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time for a change, perhaps

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Tokyo, 2009.12.11

Tonight, Mari and I were looking at the website of a wholesale clearinghouse, checking out products that we might import. Suddenly, Kenny said, "Pee!"

We looked down, and sure enough. He'd pulled down his omutsu and peed on the carpet. Time, it would seem, for a potty to go with the potty-training book we picked up in Hong Kong.

rand()m quote

There's nothing more difficult to handle, more doubtful of success and more dangerous to carry through than initiating change.

—Niccolo Machiavelli