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Carol H Tucker
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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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don't even ask if 2016 can get any worse.....
Today is the 4th day of the 52nd week, the 28th day of the 12th month, the 363rd day of 2016, and:
- Call a Friend Day
- Holy Innocents Day
- National Card Playing Day
- National Chocolate Candy Day
- Pledge of Allegiance Day -- Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance in 1945. In 1954, at President Eisenhower's urging, the Congress legislated that “under God” be added
- The fifth night of Chanukah [or Hanukkah or Kislev 28]
- The fourth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
- The third day of Kwanzaa
ON THIS DAY: In 418 Pope Boniface I was elected. In 1065 Westminster Abbey was consecrated. In 1795 the construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, began in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto). In 1720 the Lords of Trade propose to deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia; the expulsion does not begin until 35 years later, from 1755-63. In 1867 the US claimed Midway Atoll, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits. In 1895 the Lumière brothers performed for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines, marking the debut of the cinema. Also in 1895 Wilhelm Röntgen published a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays. In 1897 "Cyrano de Bergerac," a play by Edmond Rostand, premiered in Paris. In 1912 the first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco. In1918 Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons. In 1958 the Baltimore Colts won the NFL championship, defeating the New York Giants 23-17 in overtime at Yankee Stadium, in what has been dubbed the greatest football game ever played. In 2016 NASA Voyager is 19 hrs 06 mins 44 secs of light-travel time and OSIRIS-REx is more than 320 million km (199 million miles) from Earth.
There is a line in the play “Man of La Mancha” when Don Cervantes is telling a story about the time he was held prisoner in Africa while soldiering and watching his comrades die with the question in their eyes of “why?” He then goes on to say that he didn’t think they were asking why they were dying, but why they had lived.
As all the accolades, tributes, reminiscing, and comments build up in social media for the death of two beloved figures – Carrie Fisher, best known for her place as princess in the Star Wars universe, and Richard Adams, best known for writing Watership Down – it is obvious that these two touched many people [myself included] in many different ways. That apparently was the purpose of their lives. But what about the rest of us? Our spheres of influence are much, much smaller – limited by time and location, and sometimes by opportunity. We kinda muddle through our lives, trying to do more good than harm [well most of us anyway – there are those souls who enjoy causing mayhem and damage] and facing the intimations of our mortality with resignation or even despair as we realize that whatever difference we made is virtually undetectable.
From very young, there were two things that I said I wanted of my life: I was going to live to be 100 and I was going to “leave a Carol-sized hole when I was gone”. Of course the first is not within the realm of my control – tomorrow is promised to no one after all -- but that second one? Billions of souls come and go on this good earth but not everyone’s death is even noticed ….. and there my noodling breaks down, which is why I haven’t written that philosophy book yet. OTOH: I firmly believe that every soul matters. OTOH: I firmly believe that not every light shines for everyone. When and if I get these two contrary beliefs reconciled I’ll let you know.
I can haz a new year nau?
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