That "10 Unique Things" meme

[gnomi]

So, this meme has been everywhere on my friends list for a couple of days now, but I've been having a real problem coming up with 10 things I've done that others might not have (especially since so many things I've done have been in the presence of at least one of you on my friends list). But I've decided to take a stab at it:

1. Said to a good friend, "Sorry, I've got to go -- I've got Connie Willis on the other line."

2. Blown my knee out walking down a flight of stairs, followed by spending the next 3.5 months on crutches

3. Locked myself in my dorm room

4. Visited the sukkah of a guy who has made a set of vestments for the Kohen Gadol

5. Watched a highly-trained bomb squad do a controlled explosion of a bag of bread

6. Put on my roller skates and took a samoyed for a walk (OK, more of a run. Or, more of a drag.)

7. Learned to ride a bicycle using training feet

8. Met Joan D. Vinge for the first time while in the hot tub

9. Worked with Chinese artisans at the Boston Museum of Science

10. Lost a pair of eyeglasses at the bottom of the Charles River

...and an extra that I think I share only with beckyfeld ('cause she and I did this together)

11. Walked up a down escalator in the World Trade Center in the company of a blind man

Comments

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

This guy was making the b'gadim for the actual Kohen Gadol, the one who will be doing the avodah in the Third Temple. He was making them in anticipation of the coming of mashiach, because he believed that mashiach can't come until the b'gadim exist. Among other stuff. But he focused on the b'gadim. When I was on Year Course, they took us around Jerusalem on Sukkot to meet all sorts of interesting folks. One day, they took us to his sukkah, and we were shown the b'gadim that he had made.

(that same day, I met Teddy Kollek. But a lot more people have done that.)

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

I have to say, that is neat. Freaky, but in a way that appeals to me.

But do they have a way to establish who, IY"H, will be the K"G? :-) Or is Mashiach just expected to pick him out visually from among the cohanim when the time comes?

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I honestly have no clue how he and his group think they're going to figure out who the K"G is. There's probably a lot of kaballah and hand-waving involved.