New Glasses!

Has been about three years since I had my prescription updated so was time to go out and buy some new glasses. The first pair I just got today are the fashionable IC! Berlin Wildeshausen frames (pictured above), with thin and light high index of refraction anti-reflection, anti-scratch, and anti-UV lenses. As soon I put them on I said, "I can see!" The innovative thing about them is that the hinge has no screws, but implements a patented way of putting two pieces of ultra-light sheet metal together.

Wilde translated from German means wild, but I could find no word for shausen. Looking up Wildeshausen on Wikipedia turned up this interesting piece of info of the city of Wildeshausen in Germany:

Alexander Church

The founding of the Alexander - Church goes back to 814. In 807 Waltbert, a grandson of Duke Wittekind, brought the relics of the sainted Alexander from Rome by way of the Alpine mountains to Wildeshausen. Alexander died, as well as his mother and 6 brothers, as martyrs during the persecution of Christians in the first century. They were executed. Waltbert donated a "Chorherren Stift" (it is a sort of monastery, where the cleric lived to the rules of the Benedictines) named "Alexander Kapitel". It was to be used as a mission for the surrounding area (called Lerigau, or Largau). Wildeshausen became an important place of pilgrimage, which gave the town an economic upswing. Church and "Stift" owned many valuable treasures. The church and "Kapitel" were richly decorated with pictures. Before the completion in 1270 a long time of construction must have preceded it. During renovation artistic and historic frescos were discovered. The Alexander - Church is the only basilica in the area of Oldenburg. The style documents the transition from the late Roman to the early gothic style of the 13th century. The Alexander Church is the greatest work of art in Wildeshausen, well known far beyond the area. Connoisseurs of church music appreciate the organ concerts on the newly installed (1970) Kleuker Organ.

That may not be completely relevant, but hey at least you learned something?

Keep tabs on the Quantum Void to read an update on my alternate pair of frames that I bought, but needed to be special ordered because the manufacturer puts the custom lenses in. They should be ready in a couple of weeks.