Sparrowman’s Perch

I will be toasting this day at 6:06 pm with several buddies from work at our local brew pub.  

I’m a bit tired at hearing that this is the devil’s day since the 666 number is referred to in Revleation 13:18.

"Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."  (KJV)

Okay, all of you who get worked up with this stuff for this day, do note that Revelation says it’s the number of a man–not a day!  More importantly, this man already existed and his name was "Nero".  It also could have referred to Caligula.  Revelation was the lastest written material of the New Testament and it’s situation in life (sitz-im-leben) was more than likely during the time of major persecutions of Christians; hence, the code-like messages for a particular community (or communities) for a particular time.

I don’t have time or patience at present to get into Biblical interpretation, but further info on this book and "the rest of the story" can be found at this link–which is very similar to what I was taught and currently believe:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/features/biblemysteries/revelation.shtml

The Wikipedia actually gives some rather informative stuff:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast_(numerology)

… and is sitting, preening or sometimes walking about. 

On my recent trip back to the Eastern Panhandle a friend showed me the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC)  http://training.fws.gov/ of the federal Fish and Wildlife Service outside of  Shepherdstown.  Supposedly it has been there for the past 10 years.  While I lived in the area I remember hearing of them building something out there but I didn’t realize the size and complexity of the facility until this past Sunday.  It’s huge! 

Anyway, my friends showed me where some bald eagles made a nest on the NCTC property.  Inside the main conference/museum building of NCTC there is a monitor to show visitors the live video of the nest action.  This same feed, albeit in 30 second still-image captures, is available to the public via the web on their “Eagle Cam”:  http://www.fws.gov/nctc/cam/ .   Presently, there are three fledglings in the nest.    Log accounts of nest activity are here:  http://www.eaglecam.blogspot.com/

I must say, that even viewing them from a distance, one can see the size and then imagine the strength of these birds.  Enjoy the Eagle web cam.