journal features

"it's allright to be mean"

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Tokyo, 2009.11.10

I listen to some music with challenging lyrics for a one year old. Kenny still gets it.

There's this one remix of "Cheap and Cheerful" by the Kills that has the refrain "it's all right to be mean." It repeats so constantly through the song that I noticed Kenny making similar noises as the song played out.

I told him, "Kenny; it's all right..."

He dutifully said, "to be een".

rand()m quote

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. He is considered successful in our day who gets more out of life than he puts in. But a man of value will give more than he receives.

—Albert Einstein