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contacted by a childhood friend via the Internet

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Vancouver, 2002.03.15

Today I had a bit of a shock. A friend from my early childhood found me on the Internet and dropped me a line. I haven't seen him since maybe 1980 or so. Damn, when did I get old enough that I could say, "I haven't seen so-and-so in over twenty years!"?

rand()m quote

Selfish leaders increase risk by placing themselves first. It's a fundamental mistake to assume that what is good for us personally is mutually exclusive to what is good for everyone. That kind of zero-sum game is for cowards, and in the end, we all pay the price for this type of latent, toxic leadership.

—Col. Eric G. Kail