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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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starting over from scratch
Today is the 2nd day of the 37th week, the 11th day of the 9th month, the 254th day of 2017, and:
ON THIS DAY: In 1185 Isaac II Angelos killed Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appealed to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposed Andronikos I Komnenos and placed Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire. In 1226 the Roman Catholic practice of public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass spread from monasteries to parishes. In 1609 Henry Hudson discovered Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there. In 1792 the Hope Diamond was stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored. IN 1850 Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale," gave her first concert in the United States, at Castle Garden in New York. In 1903 the first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin was held; it is the oldest major speedway in the world. In 1962 the Beatles recorded their first single, "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You," at EMI studios in London. In 1972 the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system began passenger service. In 1985 Pete Rose broke Ty Cobb's baseball record for most career hits with his 4,192nd hit. In 1997 NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reached Mars. Also in 1997 Scots voted to create their own Parliament after 290 years of union with England.
Quote of the day:
"One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present."
~ Golda Meir, Ukrainian-born Israeli teacher, kibbutznik, stateswoman, politician and the fourth Prime Minister of Israel.
Searching for information on .0.11 ran into a bit of a logjam – not sure what would happen to someone outside the US if they ran the search, but hereabouts the results all point to that tragic day 16 years ago. Like Pearl Harbor, everyone can tell you stories of where they were and what they were doing when the news broke, indeed, I have shared my own in the past. But today I ran across one story sent to PostSecret that made me stop short:
The commentary that follows it is telling: anger, hurt, speculation as to why this person took advantage of a tragedy to start a new life, blaming, moralizing, wistful envy. Puts me in mind of the fictional Rose in the 1997 movie Titanic, who did the same thing as she walked away from that tragedy. I wonder if this person saw that movie and realized they had been handed a similar opportunity to start completely fresh, to leave behind an old life that for one reason or another wasn’t right for them. OTOH: an argument can be made that it was an incredibly cowardly thing to do, leaving friends and family to mourn and potentially in the lurch. OTOH: an argument can be made that was incredibly gutsy -- can you imagine starting with NOTHING, not even an identity?
Can’t say that it would even occur to me, which either speaks to my level of commitment to my life or my lack of imagination. What about you?
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