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This week in Second Life, I swam with a dolphin, line-danced with six other women at a saloon and test-rode a horsie that I am considering buying. I also received an offer to "have the sex" with a young man who was wearing his penis outside his pants.

One of the great joys of a virtual world like Second Life is the ability to indulge in fantasy limited only by your own patience and skill with the tools. But there's nothing virtual about the anxiety felt by Second Life residents these days. Some are even saying it's the beginning of the end of the true Second Life.