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the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2015.02.13

I'm slipping; I went to null a file by copying /dev/null to it, and took about five seconds to remember /dev/null. I guess a decade plus out of technical work will do that to you.

rand()m quote

I'm pleased and happy to repeat the news that we have, in fact, caught and killed a large predator that supposedly injured some bathers. But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the beaches are open and people are having a wonderful time.

—Mayor Vaughn, Jaws