[Jewelry making - Article 00991] - [Orchid] [Tidbits] The Unicorn

[Benjamin Mark]

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    I have an image of this magnificent looking piece of jewelry you see
    ... in the form of a Unicorn. Which clearly and immediately brings to
    mind this pressing question: How does one tame a Unicorn? And the
    answer is ladies and gennulmen ... by the touch of a virgin. Ye gads,
    folks. Who woulda thunk it? 

    There is this little bit of lore that might seem at first glance a
    tad strange. There is also this old saw that states: Sanity ... like
    morality ... is decided by the majority. I vote we add strangeness to
    that saw. Sanity ... like strangeness ... like morality ... yada yada
    yada. So ... to un-digress myself ... the little bit of lore goes
    like this: Only a virgin can tame a Unicorn ... however ... the virgin
    must be a boy in disguise. Hunh? 

    I dash with alacrity over to my unabridged library edition of the
    Random  Dictionary of the English Language and look up the word:
    Virgin. A girl, it says. A woman, it says. A female, it says. It's an
    old old dictionary. I suspect it's wrong. Can a male not be a virgin
    ... I ask you each and every one? And so again ... to un-digress once
    more ... I return to my fabled beastie. 

    There is this fellow by the name of Lawrence Kallenberg who is
    clearly talented beyond talented and who wrote a book about jewelry
    modeling in wax. I tend--beyond reason--to admire extraordinary
    work. This guy is amazing. Wait. You will all soon see his Unicorn. 

    Did you know that a Unicorn's horn has the unique ability to purify
    poisoned water? Yes yes it does. How many of you use a filter to
    purify the water zillions of others in past generations were able to
    drink on a daily basis without falling deathly ill. No matter. The
    filter is inefficient. Get yourselves a pet Unicorn ... dip his horn
    into that thousand gallon vat of water you all hold in reserve lest
    you should get thirsty ... and presto gasatz ... the water is a pure
    as ... as ... as that virgin  mentioned above.  

    There is a ton of information available about the Unicorn ... not
    the least of which is that there are--according to Aristotle--two
    kinds. The Antelope Unicorn ... and the Ass Unicorn. Hey ... if Ari
    says it ... then it's got to be true. Yes? But I won't bore you with
    more details. One  can absorb just so much trivia before one's gills
    get bloated. And so .... 

    For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I
    direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will
    scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says
    Tidbits Graphics ... and then click on the link that says: Uni ...
    where you'll see an image of a silver and vermeil Unicorn by
    Lawrence Kallenberg.  

And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark
http://www.tyler-adam.com


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