December 26th, 2020, a day after Christmas, when more were disappointed in what they got for the Holiday and others are suffering loses, in family members and friends from The Coronavirus, Covid-19. Then you add in the President not signing the Relief Bill for Coronavirus, The Defense Bill, The Housing Moratorium being left to expire in a few days, well America is in a mess under Donald J. Trump and only going to get worse by the time he leaves office on January 20th, 2021.

America has now had Forty Five Presidents, none of which has let the country go to hell in a handbasket like Trump has. Chris Christie the former Governor of New Jersey, who was a Trump friend and confident preparing him for the Presidential Debates has said it clear and loud, Trump is the Worst President in American History. Yes he is indeed the worst President in American History, if he cared about you or me or anyone else other then himself, he would sign the damn bills, concede the Election to Biden/ Harris and do a peaceful turnover now. But, he won’t why because he is narcissistic, a megalomaniac, a liar and con man, he is conning millions of his followers out of money as he leaves office. That is sad as hell that they believe him and his lies, He won’t even wear a mask, ask the nation to do so or social distance either. That’s not a Leader folks, that’s idiotic and ignorant and stupid all rolled into one, over 333,000 Americans are dead now, due to his incompetence. How anyone can sit back and still back this man I have no idea, I believe he belongs in one of two places, Not The White House, he belongs in an Institution for the Mentally Ill, or a Prison cell or both.

As America and the world moves forward now, we must find a way to survive Trump’s nasty path of leaving the Office. The Biden Harris team will need America’s full support if we are to heal the injuries and harm from Trump’s four years in office. We may never survive it or make it right, he is selling America to Russia and Putin and he keeps at it right to the end. He fears an Orange Jumpsuit Folks, Criminal charges await him once he leaves office, not to count sexual harassment and rape charges and civil matters too. Trump’s next step after Pardoning up to 46 people already will be to attempt to Pardon his family members and himself. He believes he can pardon himself as President and get away with it, and his kids and family too, don’t know what Congress will do about it, but, it won’t protect him from State charges at all.

Mar a Largo, and the community in Florida do not want Trump as a permanent resident either. They are going to hold him to his prior agreement when he built the Golf Club/ Course, and make him leave so he better have a new place to go.

Next the vaccines are now here and being given to millions, but due to the Holiday Season and people not listening I am sure millions will get the virus, the numbers of infections, hospitalizations and deaths will rise in January and February too watch. People had to go travel and see family instead of being smart and staying home and safe, now the price must be paid to the piper so to say. How many we still don’t know until, the numbers start to rise!

Now to finish this blog off, I want to say, look, anyone looking for me or my wife, can do so over the phone or computer, period. The only time we leave our home is for her medical appointments, why because she is breast cancer patient, that has metastasized to her bones now, and I am a lung cancer survivor and more. My life is yes, isolated here and we live it this way to stay alive folks, that virus strikes either of us and we will not survive it. I do the shopping as needed wearing a mask and staying away from people as much as possible. It is what the medical and scientific experts recommend.

As Trump sits in his place in Florida and golfs daily and enjoys his holiday and enjoys how he is screwing the American people and country as a whole, there are people like myself and my wife struggling to survive. We live on a Military Disability check and a Social Security check per month period. We are not alone folks, many do the same, like those who may end up homeless soon or run out of food, or unemployment checks, does Trump care, no!

I do tire of the Trump sycophants out there who scream he won the election when he didn’t, or just say the election was stolen. It’s bullshit folks, Trump himself beat Hillary Clinton by a 306 to 232 Electoral Vote margin in 2016, now Biden has beaten him in the same way, On top of that he was beaten soundly in the popular vote by an over seven million vote margin. The man lost, he should stop acting like a petulant, spoiled little rich boy, and get the hell out of office peacefully and concede and do the Peaceful Turnover that has been a tradition in America since Washington, did it first.

To Donald J. Trump, your father built himself an empire in real estate and built a decent name for himself and the family, you have destroyed the Trump Brand, The Trump name, The Trump reputation too. Your Father would be mad as hell Donald J. Trump, for you just ruined the Trump name in American History, forever!

Merry Christmas 2020 to all out there!

As we go on, we do so alone here in my home, with my cancer ridden wife and I, who survived lung cancer. We have ourselves, we have two cats to keep us company.

There is no Christmas tree, no lights of color, no wreaths or presents this year, we can’t afford to give as we struggle to survive on my Disability Payments and Social Security checks. Yes we have a roof over our heads, yes we still have electricity and food to eat, yes we survive daily. We watch television, shake our heads at the news each day, as Donald Trump as President destroys America, it’s economy and it’s security and fails at everything he touches, in such a bad manner over 320,000 Americans have paid with their lives for his mistakes, and errors and failure to act correctly. he is refusing to sign a Coronavirus Relief Bill, so many Americans will lose their homes and have no money to survive on when he does. Then you add in the fact that he is refusing to Sign the Defense Bill for the country, well, bottomline folks, is he just setting America up for a takeover, we have to wonder. People will be buried in debt and forced to the streets, unless, he signs.

Even the weather for Christmas is bleak and whiteless this year, the snow is melted and gone, the rains have come, it’s like the planet is trying to clean itself up, as no one has done anything to clean it properly or to stop the pollution that is killing humanity. It is a sad discussion to have, when mankind is too ignorant and blind to save itself from it’s own destruction of the only world that will support our lives. are we so selfish and blind to not realize, we are killing the only planet with an environment to support human life at all?

Christmas’s to me were never a big thing in my life, for brief periods of my life it was fun and enjoyable is all, now it is like a big wasteland. I know, people will say I am depressed, maybe I am, but one thing I know, the good old days of yore, are no more. Used to be people would help one another when I grew up, someone got a flat tire or broke down on the road , people would pull over and help them in someway, even if just to give them a ride to a nearby gas station for help. Today, none of that happens folks, nowadays you break down, your done, wait for a tow truck. We as a world have gone from a we society to a me society. Otherwise it’s me, me, me and screw you, I am getting mine no matter what happens to anyone else. It’s sad for sure.

As we Celebrate the Birth of God’s Child, and his placement on Earth to forgive all of our sins, we should stop the greed, the hate, the pain giving, we should realize we can only survive, if we act as one unit, one family, humanity to survive.

A pandemic is here on earth, people are dying left and right, families are devastated by loss, pain and misery. People are hungry and need homes and roofs over their heads and they are being abandoned in America by Donald J. Trump who is rich, and as one CNN commentator said, he is crackers! Yes, for the past almost four years we have lived under a man who is a megalomaniac, a liar and con man and he has had fun at our expense to the tune of over 320,000 deaths in our country. Now it is time he must leave and he is blazing a trail of destruction and stopping the country from having a peaceful transition to the next Presidency. Sad.

I have a Christmas Wish for ALL Americans here, I wish The Republicans would stand up and go to Trump like they did Nixon, Mcconnell needs to grow a set and go to Trump and tell him it’s over, stop the bullshit, your killing the Country, concede and leave period, and that they will overcome his Vetos, immediately if he tries them. Someone needs to tell Trump to pack his bags and go as fast as possible. His path of destruction and damage to America has to cease now. It should be a bipartisan group to approach him and tell him so, like it was with Nixon in his final days, but it should be a more forceful message that works. Trump has to go now, period.

While Christmas is upon us all and I know we are all trying to celebrate it as well as we can, the New Year awaits us as we move forward. 2021 will have to be a recovery year for the United States, on the World Stage and here, at home domestically. The destruction and damage and drama of Donald Trump’s era must go, we need a positive outlook and a positive way forward all. Do we still believe in Democracy, and The Republic our forefathers gave us 245 years ago or not? As Ben Franklin said ” We will only have a Republic as long as we the people believe in it and make it so”.

Merry Christmas to All Americans and All World Wide, and here is to Wishing all A Very Happy New Year for 2021!

Christmas 2020, is a quiet time in the world, while many will celebrate by singing songs, if people are smart they won’t travel around. Coronavirus folks is serious and deadly and the rising number of deaths worldwide and here in America are proof of it too. New strains appear and they are more infectious and faster spreading then what we have faced so far. So, if you love life, love living, love your family and friends you will wear masks and social distance and give up the Holiday for this year at least. Yes it is hard to do and you will all miss one another, but there is online things, Zoom, Facebook and other programs to see your relatives and friends through, if you must.

As we face one of the world’s pandemics that we must get through, we have in America the biggest problem ever in White House history and political history in our country. President Donald J. Trump lost the 2020 election by a very wide margin, over Seven million popular votes and an electoral college loss by 306 to 232. Now in 2016 when he won the White House and Presidency, the same numbers applied and he called his win over Hillary Clinton a landslide, so this one is a landslide over him too.

Trump is like a petulant child who can’t have his way and rebelling against the idea he lost period. He is making excuses, filed so many legal cases it was crazy and failed at each of them. He knows he lost, he is scared of having to leave the Presidency and it’s legal protections is all. Once he is out of office it opens the door for the civil cases and legal cases to come flooding in at him. And he has no legal protections anymore, so he will have to pay to defend himself from all of it and he knows it. He will need better attorneys then he has now and the cost will be high to fight Uncle Sam and the States to stay free. His charges will be many from tax evasion and fraud to rape and sexual harassment, and more. Sadly he knows it is all coming too, and he is running in fear and trying to stay in office to avoid arrest, or to stay protected from the civil charges. It won’t work Donald.

So what does he do on his way out. he continues to deny the election results of course, then he now threatens to Veto the Relief Package Congress approved in both the Senate and House and leave America with no relief or help. Sad. Look no relief package would be perfect, all know that, at least they Congress did pass a package to hold all over till after the holidays, Trump did nothing. Don’t take your election loss out on all Americans and their families Trump.

At one point Donald J. Trump wanted to have himself placed on Mount Rushmore. Sadly, he can’t even kiss a pimple on any of those men’s asses. He is a failure period. He failed at all he said he would do. He failed to bring jobs back from overseas. He failed at diplomacy, Russia and North Korea both laugh at him. He went to the United Nations once in his Presidency, why, because they laughed at him there too. He fails, it is, what it is Donald!

His Economy failed and fell apart, his coronavirus fight sucked from day one and he is responsible for over 300 thousand deaths in America. He doesn’t even act like he cares at all he is only having temper tantrums because he lost the election and won’t grow up and concede the election or open the doors for a peaceful transition of power to his successor, Joe Biden. He is hurting America and he doesn’t care, as Russia hacks our systems and steals our information he denies it, says it is China. sadly, Trump is delusional, unstable, dangerous and America will have to guard itself against him and others before he leaves office.

We have had 45 Presidents now in America, of the 5, Trump will be the lowest rated President and the worse in history to have ever served. He is a walking disgrace in my opinion, he failed at all he touched and destroyed America from within, following Putin’s instructions. America has slid closer to Communist rule and control under Trump. That’s sad.

Trump will try anything to stay in Power in The White House as President we know that now, when he starts talking Martial Law in The Oval Office. Let me say this to those who fear him, enacting Martial law to overturn the election, it won’t happen. First The electoral college has now certified the results in all states, second the Military will not do what he wants, it would be called sedition. He is trying to commit sedition to stay in power, and no one in America or the world will buy it.

Definition of Treason and Sedition as found on the Internet @www.academia.edu/23914447/_Sedition_Treason_Whats_The_Difference_

What is the difference between treason and Sedition?

• Treason is the violation of allegiance to one’s sovereign or state, giving aid to enemies, or levying war against one’s state. Sedition is encouraging one’s fellow citizens to rebel against their state, whereas treason is actually betraying one’s country by aiding and abetting another state.

I submit, if Trump continues along the lines he is going, he should be arrested for Sedition Against the American Government and charged and tried in a court of law, in America. He is working overtime in encouraging citizens to rebel against their own country/ state, period.

Donald J. Trump should be faced down by the Republican Party, for all he is doing and has done and told to stand down and leave peacefully. It is time for Senate Leader McConnell and other Republicans to get together with the Democratic Leadership and go to the Oval Office and tell Trump to leave peacefully and cut the bullshit out and to conceded and to force him to do a peaceful turnover of power to Biden. If they don’t, I suggest, to all Americans, there are midterm elections in every Administration, vote all the Republicans out for destroying America. If you believe in democracy, the republic, and the Constitution, then go tell Donald J. Trump to stop and pack his bags and leave, or if necessary enact the 25th Amendment and remove him from power, before he can do more damage. Donald J. Trump is unstable, dangerous, a liar, and a constant threat at this time to our country.

Few questions, or politicians, bother to try to reach them, for you never can it seems. So what can one do to reach, the President of the United States of America? Is there a possibility he will listen if you try? I doubt it in the case of Number 45, Donald J. Trump.

So sometimes when nothing works, the easiest method is to go direct, so to say, Even then no one can make it easy, or will listen to all you say. In Trump’s case he listens to no one anyway, and will do as he believes, he needs to. In Donald J. Trump’s world, it is all him and screw anyone else, the old , my way or the highway applies with him.

To: Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America

From a Concerned Citizen of America

Mr. President,

Sadly, I am writing this because you do not respond to criticism or disagreements, or differences with anyone at all. So, the facts really do speak for themselves when it comes to your Presidency, and they are not pretty and they can not be colored in pretty colors to please anyone either. The Facts, of your Presidency and where your place will be in American and World History, is a sad story in and of itself. You started your Administration off with lies on day one and have continued to lie, on the average of 24 times per day, since. That is disgusting, embarrassing and should be humiliating for and to you. But, it doesn’t bother you at all, does it?

You lied about the size of your Inauguration Crowd, and have continued to lie since. You have zero accomplishments to your Presidential record and that is very sad for a man who begged to be President in 2016. What’s really sad is you had to run against a woman to win, and you did so with attacks on her personality, integrity and her honor. Hillary Rodham Clinton has more honor and brains in one finger than you do in your whole body and brain. Your constant attacks on her since the election and during it was and is sad, childish, foolish and baseless.So do us all a favor and just quit it.

Everything you promised to do as President has never come to fruition, and I mean everything. You promised to Make America Great, failed. You promised to bring jobs back from overseas, failed. You said and I quote ” I will build a wall between us and Mexico and make the Mexicans pay for it.” Failed again. You said, ” I will handle North Korea and Kim Jung Un and his nukes he is building”, guess what, failed again. What you did do, is put Kim Jong UN on the world stage and give him a seat at the world power table. You run scarred daily when someone mentions Russia, Putin and what they are doing in the world or to the world in anyway. So, I hope at some point, we the American People can gig deep enough to get the answer as to what exactly Putin has on you, that stops you from facing him down. You whmp out every chance you get Trump.

You failed America on so many fronts as President, it is shocking and surprising to me, that your still in office. How many American Presidents get Impeached, cry about it, and then do nothing the rest of their term? That’s what you are doing, zero accomplishments. It’s a disgrace to America, a disgrace on the world stage as others watch us and look for guidance and assistance from us, to only find we can’t provide it anymore due to your fumbling, bumbling and idiotic ways. We are being laughed at by the world. The economy of America is gone, jobs gone, healthcare destroyed by you, all sad to see.

You failed to stop the Coronavirus and you knew it was coming ahead of time. You failed to react and you avoided it and denied it, Now it has claimed over 320,000 deaths and the cases of covid-19 grow each day as do the deaths. Your reaction to it was slow, non responsive, denying and because you choose to deny, people died and families are shattered. Still to this day, you won’t wear a mask or social distance or tell Americans to do so. That is sad! What is wrong with you? Are you so unstable, so scarred and so idiotic that you can’t see the truth and respond correctly?

Next, you lost the election period, Donald J. Trump, and no whining, crying, bitching or moaning will change it for you. There will be no miracle to overturn the election, that’s over 7 million votes in the popular vote and the electoral college vote is plain as day, 306 to 232, the same landslide margin you won by in 2016 over Clinton, but this time your on the losing end. Wake up. It’s good to call it a landslide when your on the winning side, but not when it’s you who lost?

As to provoking or starting Martial Law over the election results, are you nuts, ill or mentally unbalanced to even listen to or talk that way? This is not Russia, or Cuba, or another Dictator led country, this is a democracy and a republic, it won’t happen here. It can’t and Americans won’t allow it period. Now a fact for you to understand, you lose all control of the Military as Commander in Chief, as soon as Joe Biden is sworn in as President. So you have a choice to make , pack up the moving trucks and your belongings, or in 30 days, the Marine Corps will for you, and if you refuse to leave power or the Oval Office, they will escort you out so the world can see it on public television. They do not swear an oath to you as President or as an individual, they swore an oath to Protect and Defend the constitution and The united States from all powers foreign and domestic. Guess what you would fall under a domestic threat then and they will respond as the new President says to. So , go ahead, play your game, you will lose, there is no winning in this for you. My only question for you, Donald J. Trump is as follows: Why do you cry, whine, complain and try to overturn an election you lost so badly, and one you have shown no want, need or care to complete in your term. You don’t do the job and haven’t for a long time and won’t. So why fight for a job you won’t, can’t and don’t have the abilities or skills to compete or understand? Tell us That Donald J. Trump!

Sadly, the only reason you object to or fight the election results, is simple, you fear not having the immunity of the position and Office of the Presidency. why, because you will face criminal and civil cases as soon as you are out of office. Financial ruin awaits you and so does bankruptcy, that’s why you are so damn angry and upset. No one stole the election, you lost the damn election period. Pack Up and be out by January 20th, 2021, and go home Donald J. Trump. Just make sure you have a permanent residence too, because Mar a Largo doesn’t want you there as a permanent resident. So, find a new place to hide when your out of Office.

2020 is slowly coming to an end, and I say Thank God! It’s been a year of madness, idiotic Presidential actions, by Donald J. Trump only made it worse as we have had to deal with, so many things. Job loses, an economy that went south, healthcare that was killed by Trump, and of course the major problem os Coronavirus. COvid-19.

The deaths rise, the cases of the virus rise and the American President is Missing in Action as he rants and raves and complains and cries about losing the 2020 Presidential Election to his opponent Joe Biden. He condemns his own Republican party members for saying he lost and telling him to concede, he refuses to concede and now is plotting to use the Military to stay in office!. Martial law is not the way to go Trump, the Military as of January 20th, 2021 will follow Biden’s Orders not yours it is automatic in America. What bothers me more than this so called discussion in our White House Oval Office of you using martial law to stay in office, is the fact that a man who, is President of the United States is so unstable and ranting in this fashion. I hate to tell you this Donald J. Trump, we have men with white coats, who can help calm you down and make you feel safe in their custody, in a nice facility, for unbalanced and unfit, mentally ill people.

Lets just look at the facts Donald J. Trump. You lost the popular vote by well over 7 million votes, you lost the electoral college vote by a wide range of 306 to 232 electoral votes, which you beat Hillary Clinton by, and called a landslide, it’s a landslide by Biden over you, wake up. A Landslide is a landslide, period Trump, it’s time to pack up your stuff, your wife , your kids, and go, Now, I do remind you, Mar a Lago may be your Golf Course and property, but you signed a contract that says you can not live on it. I would look fast for a new place to live and buy. They don’t want you in Mar A Lago, Donald!

Sadly, many don’t understand why you are trying to stay in as President of The United States of America, it’s not about doing the job that’s for sure, you vacated it long ago. It about losing the protection of the Office really, you know once you vacate the job, the law comes for you in New York, and Federally and so does litigation from women you touched you should never have. It means that the 45th President of the United States can indeed become the First American President to be convicted of crimes and prosecuted and maybe put in prison. You don’t want the job as President you want the protection of it from being prosecuted period, what a fall it will be from the highs to the lows, of convictions and being made to face financial difficulties and so much more from behind prison bars.

To those who are Trump followers and Sycophants out there, I am sure the downfall will bring you all much pain and sorrow, but the facts are the facts, the man you backed, followed and supported with your time and money is a grifter who is collecting your money to defend himself is all. No one would vote for Trump in 2024 if he ran again, first off his age, second off his four year record, of all failures, zero accomplishments. Besides, once he is hit with charges, litigation, and convictions, he is done in politics period. Face fact Trump Followers/ Sycophants, the man is a loser period and you backed him for what reasons?

America does not have the time to deal with Trump once he is gone, so it may be a few years he is free. In the end though, it will come back to get him. We must go forward, be positive, fight the damages he created, fight the virus, fight the Russian attacks against us and of course the coronavirus/ covid-19 virus and its effects. As deaths pile up in America and trucks are loaded with bodies and hospitals filled, we need all the help and concentration we can get, to survive and get the vaccines distributed country and world wide. somethings have more priority then Trump and his childish adolescent ways and his pouting crying and temper tantrums.He can slink off and hide till later, I am sure the law will track him,

The above said, I want to say this to all, 2020 has been a disaster for all of us. As it rolls to its end and 2021 gets closer, we need to stay positive, we need to stay united, we need to move forward and fight the virus, the Russians, climate control and more. So, please, let’s do it as one nation, for we really can accomplish anything if we all do it together. I want to wish all who have read my blogs, my stories or poems, or talked to me in anyway, a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year, and I hope for all of us better times!.

Christmas Time is upon us all, the snow may come and it may fall,

The winds shall blow and fat men in red suits will Ho Ho Ho,

Children will laugh and ask for gifts, and parents will rush to and fro,

To find the gifts, for all they know!

Televisions will play Christmas Parades, Hanukkah candles will be lit, one by one,

All to celebrate the birth of God’s Son!

As we celebrate this Holy Day, and the year rolls to an end,

I just want to say, to foes and friends, where ever you may be,

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah too,

From Me to Each of You!

Let Peace reign, let happiness come your way,

Let 2020 go and 2021 come in,

Happy New Year is next, Let it begin!

Let us stand tall, let us stand proud, lets beat Covid-19, and move on as, allowed!

Happy Holidays once more, good health and good will, I pray for all that the virus did kill,

Let’s take the Season, to give reason, to all that has happened, and changed,

Help one another, and let’s fight on,

In the image of God’s Son.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, and to all a Happy New Year!

William M. McCurrach December 19th, 2020.

Perseverance, Grit and Determination, a while back, in Austin Island the sim in Second Life Ratzu Darkstone tried to give a discussion/ lecture on grit and determination, it was in regard to staying the course in his sim and the assignments. But to Lecture on Grit and Determination you have to have lived it and survived it.

Grit and Determination is not staying a course of assignments made up in fantasy land on a sim in Second Life. That’s just a game is all your playing there, just as Second Life is a virtual World built of many such games to play. So is Austin Island, Ratzu Darkstone’s little world of D/s BDSM.

You want to know what Grit and Determination and Perseverance is, I will tell you here and now. IT’s surviving 199 epileptic seizures in the first nine months of your life and overcoming to stay alive. It’s surviving a home life of beatings and verbal abuse and overcoming. It’s growing up in the projects and fighting to stay alive and go to school everyday of your life. These are just a few of the things that take real grit and determination to live thru and accomplish.

That was my beginnings folks. True Grit and Determination is when you fail at school and dropout in high school and have to go to work at 16 years old to survive and work 80 hour weeks to survive. Or when you lose the job due to layoffs and the factory shuts down and moves away and you have nowhere to go and live in a YMCA. Struggling unemployment check to check and always looking for work to survive. Grit and Determination is when you have to go peel potatoes for a restaurant and mop and clean floors to eat to survive. That’s what it is really, not hanging in there to complete silly assignments in Austin Island a sim in Second Life.

True Grit and determination is when you reach 18 and join the Army and serve your country, then have a father who falls over on a shitter from a disease that almost kills him and you return home because you’re worried about him. Grit and determination is going back out after all of that, and rejoining the service in a different branch for three years, doing it on weekends and two weeks in the summer to survive. Then figuring out you have to survive, there is no jobs to take or do left and going back into the service, in a new Branch and starting over again. Overcoming is grit and determination and perseverance folks, not sitting in front of a computer listening to people having cybersex and role playing in a silly sim in Second Life.

Grit and Determination is serving your country for 16 years, getting hurt doing so, having to overcome back and spinal injuries, and living with them the rest of your life, because you served your country. That’s what it is folks. It’s going as far as your will, and determination will take you in the service despite your injuries, then being discharged for them and becoming disabled and unable to work for the rest of your life at 40 years old. Thats grit and determination, when instead of quitting, giving up and lying down, you get back up find a way to get funds, finish high school, then move on to be the only member of your family to ever go to college and earn a degree and complete it. To bea Member of Phi Theta Kappa and Alpha Beta Gamma Honor Societies too. To proudly stand there disabled and hold the only degree, anyone in your family ever earned, and go on to manage hotels and restaurants. Thats grit and determination folks, I did it, did you? I overcame Lung cancer also and survived it, did you? I also care for a cancer ridden wife daily, do you?

With all of the above I survived in my life, I also had two marriages, two daughters, and now have 6 grandchildren. I paid off my home and cars now years ago and I will be 65 in January of 2021. That’s what Grit and Determination is folks, that’s what perseverance is too. Now, Ratzu Darkstone can give his little discussions on grit and determination in his little Second Life sim called Austin Island all day and night, that he wants, in the end he has no idea, what it really is. Sadly, few understand the facts, and few know the facts of all of our lives, the problem is people don’t want to know. In Ratzu Darkstone’s world, all he knows is his little Austin Island Sim, in Second Life.

The fact that he is lawyer in Austin, Texas doing it all, is sad. You can preach and discuss Grit and Determination, but, until you lived it, don’t do it to me, or others! One thing Lawyers do better than anything else is bullshit people, intimidate people and try to control people, that explains how Austin Island is run by Ratzu Darkstone in Second Life. Sadly, people follow bullshitters, who intimidate others and give them control over their lives, just look at Trump, Hitler, Jim Jones, and Charles Manson, then look at Ratzu Darkstone and his ways. It’s all right there in front of you to see.

Ratzu Darkstone’s Principles are crap really, he doesn’t live up to them himself and that’s the truth.

Here are his Principles for you all to read:

Austin Rules and Principles 18OCT2020

I. AUSTIN PRINCIPLES – The overarching principles of the Austin-Island Sim are:

1. treat people with respect and tolerance;
2. be trustworthy, act with integrity and authenticity;
3. be responsible and accountable consistent with our creeds, rules, and traditions;
   *4. develop and demonstrate- resilience, grit, and perseverance.
   *5. demonstrate flexibility & coachability- listen to the community, grateful that someone cares enough about you to push you, vulnerable enough to know you’re not perfect, be open to honest feedback, willing to make changes.
4. have fun and let others have fun.

First one, Ratzu treats no one with respect and tolerance I prove that, I tried to explain myself to him, he wouldn’t listen and he has no tolerance for anyone who disagrees with his assignments or ways of doing, D/s and BDSM.

Second one Ratzu isn’t trustworthy at all, he says one thing and does another, if he knew what integrity was at one time, he forgot it. He told all, he gives people second chances, he only does that for ass kissers.

Thirdly, he has no idea what determination and grit really are, it is something he heard is all and said that sounds good, I will add it, one day.

Flexibility are you kidding me, he has none, he is stuck in the same way of doing things for over 12 years. He doesn’t listen to his community or the girls in it either, they have been telling him forever it’s boring, we are tired of mentoring. He isn’t willing to admit he is not perfect and is not open to any feedback, you do that with him, he bans you. So forget the willingness to make changes he hasn’t, in over 12 years. Also Ratzu, lets others tell him lies and acts on them, without verification, or proof. or facing the person accused.

So there you have the new Austin Island Principles and the reasons they can’t and won’t work.

Ok, a little advice for Austin Island and Ratzu Darkstone, you can’t improve your membership or increase or attract people, if you force anything on anyone. Nor does it help you to increase the rules and principles and change them, for all you do is. complicate it all.

Next subject, for you Ratzu, the interaction in your Cafe has always been boring, tiresome and just worthless. To have people who are supposed to be into D/s and BDSM sitting around and not even chatting openly, well it goes nowhere, and when you don’t allow freedom of exchanging of ideas it won’t help you either.

It doesn’t help when you have Masters roam in and out of the Cafe either, playing pranks and jokes on the girls of Austin, talking about asses and big breasts, but not doing anything to do with D/s or BDSM in anyway. But isn’t that the way it has always been in Austin Island, Ratzu, you send people in to listen in the Cafe and they report all back to you daily when you log on in the evening, so people are afraid to talk openly in Austin Island or The Cafe. Different opinions never count, nor do suggestions when it comes to Austin and you Ratzu, you believe you sit on a throne and don’t, but keep at it, it will get worse before it gets better, unless you wake up to reality.

The girls of Austin are bored Ratzu, there is a reason for it, but you never did listen to them fully or completely did you? You like to do things your way is all, that’s fine you pay for the sim you run, but, it won’t keep the girls happy to have them kneeling in The Cafe or standing around waiting for action of a BDSM or D/s nature. The dances were cute and still are Ratzu, but they are not what a D/s or BDSM lifestyle is about, you never learn that, do you. They are fun maybe once a week at best, that’s it.

Lectures or Discussions are tiring when repeated too, people don’t enter a D/s BDSM sim to listen to lectures, they already have them all in your made up assignments you hand out. You lack originality, and imagination and so do the Masters and girls of Austin period. That is why people get bored in Austin Island and end up leaving you and your sim.

Next thing I want to mention for you Ratzu Darkstone, you listen to no one fully, you only listen to what you wish to hear is all. That is part of your problem in your sim. Besides that, you should stick the intimidation bullshit up your ass and start to realize, people know your doing it and don’t appreciate it either, in your sim, or from you as a person. Learn to draw a goddamn line in using it, and shut it off when not needed, You may get further with manners, politeness and kindness and empathy then force, or intimidation, if you get my drift.

Let me tell you and the Membership at Austin something Ratzu. If your a dominant and the girls are submissives, you need to clarify something on sim for all to understand up front and straight, for you confuse it always. BDSM is Bondage, Discipline, Sadomasochism, which is one area your dealing in, Dominance and submission is a second one, they can be separated and entirely alone. You should know this, yet you keep combining them automatically, wrong.

Another area for your knowledge, to attract more members you have to be more open and more acceptable of other ideas, thoughts and ways. This bullshit of well, we have done it this way for twelve years and it has worked will not cut it. No organization, business, club, bar, store would sit the same way and survive in today’s culture, get out of the past, and open up to fresh ideas and ways to do things. If you don’t you will be bypassed and never grow the sim you are so proud of having and building.

Before you hold more discussions and make people sit and listen to you preach your Principles and Rules and ways, be sure you yourself follow them and your leadership clique does too, or you fail to lead properly. Old saying Ratzu, from my military days, before anyone can be a good leader they must have first been a good follower. Secondly, leadership is not all about just telling people what to do or how to do it, it is about communication skills, listening is vital, encouraging is vital, empathy is vital, learn to use it and them. To do so you have to stay open, listen, evaluate, accept the good, and use it to prove your listening, not just saying yes, and then brushing it all aside.

A little item also, Gerritt’s Gel community next door to your sim, can and is a problem for you, even if you like the man a lot. He rents sims to your members as much as he can, they use those sims as private sims to do as they please. They also take members there for assignments and sexual acts and scenes and hide from you what they do. So go ahead, use Gerritt’s GEL Community to try to help you along, but, it will hurt more than help no matter how many sims he is renting now in the age of covid. Or how well he advertises.

Which reminds me of something I tried to tell you when I was in your sim as a member and alumni, too. Your mentors don’t mentor anyone not really, if your going to use mentors for people who are doing training assignments you need them to be active and talking to their mentees at least twice a week, it should be a requirement for the position/ job. Just tagging someone and assigning them as a Mentor is not enough, they fail and you lose people because they don’t do their jobs.

What will bring more people to Austin for you, is a constant question you always ask Ratzu. It is old, you want to attract more, be more open, more accepting, more honest. Less intimidation, less lying and changing the rules to fit the ones you favor, make them apply to all period and be fair and listen before you act, even a criminal gets a day in court and a chance to defend themselves, but not in Austin Island. Look, Listen, ask questions, emphasize, care and you may keep members and get more. But, again, I know you won’t listen to me or anything I write, because you hate me, my blogs and all I say, if you didn’t lie to me, or ban me without asking me what really happened, we wouldn’t be here now, would we? Communication isa two way street, learn it, stop making decisions the girls tell you to make and look, listen, investigate on your own, it is foolish fora so called Master/ Dominant to be, being told what to do by the submissives. Rene wouldn’t have done so in The Story of O, nor would have Stephan, they would laugh at you.

One last thing here, The Story of O, was written in 1954, it was a different era and time than now. Wake up to the facts here, one the story is just that a story, not a rule book for D/s BDSM, secondly, as I told you above, Dominance and Submission is one half of the equation, the other half is Bondage, Discipline,SadoMasochism. both are arts, not games. Stop trying to make it too serious, make it more fun, all the toys and devices are nice, but, find ways to have the men interact with the girls, in either more erotic ways, or in more fun ways, other than dances and theatre plays. I found it strange you had all running to the little dances, but no one interacting with one another in a D/s or BDSM manner at all. So any little spots you built for scenes and playing, and none of them being used. I found that completely funny to see. You can’t limit where the play takes place or the sceneing, unless it’s just for assignments, but even then, not all have to be done for all to see, does it? Also, you can’t control who becomes couples or don’t become couples, you can’t do it in real life and you shouldn’t try in Second Life. Second Life is not real life period, it wasn’t built to host D/s BDSM sims, and make them too serious and boring, loosen up, let the play begin and remember not to force anything period, stop putting people in the Cafe to report all to you, not all the men and women of the sim will be capable or get along, just ask them to act like adults and avoid the ones they can’t get along with and move on, if they stay in the sim.

Don’t change, and you can’t move forward, it’s that simple, you get stuck in a rut, spinning in circles and that will never help you or Austin, will it?

December 2020, will be like no other, Christmas, Hanukkah, will not be the same, how can it be folks, Covid-19 is upon us all, as we all await the vaccines, being shipped starting today. We all know the sadness of the numbers of the infected and those who have died to date, sadly we can’t change it or them. People made up their own minds on whether to wear masks and social distance or to listen to Donald J. Trump and not do so. Sadly. what he does not understand is because of his example and lack of cooperation, in fighting the Covid-19 virus, so many have died. The Hospitals are filled with Covid-19 patients of all colors, races and ages. It’s sad time for me, for I can not comprehend how an American President can not give guidance and set an example for all in a pandemic. Please folks, wear your masks as needed in and outdoors, and stay 6 feet apart, Don’t do parties or events that include more than those in your immediate home. Anything less, is just plain wrong and against humanity as a whole.

That said, The Holiday Season has arrived, and the Christmas Season is upon us all. Lights will go up, cards will go out, friends will call one another and so will families. Zoom, Facebook, and other messaging services will be busy and get used this year and we should all do it that way. We should be thankful the ones who have the internet and these services available to us. It at least lets us talk to those we love face to face, on a Holiday we all believe in.

I want to Wish all a Happy Holiday Season/ Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah, season too. We should be Thankful for being Alive and still here! so Please, Take it Careful, wear your Mask, and stay distanced and remember as President Elect Joe Biden and his Vice President Elect Harris say, we all are in this together and Help is on The Way. Vaccines are coming folks, hang in there and lets all survive.

I would imagine many in Second Life, enjoy the program, for the music, the entertainment and people to talk to, and some enjoy building left and right too and selling their lil pixel objects to all. The thing about Second Life is the possibilities it provides for all who enter it.

As December of 2020 moves along, soon for me it will be be fourteen years in Second Life as one of its users. I have met many different people of both sexes. Each is an individual I can tell you that and they all range in age, location, nationalities and color, which makes it interesting to talk to and interact with people a world away. I must admit, Second Life is great for just chatting and conversations too, it can be a fun place, it can be educational in more ways than one also. But, it also holds dangers, for those new to it, or those who may be gullible, succeptiable to others worlds or ways, the vulnerable and unexperienced in many ways end up being used by others. The danger is that people start cults in Second Life and those cults control minds and people to such an extent that no matter what they will blindly follow the cult leaders making them. These individuals are sycophants folks.

It’s one thing to believe in a lifestyle or way to do things and enjoy it, it is another to end up under the sway and control of these cult leaders, who to me, are equal to Jim Jones, Charles Manson, who were mass murderers and cult leaders responsible for numerous deaths.

Everyday in the world we run across these kind of people, they have charisma and a way of talking, or promise things no one else will, take Donald J. Trump for one, he has a following that makes no sense, and is one of the most destructive men in history, when it comes to Second life, these types of leaders come in all forms. Now, I personally have lived the D/s BDSM Lifestyle in Real life, what is sad is to see people inventing, creating sims in Second Life for the purpose of their own self pleasure period. They claim to be Teaching or Educating others, they aren’t really. Ratzu Darkstone is one of these cult Leaders hiding in Second Life and using it for his own personal pleasure. What are they doing? Preying on innocent succeptiable, damaged women who are submissive and using them for their own purposes. That leads us to the Predators of Second Life who do this all the time. before I go further let me say this, I have been to many of these sims, and seen how they operate, the one thing they use is to tell these submissive women they are going to protect them. So the submissive women believe they have found a protector and they stick in the sim. It’s a hook, is all, and these submissive women, need someone to be there, they are lonely, damaged, either emotionally, or mentally, some are even disabled individuals, who hide behind closed doors at home, hiding from their husbands, to feel like they belong. Sadly, sitting at a computer hidden away in a room in your house and shutting yourself out from the world, so you can listen to someone who calls himself a Master/ Dominant and have cybersex with them or be cyberly spanked, bound or used is not the way to go and will destroy your real life. It will affect your marriage and family and friends who care about you as you withdraw and hide behind the monitor of your computer for these purposes.

Why does Ratzu Darkstone a lawyer who resides in Austin, Texas do what he does? Why pay hundreds a month to maintain and run a sim in Second Life, if he is not getting something out of it? Every submissive he initiates into his Chateau, he gets his jollies off on, as he does so, is all. He sits in his little throne after he accepts the girl, and whips her as he sends her to a table to be gang banged by five men at once in front of 20 to 30 people watching all of this. It’s a sad sight to watch, but I give it to him, he set up a program to break down these submissive women, to break their spirits, and remold them in the image he wants them to be. They all come out of his Chateau, answering questions the exact same way, acting exactly the same, like robots. they have lost any individuality in my opinion. It’s sad to see really.

Anyway, let me show you something about how Austin Island is run by Ratzu Darkstone. As a member as I said before when I was there I was told, all the submissives want to be told to kneel, I didn’t go along with that, for I believed a woman, submissive or not, will only kneel for who they respect and care about, not strangers. Anyway the dispute I had with Ratzu Darkstone and his ways and sim is now well known to many who read this blog, or have read those in the past. So what happened since my departure from Austin Island forced by Ratzu.

1. The blogs I wrote became well read, exposing Ratzu Darkstone and his sim Austin Island for it’s faults and ways.
2. His membership decreased and he is having trouble finding applicants for his little sim as well as mentors for his mentees.
3. His Program was exposed and put out publicly by me for all to see, right down to his training assignments.
4. Ratzu Darkstone decided to stalk me to a sim and copy my profile information and try to report me to Second Life for harassment. I countered by filing complaints on him and his sim in return.
5. Other D/s BDSM sim owners banned me as soon as they read the blogs, out of fear I may do the same to them, which I wouldn’t. But that’s ok they are protecting their own asses, I get it. Fear goes deep.
6. Due to the loss of members and applicants, Ratzu must now adjust, so he put out a request for help from his members. Here is that request:

Greetings Masters and girls –

The last meetings of this year are scheduled soon. Girls will meet with Master Ratzu on Friday December 4 and Masters will meet on Friday December 11.

Master Ratzu’s topics will be:
1. review of the new rules and over arching principles
2. with fewer applicants at the moment, how do we engage members who have no mentees
3. discuss ways to improve the rate of new applicants

Master Ratzu would like to know of other things you’d like to discuss. Do you have questions and discussion topics?

Please send your topics to me 🙂

Yours in service …… Jen

Now, he also redid the rules of his little sim: He approved the new rules on October 18th, 2020

Austin Rules and Principles 18OCT2020

I. AUSTIN PRINCIPLES – The overarching principles of the Austin-Island Sim are:

1. treat people with respect and tolerance;
2. be trustworthy, act with integrity and authenticity;
3. be responsible and accountable consistent with our creeds, rules, and traditions;
   *4. develop and demonstrate- resilience, grit, and perseverance.
   *5. demonstrate flexibility & coachability- listen to the community, grateful that someone cares enough about you to push you, vulnerable enough to know you’re not perfect, be open to honest feedback, willing to make changes.
4. have fun and let others have fun.

II. AUSTIN ISLAND RULES

1. This is a male dominance over female submissive culture therefore each Austin visitor, applicant, person in training and member of any Austin group should welcome, respect and embrace this power dynamic between the sexes.
2. Everyone is expected to demonstrate respect, tolerance and especially class while on the sim! Please wear group tags while on the sim.
3. English is the official language of the sim.
4. There is no official sim dress code except those posted in the public areas and also in the Chateau but we expect everyone to show class in speech, appearance and demeanor.
5. Girls- make your limits obvious in your picks and/or profile unless there is a very good reason and then be sure to make them available. All girls are equal and called upon to solve any disputes among themselves in the spirit of love and respect. All Masters are expected to pay attention to any girl they interact with and if any form of distress appears, take appropriate action to alleviate the distress.
6. There is no OOC where these rules may be ignored. The story allows much casual conversation about many things, but girls must respect and honor masters and dominants everywhere in the sim at all times.
7. No girls are obliged to come from outside the sim when called.
8. All training, mentoring and other interactions under the Austin Group Rules must take part on the Austin Island sim. Austin Island is where interaction should take place except under rare circumstances.
9. It is not permitted for Masters (including Masters, Valets, Dom-Os, TyroMasters, Cafe-O members and guests) to ask a girl who does not wear his collar (including applicants, guests, sub-o, girl in study and girl in training) to leave the sim with him or meet him outside the sim for in an area where possible roleplay, scening or any kind of solicitation may occur. Austin Island is where interaction should take place except under rare circumstances. Any applicant girl, GIS or GIT who is asked to meet any male off the sim or leave the sim with a master must report this to her mentor/guide. All assignments must be done on the Austin Island sim.
10. It is not permitted for Masters (including Masters, Valets, Dom-Os, TyroMasters, Cafe-O members and guests) to have sexually inappropriate interactions with applicant girls or girls in study. This includes any intimate touching, talking, or other interaction. Any applicant girl or GIS who is treated inappropriately by a master must report this to her mentor/guide. All assignments must be done on the Austin Island sim. Inappropriate means acts such as asking a girl to go off sim, having sexual interactions, discussing a collar or equivalent, sexual interchange in voice or IM, etc
11. We respect diversity and political freedom. This group has people from all parts of life and the political spectrum. We require everyone to refrain from political opinions in this group simply because it divides us. This should be about what brings us together. We are all passionate about things like this, but our passions do not always align in politics. PLEASE do not express or advocate a political opinion here.
12. No one should participate in gossip. Anyone whining and complaining without dealing with the issues is being irresponsible. If someone engages in gossip and rumor about another person here, ask them to get it resolved and if that does not stop this behavior please report it. This includes anyone complaining without detail so as to cause confusion and alarm and does not report any problem in a way it can be dealt with. Being a party or witness to either of the above issues and acting responsibly in confronting the behavior and holding the member accountable in an appropriate way. This means tell them to stop (acting inappropriately or complaining) and if they do not report it.
13. A BDSM relationship, especially one with sadomasochistic moments, is subject to questions all the time about its proximity to abuse. A healthy BDSM relationship is one where people exchange power, sensations or experiences in a consensual, mutually fulfilling way. These exchanges increase self-esteem and all parties are actively invested in the well-being of the other(s) and themselves. The core of BDSM is consent. Abuse is not consensual. If you feel that something is going on that is ‘not right’ then you certainly should investigate if it is abuse or not. Some of what you may feel could not be abuse at all, but it’s good to know for sure. If you are the target of something that feels abusive, overhear it or are told about it, you must report it to an ombudsman, your guide or mentor. The harm associated with abuse can be emotional, mental, sexual, social or economic.

III. GIRLS IN STUDY AND APPLICANT@AUSTIN GIRLS

1. This phase covers the Girl’s training from the Applicant through to her Initiation into the Chateau and the Girl in Training (or Silence) phase or graduation to Sub-O. During this phase, Study Girls should still not be subject to most forms of what reasonable people would call discipline or sexual use but both of these are defined and refined as follows:
   a) Discipline. Girls may not receive any form of discipline with any implement. Discipline includes spanking as punishment, whipping or any form of physical punishment. However, they would be subject to discipline in the form of brief periods of confinement, no longer than 30 minutes, to a cage, bondage frame or ropes or cuff bindings. They may be leashed (IF they have a collar and agree) and made to kneel. They may be asked to complete tasks and short tasks by Masters. Implements such as whips, canes or other tools should not be used on them.
   b) Sexual use. Girls would not be subjected to any form of sexual intercourse which is defined by the penetration of any part of the Girl by any part of the Master, or the touching of the Girl’s breasts or genitalia by the Master/Valet whether it is covered or uncovered. It would also preclude the stimulation of a Master by the touching of his genitalia whether it is covered or uncovered. Nor would she be exposed completely naked; she must keep her private parts and breasts covered from view in any way. However, Girls may be caressed, kissed (no tongues – that’s penetration!) spanked as a show of affection and cuddled by a Master. They may also be stripped and displayed in bra and panties. They may also be asked to observe a scene between a Full Master/Valet and a Girl. TyroMasters may not do anything more than speak to the GIS, socialize/dance/talk with her, allow her to sit on his lap or ask her to kneel.
2. These girls must agree not to accept a collar during their training period. Accept a collar means to designate someone as your Master, owner, partner, Guardian, Warden, Dominant, Husband, protector, coach, daddy, owner, overlord, monarch, maitre, chief, teacher, leader, guide, captain, champion, keeper, guru, director, chief, ruler, governor, lord or any title that is similar or to behave in such a way that it seems she is collared to others in the group.
3. It is not permitted for Masters (including Masters, Valets, Dom-Os, TyroMasters, Cafe-O members and guests) to have sexual inappropriate interactions with girls in study as well as applicant girls. This includes any intimate touching, talking, or other interaction. Any applicant girl, GIS or GIT who is treated inappropriately by a master must report this to her mentor/guide. All assignments must be done on the Austin Island sim. Inappropriate means acts such as asking a girl to go off sim, having sexual interactions, discussing a collar or equivalent, sexual interchange in voice or IM, etc

IV. SAFETY AND LIMITS

1. This is SL so no RL is required. Pics, camming, skyping, meeting, phoning, or requests for rl info or anything related to rl may be refused. RL is not part of this relationship but people are free to share if they choose but must accept responsibility for any consequences. No one may order anyone to do anything in RL. girls are strongly requested to put rl limits in their profile to make this easier to manage. Once this is refused, continuous pressure is inappropriate.
2. No whining, no complaining- if you have an issue with someone talk to their face, not behind their back! Be open to input from others.
3. No ageplay
4. No bathroom play
5. No snuff
6. No animal
7. No Mutilation
8. No Extreme Torture
9. No Dolcett
10. No Bloodplay
11. No Forced Ponyplay (“no forced” means an explicit consent must be obtained in IM or OOC from the girl)
12. No Forced Degradation (Verbal belittlement in order to lower someone to a less respected state)
13. No Forced Milking
14. No Forced Breeding
15. No Forced Edgeplay
16. No Forced Breathplay
17. No Forced Daddyplay
18. No Forced Biting
19. No Forced Rapeplay
20. No Forced Branding or Marking
21. No Forced homosexual contact of any kind.
22. No Forced use of a collar.
23. OOC No means NO. Always use and respect safe words where needed.
24. NO child avatars
25. NO female avatars with male genitals or male avatars with female body parts.
26. NO shouting or promoting of offensive, political or sexual content is permitted.
27. NO solicitation, private selling or advertising of any kind, including escorting or group solicitations, is permitted. Spamming group channels may incur a ban from the sim.
28. No tipping except DJs, performers or to the sim. Do not tip or pay the girls for their service including dancers.
29. No ridicule, sexism, harassment, racism or violence towards anyone will be tolerated!
30. Do not interrupt roleplay.
31. Girls may have other limits up to and including full restriction and these must be stated in their profile. Please be respectful when letting a Master know of your limits as these are not always obvious since not everyone reads profiles constantly. Masters please respect a girl’s limits.
32. The Dominant and submissive are both responsible for safety. If something upsetting occurs girls have the obligation to protect themselves as a first priority. A girl may faint or even log off if feeling distressed. Please let the Master know in IM.
33. Sim safewords are RED means STOP. YELLOW means CAUTION or SLOW DOWN. GREEN means GO and can be used after a RED or YELLOW condition has ended. A safeword must be honored immediately.

V. Cafe’-O GROUP RULES

1. Cafe’O@Austin- The Cafe’ group exists for social members who are not active in the training of the main Austin Group. Masters and girls who cannot meet the obligations of being active are still appreciated as members and contributors to the group.
2. Habitué- Habitué@Cafe’O is a title in the cafe group for frequent visitors, guests and customers who are not part of the Austin Group. It is not for many people, only those who have been coming here often and for a long time. Habitué are expected to be responsible as well as promoters of the group and the sim. They are expected to be on the sim frequently. Habitue’ are invited to join but must maintain a steady presence to retain the status. There is no application process available for this role. It is an invitation sent at the sole discretion of the sim owner.
3. Alumn@Austin – This title is reserved for people who were members of the Austin group in a central role such as Master, Valet, Dom-O, TyroMaster, o-girl, GIT, sub-o or GIS but who are no longer active in contributing regularly and a core part of the training. They have demonstrated that they have done what was required to join the group.
4. Applicant@Austin – This is a cafe-O group title that indicates someone has applied to become an Austin Group Member. This phase is very much a trial period while the person explores the group and the sim. It should last for three weeks or the successful completion of applicant assignments, whichever is longer.
   a. The assignments should consist of the preliminary ones where they learn the rules and codes of conduct of Austin, study the Story of O and other texts and familiarize themselves with the Masters and Girls of Austin. During this phase, the Applicant Girls should not be asked to do any more as regards submission than kneel, pay attention, socialize, dance and be polite to Masters. They should strive to be submissive at all times. Applicant girls may call Austin Masters (Master, Valet, Dom-O or TyroMaster) either sir or master.
   b. Applicant girls agree to not accept a collar during their application time and Applicant Masters agree not to offer a collar while an applicant. If accepted into the group, girls agree not to accept a collar until the full training is complete including the final integration plan. Accept a collar means to designate someone as your Master, owner, partner, Guardian, Warden, Dominant, Husband, protector, coach, daddy, owner, overlord, monarch, maitre, chief, teacher, leader, guide, captain, champion, keeper, guru, director, chief, ruler, governor, lord or any title that is similar or to behave in such a way that a couple appears to the group to be collared.
   c. Joining – To join the group your avatar must be at least 45 days old, you must be at least 18 years old, you must have read and understood the rules of the sim. You must have good English language skills. You should have some roleplay experience. You should know The Story of O both as book and movie. You can read it online at http://www.angelfire.com/in/chains/soop1a.html or obtain notecard copies at the café. You can also buy the book and movie from Amazon.com. The book and movie are also available on the sim. Complete an application and follow the instructions in it.
   d. If a girl (or an alt of hers) is collared she must have her master’s written permission to join our group. To join, submit an application to Ratzu Darkstone. A girl (or her alts) also cannot have a mistress. A prospective master must submit an application as well. If you have had an alt avatar apply in the past, you must reveal this fact and the history involved. Alts are a part of SL and members are certainly allowed to have them. However, we expect members to use only one avatar when visiting the Austin Island sim or interacting with the group. If there is a need to violate this rule, contact Ratzu Darkstone. New members will be interviewed and must be prepared to interact in voice in order to join. We expect members to play the same sex (male or female) that they were born with in rl.
   e. If an applicant has any rl issues such as trauma related issues, medical issues or anything that may require special dispensation they should be sure to state these on the application. Any limits which cannot be waived must be disclosed as this will have impact on the training.
   f. Once an application is accepted, the applicant will be issued an Applicant@Austin tag in the cafe’ group to alert Austin members to their status. Any applicant may withdraw from the application process at any time by simply letting the Austin administrators know. Applicants may talk, socialize at dances and events but should not scene or behave sexually or be nude at any time on the sim.
5. Rejoining@Austin – Members who had left the Austin group may return by completing the Returning Member Application and following the process. They will display a Rejoining@Austin title. Rejoining is complete when all requirements are met.
6. Emeritus – This title is for our long-time honored members who may still be active or are not so active. Any Master-O Emeritus member is entitled to be called Master and any o-girl emeritus will be treated as an o-girl. These members may be given a permanent associated tag and have the right to a townhouse.

VI. AUSTIN-O GROUP RULES

1. The Austin group should consist of only active members. Members should do more than simply attend events. Extended absences may result in a LOA. Those members who are not able to be active will be given a special title in the cafe’ group of Alumn@Austin to recognize their contributions and each can apply in the future to rejoin the group. This title is available for all former members.
2. The roles of Master-O@Austin, Valet-O@Austin, Dom-O, TyroMaster@Austin, o-girl@Austin, GIT@Austin, sub-o and GIS@Austin as well as Associate@Austin are covered in this section. “Members” of the Austin Group refers to all roles except Associate@Austin.
3. The number of people in this group is limited and admission is by invitation only. All members are encouraged to promote the group and display it in their picks. We expect our members to possess a high level of maturity, understanding, manners and decency. Show respect and tolerance to everyone. All members are expected to be active in the group and visit the sim regularly. Members who are not sufficiently active either in time spent on the sim or in participating in their duties of their roles, may request to be moved into a cafe’ only role. This will also be done by the leadership if members are not active. Members may submit a Leave of Absence request if leaving the group actively for a period of time. Members who have left may petition to return and their petition will be reviewed and answered. A member may request to return to a former status by requesting to be active again and taking an active role.
4. A blatant rule violations will result in ejection and possible banning.
5. Girls are required to call all Austin Masters (including Masters, Valets, Dom-Os and TyroMasters) “Master”. Visiting Dominants should be addressed politely by all girls – the use of Sir is encouraged. Girls are not required to kneel unless directed by an Austin Master. Girls are not required to ask to be dismissed but should always act respectfully.
6. Austin Group Members have many privileges and are expected to be responsible as well as promoters of the group and the sim. They are expected to be on the sim frequently. They may also organize activities and events and are asked to submit periodic logs to show how they have contributed to the sim. Details will be provided and apply to all group members. Contributions include serving as a mentor, on a team or committee, doing assignment, hosting and/or attending events, contributing significant lindens to the sim, giving tours to visitors, etc.
7. All Austin-O group members will be entitled to a townhouse/apartment and a shop.
8. Brotherhood – All Masters and Dominants at this sim need to treat each other in public with total respect- it is NEVER acceptable for any girl or visitor to witness any masters arguing or acting disrespectful at any time. This is very important. We may not agree on issues and that is OK, but always act respectfully in front of our girls! All masters and dominants must abide by the Austin Masters’ Creed.
9. Sisterhood – All submissives and girls at this sim need to treat each other in public with total respect- it is NEVER acceptable for anyone to witness any girls arguing or acting disrespectful at any time. This is very important. We may not agree on issues and that is OK, but always act respectfully in public! All girls and submissives must abide by the Austin girls’ Creed.
10. Associate @Austin – Associate@Austin tag will be given to people who are DJs or others who need rights. It will not be used for visitors or prospective members. It may be removed after each event. This tag is only one to be used to access sim rights such as setting the music stream and rezzing a tip jar. It gives no special recognition at all inside the group. This is usually a temporary tag.

VII. AUSTIN-O MEMBERS

0. This group is for people who know the story of O well and generally embrace it. The Story of O Group was formed to explore domination and submission. The intent is train and mentor girls in submission and men in mastery. People are not permitted if their avatars do not represent the real-life sex (male of female) they have been since they were born. No mistresses, subs of mistresses, she-males, or furries, are allowed. Only Austin group members may join associated groups such as Masters-O, girls@austin, mentors@austin and the Austin Theater Group.
1. TyrǑMaster @Austin – TyroMaster is an aspiring master with duties, restrictions & training assignments. The tag is only given out after voice check and an interview conversation. All TyroMasters are assigned mentors when they join the group. They are expected to visit the sim a few times a week as they learn. TyroMasters are permitted to engage in the training of GIT only in the presence of one of his mentors, or another Austin Full Master, and by negotiated agreement. Tyro Masters shall not engage or initiate interactions including speaking with GIT without the presence of a full Austin-O Master. TyroMasters may not do anything more than speak to the GIS, socialize/dance with her or ask her to kneel. TyroMasters are encouraged but not required to train and scene per the group rules with full o-girls after obtaining the o-girl’s permission. After completion of assignments, they may petition for promotion to valet or to Dom-O. They may make this election at the time their promotion panel is assembled.
2. Dom-Ǒ @Austin – This role is for a dominant male who would like to join the group and serve as a dominant but not required to engage in the training in the Chateau. Dom-Os may petition to become Valets after one year. Dom-O@Austin are not permitted in the Chateau unless it is open to the public. The girls and subs exist to please the Masters and Doms and the Dom’s job is to push the girls into submission while respecting their limits defined in the girl’s profile after agreement and the limits of the group. A Dom must always respect OOC IMs from the girls at all times. Doms may not do anything more than speak to the GIS, socialize/dance with her or ask her to kneel. Doms may scene with full o-girls only after obtaining the o-girl’s permission. Doms may serve the sim in many ways such as leading discussions or providing protection or safety to girls and subs, but NOT GIS or GIT. They need to know the sim and the group rules. They should be active on the sim and in promoting the group.
3. Valet-O@Austin – The role of the Valet is the maintenance of discipline and order within the confines of the Chateau. His primary role will be to ensure that the girls are regularly whipped and used performing these tasks himself regularly to ensure continuity for the girl.
   a. He is free to use GITs for his personal gratification and will train and develop them. All active Valets are expected to visit girls in training frequently. He may only use and whip them if they are in the Chateau, and may not call them from other areas for this.
   b. The role of Valet requires a dedicated amount of time each week in the Chateau interacting with the girls in training. All Valets are required to prioritize their responsibility as a Valet whenever a GIT is present, assisting them with their progress as a submissive within Austin. The Valet’s second responsibility is to engage and share time with O-girls to build relationships and take advantage of the wealth of knowledge the O-Girls of Austin have to offer. They will be expected to follow the Valet rules. Upon completion, a valet may petition to become a master.
   c. Valet shall reside on the Château grounds. Residences have been established for this purpose. Valets with a collared partner may retain their shared townhouse instead.
   d. A Valet will complete a simple activity report showing the number of hours he’s spent working on Valet responsibilities as well as brief summaries of times spent with GITs and any O girls. The activity report will be submitted on a weekly basis to the valet’s mentors with copies to members of the Admin team and active head of valet. These reports should be kept confidential and restricted from distribution beyond the Valet’s mentors and the team members mentioned above. The activity report will list the following: Date and time and name of any GIT visited. List any pertinent comments or concerns and any other important activity.
4. Master-Ǒ @Austin – All masters (including full masters and valets) are expected to train the girls in submission and surrender. All Masters are expected to visit each girl in training while she is in the Chateau but are encouraged to visit a few times and train the girl.This training includes bondage, incarceration, whippings, sexual use or other tasks consistent with the story of O. Masters are expected to show respect for each other. The girls exist to please the Masters and the Masters job is to push the girls into submission while respecting their limits defined in the girl’s profile after agreement and the limits of the group. A master must always respect OOC IMs from the girls at all times. Masters are expected to act as mentors for tyro-masters and valets. They are also expected to regularly train and use the girls in the Chateau.
5. girl Studying-Ǒ @Austin – A girl in study (GIS) is doing studying and training. A GIS is not permitted in the Chateau unless it is open to the public or for her initiation ritual. This is where a girl may decide to move into the role of GIT or choose instead to become a sub-O. These girls will have mentors assigned to them. They may not be used or whipped by masters, but may be instructed in discussions. They are expected to be on the sim often, study and serve the masters except sexually or by being whipped. All GIS will be required to lead in the organization of one event each month during their time in Study. Other than their monthly GIS event, the other events can be done in cooperation with other O-girls and GIS. This can include any type of event, dance, contest, hunt, voice reading etc. and discussions. Simply acting as a host, greeter, note-taker or organizer will no longer meet this requirement. At the successful completion of the GIS role, a girl may elect to become a GIT and enter the Chateau or she may choose to become a sub-O. This election is made when her promotion panel is formed.
6. Sub-Ǒ @Austin – This role is for a submissive girl who would like to join the group and serve as a submissive but not engage in the training in the Chateau. After one year a sub-O may petition to switch to GIT. Sub-Os must obey all Masters but may be restricted in discipline or sexual use and may always decline to engage in scenes with discipline or sexual use. This restriction must be obvious in her profile. They are obliged to serve the Masters wearing the group tag within the sub’s limits while in the sim and address all Masters (Master, Valet, Tyro, and Dom-O) with respect and are required to call them Master. They are expected to serve the sim in various ways. They may serve in some role such as administration or events coordinator. Those who are not serving that way should find a way to serve once every few weeks such as hosting events. They are expected to act as hostesses to guests and give tours of the island. They should join the cafe’ group and learn how to invite visitors to join as well by looking at the group. They need to know the sim and the group rules. They should be active in organizing events and in promoting the group. They should be on the sim often. Sub-O@Austin are not permitted in the Chateau unless it is open to the public.
7. girls in training- InSilence@Austin – GIT a. The training is always and must be purely voluntary. No one may force any girl into training. A girl in training may leave the training at any time since this is consensual, but once a girl leaves, she is not allowed to rejoin unless she has totally completed her training. b. Any new girl in training (GIT) agrees that she will be used by all masters whether she has a Master or not. She will go through a period of training similar to O’s experience in Chapter 1 of the book, in which she will go through the ordeals that may include silence, incarceration, whippings, punishments, sexual use in every form by one or many masters at the same time. Every Master is expected to use the girl in training. Girls in training who do not have a master agree not to accept a collar from anyone until their training is complete including completed execution of the integration plan. c. GITs will be silent during the time at the Chateau and must wear the Silent Tag. GITs may emote, and answer a question on command from a Master or Valet. Masters and Valets will provide clear permission to speak. GITs may IM their mentor but no chit chat. GITs may not chat or IM with anyone else without a being in the presence of a Master. The GIT will not ever use voice or skype or cheats such as sign language, animals carrying notecards, mind reading telepathy, emotes that are actually talking, telephone calls, texting, email, There is no OOC here. A GIT who cheats on this cheats herself and the members of the sim and will likely fail. Speaking will result in a few days in the enclosure for punishment. Do not chit chat GITs are not allowed to speak via note cards at public events. d. A GIT should always follow the Girl in training at the Chateau rules posted. e. The only limits, other than trauma limits stated in her application, a girl in training may have are defined in the group limits. A girl in training must be silent until she graduates. The general Philosophy of No Limit in the Chateau is correct, but the extenuating circumstance of real-life Trauma should be acknowledged and accepted as the only Limits allowed. If a girl is too vulnerable, she should not enter the Chateau. A girl may elect to “work” on her trauma related areas with Masters/valets in a BDSM mode, but we are not mental health professionals and no one is or should be expected to deal with any severe trauma issues. Real Life realized trauma is to be disclosed when applying and if something arises afterwards, she should tell her mentors. Since these will be seen as limits, they need to be disclosed prior to entering the Chateau and if there is sufficient concern that shows up, it is possible some trauma may be deemed inappropriate for our training. Once we accept her into training, she may protect herself with safe words. Masters have the responsibility to always communicate to be aware of how she is doing. f. It is inappropriate for Masters (including Masters, Valets), girls and mentors, to ask a girl to go off sim, having discussing a collar or equivalent, sexual interchange in voice or just chit chatting. g. A girl in training will be assigned mentors (full girls) and restricted to the Chateau during her training. She must keep her room simple and austere and follow the rules of the Chateau posted on the wall including always wearing an O-dress. Girls in training should be in Chateau a minimum of 3 days a week at 3 hours a day, and if not let your mentors know. If a girl has not been sufficiently active she will be removed and not allowed to return. A GIT may not ever leave the Chateau alone except to visit the submission gallery to work on her gallery assignment but she must wear her cloak and hood and remain silent. h. A girl in training may be removed from the château only if: the GIT is directly invited by a full master or a valet. She must wear her cloak and hood and remain silent and be supervised by a full master or a valet only under the following circumstances:
   1. A girl in training (GIT) shall be permitted to attend all formal ceremonies
   2. After a minimum of 14 days within the château, the GIT shall be permitted to also attend educational discussions but not voice chats, dances, or parties.
   3. After a girl is in the vault, she may be permitted to attend and observe only at celebratory and social activities (voice chats, dances and parties).
8. Ǒ-girl @Austin – O-girls are obliged to serve the Masters wearing the group tag within the girls limits while in the sim. Girls may also serve as mentors to applicant girls, girls studying O and girls in training. They will also perform some duties in the sim to show their active service.
   a. O-girls are expected to serve the sim in various ways. They may be active mentors or serve in some role such as administration or events coordinator. O-girls who are not serving that way should find a way to serve once every few weeks such as hosting events. Girls are expected to act as hostesses to guests and give tours of the island. They should join the cafe’ group and learn how to invite visitors to join as well. They need to know the sim and the group rules. O-girls are expected to be active and serve as mentors of new girls. They should be active in organizing events and in promoting the group. They should be on the sim often.
   b. An O-girl may return to the Chateau for renewal (see renewal procedure).
   c. Full O-girls with no master may restrict themselves as their needs require with Ratzu Darkstone’s permission. Full O-girls may have more restrictions and may even be totally restricted by their master. A girl’s limit can include restricted use to her master but she should normally otherwise serve and obey all masters within the sim. If a girl is restricted, she must state that in her profile obviously and clearly.
9. Progress Requirements – Unless there are extenuating circumstance. these progression requirements apply for all GIS, TyroMasters, Valets, and returning members:
   a. For GIS – a minimum of 60 days and a maximum of 6 months.
   b. For TyroMasters – a minimum of 60 days and a maximum of 6 months.
   c. For Valets – a minimum of 60 days and a maximum of 9 months.
   d. For Returning Full Members – a minimum of 0 days and a maximum of 90 days.
   e. We will make extensions for people dealing with rl circumstances that may cause delay. Anyone reaching the limit will be contacted and this lack of progress will be discussed with your mentors. Once a trainee goes past the maximum, they will be removed from the groups and issued an Alumn@Austin title in the Cafe-O group,

VIII. AUSTIN ISLAND PRIVACY POLICY

1. At Austin Island privacy is taken very seriously. Respect people’s right to privacy. The discussions held here will be distributed to the Austin and Café-O groups and maybe posted on the sim or passed on by the recipients. Participation in those discussions is implicit consent for that original distribution. Copies may be kept on the sim. You may participate and protect your privacy by simply listening and not speaking.
2. It is against Austin Island policy for photos or snapshots to be taken of any “Adult” situation without the consent of those in the picture. It is also against policy to cam in and view people from a distance when they are involved in adult role play. Role play should take place in chat and not IM, so please allow people privacy in that as well. Be courteous and respect people’s privacy.
3. Residents are entitled to a reasonable level of privacy with regard to their Second Life experience. Sharing personal information about your fellow Residents without their consent — including gender, religion, age, marital status, race, sexual preference, alternate account names, and real-world location beyond what is provided by them in their Resident profile — is not allowed. Remotely monitoring conversations in Second Life, posting conversation logs, or sharing conversation logs without the participants’ consent are all prohibited. (Second Life Terms of Service/Community Standards) No scripted chat recorders will be permitted ever!
4. Transparency is a key element in the principle of integrity and authenticity. This means that all documents which are generated by anyone in the group, including assignments, promotion panel assessments, applications, discussion notes, meeting notes and all other documents will be open to inspection by sending a written records request or by asking the person who created that document, This means we must stand by what we say and what we write. If anyone includes any personal information in a document then that is implied consent to share it if requested.
5. WARNING- Violations of this policy may result in a warning or banning from Austin Island!

IX. RULES FOR GEL-AUSTIN RESIDENTIAL SIMS

1. Everyone is expected to demonstrate respect, tolerance and especially class. No girls are obliged to come to Austin Island from the GEL sims when called. Austin Members are expected to follow Austin rules except where they own a parcel that is set as private.
2. “Private Parcel” in these rules which means the parcel is set as follows:
   a – does not check the box “Avatars on other parcels can: See and chat with avatars on this parcel. This is in the options tab.
   b- set up security to keep unwanted people out.
3. These private parcels will be considered outside the Austin rules for most members. GEL will provide assistance to set these private parcels correctly if requested.
4. Girls in Study and Girls in Training must follow Austin rules on attached GEL Residential sim(s) except on their own “Private Parcel” as defined above. That means all GIS and GIT must set their land as a “Private Parcel” and a GIT/GIS may only be private on her own (or her Masters) parcel and must follow all Austin rules elsewhere on the GEL sims.
5. All assignments must be done on the Austin Island sim.

As to me, I care not what others think of me, my purpose is not to kiss Ratzu Darkstone’s ass or any other persons. By the way, it is obvious and should be noted here, I am not the only person he banned from his sim, nor am I the only one who doesn’t like his lies and what he does. How else would I get this information, since I have not been near Austin Island or Ratzu Darkstone since my July Departure? When I was banned from Austin Island, I had completed all Applicant Assignments, All but two parts of the Tyro-Master Level also. I also, hold all the assignment assessments on me, and the names of all who approved them.

Anyone wanting to get through Ratzu Darkstone’s Training program I recommend you be quiet, do the assignments, avoid talking to those in charge, for they create the real drama in Austin Island. Don’t hold any public discussions, about any subject to do with the lifestyle that you may not agree with. Don’t trust Ratzu either.

D/s BDSM in real life is much better then online in Second Life.

I will continue to write blogs, on this subject and many others. As to Ratzu Darkstone and his policies, rules and principles, he may bind his people on his sim to them, but he can’t stop anyone from using what he writes or says publically on a public sim. If it is given to me, told to me and I receive it, I will continue to expose it for the whole world to see. It is called Freedom of Speech in America.