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puppetshow

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Tokyo, 2008.11.19

Kenny saw his first puppetshow today. He and his mum went at the invitation of one of the mamatomo set. Ken spent the whole time before the show squirming and trying to roam around. But once the show began he was transfixed, and sat watching the whole thing in fascination.

(Or so I am told. I was at the office. We had another round of layoffs.)

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