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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beladona Memorial 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...
I wake up to just another Saturday, 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 287 days remaining until the end of the year.
As usual, I pick out a quote of the day to be my status: "I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers, someone is taking the time to plant some." - Herbert Rappaport And as happens now and then, I have to go and find out who said that -- apparently he is either a live PHD who wrote a book about how we handle time or a dead Austrian-Soviet screenwriter and film director. I still like the quote.
Tonight we get to see the SuperMoon -- and it is a sight that won't be seen again for another 20 years.
While rummaging in my emails, and muttering about the number of messages from one of my communities [the only one that doesn't have a daily digest feature but sends each message separately], I run across a group message sent to Bela Enchanted: "Mashooka wishes everyone Happy Holi! and I have set up a dollarbie for everyone till tomorrow" She provides a Wikipedia link and I go look....
Holi! What a fun holiday that sounds to be -- the BBC has a great spread on it with pictures! Now I know that I am culturally western anglo-saxon, but I know folks from India and I have been in SL for 5 1/2 years -- how come I never heard of something like this before today? Holi has its own website and there are obviously extensive preparations to be made to make natural colors.
What else is going on today? Well there is no mention of Holi -- probably because like Easter, the holiday seems to move around a lot -- but Wikipedia does a pretty good job of pinpointing this day in historyhttp:="" target="_blank" wiki="">. iGoogle's "this day in history" [a gadget on my homepage that amuses me] finds something that Wikipedia misses and talks about the death of LaSalle happening back in 1687. I am reminded that it is the Feast of St. Joseph and in some countries it is Father's Day -- I assume that these two are connected. It is the third Saturday of the month, so it is National Quilting Day -- The National Quilting Association started National Quilting Day in 1991, but there aren't any congressional records or presidential proclamations for this day. Likewise you won't find any official records for National CornDog Day, which coincides with the first Saturday of “the big men's college basketball tournament”, and that http:="" target="_blank" wiki="">is today apparently. You also won't find any official records of National Chocolate Caramel Day, nor any explanation of why it is today. I assume you are supposed to rush out and buy and eat. If you live in San Francisco, you can celebrate International Astrology Day and participate in their meet-up. And last but not least, the swallows of San Juan Capistrano are expected home....http:="" target="_blank" wiki=""> http:="" target="_blank" wiki="">
Whatever you are planning today, hope it is a good one!
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Holi! What a fun holiday that sounds to be -- the BBC has a great spread on it 
which coincides with the first Saturday of “the big men's college basketball tournament”, and that 
