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the journal of Michael Werneburg

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Vancouver, 2002.07.04

This neighbourhood never ceases to entertain.

I heard a commotion in the street just now outside my building (at 11 AM) and watched some street kid rob a slightly older fellow who was weighted down with stuff he was carrying (a satchel, a boom-box, some other clutter). The street kid got away with a propane canister of the type you use for a cooking stove.

rand()m quote

I feel fortunate that I enjoyed the blandishments of modernity. I had hip replacement and root canal. I was able to travel on airplanes. I was able to take cheap food for granted. I went to the movies. I enjoyed rock 'n' roll. And now I'm ready to move on.

—James Howard Kunstler