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another sign of aging

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2012.05.04

Today I had another sign that I'm getting old—our doctor doesn't remember the cold war. I made a remark that our child was born on "International Workers' Day", which we celebrated in honour of communism. She looked at me blankly, and I said, "Ah, nevermind, it's a Cold War thing." She muttered something about having been eight years old.

rand()m quote

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

—Clint Eastwood