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flesh-eating bacteria be damned

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2014.07.14

I had a chat today at lunch time with someone who's recovering from a fight with a flesh-eating bacterium. It's been a hell of a trek for her, and while it's not my place to convey any of the details I will say that it's one of the most amazing stories of tough resilience I've ever heard. And what grace; when she learned what I've been up to she asked to see a copy of my dissertation once it's done. Surely there could be a million more interesting things to do when you've been given a new lease on life!

rand()m quote

On the endless saga of Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto; "It shouldn't have had to come to this. I'm so tired of getting up every morning and wondering, 'What will it be today?' I'm so tired of giving the benefit of the doubt again and again, only to be let down again and again.... Somewhere a responsible adult has to appear, draw a bright moral line, tell the truth and say unequivocally what won't be tolerated. Somebody has to do the right thing."

—Denzil Minnan-Wong