This is a wee bit late, but after our discussion on Monday (the 9 AM class) I wanted to post these links because I was reminded of them by what we were talking about.
The first, relating to Second Life (which I had never heard of prior to last class and was thoroughly creeped out by): in bringing up Second Life, we began discussing sexual freedom and what is deemed "acceptable,""normal" sexual behavior. Some of the things people were saying reminded me of one of my favorite blogs that I visit frequently for laughs, though it has definitely opened my mind in a real way. It's not actually a blog per se, its a newspaper column called "Savage Love" written by Dan Savage for a paper in Seattle called The Stranger, of which Dan Savage is the editor-in-chief. Basically, people write in about their sexual problems that oftentimes deviate from what would be considered "normal" by society, or "vanilla" (a term you will become familiar with after reading a few of his columns), and Dan gives them advice. I could go into detail about the nature of some of the letters he receives, but I think it would be better for people to just check it out. There's a list of archives on the page, so if you get addicted to it as I have, you have 5 years worth of columns to enjoy.
The second I was reminded of in our discussion of games like "World of Warcraft", another thing I'm not really familiar with. I've only ever heard of it in all its stereotypical glory, of how people hole up in their basements and become shut-ins playing the game for hours on end in lieu of any real social contact. The link I'm posting is to the first installment in a series of webisodes about a similar program, presumably based on WOW, about the people who play it and how they gradually form actual real life "friendhips" with the people they meet and play with online. It's called "The Guild," check it out, it's pretty funny and was definitely informative for me.
Enjoy!