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brakes broke

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2013.09.06

I came out of the office tonight to discover that a component of the front brakes on my bike has broken. I nursed the thing home using only my rear brake, which was a weird and uncomfortable situation. Hopefully I'll get it fixed this weekend.

rand()m quote

In the wake of 9/11, we [in America] have made the decision as a society that we can never again create something in which we can take pride, for fear that someone will destroy it. Moreover, we must suppress any trace of individualism, lest someone have the desire to rise above the bland sameness that protects us. I have, alas, no idea how to recapture our courage.

—Anonymous post to boingboing.net, 2009