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Carol H Tucker
Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
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Today is the 2nd day of the week [OMGIM], the 27th day of the 6th month, the 179th day of 2016 [and there are only 180 shopping days until Christmas], and: - "Happy Birthday to You" Day – and we have been singing it since 1859
- Decide to Be Married Day (( or not ))
- Helen Keller Day (she lived June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968)
- Industrial Workers of the World Day
- International Ragweed Day
- National HIV Testing Day
- National Indian Pudding Day
- National Orange Blossom Day
- National Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day
- Please Take My Children to Work Day
- Sunglasses Day
In 1358 the Republic of Dubrovnik [AKA Ragusa] was founded when the channel that divided the city between the Romans and the Slavs was filled creating the present-day main street (the Stradun) which became the city center. In 1895 the first run of the B&O's Royal Blue from DC to New York City as the first US passenger train to use electric locomotives. In 1898 Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia completed the first solo circumnavigation of the globe. In 1899 AEJ Collins scored 628 runs not out -- a cricket record that endured 117 years. In 1946 the Canadian Citizenship Act was passed by the Parliament of Canada establishing the definition of Canadian citizenship. In 1972 the video game company Atari was founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in Santa Clara, Calif. In 1982 the Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4. In 1985 US Route 66 is officially removed from the United States Highway System. In 2013 NASA launched the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.
There were many things that I could’ve done this weekend, lovely as it was outside. We were at the Baltimore Zoo [well I guess they have been calling it the Maryland Zoo for a few years now actually (since 2004)] for the breakfast with the giraffes – even though the kids left, I certainly could’ve stayed and wandered about a bit. There are a couple of movies that I want to see – Finding Dory and Warcraft are both still in the theaters. The pool is open. I could’ve taken a walk. And there are a multitude of projects and chores that I could’ve tackled in the apartment – and some of them really need to be tackled! So, with all this activity available, you know what I did?
Read.
Napped.
Read.
Noodled about online [as much as I could given the PC problems I chronicled yesterday].
Read.
Please note that long before the internet, my idea of a good time was to be able to lounge about with a book in my hand. It might be a Kindle these days, but while the rest of the world is plunged into action, I was plugged into what I have always considered my 2nd Life [long before there was an SL to go to]. The only thing that would’ve made the weekend perfect would’ve been to have Kula curled up beside me while I was reading…. Well that and to be able to drink Coke and gnosh on cookies – I may be eating less and drinking unsweetened ice tea and water, but I would still like my Coke and cookies back..
Yup, there are real advantages sometimes to living alone – no one to interrupt, no one to nag, no one to worry – just me and my book.
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