The Guardian for this meeting was Adams Rubble subbing for Eden Haiku who was detained on personal business. The comments are by Adams Rubble.

Eden usually includes a photo

Adams Rubble: Hello Riddle! Happy New Year!
Riddle Sideways: Howdee, Adams. Thanks and welcome to the Days of Awe
--BELL--
Adams Rubble: I wasn't sure you'd be here this morning
Riddle Sideways: is this the day Eden was not going to be able to get here?
Adams Rubble: I claimed the log
Adams Rubble: yes, Eden is moving today
Riddle Sideways: thanks, for log, will have no other time today
Adams Rubble: stop it bell, we're just getting started
Adams Rubble: it is very quiet in our town this morning
Riddle Sideways: ya, thought Beel gave grace period for top of hour
Riddle Sideways: any reason it would be very quiet
Riddle Sideways: or is that usual

During the play of Hamlet, we get glimpses of Fortinbras and his army moving menacefully in the background as the story of Hamlet and his kin unfolds. During today's session, an exterminator was moving aggressively against a massive nest of yellow jackets that had taken over my real life porch for their own ends. Riddle started the session talking about awe. It also is awesome watching the tellow jackets going in and out of the nest. It also should be noted that the exterminator was brave tackling this job during the day. He did get stung on the back of his head.

Adams Rubble: there is an exterminator outside working on our porch
Adams Rubble: it is quiet because of Rosh Hasanah
Riddle Sideways: ah, Yes
Riddle Sideways: must be a non-Jesish exterminator
Adams Rubble: the exterminator is going after the yellow jackets in daylight
Adams Rubble: scary proposition
Riddle Sideways: *Jewish
Riddle Sideways: oh dear, that did not come out right
Adams Rubble: you hve it right about the exterminator
Adams Rubble: not Buddhist either
Adams Rubble: or Hindu
Adams Rubble: the mail man refuses to come up on the porch
Adams Rubble: he throws the mail at the porch from below
Riddle Sideways: last night's sermon started with the Wonder and Awe that a pre-schooler finds in a bug on the sidewalk
Adams Rubble: ohhh
Riddle Sideways: for the sake of the mail, which Must go through, need to exterminate
Adams Rubble: I have found awe in the comings and goings of our yellow jackets
Riddle Sideways: yes
Riddle Sideways: watching them
Adams Rubble: more traffic than Newarkd airports
Adams Rubble: they seem to wait their turn to enter the nest
Riddle Sideways: their whole integrated network, community, activities
Adams Rubble: they are not native insects
Adams Rubble: not beneficial to environment
Riddle Sideways: can't remember if they pollinate
Adams Rubble: hmm, someone seeems to have passed by
Adams Rubble: the yellow jackets are the ones who invade picnics
Adams Rubble: get very nasty this time of year as their food supply runs out
Adams Rubble: the yellow jackets are the ones feeding in trash cans on college campuses
Riddle Sideways: have bees called "meat bees" here that hang around picnic and deck dinner plates
Riddle Sideways: they might reallly be yellow jackets
Adams Rubble: are they yellow and black?
Adams Rubble: googles says yes :)
Riddle Sideways: very close
Riddle Sideways: ah, there we go
Riddle Sideways: the facts have been checked
Adams Rubble: they are meat eaters
Adams Rubble: they eat other insects too
Riddle Sideways: self-censored what was typed
Adams Rubble: I hope the exterminator is OK
Riddle Sideways: gets battle pay
Adams Rubble: yes, he is standing there watching--the Jack Bauer for yellow jackets
Riddle Sideways: has special training classes in swatting

The Story of Abraham a reading for today

Adams Rubble: is today the day for Abraham and Isaac?
--BELL--
Riddle Sideways: yes
Riddle Sideways: once again, review that story and try to figure out all the angles
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: so much not really explained
Riddle Sideways: well, a simple story, but ...
Adams Rubble: That was one of my favorite exhibitions
Adams Rubble: the exterminator is out there banging on the porch
Riddle Sideways: waking up the sleeping late bees
Riddle Sideways: wait, thought bees were always so busy. never slept late
Adams Rubble: brb need to pay the man
Adams Rubble: sorry, that took a while
Riddle Sideways: is ok, was reading stuff
--BELL--
Adams Rubble: antoher problem hopefully in the past
Riddle Sideways: put your worries behind you
Riddle Sideways: reporters for the Yellow Jacket Daily youtube channel report an entire colony wiped out
Adams Rubble: they are still returning to the nest
Adams Rubble: still getting wiped out
Riddle Sideways: advisors have quickly erased Adams' porch has a vacation spot
Adams Rubble: Steve Miller-yellow jacket says it is all a lie
Adams Rubble: Kellyanne Yellow Yacket says there never was a porch

I show some empathy for Sarah and Riddle quickly demonstrates that Sarah is not the innocent I am pretending

Adams Rubble: Sarah says "don;t take my boy up to the mountain"
Riddle Sideways: Sarah says Hagar can leave now
Riddle Sideways: a fine test for Ishmael would be to walk in the desert until out of water
Adams Rubble: story gets more compex
Adams Rubble: complex
Riddle Sideways: all these different views on maybe the same bunch of histories
Riddle Sideways: part of the issue with oral histories
Adams Rubble: original point of a story lost while other layers added
Riddle Sideways: yes
Riddle Sideways: person hears a really funny joke and is laughing so much that does not memorize it well enough
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: a year later tries to tell it to around the camp fire
--BELL--
Riddle Sideways: a really long time later, when writing is invented, a few groups write it all down.
Riddle Sideways: two are sitting in a cafe and start telling the story
Riddle Sideways: only it is different
Riddle Sideways: they each pull out their copies of The Book
Riddle Sideways: gosh! how did this happen
Riddle Sideways: the rest is history
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: lots of years later an English king who has read all this has a better idea
Riddle Sideways: if one wife does not produce a son real fast, then kill her off
Adams Rubble raises an eyebrow
Riddle Sideways: whoops, went too far too fast
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: first the groups each decide Their version is the real facts
Riddle Sideways: and force the issue with vars
Riddle Sideways: *wars
Adams Rubble: Sarah wonders "How did I get mixed up in this story?"
Riddle Sideways: yep. and Hagar wonders the same
Adams Rubble: you betcha

Terah (Who knew), father of both Abraham and Sarah

Riddle Sideways: and Terah slaps forehead, These darn kids
Adams Rubble: terah?
Riddle Sideways: just some father of them all that was just reading about
Adams Rubble: ahhh, son of Nahor, son of Serug
Riddle Sideways: all that Begotting
Adams Rubble: other than the begetting part, how does Terah fit into the story?
--BELL--
Riddle Sideways: well, if Wikipedia is to be beleived
Adams Rubble: brb
Riddle Sideways: he might be the father of both Abraham and Sarah. Maybe not reading this correct
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: a rascal
Adams Rubble: will you be able to make it tomorrow?
Adams Rubble: we will have the little one
Riddle Sideways: should be able to get up and be here. second day services are a bit later.
Adams Rubble: OK. Thank you for coming today
Riddle Sideways: thanks for hosting. did some interesting reading behind the few words
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: interesting=confusing
Adams Rubble: the Abraham/Isaac-Ishmael story lends to confusion
Riddle Sideways: lends=goes straight to confusion
Adams Rubble: have an inteersting and spiritual day
Riddle Sideways: tanks, will try
Adams Rubble: I hope your back holds up
Riddle Sideways: but, first... recycling out
Adams Rubble: good idea
Riddle Sideways: that is an issue
Riddle Sideways: back does not like sitting, then up, then down, repeat
Adams Rubble: :(
Riddle Sideways: weekend standing at Jazz festival was ok for the back
Adams Rubble: that's good
Riddle Sideways: and great music
Adams Rubble: standing is not good for me
Adams Rubble: bye for now :)
Riddle Sideways: by All