We do have lives

Good ones.

Last night I joined the chatroom where the Blogshares brain trust hangs out. Keeping a creaky database with about a zillion interacting dimensions running seems like a full time job plus, and these guys are all volunteers. They do it for the love of the game, and as a service to the Blogshares community. I had a good first month, and stopped in to boast a little, and thank them a lot.

Thanks are often deflected, and last night was no exception. The comment was made 'well, we have time, we have no lives.' My answer is that everyone has a life, some people just make more unusual choices than others. The Blogshares community has a lot of levels, but at the core is a group that spans the globe in reality, but is tighter knit than a squad in a foxhole under fire. That's a reward few can find in their 'life'.

So this morning I was back there. A glitch in the Blogshares universe was in the way of my next doubling of fortunes and I was checking for a solution. The craziness of Blogshares had a chance to show through. I sold the 'most expensive chip ever'. T$ had just bought a chip after a blistering three day auction that made it the most expensive chip ever. Manhattan offered to pay him double what he paid to claim the honor, but he refused. So I sold Manhattan a chip for a dollar more than T$ paid for his. Opportunism reigns supreme in Blogshares. So does that kind of freewheeling camaraderie that is seldom found in 'real' life.

Unusual choice, but not a bad one.