Ron at 05:15, 6 October 2023

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Since the holiday of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot ''sukkot''] begins this ''shabbat'', we have been working on getting the “new, improved!” ''sukkah'' ready. What’s new and improved about it? For one thing, no fabric “walls”.

My readers, you are probably aware that we live in a hot location. “Hot” in terms of temperatures; what were ''you'' thinking? Anyway, we’ve always assembled our ''sukkah'' from a metal framework and fabric walls, giving us a nice four-walled but stifling hot hut. This year, it’s different.

Because the ''halakha'' stipulates that a ''sukkah'' need only have two walls and a bit, and that the walls needn’t be adjacent, we’ve taken the liberty of erecting “beams” going from our house to the storage unit, upon which we’ve placed the ''skhakh'' (roofing). Adding a symbolic “third wall” made of a piece of plywood, and we’re mostly done.

This gives us a ceiling which is quite a bit higher than previously, and a hut which is open to the air. We’ll let you know, next week, whether all this was an improvement or not.

Stuff and nonsense:
* Solana: an [https://www.piratewires.com/p/an-inconvenient-truth inconvenient truth] and Microsoft’s [https://www.theindustry.pw/p/nukes-robots nuclear-powered] AI.
* Better late than never, you know?!? It only took 27 years, but the FDA [https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/19/2023-20012/advisory-committee-board-of-tea-experts-termination-and-technical-amendment-to-the-citation-for-the finally dismantled] the “Board of Tea Experts”.
* Though I strive to be a curmudgeon, my friend Fred [https://alittlebiteast.blog/2023/09/26/three-bagels-please/ puts me to shame]. Don’t ever change, Fred!

We’ve been slowly returning to our normal energy levels. Both of us were working as usual, nothing exciting there. We did get our “flu shots” this week, as we do every year. However, I’m not going to get any more COVID shots. Been there, done that, have the receipts, got COVID anyway. The mounting evidence against the shots’ efficacy (which — shockingly! — you can’t easily find with a Google search) and the similarly mounting evidence of various bad side-effects, makes me prefer the illness to the treatment. So sue me.

We’re scheduled to have another hotter-than-normal ''shabbat'', but immediately thereafter the cold is supposed to start. There’s even the possibility of rain next week!

Because we’re invited out for one meal, we only have to do a little. The menu:
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homemade ''ḥalla'',
chicken ''schnitzel'',
various ''salatim'',
and chocolate-chip cookies.

Until next time,<br>
''shabbat shalom'' and ''ḥag sameaḥ''!

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Ron at 05:15, 6 October 2023

Ron: Created page with "{{blog}} {{comment|September 29th}} Since the holiday of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot ''sukkot''] begins this ''shabbat'', we have been working on getting the “ne..."