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the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2013.08.23

My mum, our family's chief genealogist, has been contacted by someone through ancestry.com who's tracked back one line of his (and our) family to the 5th Century. When the names along that line switch from Scottish to Danish. I'd like to see the research some time.

So to recap, my ingredients: German, Mennonite (same thing), Irish, Scottish (same thing), Scots-Irish (ditto), English, and may contain traces of Danish/Viking/troll. There's a simpler way to spell that out, and it's "Canadian". E.g. my kids' ingredients: Japanese, Canadian.

rand()m quote

I tell you, Satan's gonna have no trouble taking over here 'cause all the women are gonna say: 'What a cute butt.' 'He's Satan!' 'You don't know him like I do.' 'He's the Prince of Darkness!' 'I can change him.'

—Bill Hicks