified with the Somali pirates or anyone like them. In such a "reality - fantasy" split, I prefer to come down firmly on the side of fantasy, and dare anyone to say Errol Flynn or Johnny Depp would be caught dead with GPS or an Uzi!

I did a few searches on women pirates and the plain fact is not many of them came to a happy end. Here is one notable exception, Grace O'Malley, who won the friendship of Queen Elizabeth and a privateer's license and at the height of her swashbuckling career, commanded three ships and 200 men: http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=womenshistory&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themediadrome.com%2Fcontent%2Farticles%2Fhistory_articles%2Fgrace_omalley.htm As the article says:

...the image of the wild Irish pirate, red haired, and screaming like a banshee from the rigging, is one that every little girl should know. "Put down that Barbie doll, sweetie, I have a story for you…"

I dearly love SL for it's gift of chances to live out some of our wildest dreams, and for me, strangely enough, one of them involved firing a cannon. I believe I was eight, touring a civil war battlefield, when I asked my uncle if I could shoot one of the cannons. He gently pointed out that I might hurt someone if I did. Later, while visiting Fort William Henry, I took home a little cannon as a souvenir, and it still sits on a shelf at home. Once, as a teenager, I almost threw it away, because it was such a tangeable bit of evidence of how hopeless I was. I mean none of the popular girls went around wanting to blow things up (did they?).

Much later I was to find this delightful portrait of a very brave and very famous female gunner in a lively account of the culture and events of the American Revolution, Angel in the Whirlwind by Benson Bobrick:

One of the artillerymen had his wife with him, and she helped him man his gun. This was Mary Ludwig Hayes, who had done equally brave service at Fort Clinton, where, in October, 1777, she had actually fired the last shot before the fortress fell. At Monmouth, according to a fellow soldier, "while in the act of reaching a cartridge and having one of her feet as far from the other as she could step, a cannon shot from the enemy passed directly between her legs, without doing any other damage than carrying away all the lower part of her petticoat. Looking at it with apparent unconcern, she observed that it was lucky it did not pass any higher, for in that case it might have carried away something else, and continued her occupation." After the battle she did legendary service carrying water to the wounded, which earned her the nickname, "Molly Pitcher," by which all such battlefield angels have since been known. p. 330

And so, me hearties, I raises me Shirley Temple and salutes each of you scurvy dogs and wenches on Pirate Day. Here's to each other and to the lovely dreams we share.

Freak Hurricane Strikes Moss Beach

A freak storm of destructive proportions struck Moss Beach Saturday night, leaving startled residents scurrying to reclaim and reposition possessions. Ace reporter and neighbor, Solari Georgia, also a part-time hustler at Ginny's Arcade, was on hand to take pictures.

Gonzo is Back

Gonzo went missing on Wednesday. Turns out he went to visit his stylist. Came back with highlights.

Ginny Found Guilty!

In a huge surprise, our own (in my opinion absolutely innocent) Ginny Beauchamp, of sterling character and matchless wit, was found guilty of two charges in her show-trial Sunday night, despite the overwhelming support she received from numerous witnesses and supporters, including SpongeBob Squarepants himself.

In the words of the Dishonorable Judge Gar Hallard:

"In the first count of wielding an axe the court finds ginny not guilty by reason of her reasonable reliance on the permit."

(Ginny's poised and practiced attorney, Tsidel Shepherd, produced a convincing, very official-looking "Axe-Wielding Permit" that this author had absolutely nothing to do with.)

"However, the court finds her guilty of impersonating a personincharge"

(A curious finding, in this author's opinion, since Ms. Beauchamp's tag clearly read "personnotincharge")

"And sentences her to psychotherapy conducted by herself"

"Count two of fashion crimes, I find the defendant guilty...of amazing and forward thinking style and order her to share her fall line of clothing with everyone through k-mart right next to the other jailbird Martha Stewart"

It is unknown whether Martha Stewart is on Ginny's Friends List.

"Finally on the count of promoting the religion of Spongebob Squarepants I'm sorry Ginny but you are guilty of that. Spongebob though delightful to young and old alike..even me . . . is a danger and your promoting of his message is a danger to us all"

"Ginny Beauchamp . . . you are hereby sentenced to reopen your therapy practice until you get it right. You shall provide to Cami and MissNomer the required therapy they need as a result of your outrageous actions. And JS Saltwater shall be hanged until death if he is ever apprehended."

Persecution team Dani Ballinger and Solari Georgia did a truly remarkable job in making these bogus charges stick.

All parties were delighted with the verdict and many hugs were hugged.

The Official Summons

Trial Sunday, place and time to be announced:

SUMMONS

State of Second Life

Sim of Tequila Sunrise

In the name and by the authority of the State of Second Life,

NOTICE IS GIVEN as follows:

To Ginny Beauchamp

YOU ARE COMMANDED to appear and to answer before the Honorable District Court, Tequila Sunrise Sim, Second Life, at a time and place to be determined and then and there to answer the charges as follows:

First Count: Wielding an axe without a permit sometime around August 20, 2009.

Second Count: Fashion Crime: Improper accessorizing with orange shoes sometime around August 20, 2009.

Third Count: Heresy: Soliciting converts to the cult of SpongeBob SquarePants sometime around August 20, 2009.

The officer executing this summons shall promptly serve it according to the requirements of law and the mandates of the summons and make the due return as the law directs.

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT

You have been charged with an offense. You may employ an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided to you. Failure to appear will be grounds to have a capias issued for your arrest, or you could be tried in absentia.

ISSUED AND GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF THIS COURT

GAR HALLARD, PRESIDING JUDGE

Moss Beach Towers

Plans for an extension of Moss Beach House have not yet been presented to the planning bored for review but we're envisioning a towering one story penthouse extension. Maybe.

We're hoping Ginny gets sentenced to house arrest and can spend her work furlough time in construction on the roof.

Meanwhile . . . the balloons have been removed and the sex coffin is open for . . . well, not business but . . .

Welcome to the Official Moss Beach Blog of Awesomeness and Wonder!

Welcome, welcome, one and all.  If you've made your way to this blog, it's because you're part of the wonderful awesome group of Moss Beach tenants (or their pals), and want to keep on the up and up of the latest and greatest um, stuff, happening at Moss Beach.  This week in Moss Beach news, Ginny is up for trial.  As an axe-wielding, orange shoe wearing, door-to-door SpongeBob religious solicitor, her crimes certainly should be answered for.  And in other news, our sex coffin is full of balloons.

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