We have been offering discussion groups, workshops, and presentations in Second Life since 2009 and opened our official Second Life office at Etopia in 2010. In May of 2020 we moved all of our programming online and into our main campus; also at Etopia. Because of the restrictions the COVID-19 pandemic placed on our community (more…)
Sure, the “twenty-twenty-won” is hijacked from a commercial (don’t remember the product, just the play on words), but it’s a great way to start this year. This year can be a continuation of last year or we can greet it with optimism and a sense of hope for a brighter future. I choose the latter. (more…)
Have you ever seen a circus elephant standing serenely, tied to a little peg in the ground? How does that work? I mean, elephants can grow to be over a ton. Why does an elephant just stand there? Why doesn’t this creature, one of the most powerful animals in the world, just rip the peg out (more…)
I think we can all agree that 2020 has been a most challenging year. The politics of the day coupled with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the way we navigate our lives. For BEST it was a year of dramatic change. We kicked off the year with our 1st annual virtual CogniCon (cognitive (more…)
The holidays may have been a very different experience than what we’ve enjoyed for most of our lives, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have goodies we want to save for another meal or two. Whether you cooked a turkey with all the trimmings for the family or you live alone and ordered too much (more…)
Yesterday was Giving Tuesday. You probably know that from all of the emails that came into your inbox yesterday reminding you it was Giving Tuesday. Admittedly, we sent a couple of reminders, too. There are many causes, many reasons, and many stories. Stories like Holly’s, from our BEST group in Second Life who said, “Because (more…)
