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the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2014.12.08

Today started out with a prescription for antibiotics, but ended with a giant bag of free wooden train stuff. As I was trudging home from a car dealership I came upon a fellow hauling the bag to the curb. Spotting the wooden rails, I asked, incredulously, if he were dumping them there (just before garbage day). He told me I was free to take them if I wanted them. Did I want what seemed to be several hundred dollars of unbranded (woohoo!) wooden tracks - including several large bridge pieces? I carried the bag about 1-1.5km on my head. Heavy. The Boy is still playing with the set (under the Christmas tree) as I write this.

Three good things that happened today:

  1. I met The Amazing Atwood at a store at lunch time; we'd jointly walked about three kilometers to meet by chance.
  2. The car dealer knocked another $600 off his asking price today, bringing the cash discount on a new car to $4,100. These Kia people are really driven to sell new cars.
  3. I replaced my inhaler that expired in 2011. Farewell daily cycling companion.

Three reasons to be thankful:

  1. Knowing you have a bronchial infection is half the battle!
  2. Well, that plus some meds.
  3. The toys were clean (if a few pieces broken) and free of mold, bugs, and ****.

rand()m quote

The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.

—Brennan Manning