I am not Amber Linden

Well, today I've been flooded with little congratulational notes, like this:

"Congradulatons on all your hard work being rewarded at last!! You deserve it. Why did you pick Amber?"

I'm sorry to disappoint, but I'm not Amber Linden. I'm not even in the right country, if you check her profile, she's on the other side of the world - which might give you some sort of clue about why we're not online at the same time. Yes, quite a lot of you know my association with the word 'Amber', so that's another easy (if wrong) piece of evidence to apply.

I know it's tempting to jump to conclusions, but please. I'm not a Linden or a liaison. I don't work for Linden Lab in any capacity.

Is there a word for being told you deserved something that people think you got but you didn't? Thank you all for caring so much, but how about you send Amber some congratulations of her own, huh?

Appreciation

Being that it's Liaison Appreciation Week, I wanted to send a little present on. Nothing like what you'd call special, but something to show my thanks. Most of you know that I'm big on appreciating liaisons, already.

Well, Kenny Linden was next on my list. SEARCH > PEOPLE ... Umm. What?

Turns out Kenny's gone.

Well, burning curiousity aside, I wouldn't ask - and if I did, likely nobody would tell me anyway. His business is his business.

Well - I've got a few things to say. Things I'd like to say to Kenny directly - but that's no longer possible. Superman has doffed the red-and-blue figure-hugging body-stocking, put on his tie and glasses and returned to being Clark Kent. I can only hope there's a Lois Lane or Lana Lang in it for him.

In the absence of any more direct form of communication...

Occasional disagreements and misunderstandings notwithstanding, it's been a singular pleasure working with you, and watching you ride to the rescue day after day. You will be missed, and I believe that you made a good and significant contribution to SL as Kenny Linden, and that you'll still be a positive force in your alter-ego.

I don't know if this will get to you, but I hope it does.

I think well of you, for what it's worth, and so do others - although not everyone might think to say so.

Thank you for your service to us, the community. For saving the day, time after time. For wrestling with hundreds of IM tabs. For being understanding. For putting up with one or two of my more spectacularly foolish errors.

From the trenches..

Well, we've got enough people to take over. Time to take a break at last.

Special mentions for making it all work: Nicole Linden, Hermia Linden, Ethan Linden, Harry Linden, Shoshana Epsilon, Charisma Heart, Fion Patton, JayJay Talamasca, Martin Mounier.

EDIT: How could I miss Teeple Linden and Mera Pixel from this list?

Doublespecial mention, for making me work: Torley Linden.

Wonderful teamwork, people. You should all be so very very proud.

Rush

Quite the rush today. It's been hard to keep up, though it's slowed some. On the order of 1,600 people came to SL today. They had their share of problems, and we certainly had an interesting time keeping up.

Having a grief attack on Help Island that paralyzed it for a few minutes certainly didn't help, but Adam and Coffee sprang into action like heavily caffienated superheroes. They had the mess cleaned up and the perps out of action before any real damage was done. The only downside was a little communications confusion that was rapidly cleared up.

Adam? Coffee? Extra waffles.

Griefers? Sorry boys. If you want to play with the grownups you'll have to be clever, and I just don't see that happening anytime soon, if today is any indication.

Have you appreciated a liaison today? Most of them are residents, like yourselves, who put on their Linden accounts to make the place better for you, for me, for all of us. Their time is precious. Like gold. They get yelled at, abused, run off their virtual feet and treated poorly, and they're doing it all for you. For all of us.

Let them know you appreciate it. Briefly, of course :)