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the juggling report

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Tokyo, 2009.03.27

Today I managed to nearly double my record in continuous juggling, hitting 112 successive catches before fumbling.

I've come to think of juggling as a Buddhist endeavour. The trick is not so much in throwing the balls or in catching them or even in the timing. The trick is letting go.

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