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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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when Cupid's arrows fall short....
Today is the 4th day of the 7th week, the 14th day of the 2nd month, the 45th day of 2019, and:
- Frederick Douglas Day
- International Book Giving Day
- International Quirkyalone Day
- League of Women Voters Day
- Library Lovers Day
- National Call in Single Day
- National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day
- National Ferris Wheel Day
- National Have a Heart Day
- National Organ Donor Day
- National Women's Heart Day
- Pet Theft Awareness Day
- Race Relations Day
- Read to Your Child Day
- Valentine's Day
- (World) Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day
- World Sound Healing Day
ON THIS DAY IN ...
1747 - Astronomer James Bradley presents his discovery of the wobbling motion of the Earth on its axis to the Royal Society, London
1794 - first US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia
1849 = In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes first serving US President to have his photograph taken (by Matthew Brady).
1876 – Alexander G. Bell & Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents; Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor
1894 - Venus is both a morning star & evening star
1895 - Oscar Wilde's final play, "The Importance of Being Earnest," opened at the St. James' Theatre in London.
1899 – Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
1920 – The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
1924 – The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
1931 - The original "Dracula" film starring Bela Lugosi as the titular vampire, is released
1961 – Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
1972 - Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit and soft landing on Moon
1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 - first "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments
1980 - "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 341 performances
1980 - US launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares
1985 - "Whitney Houston" debut album by Whitney Houston is released (Grammy Award Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female 1986, Billboard Album of Year 1986)
1989 - Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini issues a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie and his publishers due to his novel "Satanic Verses". A bounty was also place on his head.
1990 – The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later become famous as Pale Blue Dot.
2000 – The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
2003 - Dolly the sheep - the first mammal cloned from an adult - was put to death at age 6 due to premature aging and disease.
2005 – YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.
2011 - The TV game show "Jeopardy!" began airing the first of three episodes pitting human players Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings against an IBM computer named "Watson."
Quote of the day:
“The potential to develop the heart-mind is truly limitless. Myths and ideas that limit us can fall away, and the heart opens to reveal love.”
~ Cator Shachoy, “Valentine’s Day Buddhist Heart Replacement”
This day dedicated to love and romance can be a bit hard on those of us who are alone. Yes I know there is something I could do about it in the way of being more social, going out to meetings, being more chatty in world when I am indulging in a 2nd Life, joining dating sites or making it clear in forums that I am seeking and available for connection. Been there done that – and I treasure the memories generated. There is just a feeling of not wanting to force the issue right now. There are worse things than being alone.
But today can be a bit of a tough day.
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