Yet another reason to walk down Shotwell: When you pass the police training building at 19th, the firemen are often doing fireman exercises that look impossibly cool and fun.
I realize that there is more to being a fireman than rappelling out of windows on beautiful summer afternoons. I have heard that burning buildings are not especially nice places to be in. I have heard rumors that fire is hot and can possibly burn you.
But still, myself and the crowd of small children and their parents who stopped to gape at this — we all knew what we wanted to be when we grew up. Even if we were grown up already.