Words and Lyrics

  A new neighborhood is being developed on the North end of Aurora Island. Jimuari and b00ya are combining their hood and building experience to create a fun, social, and relaxing community. Actually, this is not the first time Isla Bonita has existed on there.com. Jimuari told me that he had a hood by the same name several years ago on there.com. However, that one was located much farther South from the present development. When I talked to both of them regarding the impetus behind Isla Bonita , the words "drama-free" came up more than once. This is one of the main goals for their new community, and b00ya also said he would also like to keep any odd architecture out of the hood. I jokingly replied that my 50-foot-tall plastic alien would probably be banned from the premises. Jim and b00ya would also like to keep the number of residences limited, perhaps 10 or fewer. As far as the social scene is concerned, b00ya said that he would like to create a new club with a tropical th...

  Given that I am currently on vacation and have some extra time on my hands, I spent part of my morning wandering around Aurora Island. I set out from Words and Lyrics Cafe in my new buggy and to my surprise, happened upon a Therebucks Cafe owned by bubblegumgirl. Therebucks is not very far from the Nitro neighborhood, and I enjoyed hanging out here for a bit and listening to tunes such as  Hotel California . I am still a habitual newspaper reader, as you can see. FYI -- the two books and newspaper were added with Gemini A.I. I also read the news on my phone, but there is nothing like sitting down with a good book or newspaper during a quiet morning or afternoon. I remember buying a USA Today in my local convenient store a while back, and the Gen-Z cashier said she respects that I still read them! After leaving the cafe, I explored a nearby marina and housing development. It is nice to see more real estate springing up on this part of Aurora Island, and perhaps this spot ...

  I just wanted to let everyone know that Samantha_Cool is hosting a special event this evening to celebrate the release of her 100th buggy design. The event is running this evening, September 22nd, until 10 pm Eastern  There are lots of awesome buggies on display, and I purchased a teal-colored one by Piston Pals. In addition, I won a buggy couch on a dice roll.  Dice-roll prizes are a T-shirt or  buggy couch depending on what number comes up -- even or odd. So head on over and check out the very COOL display by Samantha.

  This will probably be the last of my  Lynyrd Skynyrd references for a while, but it was the best I could come up with on short notice. I was at my cafe chatting with Vanilla Dutch this afternoon, and he put out his impressive helicopter and fighter-jet collection for display. If any designers are planning on making some choppers like these, please let me know -- would love to own one! Highest Score in Week 1 of Mango Market League Congrats, Chris! Last week as I was getting ready to log off and head to bed, I got an IM from Droopy. He asked me to check out his shooting gallery, and I finally relented after mulling it over for a bit. What I did not know was that I would instantly become one of the moving targets. LOL I experienced a bit of a West World vibe as I stood on a conveyor belt, occasionally getting blasted to the ground by an endless stream of paintballs. I have to admit it was fun, though, and I hung around for a bit before calling it a night. I guess I owed Dro...

  On Saturday evening, b00ya kicked things off with a grand opening at his club, The Hang Out 3.0 . A lot of familiar faces showed up, and it was fun hanging out with everyone in a new venue. There was also a shirt giveaway at the end, and Nellie Rachel and I ended up as the lucky winners. I tried to snap a picture of myself wearing the shirt but ended up getting photobombed by the ever-present landgoria. lol It was a pleasant surprise when b00ya returned to there, as we had not seen each other since 2018. He enjoys making houses and related items, so be sure to keep out an eye out for his auction listings!   The Making of Rollerball The Thing Reunion Panel I came across a couple videos recently on YouTube that piqued my interest and reminded me of our T-Con event on there. During T-Con, I purchased a Rollerball shirt, and a documentary about the movie recently showed up in my YouTube feed. I previously mentioned on my blog that The Thing by John Carpenter was one of the best...

  Hi, Reiju here again! After my last little tour for KRIBZ took me about 800 meters into the sky to visit Dutch's skybox, this time I stayed a little closer to the ground LOL. I recently had the chance to meet up with matthewkg and visit his Aurora Conference Center, which is currently also serving as headquarters for his Fantasy Football league. From the outside, it actually looks like a conference center. The huge glass front, stone walls and American flag in front make it look more like a real public building than someone's random hangout in There. Right when you enter, you're greeted by a fountain and a huge open room with a large round conference table in the middle. Behind it is an even bigger Mango Market Fantasy Football logo together with the current league board. I talked with matthewkg about the league for a while and learned that he has actually been playing Fantasy Football through Yahoo since 2006. For anyone who has never played it before, the basic idea is ...