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You don't have to look like Hugh Jackman to be the sexiest man alive. You just have to draw a character who looks hot. In Second Life, the online world created by Linden Lab, residents have just finished voting on "The Hottest Male Avatar of 2008."
The contest was put on by a Second Lifer named Iris Ophelia, who says the definition of "hot" has changed. "While this list started as a way to prove that there were attractive male avatars out there in abundance," she writes, "it's been necessary to refine the criteria beyond physical appearance. This is a world where attractiveness can be bought, so it's important to consider other qualities. Talents, hobbies, personality, and style all figure into the equation for hotness, as well as their appearance."
This year's "People Choice" award for Hottest Male Avatar is "Bone Mosten." Ophelia likes him because his avatar is "refreshingly modern, without falling into the grunge trap that so many male avatars do." Ah, the old grunge trap.
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Bone, meanwhile, describes himself as "not the good kind of nerd." BAD NERDS! TOTALLY SEXY! Here's his blog.
Mosten is kinda funny, though for some of you it may be an acquired taste. He discusses Googling for answers when his fingers turn numb, and here's a post he wrote last summer (one of his personal faves) about a moth committing suicide in his tea:
"Thursday July 24, Bone Mosten stepped outside to enjoy a cup of green tea and a friendly breeze when a moth, out of nowhere, ended his tragically short life by drowning in hot, slightly caffeinated liquid. The moth was living under the pressure of crushing student loans acquired as he pursued PhDs in both Philosophy and Art History. He leaves behind a wife and two young larvae. 'It's all very tragic,' says Mosten when asked for comment, 'I mean I was totally going to drink that.'
KFC'S SINK-GATE
Got some email about the KFC workers fired after taking a bath in the sink.
Vishy took issue with my comments on how people should not overreact and "have a cow":
"I think you made an assumption about 'everyone has a cow over how unsanitary' KFC must be - I'm personally having a cow at how stupid those girls are. Obviously KFC has/would come out with a statement proclaiming their high hygiene standards if you did go on an attack like that. Anyone that has a job in the US right now seems to be one of the lucky ones, and for those girls to do something like that and get fired is beyond belief."
And regarding my comments that "maybe we should be more concerned about the number of calories in the 'Boneless Variety Bucket' than whether someone swam in the sink after hours," Vishy adds: "Why should 'we' be more concerned about the calories? People who go to KFC know what the consequences are for having meals there. They know the fat content, they know it's unsustainable without exercise, they know it will increase cholesterol...I'd personally be more concerned if at my local KFC they had young girls who shower in the sink - as that's not my choice, whereas the meal is."
From Mark D.: "I would be really upset if they were bathing in the oil while the chicken was frying. Swimming in a sink no big deal. It just made them look foolish and really stupid because they knew they would get fired. After a stunt like that, they may find it difficult to find another job."
And from Paul B: "I believe you are forgetting the scale of a possible health problem. If you sicken your household of five members that is one thing. In a retail food service store we are looking from previous incidents at a far greater problem. Hundreds of people. In addition, if this is occurring, imagine what else is going on in the actual preparation of food. Would you eat there?"
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