Get That Vacation Home You’ve Always Wanted: Real Cheap!

Posted on October 19, 2006

Life got you down: wife left you, dog hates you, daughter ran off to join a Goth circus troop? Second Life is the virtual online community where you can start all over again.

I heard an ad on the radio this morning for something called a Pulse Loan. Pulse Loan, according to the VOG (Voice of God) announcer who was pitching it, means “if you have a pulse we’ll give you a loan.” That may be a dodgy way to make your dream vacation home affordable, but if you have an imagination, you might be able to secure a prime piece of beachfront on Second Life real cheap. You see, the exchange rate of Linden Dollars, the currency franca of Second life is L$274 to $1, kinda like that of Argentina in the ’70s. Wired Magazine has published a simple travel guide to Second Life as well as a sample shopping list. Neither very thorough, but you really have to dive in and explore this weird, wired world yourself. And watch out for those timeshare guys.