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twenty-seven years and one million words

Tokyo, 2008.06.02

There's an old Monty Python song that goes:

I've got two legs /

from my hips to the ground.

And when I move 'em /

I walk around.

And when I lift 'em /

I climb the stairs.

And when I shave 'em /

they ain't got hairs.

I've been singing this to Ken since my wife was about four months pregnant.

I've recently added a second verse, which goes:

I've got two hands /

from here to my fists.

And when I shake 'em /

they go like this.

And when I clap 'em /

they make a sound.

And when I hold you /

they go around.

rand()m quote

When destiny comes to a man from outside, it lays him low, just as an arrow lays a deer low. When destiny comes to a man from within, from his innermost being, it makes him strong, it makes him into a god…

—Hermann Hesse