Editor's Note: Margelina Redux

Margelina, my long-lost Second Life avatar, has a friend! Her name is TinaLouise Serendipity. I created her because I couldn’t remember Margelina’s password. So they’re more like stepsisters and, actually, they have yet to meet.

With the help of Managing Editor Abny Santicola, I got TinaLouise to the American Cancer Society’s Hope Haven so I could pull an image for this month’s cover. TL is kind of jerky and insolent, but she remained nonplussed as I walked her into walls and made her fly face-first into a roof. She even came out OK after Abny walked her off a pier, dragged her around under water and slid her unceremoniously down the side of a mountain. (If Margelina and TinaLouise ever do meet, I might find myself being brought up on virtual charges of avatar abuse and irresponsible use of the “fly” button.)