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REMEMBERING POMPEII

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When I stop to think about it, I remember the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD like it was yesterday. I was a slave, working in a vineyard in the farmland on the outskirts of the city under the shadow of the mountain.  The soil was some of the most fertile anywhere in the world, thanks to the accumulation of volcanic soil there over the centuries and the weather was ideal for growing grapes.  The city was wealthy, to the point of decadence.  The architecture of the town and the scenery in countryside were idyllic.  It was very much like Napa Valley today.  When the eruption starting in the morning I stole a horse and road as fast as I could toward the villa that housed the owners of the land and winery.  My mother and sister were there, working in the villa as servants.  Although the horse was fast, we were overtaken by a blast from the volcano while on the way and were both suffocated by the noxious fumes and ash.  I never made it back to the villa.  The last think I remember was my grief — not over the loss of my own life, but at not being able to warn my loved ones of the danger.  Do you remember where you were and what you were doing on August 24, 79 AD?  You might, if you try.

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SCARED IS SCARED

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THIS VIDEO IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!  THE FANCIFUL, INSOUCIANCE OF A CHILD’S’ IMAGINATION — BROUGHT TO LIFE ON FILM.  WOW!!

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Bianca Giaever…”I asked a six year old what my movie should be about, and this is what he told me.”

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CANNED UNICORN MEAT

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“The unicorn is a legendary animal from European folklore that resembles a white horse with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead, and sometimes a goat’s beard and cloven hooves. First mentioned by the ancient Greeks, it became the most important imaginary animal of the Middle Ages and Renaissance when it was commonly described as an extremely wild woodland creature, a symbol of purity and grace, which could only be captured by a virgin. In the encyclopedias its horn was said to have the power to render poisoned water potable and to heal sickness. Until the 19th century, belief in unicorns was widespread among historians, alchemists, writers, poets, naturalists, physicians, and theologians.

UNICORNS IN THE BIBLE:

  • “God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.”—Numbers 23:22
  • “God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.”—Numbers 24:8
  • “His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth.”—Deuteronomy 33:17
  • “Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?”—Job 39:9–12
  • “Save me from the lion’s mouth; for thou hast heard me from the horns of unicorns.”—Psalms 22:21
  • “He maketh them [the cedars of Lebanon] also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.”—Psalms 29:6
  • “But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of the unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.”—Psalms 92:10
  • “And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with their bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.”—Isaiah 34:7″

— (Wikipedia.org)