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train set

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Tokyo, 2010.01.09

Kenny is not yet two years old, and as such causes a lot of carnage to the toy train set that he loves so much.

So whenever he ends a day leaving behind nothing more than a pile of rubble, I rebuild the track in a new layout. Here's tonight's.

kenny's toy train set

Mari says that I'm a great Dad because I do this for Kenny. But in reality I'm just enjoying the chance to do some new architecture every day.

rand()m quote

One day you will take a fork in the road, and you're going to have to make a decision about which direction you want to go. If you go one way, you can be somebody. You will have to make compromises and you will have to turn your back on your friends. But you will be a member of the club and you will get promoted and get good assignments. Or you can go the other way and you can do something [...] for yourself. If you decide to do something, you may not get promoted and get good assignments and you certainly will not be a favorite of your superiors. But you won't have to compromise yourself. To be somebody or to do something. In life there is often a roll call. That's when you have to make a decision. To be or to do.

—John Boyd, US Air Force