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the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2011.10.15

The fellow who sold me my aquarium today guessed that I was of "East European" origin; specifically, he thought maybe Serbian or Czech.

I used to have a web page on this site with a collection of all the "what's your ethnicity" guesses I've had along these lines over the years, I should dust that off. Because in addition to Serbian/Czech, I've also had Italian, Irish (partial credit, there), "Jewish", Inuit(!), and others. No one's ever guessed German or Mennonite (not that many people have ever heard of the latter) or Scots-Irish.

rand()m quote

When I look back at life I see that I kept the good scotch to myself. I regret that. Pour the good scotch for your guests.

—Dr. Kenneth M. Johnston (1920 - 1999)