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my friend Arnon has done well

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Calgary, 2002.04.20

Whew. Not a lot of entries recently; you might almost think I was living again. A quick update: I've been doing some freelance work, I've been interviewing with a large Seattle-based outfit by phone, and tonight I had a chance to catch up with Arnon and his wife Tara. I went down to their place for dinner, and met Tara's brother Hans and a friend of his.

Arnon has done very well. The business he founded in Calgary has taken off and is a big deal in its industry. He and Tara have a son named Oren and things look great. Nice to have stayed in touch with someone whose life took a different trajectory.

rand()m quote

On the endless saga of Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto; "It shouldn't have had to come to this. I'm so tired of getting up every morning and wondering, 'What will it be today?' I'm so tired of giving the benefit of the doubt again and again, only to be let down again and again.... Somewhere a responsible adult has to appear, draw a bright moral line, tell the truth and say unequivocally what won't be tolerated. Somebody has to do the right thing."

—Denzil Minnan-Wong