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Today's St. Paul Pioneer Press had a fun article on online avatars that has some quotes from me about my Second Life avatar

"Patrick Lilja, who works at the Tunheim Partners public-relations agency in Bloomington, recently wandered the Second Life realm and dressed his avatar, "Patman Wacchman," with items he procured in various online shops. The accouterments included a pinstriped suit, designer-style shades, a phone headset and shoes with huge, silver buckles. (Oh, he also got a helicopter.)

Lilja describes his Wachmann doppelganger as "the younger, better me, with really nice hair, which I don't have."

My kids even get a little plug in for their favorite game, Webkinz!

Unfortunately, the online version does not have the great photo of me and my avatar where I compare my girth and hair challenges in the caption.  It's in the print version along with a bunch of other photos that help tell the story.

I have no idea why the Pioneer Press does not include photos in their online version. If anything, they should have additional photos...and maybe some video and audio. Most other papers are going that route.  I almost wonder if it has something to do with their content management system (CMS) not being up to the task.  I can't think of any other reason that they don't...becasue it's just insane. But, that's a question for a real reporter to answer...I'm just a blogger...