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walking to Sears

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Halifax, 2004.04.10

Today I went for another walk to try to pick up some things.

I went to the Sears clearance centre to have a look at some ultra-cheap casual-office-style shirts that Charlie had noticed. Unfortunately they were all of the 32-34" length in the sleeves, which is anout 3-5" too short for my gangly limbs. I had to pass up some $9 shirts, dangit.

Then I went home and finally bit the bullet on the long-standing issue of the lost beard trimmer. I decided that since the movers had coughed up some $ for the thing, I'd buy myself one online. So I did - I wound up with the recently-relabelled Philips line's closest approximation to my last one (which I think was also a Philips). I had to call their distribution wing in the 'states and place an order. $US80 (before duty). What a pain in the ass.

My last one had never shown a sign of ageing, either, and I'd had it for something like six or seven years.

rand()m quote

Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.

—Hermann Goering