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the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2002.12.20

So tonight I happened to catch part of a panel doing a summary of the year's movies on TV. To my amazement, the hostess expressed some discomfort with the choice of the movie title "The Two Towers" given 'this post-911 environment'. I have to assume that she's aware that the movie is named for the book, which is now 50 years old?

rand()m quote

If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.

—William Morris