Life in a Box Chapter 5

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One way to make a living in a box is to write interviews with famous people. Although I knew the boys well and saw them pretty much every day for a couple of years, the Monkees were nowhere around when I interviewed their instruments.

The rumor was that they didn’t actually play their own instruments, and in fact, they didn’t. Most of the tracks were laid down in Nashville and they were on tour totally elsewhere.

All they added were the vocals, and it was that way for a long time. They actually finally got to play at concerts without double-up backups behind stage, but not for long and not until the very end, long after the series had ended.

So I set about to interview their instruments — what better witnesses could you get? The novel idea caught on, and from then on, that was my style of output, and I never did a live interview of a rock star again, although I produced hundreds of articles and interviews.

Just spell the name right, and they’ll let you publish anything. Continue reading →

Life in a Box Chapter 3

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Well, heck, looka here. If it isn’t the old Norton Street Contact Orb! I made this back in 2014 as a backup in case for some reason Second Life failed, but it didn’t. It’s quite healthy, with over a million users a day, and double the number of landowners from last year.

Still, it’s a nice backup, eh?

Thing is, you’d have to learn, actually LEARN, how to use it, how to set up a base and most of all, how to defeat your online barriers, of which there are plenty, not the least of which will be your server.

If you have a stable IP, you might do better, and I’d strongly advise it anyway, if you ‘re planning to make a living online, which if you don’t do, you probably won’t live very long, as a result of illness or starvation.

What good is a payroll tax deduction if you don’t happen to be on anyone’s payroll?

Contact Orbs are great for staying in touch. You can use the text messaging already in place, or you can add voice with a number of different options for vocalization.

Most folks prefer the texting, and I’m definitely in that camp. Continue reading →

Life in a Box Chapter 2

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There’s only one absolutely safe way to attend church these days, and that’s in a virtual cathedral, of which we have several.

I have one working in the virtual ashram, but there’s a Godd™ Orb that you can get that has a cathedral space — as a matter of fact, you can get the Heaven version, which has a chorus of angels all around, from lower to higher choirs.

The online experience is slightly easier to manage in the ashram, because it doesn’t require a download or skills at online hookups.

As a matter of fact, in Second Life, the less you know, the better, in general. It’s build for total dum-dums like you and me. The smarter ones have to go to the back of the line.

So what can you do to make a living when you’re stuffed into a box?

To begin with, you’re not trapped and you’re not alone. You need to establish that fact in your overly taxed brain before going any further, so get into the ashram and find someone to talk to.

If you can’t find anyone to talk to, it doesn’t mean they’re not there. If you run into me, for instance, I won’t respond, because I’m typically busy doing something intricate and delicate in there, and need to concentrate on what I’m trying to do. Continue reading →

My Life in a Box Chapter 1

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How am I out of Hell? Why, Faustus, this IS Hell, nor are we out of it, and what’s more, none but Lucifer knows that Hell IS Hell.” Well, Hell, THAT’S a relief — I thought I was the only one who knew that Hell is Hell.

But wait a moment — if none but Lucifer knows that Hell is Hell, and I know that Hell is Hell, who am I? But then, if we ALL know that Hell is Hell, who the Hell are we?

And if this comes as no surprise to you, who the Hell are YOU?

More importantly, how are you going to make a living in Hell? I define “Hell” as “a Place with No Business Opportunities.” Continue reading →

My Life in a Box – Introduction

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What does an online gathering look like?

Actually, there are literally thousands of different ways to interact online, but I’m going to show you just one method of gathering online, one that allows you to present yourself as you’d like to be or as you REALLY are, and at the same time, you can interact with action and movement and speech with others from all over the world.

Honestly, it takes a bit of practice and some learning skills plus a good instructor to really get the swing of it, but once you master the basics, you will discover a whole new world, literally a world, in which you can live a life, interact with others, even conduct an online in-person business without ANY physical organic contact whatever.

The whole idea is that in the Ashram, anything you can do in the organic world can be duplicated quite cleverly in the virtual world, and the illusion becomes more powerful the more you use it and the more completely you master it.

You can fly, drive, eat, drink, entertain and be entertained in the virtual ashram, but wait — there’s more! Continue reading →

Corona is a Cigar

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Remember when “Corona-Corona” was a fine Cuban cigar? Probably not — it was before Castro even played baseball. The virus doesn’t know borders and doesn’t respect bullies. It goes where it will, and when it will.

One of those places was evidently someone in or around the President and Vice President during yesterday’s festivities at the CDC, and they tested positive.

This doesn’t necessarily mean anything — the test can be wrong, lots of other factors, but it puts us in mind of the fact that if those two old bastards in the Oval Office aren’t careful to observe “Social Distancing”, we might end up with a woman President — Nancy Pelosi — think about it. If they get too sick to do their jobs, she steps in and wham! We have our first woman President, if only temporarily until the two elderly gents recover from the flu.

This is of course pure speculation having little basis in fact, but it IS possible, and therefore the PRUDENT businessperson takes note of the possibility and prices it into the market, however improbable it may seem. Continue reading →

My Sailboat, “Titanic Too”

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Yes, the ship of state is soon to sail, and we’re the anchor they’ll cast off when they leave port. What I mean is, you’d better get your marketing together TODAY, or lose the chance forever. This day will last a thousand years — if you want it to (few want it to).

My little “Bandit” VIRTUAL SAILBOAT is already sailing around the Ashram and has been operating in these waters for several years now — I’m working on a water race course for sailors with Bandits. Believe it, the Bandit is the only sailboat worth owning in Second Life.

I’d like to introduce the idea of Particle Linkage. Look, you can get a Godd Particle from Uncle Claude, put it on your Ashram Avatar and you’re linked up. See? Continue reading →

Autocracy Basics

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Suddenly overnight find yourself living in an Autocracy? Don’t know what to do, don’t know the right words, don’t know the right people?

First off, are you now, or have you ever been, a member of an organized political party? If you answer yes, you won’t have ever voted Democrat.

I’m taking  a few moments away from working out on my Gretsch guitele, which finally has some new strings, although I haven’t yet affixed them to same, so I can write and sing some more devastatingly hilarious folk songs about Trumplestiltskin, to write a letter to Rachel Maddow, expressing a concern that you might also have about your own situation, so here’s an Open Letter To Rachel Maddow (I posted an email directly to her desk as well):

Hi, Rachel! I’m now 78 years out of port, having seen a hell of a lot. I’m a pro writer (Galaxy SF magazine, OMNI and a host of tv spots, gags & treatments and some 50 books currently in print and actually selling now and then) and that’s what I’m writing about. It’s not fanmail, although I have to say that your show is the only one I NEVER miss. This sometimes causes astonishing and unexpected situations. On the writing front, like John Lithgow — and this is the only comparison I’m going to make — I HAD to write a book about Trump or bust, and I did. It’s titled “Trump is a Four-Letter Word”. I hope my grandkids don’t adopt the same linquistic style as our current white house clown and, yes, I know — elect a clown, you get a circus. Well, I wrote the book and put it up for sale in a variety of formats, some three years ago. Like any other writer exercising First Amendment Rights and Steamletting Procedures, I vented full and well, and the book sits waiting for that viral moment, for which I may or may not be here. I’m sitting here these days waiting for that knock on the door, and that’s the reason I’m writing you. You’re the closest living being to Sherlock Holmes I’ve ever seen in action, so tell me — how long do I have to wait for that midnight knock?– ej gold

Is there anything you’ve done lately that might come to the direct attention of Trump or one or more of his brown-shirt goons?

If so, you might be high up on his LIST. You know which list I mean — the one that Nixon also kept.

It used to be bipartisan time, but now, it’s Friend or Enemy.

If you aren’t on the top of the ENEMIES list, don’t worry — your time will come soon enough. Actually EVERYBODY is on his list — he wants to take the entire planet with him when he goes.

The Bardo is NOT a lonely place, if you have friends in high places.

Got a book in you that’s demanding to get out? Hey, why wait until you can’t do it any more??? Write it now.

Are you a member of Congress? This is the time to speak out while you still can.

Do you have a vote? If you don’t vote, you can’t complain.

See You At The Top!

gorby

 

Democratic Punch-Out

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Apparently, Donald Trump caught a wicked cold when he was out golfing last weekend. His doctor ordered him to drink a glass of scalding hot lemon water after an equally scalding hot bath. I asked Donald how it had worked out. “Can’t tell yet,” he said in his saddest whine, “I haven’t finished drinking the hot bath yet.”

Yep, you guessed it, if you know your Democrats. Suicidal Stupidity. They’re at it, as usual — haw, haw!!! To the delight of any Republican, the Democrats are busy punching each other and furnishing Donald Trump with belly laughs and TONS of soundbytes and talking points, and in his case, the resulting crash of the Democratic Party causes a major trembling in the earth. Continue reading →

Youtube Newtube

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Youtube, newtube, that’s my latest motto, good for at least 24 hours of usage. Here’s what I’ve discovered: there’s a new style and look to the video thumbnails and front ends, and it looks like this:

You’ll notice in the forthcoming examples that my photo is always the same, which is a style of #branding that is very competitive in today’s media market, where it’s a struggle just to get a single second in front of someone. Continue reading →