Musings of Yxes

Modeling in Second Life!  Is the glitz and the glamour for you?

Checking out the fashion scene in SL, one might discover there is a fun way
to learn how to join in on the glamourous world of modeling.  Learn who the
best designers are, walk the runway showing off the latest fashions, and get
inside “tricks” [...]

Music Lives in Second Life!   Rock, Jazz, Blues, Grunge, Rap, New Age & More!
No matter what type of music you like, you will find it in Second Life. On any given day, there are hundreds are music events going on, many of them are featuring live music artists that will entertain and “wow” any [...]

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After updating the WordPress blogging software for my new blog, I thought I would try working with some of the plugins that have been developed for WordPress blogs.  I picked one that seemed quite interesting, and fun.  A different way to display a “Gallery” of some of the pictures I’ve taken.  
This picture [...]

Hello all,
I have posted another episode of my personal podcast, Fantasy & Folktales. I hope to remember to post the show notes, for each episode, as an easy reference to the Second Life™ places I talk about in each episode.  If you wanted to subscribe to get it on your iTunes, you can click on the [...]

…well, I finally did it!  I have gotten my very own domain, and I’m going to have to learn how to maintain a blog, and website from the ground up!
Wow!  I really don’t know if I will even know where to start!  I do believe that working on this blog will give me plenty of [...]

Watch Your Language
by Christine Kane
A few years ago, I was in a car with the promoter of one of my performances. He had picked me up at the airport and was driving me to my hotel. On the way, we talked guitars. We got onto the subject of Olson Guitars, arguably the best guitar in [...]

The 7 Biggest Mistakes People Make When They Say No
by Christine Kane

Know what’s funny?
Many women will talk about anything when it comes to personal growth work. They aren’t afraid to “go there.”
But as soon as the topic of Saying No comes up, they’ll sit back in their seats.
“Sorry.”
“No can do.”
“I tried that. It didn’t work.”
“Huh-uh.” [...]

How to Be an Extreme Encourager
by Christine Kane

Many years ago, when I first shared my dream of being a songwriter with one of my best friends, she knitted her brows and said, “Huh?”
I can’t say I was deflated by all of the warnings that followed. After all, I had always been surrounded by this kind [...]

The Universe is Your Dog
by Christine Kane

“Start by becoming a pack leader in your own world and healing your own world, and the effects will ripple.” – Cesar Millan, The Dog Whisperer
One of the fun assignments in my Uplevel Your Life Mastery Program is what I call “Mental Dress Up.”
This is a game that you [...]

After just over a year, I am really getting rather attached to my MacBook Pro.  I have to admit that the classes I’ve been taking at the Apple store have contributed greatly to this “attitude change”, as well as setting up the “free wi-fi” that I can get at Starbucks (with my registered “Gold Starbucks [...]