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...
Today is the 21st day of the 5th month and the 142nd day of 2016. It is also:
American Red Cross Founder's Day
Armed Forces Day
Culture Freedom Day
Day of Vesak [varies per Bhuddist country]
Do Dah Day
I Need a Patch for That Day
National Learn to Swim Day
National Memo Day
National River Cleanup Day
National Strawberries and Cream Day
National Waiters and Waitresses Day
Preakness Stakes
Rapture Party Day [AKA End of the World Day]
Sister Maria Hummel Day
Victoria Day
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
World Whisky Day
In 293 – Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as Caesar to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy [is it just me or does that actually mean that two men appointed a third which started a period of four men ruling? Maybe I haven't had enough caffeine yet.... ] In 1832 The first Democratic National Convention got under way in Baltimore. In 1863 the Seventh-day Adventist Church was formed in Battle Creek, Michigan [no word on whether they started knocking on doors immediately]. In 1927 Charles Lindbergh landed at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1932 Amelia Earhart landed in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean [one assumes that her flight was a non-stop flight as well]. In 1980 "The Empire Strikes Back" was released.
So I might be in a bit of a mood today. Typed in "moody" to find an appropriate picture, expecting to see stuff like this: