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"D'oh!"

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Tokyo, 2010.09.08

Responsible parent that I am, I'm raising my boy on a diet of "The Simpsons".

Where else could he learn from such a father-son team as Homer and Bart?

Bart: "Ah, man, working for other people is for suckers!"

Homer: "Son, I'm very proud of you! I was at least twice your age before I figured that out."

And now, of course, Kenny's picked up the word, "D'oh". Homer's famous annoyed grunt. I've been trying to steer towards "D'oh" when more colourful and slightly longer words want to come out. I guess it could be worse.

rand()m quote

Remove everything that has no relevance to the story. If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there.

—Anton Chekhov