if anybody needed help to turn from his self-serving ways, it was that odious Dathan character. Not exactly a ladies' man, so instead of learning how to hug and love and be a trustworthy person filled with integrity, he resorted to slimy, dispicable tactics in order to "win" a beautiful woman of valor. Fake.
You remember Dathan... in The Ten Commandment's movie (1956), he was The Searcher tasked with identifying the Deliverer. And when he found out who it was, Dathan wanted his palms greased.
It's just what the Searcher said to the gypsy:
I told her that I was a flop with chicks
I've been this way since 1956
She looked at my palm and she made a magic $ign
She said, "What you need is Love Potion No. 9"
It smelled like turpentine, so it functioned as a powerful degreaser cleaner as well.
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Joseph was hated for his dreams. A long while back I discovered from an Ulpan site that to say "Dream On" (seriously, get real) in Hebrew is literally you're "living in a movie."
There's always a song. Literally. Buck Owens' signature song:
They're gonna put me in the movies
They're gonna make a big star out of me
We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely
And all I gotta do is act naturally
Well, I'll bet you I'm a-gonna be a big star
Might win an Oscar you can't never tell
The movie's gonna make me a big star,
'Cause I can play the part so well...
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In case anyone wonders why when God made Abram an offer to go "unto a land that I will show you",
Abram flew right out the door to see all the stars. The place deceptively called "UR" was a black hole of darkness.. Everyone was pinned down by business as usual, who could ever escape?
NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover
@NASAPersevere
· Jan 21
With a turn of my bit carousel, I’ve cleared the two pebbles that likely blocked me from processing my latest sample tube. Two smaller ones remain lower down, but may not be an issue (and might fall out just by driving). Onward!
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(And he said unto them, Know ye not this pebble? and how then will ye know all pebbles?)