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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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the Friday before a long weekend....
Today is the 6th day of the 7th week, the 17th day of the 2nd month, the 48th day of 2017 [there are only 310 shopping days until Christmas], and:
- My Way Day
- National Cabbage Day
- National Cafe au Lait Day
- National Champion Crab Races Day (( I seriously need to reconsider my career choices! ))
- National Indian Pudding Day
- National PTA Founders Day
- National Public Science Day
- National Woman's Heart Day
- Who Shall I Be Day (( a day just made for those of us who live a 2nd Life, neh? ))
- World Information Architecture Day
- World Human Spirit Day
ON THIS DAY: In 364 Roman Emperor Jovian was found dead in his tent at Tyana (Asia Minor) en route back to Constantinople in suspicious circumstances after a reign of eight months. In 1753 in Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moved from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. In 1863 a group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross. In 1904 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly" had its world premiere at La Scala in Milan, Italy. In 1933 Newsweek magazine was first published. Also in 1933 Blondie Boopadoop married Dagwood Bumstead. In 1959 the first weather satellite, Vanguard 2, was launched to measure cloud-cover distribution. In 1965 the Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. In 1972 the cumulative sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceeded those of the Ford Model T. Also in 1972, President Nixon departed on his historic trip to China. In 1996 World chess champion Garry Kasparov beat IBM supercomputer "Deep Blue," winning a six-game match in Philadelphia.. Also in 1996 NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifted off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros.
Three day weekend coming up for those of us who are lucky enough to have federal holidays off!
The reason it is LIncoln and Washington is that we used to celebrate both of their birthdays in February, but then it turned into "Presidents' Day" when MLK day was created in January. Of course, I am old enough to remember when Good Friday was a Federal and state holiday.... Hadn't heard that it was now to celebrate all holders of the office though. Interestingly, we now have five living ex presidents, which doesn't happen very often!
Whether you have off or not, whether you hit the sales or stay home, hope you have an awesome weekend!
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