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Last night, it would seem for no reason, that fireworks went off not too far from here. And it wasn't your typical side of the road bought variety either...they went high in the sky and were open and big, one after the other, like 4th of July or New Years celebrations put on by professionals. But they went off at 9:50 pm here. Chas said that someone in his digest from Australia wrote that fireworks had gone off there too, though not at the same time. He thought it might be in celebration of the lunar eclipse, which we missed. No one else here seems to have seen or heard fireworks. How curious, how curious indeed.

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Was it not coincidence that I saw Luther in the theater yesterday, only to be entranced in The Six Wives of Henry VIII today on PBS? The movie being about Martin Luther, the monk who, as Eddie Izzard puts it, "nailed a piece of paper to the church doors that said, 'Hang on a minute (only in German)...,' " and became the father of religious reform and freedom from the Catholic Church. In the documentary on King Henry VIII today, ties of religious freedom and persecution continued along the same timeline as the movie from yesterday. And again Eddie Izzard says it perfectly when Henry tried to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and the Pope rejected the request after much debate, "Then I will set up a new religion..." which gave way to the Church of England. I'm sure I don't need to be giving a history lesson on King Henry VIII, but for those wanting more information, or a refresher on this period of history, you can find it with the links above. Or just watch some Eddie Izzard specials, which is probably more entertaining anyhow. :)