GimpGirl Community Thanksgiving Fall Online Ball
This is an online, international event that will be held in Second Life, but is accessible to those not on Second Life via IRC chat. See below for details. Come join us at 3pm Pacific/SLT for a Thanksgiving/Fall celebration with DJ RockAndRoll Michigan! Meet others in the GimpGirl family and dance to some great tunes or chill out by our campfire and toast marshmallows! Sunday, November 22nd from 3:00 - 5:00 PM SLT/Pacific. (6:00 PM Eastern Time, for other timezones, click HERE) NOTE: This gathering is for EVERYONE. Bring your friends. Second Life Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/3DE/174/22/21 (THE STAGE IS TO THE EAST AFTER YOU LAND) IF YOU DON'T HAVE OR WANT ACCESS TO SECOND LIFE: You

My Father Pulls a Joan Crawford From the Urn
If you aren't familiar with what Joan Crawford did to her children in her will, here's a brief synopsis: After bullying and abusing her kids for years, Joan Crawford left nothing to 2 of her adopted children "for reasons well known to them". I am documenting my last few days this way so I can share this journey with other people who have an interest and in the hopes that people who may find themselves in similar circumstances will find something they can use in this series of posts. Thursday, October 22, 2009, Mid-Afternoon So picking up from my last post, I got a phone call from my father's widow no long after I spoke with her pastor about adding us to the memorial service bulletin. Annie:

A Job For the Drama Llama:Part One
Thursday, October 22, 2009, Early Afternoon Okay, so the church my father had been attending is having his memorial service. After talking to my sister and checking with the other two daughters, we 've decided to ask the church to include us in the church bulletin for genealogical reasons. My sister and one of the other sisters are into genealogy and so, it would be nice to have some acknowledgment; especially since we were not acknowledged on the obituary. I called the church, to give the church administrative assistant the appropriate information and leave word that I'd like to talk with the Pastor. She is a little surprised to be hearing from someone who claims she's Duke Spencer's daugh

Surviving George Owen
This obituary appeared in the Payson, Arizona newspaper, The Payson Roundup, some time in the last 7 days. George “Duke” Spencer died Oct. 14, 2009 in Payson. He was born May 8, 1927 in Illinois. Mr. Spencer moved to Payson in 1991. The Army veteran worked for a time as an actor in Hollywood, appearing in the John Wayne film “War Wagon” and the films “Hour of the Gun” and “Prison,” among others. He was also a volunteer with the Special Olympics program. He is survived by his wife, Annie G.S. Spencer of Payson; son, John Shaffer Spencer of Chandler; and grandson, Kyle. There will be a memorial service at 3 p.m., Friday, Oct. 23 at Mount Cross Lutheran Church in Payson. Donati

The Dalai Lama on Praise and Criticism
"If we really stop to think about praise and criticism, we will see they do not have the least importance. Whether we receive praise or criticism is of no account. The only important thing is that we have a pure motivation, and let the law of cause and effect be our witness. If we are really honest, we can see that it makes no difference whether we receive praise and acclaim. The whole world might sing our praises, but if we have done something wrong, then we will still have to suffer the consequences for ourselves, and we cannot escape them. If we act only out of a pure motivation, all the beings of the three realms can criticize and rebuke us, but none of them will be able to cause us to