Roman Rumble

Yes, yes, I know it's been quiet hereabouts. As January (and a work project I've been dinking with forever) comes to an end, I hope to get back into the swing of things before too much longer.

In the meantime, if you have any taste for disaster porn, the Discovery Channel is showing a movie, Pompeii: The Last Day, on Sunday night. Naturally, it's about the eruption of Vesuvius in the first century AD, and the resulting destruction of the Roman city of Pompeii. I think I'll pass on PPV wrestling that night, after all...

Last Christmas, I received Robert Harris's novel Pompeii, a historical thriller set in the midst of said destruction; it was fascinating reading, and really gave me a feel of being there. Copies of the book circulated among the O'Keefe clan, and I think all of us who read the book enjoyed it. I can only hope that this documentary will be as involving.