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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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well it isn't Monday at least

Today is the 3rd day of the 29th week, the 19th day of the 7th month, the 201st day of 2016, and: 
  • Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day
  • Full Buck Moon at 6:56 PM EDT
  • National Daiquiri Day
  • National Flitch Day ((a flitch is a side of pig, salted and cured)) In 1854 was when the ceremony was revived on this day after not having it for 103 years. However it's really officially celebrated every Leap Year
  • National Raspberry Cake Day
  • New Friends Day
  • Stick Out Your Tongue Day
In 484 Leontius was crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey) as part of the rebellion against the Roman Emperor Zeno; because he was recognized in Antioch he made it his capital.  In 1832 the British Medical Association was founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings at a meeting in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary.  In 1843 Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain was launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.  In 1900 the first line of the Paris Métro opened.  In 1903 Maurice Garin won the first Tour de France.  In 1983 the first 3D reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.

Even as stories about politics [the Republican convention, Brexit, et al] and turmoil [coups, bombs, ambushes et al] plaster the headlines, fill the newscasts and clog up the internet pipes, I find myself retreating more and more into my 2nd Life.  Overwhelmed by the sheer scope of the insanity, I have been binge watching shows, reading series obsessively, playing games, taking online courses [altho the topic is interesting, the talking head on this one is not, alas], wandering [or at least trying to – different story] into Second Life and InWorldz to give my psyche some relief from the workaday world in which I live. 

What do I do when I am in world?  Retail therapy – costs a whole heckavu lot less to indulge in a shopping spree in world than it does in real life.  Making living spaces  – I find that I enjoy creating environments with landscaping, housing and furniture whether it is a tropical beach with a lighthouse or a winter hobbit hole or  treehouse or a cave under the sea for mer folk.  Wander and explore.  Listening to live music, or poetry readings.  Role play – Gorean or family or other -- not as much these days as those I was intensely involved with are no longer in world.  And the people from literally around the world [boy are time zones a PITA when you are trying to be together] and the relationships formed with them, the communities, the groups, the feeling of belonging.  I don't agree that being able to live and love in a 2nd Life is "turning fake things into reality, and turning meaningful life into a kind of television " but very much see it as an addition or enrichment to my existence, rather like “augmented reality” [a term that is being bandied about quite a bit here lately thanks to some app….].

So, how do you stop the stresses and strains of society from darkening your spirit?


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