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there's always a worse job

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Halifax, 2004.01.19

The building where I work is glommed onto a structure that leads to a hotel lobby. As I was walking through a second floor passageway within this structure, I looked out over the hotel's large sweeping reception area. There was a hotel staffer stooping to scoop behind a hotel guest's dog. It was quite cold and snowy and generally it made my job seem quite pleasant (not that much of a stretch, really, cos my job isn't bad, but wow).

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