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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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overthinking the magic
Today is the 6th day of the 12th week, the 24th day of the 3rd month, the 83rd day of 2017, and:
- International Day for Achievers
- National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
- National Cocktail Day
- Red Nose Day
- US Snow Shoe Day
- World Tuberculosis Day
ON THIS DAY: In 1401 Turco-Mongol emperor Timur sacked Damascus. In 1603 Tokugawa Ieyasu was granted the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and established the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan. In 1721 Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos. In 1853 Mary Ann Shadd published the first issue of her newspaper, The Provincial Freeman, with the motto “Self-Reliance is the True Road to Independence,” in Windsor, Otnario. In 1882 German scientist Robert Koch announced in Berlin that he had discovered the bacillus responsible for tuberculosis. In 1896 AS Popov made the first radio signal transmission in history. In 1900 the Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck broke ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn. In 1907 the first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro was published. In 1958 Elvis Presley was drafted by and inducted into the Army in Memphis, Tenn. In 1965 live images from the Ranger 9 lunar probe were broadcast live on network television as it hurtled down to crash on the surface. In 1993 Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 was discovered -- the first comet observed to be orbiting a planet, and had probably been captured by Jupiter around 20–30 years earlier and crashed into that planet in July 1994.
The writing prompt for today: 83.Magic: Imagine you have a touch of magic, and can make impossible things happen. What would you do?
Fun thought for a Friday, isn’t it? Wave a magic wand – poof!
At this point I realize that I have been too immersed in alternate realities because my first thought was: “All magic comes with a price, dearie!” And I immediately started thinking about the laws that kick in because not even magic can conjure something from nothing, of conservation and energy. And the limits – can you change the heart and/or soul of an individual? What about the mindset of an entire population[s] so that you really can have world peace? What if you change too much and the unanticipated consequences are so dire that you cannot fix them? What if you don’t change enough or change the wrong things? Even if I make a selfish decision and win a huge lottery or sweepstakes payout to me, what about chaos theory, what other balance have I upset in the universe? Remember all those stories about the three wishes going sadly awry?
*hands back the wand and backs away slowly looking wistful*
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