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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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Today is the 7th day of the 32nd week, the 13th day of the 8th month, the 226th day of 2016 [with only 137 shopping days until Christmas], and:
- Celebrate Your Lakes Day
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Independence Day -- Central African Republic from France in 1960.
- International Left-Handers Day
- Middle Child Day
- National Bowling Day [do you bowl duckpins or ten pins?]
- National Filet Mignon Day
- National Garage Sale Day
In 29 BC Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. In 1913 Harry Brearley producee the first stainless steel by. In 1918 Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist in the US Marine Corps. In 1942 Walt Disney's fifth full-length animated film, Bambi premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York.. In 1954 Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan, for the first time. In 1961 the Berlin Wall was built. In 1997 the first episode of the American animated series South Park premiered on Comedy Central. In 2016 @NASAVoyager is 18 hrs 46 mins 29 secs of light-travel time from Earth (2016:226:120000:1L)
So, I noticed that the quarter moon was back on the 10th, and the moon will be full on the 18th, so I went to rummaging to find out when the "half moon" is. Turns out there is no "half", for some unknown and unknowable reason, we call it the quarter moon when it is half illuminated and a crescent moon when it is only a quarter illuminated.
 Now I ask you, does that make any sense?
And while we are the subject of watching the skies, did you ever wonder what shooting stars look like from space? The International Space Station posted a video that shows you
Stay cool out there!
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