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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 slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday.  It is the 5th day of the 28th week, the 14th day of the 7th month, the 196th day of 2016 [with 163 shopping days until Christmas], and: 
  • Bastille Day
  • International Nude Day
  • National Grand Marnier Day
  • National Macaroni and Cheese Day
  • National Tape Measure Day
  • Pandemonium Day
  • Shark Awareness Day
In 756 Emperor Xuanzong fled the capital Chang'an as An Lushan's forces advanced toward the city.  In 1771 the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California is founded by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.  In 1798 Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the US government [try and reconcile that with free speech!].  In 1853 the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, opened in New York City.  In 1874 the Chicago Fire burned down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.  1911 Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, landed his airplane at the South Lawn of the White House -- instead of being incarcerated for trespassing or terrorism, he was later awarded a Gold medal from US President William Howard Taft for this feat.  In 1933 the Nazi eugenics program began with the proclamation of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring that calls for the compulsory sterilization of any citizen who suffers from alleged genetic disorders.  In 1960 Jane Goodall arrived at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania and began her famous study of chimpanzees in the wild.  In 1965 Mariner 4 flew by Mars and took the first close-up photos of another planet.  In 1969 the US $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills were officially withdrawn from circulation.  In 1976 capital punishment was abolished in Canada.  In 2015 NASA's New Horizons probe performed the first flyby of Pluto, and thus completed the initial survey of the Solar System.



My personal journal is titled “babbling” for a reason as I have always chosen to live my life out loud, as my daughter informed me a while back.  I remember that I was always a chatty kid, when no one was around I nattered on to myself.  If I wasn’t talking, I was singing, if I wasn’t singing – and if I wasn’t doing either I was trying to get answers to questions, reading or asleep.  Teachers had a hard time getting me to shut up – I spent a lot of time in the 3rd and 4th grades out in the hallway because of it.  As I got older, I realized that I had to cultivate the skill of listening and quickly figured out that if you asked questions, you got stories in return.   I got good enough at it that I used to get the entire life history of folks, some of whom were chance met and never seen again, and came to love learning the narrative each person tells about themselves. – but without realizing it, I never acquired the habit or ability to do “small talk” and be interesting.   



The cone of silence descends upon me while I am in what I call “crisis management mode” and lingers long after I have come through the immediate urgency.  After Frank died in December 2004, the cone surrounded and muffled me to the point that I stopped communicating almost completely, except that I was able to still type and thus live online, in what I call my 2nd Life [altho it is not limited to Second Life itself].  But in the past couple of years the questions have been drying up and I don’t know why.  Maybe I have run into too many people who feel that my questions do not indicate interest and caring, but  infringe upon their privacy, and I don’t know how to make non-boundary-crossing inquiries.   Maybe I am just  tired because I found that when I ask questions and hear someone else’s story that doesn’t mean they are really interested or invested in me or even care about my story.  



not knowing small talk +  not feeling comfortable asking question = a muted Carol

 

 

 

I leave it to you all whether or not that is a good thing….. .
Permalink | Thursday, July 14, 2016