big bang tea party

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-Sep 1
+Sep 2
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-Today we read the story of the creation of the sun and earth.
+Today we commemorate the creation of the Sun and Earth by
+reading the story of the Big Bang.
 
     At the beginning of the big bang,
     everything that can be seen --
@@ -69,4 +70,65 @@ or 370 thousand years after the big bang:
 Big Bang Tea Party
 ==================
 
+    Preperation:
+
+      Clear a table and clean the surrounding space,
+      hiding away all distractions;
+      Remove all sources of sound;
+      Place on the table:
+        * pitcher of cold coffee
+        * pitcher of cold dark tea
+        * bowl of ice
+        * creamer of heavy cream
+        * ~30ml pouring flask (not spoon)
+        * central pedastal for drinking glass
+      Set table for each person:
+        * suitable, tall, clear drinking glass
+        * drink coaster
+        * napkin
+        * spoon
+        * plate
+
+    Ceremony:
+
+      Seat all of the people at the table
+      Read the story of the creation of the sun and earth.
+      Continue as follows:
+
+        Along the thin shell edge of one of these Big Bang bubbles there
+        is a pair of connected filaments called Pisces–Cetus and
+        within it a swirl of swirls called Laniakea and within Laniakea
+        is a swirl of swirls called Virgo and within Virgo there is a
+        swirl we call the Local Group.  It is called Local because it
+        contains within it the swirl that is our galaxy, the galaxy that
+        we call the Milky Way. The word galaxy means milky, and is named
+        after the sight of the stars from our planet.  All the stars of
+        the night sky are the stars of the Milky Way, since all other
+        stars on all other galactic swirls are so far away as to be
+        invisible to the eyes of humans.
+
+        Now to celebrate the swirl that became our home, the Milky Way,
+        we will create swirls and clouds of our cream before we drink
+        our tea.
+
+        [Place a glass on the pedastal.
+        Pour coffee into the glass.
+        Slowly pour the cream into the glass.
+        Creating a more complex 2-dimensional shape on the top may
+        create a more satisfactory 3-dimensional shape below.
+        When the effect is complete, stir the drink with the glass]
+
+        Now that we have stirred the drink, the cream is dissolved.
+        Over time, it would have dissolved even if we had not stirred it.
+
+        But if the cream were surrounded by an expanding bubble of space
+        instead of by an incompressible fluid contained within a glass,
+        it wouldn't ever be able to dissolve, and the swirls would go on
+        swirling.
+
+        [Pour each person's drink in turn,
+        pouring the cream on top in the same manner each time,
+        but without waiting for the effect.]
+
+        [Serve cake or cookies.]