2003.06.01
 | Mo, with the German city of Cochem below. A "skilift"-type ride to the top, then we decided to walk down, 2003.05.22 |
- Random observation about uniforms as worn by members of the Salvation Army: for people who don't know, part of The Salvation Army's pseudoparamilitary format in the war against sin is that full members of the church (the "Soldiers", as opposed to "adherents" who just go to a "corps" (church) as their place of worship) wear uniforms; full navy blue tunics in winter, white shirts and ties with epaulets and dark bottoms in the summer. I think this was meant to put everyone on equal footing, for a church that reached to the poor masses, you don't want competition for people's "Sunday Best". But over time, this has kind of reversed a little bit, and the uniform wearers are a bit more of an elite group. Actually it makes me think about "uniforms" worn by other elite groups, like businessmen...
- In Germany Mo and I are going to Veronika's wedding. Veronika and I went out when she was a foreign exchange student in Cleveland. I think to some Americans she reads a little cold, maybe a bit of that German reserve, but when she's in love, man, she just melts. I saw that last time we visted her and her soon to be husband, in 2000. It's cool to see.
- The cynical bad poet in me always wonder if first class airline passengers actually see a better world outside their little oval windows.
- Random memory, I'm not sure why I jotted this in my "add to blog" Todo list: walking around this footbridge over the Charles River with "Rosetta"; guess that was one of the last times I thought I had a chance with her...
- One discount kept mysteriously quiet: when I was getting new glasses, I got a much better discount showing my AAA card at lenscrafter than the puny 10% or so I would have gotten through my then employer's program...