Unable to make the road trip to celebrate the Passover Seder with his real life sister this year, SL blogger Crap Mariner did the next best thing: attend a Seder meal in Second Life. Conveniently enough, his sister, known as Beth Odets in-world, maintains a Jewish sim in SL, with a beautifully wrought synagogue and a dining table specifically designed for the Seder. (Jews from around the world, Beth told me, come there to light shabbat candles, and virtually share other aspects of their faith.) This being Second Life and Crap being Crap, the meal also came with fresh servings of surrealism. I'm a goyim from Hawaii and all, but I'm fairly sure a traditional Seder meal doesn't usually include a bottle of Jack Daniels and kitty cat sashimi.
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Jim Beam?
I wouldn't be caught dead at work with Jim Beam.
JD all the way, baby.
-ls/cm
Posted by: Crap Mariner | Friday, April 10, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Ack, didn't look at the bottle close enough, fixed. I'm more a Maker's Mark man myself.
Posted by: Hamlet Au | Friday, April 10, 2009 at 12:17 PM
I hope he left his beloved Bacon Salt at home.
Posted by: Sioban McMahon | Friday, April 10, 2009 at 02:51 PM
Baconsalt is actually Kosher.
Posted by: Crap Mariner | Friday, April 10, 2009 at 04:17 PM
You're actually a goy from Hawaii. "Goyim" is plural.
Posted by: JohnD Troglodite | Friday, April 10, 2009 at 04:22 PM
Oy, OK!
Posted by: Hamlet Au | Friday, April 10, 2009 at 06:22 PM
I vote Hamlet for honorary lansman.
Crap, I think you've identified two elements that have been missing from Seders for the past 5,000 years.
I'm A Jameson's Man Myself, But Still
Posted by: Mitch Wagner | Saturday, April 11, 2009 at 01:57 PM