The Guardian for this meeting was Riddle Sideways. The comments are by Riddle Sideways.

Riddle Sideways: thank you, Listener Master
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Riddle Sideways: what were u talkin abou
Adams Rubble: Hello Riddle :)
Riddle Sideways: hello leaping Adams
Adael: Wish they all could be California Adaels
Riddle Sideways: and Adael
Adams Rubble: Good morning to you

Adams Rubble: I finished the Talmud Course but I am still reading
Riddle Sideways: yes, wishing they all could be California Adaels too
Riddle Sideways: great
Adams Rubble: I was so surprised that so much of the Talmud came from babylonia under the Persians and Kaurouin under the Muslims
Riddle Sideways: what? done and still reading
Riddle Sideways: extra credit
Adams Rubble: I felt I was missing something when I finished
Riddle Sideways: good, not right out of mind as you go into the next class
Adams Rubble: next class is in September :)
Riddle Sideways: most of August of vacation between classes :)
Adael: Fael gave me to Adams outside the teahouse
Adams Rubble: I was surprised to see that Rabbi Hillel had a quote similar to the "Golden Rule": "That which is despicable to you, do not do to your fellow, this is the whole Torah, and the rest is commentary, go and learn it."
Riddle Sideways: Rabbi Hillel said so many great things. good that they got written down
Adams Rubble: In any case the history that we were taught was mssing some pieces :)
Adams Rubble: it was so European-centric
Riddle Sideways: sort of like Mark Twain and Yogi Berra, always coming up with quotes
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: one liners
Riddle Sideways: it was titled 'World History'
Riddle Sideways: yet, some of the "World" was skipped over
Adams Rubble: yes and subtitled: Them bad, we good
Adael: /me loves typos
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: that was grammatical Adael
Riddle Sideways: :) yes Adeal
Riddle Sideways: [ed. will have to paste Adeal's comment into log]
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: I presume the Hillel Centers are named after Rabbi Hillel
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Adams Rubble: that was kind of a question
Riddle Sideways: yes, they are
Adams Rubble: They are building a brand new Hillel Center at Rutgers
Riddle Sideways: almost all colleges have Hillel centers
Adams Rubble: the old one was built over for an honors dorm
Riddle Sideways: some don't have buildings
Riddle Sideways: oh
Adams Rubble: It was a very nice architectural design for the new one
Riddle Sideways: was married in a Hillel
Adams Rubble: ohhhhhh :)
Riddle Sideways: Cornell
Adams Rubble: Did yu go to Cornell?
Riddle Sideways: for a brief time
Adams Rubble: lovely campus but not much sunshine
Riddle Sideways: came back to live in Ithaca years later
Riddle Sideways: the expression is "Ithaca is gorges"
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: and waterfalls too
Adael: We are born of love; Love is our mother. -Rumi
Riddle Sideways: Adael was quite an expanded knowledge base
Riddle Sideways: *has
Adams Rubble: :)
Adael: Fire when ready Gridley!
Adams Rubble: Adael has has many years with which to study
Adams Rubble: was given to me in 2008
Adael: “If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?” - Hillel
Adael: Time for my Nine Second Meditation
Adams Rubble: Adael is firing
Riddle Sideways: yes
               --BELL--
Riddle Sideways: confused about how the Rabbi Hillel quote (above) story
Adams Rubble: I think Adael got the wrong quote
Riddle Sideways: had thought it was Rabbi Hillel that stood on one foot
Adael: /me giggles. that tickles.
Adams Rubble: Hmmm, I do nto know anything about that
Riddle Sideways: google has it being the student was standing on one foot
Riddle Sideways: well, not Google - Chabad.org
Riddle Sideways: for completeness: http://www.chabad.org/library/articl...n-One-Foot.htm
Adael: Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. -Carl Jung
Riddle Sideways: Adael has been studying/reflecting on TSK ?
Adams Rubble shrugs
Riddle Sideways: previous chapter on knowledge was awakening
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: *on
Riddle Sideways: and taking on the beliefs of those that found/professed a method of awakeness
Riddle Sideways: 'was good for them, it should be for me too'
Adams Rubble: does it give examples?
Riddle Sideways: vague references
Adams Rubble: I must reread TSK
Adams Rubble: I have such a pile of books getting larger and larger
Riddle Sideways: comes very close to saying that this book is also just one of those faddish books too
Adams Rubble: I start one and read a chapter or two and then a new one comes
Riddle Sideways: "So many books, so little time" - T-shirt
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: you think TSK is faddish?
Adams Rubble: or close to thinking?
Adams Rubble: it is in PaB :)
Riddle Sideways: it was toward the end of chapter 11
Riddle Sideways: talking about belief systems, gurus and trendy
Riddle Sideways: our need to 'find' something, 'belong' (exclude?) and ...
Adams Rubble: Steven always says we should not read it when it is mentioned in his presence - he was 25 at the time
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Adael: very good point
Riddle Sideways: btw - great NPR pieces last week on the current candidates religious backgrounds. The Donald probably went to Norman Vincent Peale's church
Adams Rubble: ouch
Adams Rubble is reading the first Hillary autobiography
Adams Rubble: there is something missing in it
Adams Rubble: lots of personal information but mostly facts
Adams Rubble: It is like someone talking in monotone
Riddle Sideways: what lots of reporters say too. She needs to be less facts and seemingly cold
Adams Rubble: There was an article about how the Olympic women are being covered with their husbands getting the credit for the achivements
Adams Rubble: they made one for a Hillary victory: Bill Clinton returns to White House, brings wife
Riddle Sideways: excuse me, but that is just ... wrong
Riddle Sideways: [ed. too strong language]
Adams Rubble: it was a spoof on the Olympic Reporting
Riddle Sideways: ok
Riddle Sideways: there is one Hungrian swimmer whose husband-coach jumps and yells on the sidelines like a cheerleader
Adams Rubble: Hillary has had to face quite a bit of sexism
Riddle Sideways: when up against a glass cealing
Adams Rubble: yes, and it was reported he was responsible for her victory (Hungarian guy)
Adams Rubble: We have never seen a woman president
Adams Rubble: lots of white guys seem to be worried
Riddle Sideways: well, there is a lot of athlete's parent being focused on too
Riddle Sideways: slowly and steadly the white guy empire is being chipped away
Adams Rubble: I'll pass on the article so you know what I am referring to: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...rainbow&wpmm=1
Adael: /me remembers Stim
Riddle Sideways: good, make these chats educational to any readers

Riddle Sideways: waves to Eliza
Adams Rubble: hehe
Adams Rubble: There are not as many logs to read nowadays :)
Riddle Sideways: hopes Eliza stays away from miami mosquitoes
Adams Rubble: yes
Adams Rubble: nasty business
Riddle Sideways: and/or doesn't get pregnant
Riddle Sideways: lol
Adams Rubble: wow the time flew this morning

Riddle Sideways: deep wondering!! what Steven (the now much older) would have written now
Riddle Sideways: hey! the hour is gone by
               --BELL--
Adams Rubble: Audio recordings of his classes are on the internet
Riddle Sideways: have listened to a few
Riddle Sideways: ooooooo shhhh yourself bell
Adams Rubble: yes, hard to find the time to listen to them all
Adams Rubble: he speaks quitely
Adams Rubble: quietly
Adams Rubble: quite quietly
Adams Rubble: I hope that you have a good day and that your air is getting cleaner
Riddle Sideways: thanks, and have your best day
Adams Rubble: thank you, bye for now
Riddle Sideways: ty and by for now