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the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Tokyo, 2008.01.12

Today I met a three-year-old named Reika who can read katakana and hiragana, the two basic syllabaries of the Japanese language.

Smart kid, so yaro?

rand()m quote

The true patriot challenges the state when the state embarks on enhancing its power at the expense of the individual.

—Ron Paul, May 2007