rain and Star Trek

[cellio]

Last night it started to rain as I was walking home from services. I was pretty soggy by the time I got home. (The sky had been clear in the morning, so I didn't take an umbrella.) I decided, given the weather, not to start putting up the sukkah last night like you're supposed to. I went out to the garage to gather all the parts, and carried out the new s'chach (roof covering) from the front porch where it was delivered yesterday (obviously by gentiles :-) ), so maybe that counts as "starting to put it up". Whatever. I guess I have a project for Sunday afternoon, rain or shine.

So last night Dani and I watched the first episode of the new Star Trek series, Enterprise. It looks promising; I'll give it more time. The characters are interesting; the plot had holes you could drive a truck through. So we'll see. I never watched the original series (just an occasional episode here and there), so I don't really know the back-story with the Vulcans. Were they that hostile/patronizing by Kirk's time? Or is this new ground?

(Aside: there was a glitch in the broadcast -- looked like problems with either the cable company or the uplink. Did anyone else have that happen? Not a big deal; we lost maybe a minute of the show and it doesn't appear to have been a critical minute. I'm just wondering if it was my cable company or a broader problem.)

Comments

[ralphmelton.livejournal.com]

I haven't talked with Lori yet about this, but I think I'd be happy to help you put up the sukkah--if, of course, it's appropriate for a gentile to do so.

Sukkah

[cellio]

Sure, you're welcome to help! It doesn't actually matter who builds the sukkah. In fact, there is no commandment to build a sukkah -- merely to "dwell" in one (defined to mean, at minimum, eating in it -- sleeping is good if the weather permits).

I have an On the Mark practice in the early afternoon (nominally 11:30 to 2:30, and it usually takes people another 15-20 minutes to get packed up and out the door), so I'll probably be starting around 3.

Oh, you shouldn't expect an feats of architecture or engineering here. Because I am basically clueless with tools and construction projects, and because a sukkah is supposed to be a temporary structure anyway, mine consists of 2x2s lashed together with rope, for the most part (with lattice walls and a roof). If you can teach me a better knot than a square knot, so much the better. :-)

Re: Sukkah

[ralphmelton.livejournal.com]

I remember lashings from Boy Scouts. Gee, I may not have used those skills in a decade...

Re: Sukkah

[cellio]

The first year that I built a sukkah, I asked Sharon to send her sweetie (Eliot) over. He used to be a boy scout. He even taught me a relevant knot (I think it was a half-hitch?), but I failed to retain it.

Girls scouts, by comparison, was pretty lame when I was growing up.