Topic: Personal Commentary
Suzanne went to Washington D.C. last week. In her many excursions there, she visited the Washington National Cathedral immersing herself in some hardcore Episcopalianism. Travelling beyond the confines of the ass-backwards, freak show of the Diocese of Fort Worth, she shared Anglican fellowship with living, breathing lady priests. I am green with envy.
At the Cathedral, she saw the Space Window.
The Space Window commemorates the Apollo moonlandings and even incorporates a fragment of lunar rock. The Wife was mightily impressed. At first pass, a stained glass depiction of manned space flight might seem an odd subject for a piece of church art, but the building is not just the National Cathedral of the Episcopal Church. It is also the Congressionally delegated non-denominational National House of Prayer. Thus, the cathedral is full of memorials to events or persons of national signifcance.
Suzanne bought me the Space Window tie (nattily modeled to the right), which I wore to church this morning.
It's my new favorite tie.
After church, I took our Rat Terrier Walter up to Petsmart for a little bit of grocery shopping. Walter is all wiggle. In fact, I am convinced that all of his brains are in his tail. His tail seems to control him.
With a 40-pound
bag of kibble in the cart, we headed to the register.
A woman passed by us and said, "Hello, Cutie."
I smiled and with a bit of swagger responded, "Well, hello."
I have rarely been provided such a harsh, eat-crap-and-burn-in-hell look as was provided to me today.
It is possible that she may have been talking to Walter.
Aron Head
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