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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 4th day of the 30th week, the 27th day of the 7th month, the 209th day of 2016 [with only 150 shopping days until Christmas], and: 
  • Barbie-in-a-blender Day
  • Bagpipe Appreciation Day
  • Cross Atlantic Communication Day
  • National Crème Brûlée Day
  • National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
  • National Scotch Day – it has been around since at least 1495, but no one can tell me precisely why we celebrate it on this particular day
  • Take Your Houseplant For A Walk Day
  • Take Your Pants For a Walk Day
  • Walk on Stilts Day
In 1054 Siward, Earl of Northumbria, invaded Scotland and defeated Macbeth [Mac Bethad mac Findlaích in Gaelic, and nicknamed Rí Deircc or the Red King], King of Scotland, somewhere north of the Firth of Forth.  In 1694 a Royal charter was granted to the Bank of England. In 1866, after two previous failures, the first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable was successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.  In 1921 researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting proved that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.  In 1929 the Geneva Convention, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, was signed by 53 nations.  In 1940 Bugs Bunny made his debut in the Warner Bros. animated cartoon "A Wild Hare."  In 1949 was the initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.  In 1987 the RMS Titanic Inc. began the first expedited salvage of wreckage of the RMS Titanic.  In 2005, after an incident during mission STS-114, NASA grounded the Space Shuttle fleet, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank. 

So, about those three things I talked about yesterday? 
  1. The computer is still crashing with the same error message for Second Life and InWorldz using the Firestorm viewer.  I have tried eliminating ambient lighting and shadows – which is recommended for low-end and old video cards [and this is NOT supposed to be either] – and will continue testing since the Alienware Tech said the openGL error has to do with shading.
  2. Panda is not at all happy with me putting the lotion on her ear.  She ran from me this morning and cried when I caught her, then headed under the bed immediately.  Catching her tomorrow morning could be fun.
  3. When I got home, the heating/air conditioning unit in the bedroom had been purportedly fixed and the “carpet specialist” came in to vacuum up the water and clean the carpeting.  Despite blowing a fan on it all night, it was still very damp this morning and reeking vaguely of ammonia.  We’ll see how it is this evening
 I’m going through this update of what’s going on because my feelings are very close to the surface today – and I mean getting emotional over things that really don’t have a lot to do with me..  Watching Bernie give up last night, then reading about it today made me angry about things I cannot change.  The idea that little Philae had been written off for good at 5AM EDT this morning brought tears to my eyes.  Finding out that we have to circle back, refine, and expand the way that we track financial exceptions made me flush and flounder like someone was attacking my expertise.  And not one of these reactions made any sense – I knew the score before the DNC, it is just a piece of machinery, and no one was pointing fingers as we continue to ratchet up our processes.  So where is all this unfocused angst coming from? 

Did you ever just stand outside yourself and look at you doing something in disbelief, asking “what!?”  That’s me today – the moon isn’t full, I don’t have my period, things aren’t going badly, I’m not down about anything – so I really want to sit my psyche down and ask it what’s up with all this emotional turbulence  Seriously, can I take something for this?  


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