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the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2011.02.18

One thing about being back in a land where you have basic fluency. You understand idle chatter.

In the elevator this afternoon, one woman said to her friend, "Ooo, he's got big feet."

"Just how you like 'em," says her friend without missing a beat.

Of course, understanding is not the same as having the wit to respond.

rand()m quote

Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow you may contract a horrible skin disease

—-Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson)