Allegorical stories are a great story form meant to teach or set examples (and they can be considered a form of literature) - I read a lot of Trickster stories when I was working on my MA in English (American Indian Literature). No one in their right mind would read one of those and assume Coyote actually ate his own asshole, but the stories go to places like that to use humor as they teach. (Also, the size of the world known to the people who told those Bible stories was tiny - not much more than around the Mediterranean and into old Persia.)

Today after lunch we stopped at the thrift store that is our favorite (they relocated last year). The ex hadn't been to this new location so he poked around while I found a dozen and after trying on kept four pairs of jeans. It used to be I could leave there with a large bag of good clothes for $20, they have gone up, but four pair of like-new jeans (three blue, one black for more formal occasions because I hate to wear slacks) for $50 isn't bad. Bought new they'd have been more than that for one pair. And to my surprise, though I was mostly looking at the size 12s out of habit, when I came across 10s I liked I put them in the cart, I ended up with all of the size 10s. When these finish in the laundry they'll go to the closet and go on the hangers of the pants I'm going to discard into the donation bin. (An aside: I remember selling a really premium pair of Levi's on eBay several years ago, but I think they were size 8 and I doubt I'll reach that size, or I'd be sad I ever let those go.)

Yesterday I did something I've been tempted to try for a while; I have a long handle dust mop thing I use for the ceiling fan blades, but I brushed it across the popcorn ceiling in my bedroom, where strands of dust have accumulated over time. The fan running seems to contribute to dust moving sideways to those spots. Most of the dust stayed on the mop head enough fell to the floor that I need to vacuum. This afternoon I'll finish going over that popcorn before I vacuum (I hate that texture stuff, but taking it down is a huge amount of work, then painting the ceiling again).

Thank you Chrome, I am in your debt. The computer UPS just interrupted things by turning off suddenly, but Chrome saved all of the above text. It's annoying to have to try to recreate what you just wrote. Time, I think, for a new UPS. This one is several years old.