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Bossmo

http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dent.html

Place name: Boss
Description: A village in eastern Osage Township. A post office since 1902. Named after Marion Nelson, who was “Boss” of the lumbering crews. (Postal Guide; Plat Book (1933); W.L. Nelson)
Source: O’Brien, Anna. “Place Names Of Five Central Southern Counties of Missouri.” M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1939.

http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_iron.html

Place name: Bixby
Description: A small town in Dent Township, with a post office since 1910. Named for William K. Bixby, official of the American Car and Foundry Company. David Cureton obtained a post office at Red Point (1887), so called because it was located on a hill of red clay. In February, 1906, it was moved to Bixby, two and a quarter miles east of Red Point. (Postal Guide; R.M. ATLAS (1939); W.H. Copeland; F.D. Cureton)
Source: Zimmer, Gertrude M. “Place Names Of Five Southeast Counties Of Missouri.” M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1944.

Place name: Buick
Description: A town in Dent Township, with a post office since 1921. Named from a Buick car, the first one brought into this part of the country. (Postal Guide; R.M. ATLAS (1939); W.H. Copeland)
Source: Zimmer, Gertrude M. “Place Names Of Five Southeast Counties Of Missouri.” M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1944.

Boss Man Hanks showed up in my forest (Rubi) just after I finished this post. No lie. He was riding a horse apparently, and is hidden in the photo by the interface. He’s very old! (2003)

I was there attempting to figure out if I wanted to sell a 4096 parcel next to the forest. An avatar offered me $5000 lindens for it today (*not* Boss Man Hanks). What does his appearance mean — one way or the other? He decided not to enter my land (green) and rode north instead, following the east border of the forest. He stayed in the woods.

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Notes

I’m glad that Hucka D. is starting to attend meetings with Carrcassonnee. Or should I refer to him as Hucka Doobie now? hehe. We’ll see how long it lasts. Short attention span that man-insect has! But I get the gist. Carrcassonnee’s diner is symbol of Hand Lake, as the larger TILE Temple that she originally inhabited in the newest version of Collagesity is Drink Lake. We know now that the two, in real life, are directly north and south of each other — as the temple and diner were (as well) in fake or virtual life. That’s another link or resonance. Further, both Hand and Drink are drinking lakes, and have a water plant nearby that also have a direct north-south relationship. Directly. Hucka D. has stated that a Fringe event has happened in the center of Hand Lake in past/present/future, and *caused* The Finger. Interesting theory. Carrcassonnee seems to back it up but unsure still. The rock in the Collagesity diner is supposedly owned by Peter SoSo, who may be the same as Fringe’s Peter. Carrcassonnee might even double for Olivia, as we’ve talked about before. LINK

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If there’s something to all this, Reiden Lake must figure into the mix, a place linking the two realities of Earth depicted in Fringe….

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I’m getting hints that Hucka D. doesn’t want me to talk about that much yet. So let’s go here instead: the image of a lake as a hand that basically seals up the whole Falmouth collage series, acting as an Omega element…

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(The actual lake in the extended collage) is Tarn at Leaves near Stonetwaite. TaL is filled with algae, as I know Hand Lake is now when visiting midday this past weekend. Mr. Bean has become one with the lake or tarn; seems to be laying down on its shore and drinking from it or perhaps even drowning in it — becoming one with it either way. Same basic color. Then extending from *his* body is an upright map version of Lake Horton in Nauvoo, Illinois, a place famous for the death of Joseph Smith, prophet and founder of Mormonism. The lake contains a single island which is called Gilligan’s Island. And the lake is shaped like a hand of sorts.

Gilligan’s Island is another Omega Point.

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(to be continued)

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Carrcassonnee & Hucka D.

(joined in progress)

“… natural to assume that.”

bb:

The Great Rubi Woods is the only link I have remaining in Second Life. It still gives off energy.

Carr.:

You’ve been there almost year! One. How you can give up?

bb:

I don’t know Carrcassonnee. I suppose I’ll rebuild Collagesity.

Hucka D.:

No. Give it up.

bb:

Clarify. You said that earlier (in the meeting).

Hucka D.:

I won’t leave again.

bb:

Thanks.

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(20 mins. later)

“… said you wouldn’t leave again.”

Hucka D.:

Sorry. The baby needed milking (again).

bb:

Strange.

Hucka D.:

Backwards I know.

bb:

I know backwards!

Hucka D.:

Yes. So to Lisa The V. She needs your help. She is not *done* with the project, only resting. Herman Park is not a done deal. Fluid. Still. We have a Fringe event. Central one.

bb:

I see.

Hucka D.:

No you don’t.

Carr.:

Where’s Carrcassonnee??

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(2 hours later)

bb:

If I go there will I be square?

Hucka D.:

I’ll turn that over to Carrcassonnee. Goodbye for now! (Hucka D. buzzes off)

Carr.:

I Carrcassonnee! I help.

bb:

You sentences are clipped tonight Carrcassonnee.

Carr.:

Clipp. ed.

bb:

What do *you* think happens in the center of Hand Lake? We’ve heard Hucka D.’s tale.

Carr.:

Hucka D. is so right wrong. Left. Left wrong.

bb:

He shouldn’t have left?

Carr.:

Okay. Bye!

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Awwkwaaard.

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Celebration

It may not be now, but soon. But it also may be quite soon. The end of my existence inside the game of Second Life. Energy there is dipping even lower. Mainland is a wasteland (Maisteland).

What popped into my head right now was to release a “book” about my Second Life adventures starting in 2008, arranged either geographically or chronologically. If the former, then it will be by continent (Sansara, Heterocera, Jeogeot, Maebaleia, Nautilus, Corsica). If the latter — as I recall the Baker Blinker Blog can be broken down into large chucks consisting of 8 months apiece, but I’ll have to separate non-Second Life stuff from it.

Since the beginning of the current blog (Frank and Herman/Sunklands) in Aug 2012, I’ve focused heavily on Heterocera, with briefer stays in Jeogeot as follows:

1) Fall, 2012: last incarnation of Pietmond in New Pietmond, Otaki Gorge, with the community then shifting over to Sikkima near the Great Rubi Forest;

2) Summer/Fall 2014: first incarnation of Collagesity in Noru, with the community, once again, shifted over to a location next to the Great Rubi Forest, where it remains.

So that’s two stays in Jeogeot, and in the sims I was most familiar with from previous years (Noru and Otaki Gorge). Then the rest in Heterocera, basically, with more minor stops in Nautilus’ Mysten, for instance (June, 2015), and Corsica’s Asha (Winter 2013/14).

But these 2 Jeogeot stops are quite important because they helped me essentially seal up stories of this most important Second Life continent to me, where I developed a virtual town in Pietmond for the first time. Pietmond is the model for all else to come. And it’s positioned within the Sunklands region, which represent the most important overall area I existed within Second Life, or the most advanced. And then Noru (and attached Chilbo community) forms a second important Jeogeot story, a balance and counterpoint to Sunklands. More minor Jeogeot concentrations are positioned around these two, like Teepot (central northern Jeogeot) and others.

Maybe I should just create a book about Jeogeot.

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In Minoa for another month

Put the great majority of my mainland holdings up for sale last week, but no buyers before the tier payment came around today. But it’s no big money burden. Maybe more Collagesity mythology will be generated now.

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Synching

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“I am Peter. I am The Rock. Olive. Peter. Olive.”

BB:

Thank you Carrcassonnee. We’re still plowing through Fringe, as you probably know. Up to season 4 now. The LSD episode and its red door has past.

Carr.:

We just have wrap up now. Timelines established.

BB:

The interview with Karl went well. You might also have noticed I am capitalized now. Baker B., not baker b. That’s because of the interview. Cool, eh?

Carr.:

Coolie. Cooler. Hot. Too hot.

BB:

Yeah, it’s been hot lately.

Carr.:

Cool down. Latte. Late.

BB:

Zeppelins might be a clue to ressurrect Led Zeppelin in a synch, Carrcassonnee. Or maybe Pretty Things.

Carr.:

I was dead. Yet unborn. Reborn. I am live. On the air!

BB:

Do you want to be a radio station, Carrcassonnee?

Carr.:

I want to be tv dead. Yes!

BB:

What do you think of Collagesity Heights? Your Heights after all. You rule them, right?

Carr.:

I rule them right, yes. Upper. Downer. (pause)

BB:

Where’s Hucka D. tonight?

Carr.:

Reigning in Spain. I Carrcassonnee.

BB:

What now for Collagesity? Oh, what of the Blue Mountain Urban Landscape? That seems to be a new creative focus. *Oh*, and the *move* went well, Carrcassonnee (!) I’m somewhat established on the [delete floor].

Carr.:

I haard. Do not forget the past in absorbing the present. The past will last.

BB:

Couple more questions, Carrcassonnee. My interview is coming up now, since Karl’s is done. What do I talk about? I mean, how do I discuss, well, *you*. And your synchs, for example. Or Pierre Schaeffer’s synchs coming before yours.

Carr.:

Be Honest. Honest Karl. Honest Baker B. Tune in. One then the other. Too follows Won.

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Collagesity Heights Map

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Collagesity Heights 01

Groundside, Collagesity is emptying a bit as things moves heavenward. Collagesity Heights is born.

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We start with The Square, which may soon become Square 1 of a 2 square system in theses heights. One in the southeast corner of Collagesity Heights, and one in the northwest corner. About as far apart as you can get in this skybox. Included in Square 01, then, is The Church of the Red Doors and Town Hall, along with the main entrance to the central structure of Collagesity Heights called simply The Gallery for now. In it are now 80 of the 100 Art 10×10 collages, as well as those within the World of Collages exhibit. Just last week, this art was instead found in newly rezzed groundside galleries immediately below Collagesity Heights (Gallery Jack and World of Collages respectively).

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Another structure that has joined Collagesity Heights and its Square 01 is the Kidd Tower (right), which was literally pulled up several stories from the ground during this inclusion phase. It makes more sense now: you enter the tower at the main floor containing several Simple Wunderlich pictures from crucial Korean Channel sims. I’d like to talk more about the Kidd Tower soon, and its lasting worth to our reborn community.

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On the other side of The Gallery lies The Garden. Baker Bloch sits on View Rock here, acting as a wonderful perch to look out over the Great Rubi Forest. Super!

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Also moving up from the ground is The Theatre, still being worked on. You can reach The Theatre directly from the back of The Gallery. The Theatre is also a building surrounding Square 02, along with the Crooked Tower (left) and probably also the Sink Lair Gallery (not pictured).

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As there are as yet no working bathrooms in CH, Baker Bloch has to teleport down to the ground to properly relieve himself…

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… but he was soon back, checking out the theatre and further brainstorming about a perpetual Uncle Meatwad showing. “Keep on smiling,” hehe.

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Collagesity Heights from the northeast, The Gallery being the dominating central building.

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No Trouble

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Carr.:

You are troubled today.

Baker B.:

Nah, just tired. I always seem a little tired. Edna and I have never been high energy people, however.

Carr.:

Ne meither.

Baker B.:

I’ll probably read about Rubi’s VWX Town tonight.

Carr.:

Good to know. Weekend coming up . Whattaya got planneded?

Baker B.:

Nothing. Low energy weekend. Sitting around. Probably need to fix the new computer. Probably need to fix the furnace. Probably need to work on the gutters. Probably need to do a lot of stuff.

Carr.:

Sounds like a planned.

Baker B.:

How about you?

Carr.:

Deity Conference… the usual.

Baker B.:

Oh. Where?

Carr.:

Over in Kerchal’s place. Olive and Orange will be there. Whattaya call them? Err and Monique.

Baker B.:

Unsure. The Plutonians?

Carr. (seeming to count):

Uranus, Neptune, Pluto… A, B, C. 1, 2, 3. (pause) Yes, Pluto.

Baker B.:

Have you seen the new flyby pictures of Pluto, Carr.?

Carr.:

Yes. Me.

Baker B.:

Meaning it is a picture of you.

Carr.:

Yes. Me in Two. Me Too. Charon and Pluto. Me and Me Too. Pluto and Moon.

Baker B.:

Who could have guessed The Residents would be at the end of the solar system?

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Latest Collagesity Dev.

Wappo Jack disappeared from behind the arch of his castle recently. But I’m betting on a quick return.

I played around with inserting the Temple of TILE with its walkable labyrinth beside and actually partially penetrating Wappo’s castle. But I decided it was too crowded in that area as a result, with too many prims used. I didn’t take pictures of the aborted effort.

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Wappo Jack peers into another structure I briefly played around with — an upward extention of the Red Flower Theatre.

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This is another addition I messed with, presently deleted but rezzed again just last night. It’s an edited doubling of Moard Ling’s House 14, a large structure that sits directly atop the flat part of the new skywalk. I could fit a lot of art into that potential gallery. We’ll see what I can do with it.

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At present I have well over 500 prims to experiment with on the property. Super! That’s the reason for the newest wave of building.

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