IV thought - SPOILER
Tore Rye Andersen
torerye at hotmail.com
Thu Aug 13 03:17:10 CDT 2009
John Bailey:
> Just did a quick wikipedia check on Amethyst too - "The name comes
> from the Ancient Greek a- ("not") and methustos ("intoxicated"), a
> reference to the belief that the stone protected its owner from
> drunkenness; the ancient Greeks and Romans wore amethyst and made
> drinking vessels of it in the belief that it would prevent
> intoxication."
> Makes the baby-born-hooked-on-smack scenario even sadder.
Great find! Apparently names do carry some magic, then, since the
heroin baby does turn out to be released from her parents' drug
habits. Cool orange juice is certainly more benign than heroin-laced
breast milk.
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