First (belatedly) I am so so impressed with this Web site. You’ve made a wonderful and important community here! I’m proud of you and would loooove to pick your brain someday on taking my own blog to a next level…)

secondly, very interesting about second life. I got verrry hooked myself for a while and like you found I spent my time (and was most fascinated by) the quietest places. Isn’t it strange that here you have a chance to “do it all again” you mostly wind up doing the same things. I was on the newspaper staff! I hung out in coffee bars where fellow NaNoWriMoers (national novel writing month) hung.

I actually laughed out loud at your comment about looking for the “time left” bar at the Church service. I too find myself doing this in real life sometimes.

Finally, I had no idea Archuletta was Mormon (am I hiding under a rock?).

Anyway, all of this sums up to… I will be back and back often. You are a fabulous writer with a wonderful niche here that deserves the attention of a fine journalist at heart such as yourself.