23 August

Mt Vesuvius

Starting this blog just for fun. It may appeal to those who have scatter-brained, easily distracted, interested-in-everything minds.  

Today is actor, writer, entertainer, popular user of twitter and Apple products and all-round clever guy Stephen Fry's birthday - which he shares with millions of other people, but among others also the Brazilian author Paulo Coelho, the South African cricket player Adrian Kuiper and Louis XVI, King of France.

Today also marks the day, in the year 79, when Mount Vesuvius began stirring - on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire (it erupted a day later, burying the cities of Pompeii & Herculaneum). So now you know all of that too.