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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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the 10th Monday in 2017

Today is the 2nd day of the 10th week, the 6th day of the 3rd month, the 65th day of 2017 [with only 293 shopping days until Christmas], and: 
  • Alamo Day
  • Casimir Pulaski Day
  • Day of The Dude
  • Dentist's Day
  • Fun Facts About Names Day
  • Independence Day: Ghana from the UK in 1957
  • National Dress Day
  • National Frozen Food Day
  • National Oreo Cookie Day
  • National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day
  • Sofia Kovalevskaya Math Day
ON THIS DAY:  In 12 BC the Roman Emperor Augustus was named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the Emperor.  In 632 the Islamic prophet Muhammad gave his Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada').  In 1617 Louis Hébert signed an agreement to become the first colonist of New France -- a farmer and apothecary, he was to provide herbal medicines to the inhabitants  In 1788 the First Fleet arrived at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.  In 1834 the city of Toronto was incorporated.  In 1836, after a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo were killed and the fort captured.  In 1853 Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premiered in Venice, Italy.  In 1869 Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.  In 1899 Bayer registered "Aspirin" as a trademark.  In 1912 Oreo sandwich cookies were first introduced by the National Biscuit Co., which later became Nabisco.  In 1943 Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.  In 1964 Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gave boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.  In 1975 for the first time the Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy was shown in motion to a national TV audience by Robert J Groden and Dick Gregory.  In 1981, after 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time.  In 1992 the Michelangelo computer virus began to affect computers.

Sometimes I just don’t have a lot to say….   Yes that statement just made some folks who have known me over the years bust out laughing, but I would point out to them  [gives them the stink-eye] that I have never claimed to be good at small talk and sometimes it feels like blogging is all about small talk, neh?  Of course it is all complicated by the fact that I am doing my level best not to rant or pontificate on the topic of politics and income inequity and the asinine state of affairs….  *deep breath*  As I was saying, I sometimes don’t have a lot to say

For those times when I still feel the urge to blog and am looking for an idea, I noodle around online and find what today’s prompt is:  “65. Telephone: Write about a phone call you recently received.”

Well now the fact of the matter is that I don’t spend a lot of time on the phone these days – most often social media [IMs, texts, etc] have been the means of communication.  I find it a less intrusive form of communication really, but the sound of another voice and knowing that the other person is focused on the conversation is a plus, neh?  However I feel like I run down without a lot to say, and when I have been on the phone, I am usually the caller not the one answering, and that goes for work and personal phones.  The last call I got?  I was being asked for tech support to help a customer download information they had requested and we had uploaded to LeapFile.  It was a frustrating call.

Ten Mondays down, 42 more to go!



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