Today there is some good advice that is definitely needed, a clever decorating idea, a gorgeous new skin at an incredible price, a fabulously stylish outfit and an artist that you all should take a look at.

1. How to Leave Meaningful Marketplace Reviews (Or More Accurately, How to Avoid Looking Like an Ass in One) Iris Ophelia has some advice.  She offers three tips to avoid looking like a jerk or an idiot when reviewing on Marketplace. Somehow I think the people who need to read this are the very ones who will not read it. But, it never hurts for the rest of us to get a good reminder of how to be civil and sensible. 
2. A Curved Wall Family Display: Editorial Clarity offers a solution for those curved walls.  It’s beautiful and would be smart in real life as well. In fact, it makes me want a curved wall.
3. Focus: Linda Reddevil shot a great photo, but even more I like the styling. Super bold, colorful and iconoclastic. Fair warning, she has autoplay music which you can turn off at the very bottom of the left column.
4. And Everyone Will Wanna Look Just Like Me: Magenta Devinna gave this post the right title. In fact, as soon as I log in, I am going to go pick up that skin!
5. Harbor Galaxy’s Photostream:  Her work looks more like paintings than screenshots. If course, she is processing the photos to give them this painterly look. You should take a look just to see how far someone can take Second Life into the world of art.

I don’t spent much time on the Second Life Community Forums, but occasionally the conversations get very interesting. Today’s Fast Five includes a forum discussion as well as a fabulous post about SL friendships.

1. Will Second Life still be around 10 years from now? Charli Infinity posed the question at Second Life’s General Discussion Forum and a thoughtful discussion about SL, its future and what makes it viable began. Are you as optimistic as most of the commenters? Continue reading →

There is a theory that the more choices we have, the harder it is for us to decide. We become paralyzed by choice. That sure can happen in SL when there is always more things to do than we can ever get to. At least, here we are sticking to five.

1. Neva River Sim Opening Its Doors: Neva Crystall is opening her home for visitors for ten days. If you saw her sim last year, it was beautiful. I will bet that it is even prettier this year. 
2. Ribbet! OK, so this is not technically a Second Life blog post or even anything really close, but many folks in SL don’t have PhotoShop and would like a good alternative. This is very much like the old Picnik that people have been mourning since it went away.
3. One more Spring post: Lana Quicksand shows us Whispering Wind, a beautiful sim to spend your springtime days in. It has a great mix of landscape and decor.
4. Rainbow Connection – Aledia Underby makes the most of the new Alice Project Rainbow Glitter hair, styling with gusto.
5. Look #417:  Alexiaa Allen’s first post in almost a month. If you check out her post, you will see why it’s nice to see her posting again.

Beautiful places, beautiful pictures and beautiful clothes. That’s what’s in today’s Fast Five.  Let’s start with the beautiful pictures.

• Single Frame Stories: Blur Every week a bunch of photographers take up the challenge to shoot a picture inspired by a word. This week’s word was blur and they focus on it brilliantly. I love how very different all their ideas are. 
• Lost in Time and Space: Open this set from Tillie Ariantho and set it on full screen and just read through a fun, humorous comic book created in SL. There is boobage so depending on your workplace, it may be NSFW.
• Vintage Rose: Ruriko Bracken brings her inimitable style to create this gorgeous photo. I love her styling of a skirt we have all seen a dozen times or more. She makes it fresh and exciting.
• Just Visiting: Hybie Minx shows you more of the gorgeous sim I shot my own post at last night. I feel a proprietary interest because when I arrived at the sim, I knew she would like it and dropped her a LM.
• I Got a Brand New Pair of Roller Skates… I love Elle Couerblanc’s photos and Melanie Safka. I get two in one.