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Vesuvius is the mountain in Italy that popped its top in 79 AD and buried Pompeii in volcanic ash. There’s a Vesuvius in Virginia, too, nestled in the Shenandoah Valley, and it had an eruption as well.

The second eruption of Vesuvius occurred at a B&B about 15 years ago. The soon-to-be-former art director of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine popped his top at an editorial planning session. Criticized about some aspects of his recent redesign of the magazine, he flipped us The Bird and stomped out. He returned a few minutes later, suitcase in hand, to add some F words to the denunciations. Then he stomped out for good. I never saw him again. That was when the magazine's managing editor, who would later become an Episcopal priest, suggested it was okay to use the F word frequently among ourselves, but just say "banana" in its place. Try it, please. But I digress.