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the breakdown

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2018.03.20

Cycling to work today, my winter bike brown down: the cassette was spinning freely on the rear axle. Amazingly, I was able to get this repaired in about thirty minutes after work by my friends at Cyclepath Norco at Yonge & Eglinton. Now I'm spinning on a brand new el-cheapo 26" wheel that suits my el-cheapo 25-year-old bike to a T.

I popped into a hole in the wall just up the street to kill the time, and had a nice Turkish coffee. I also bought some olive oil and a chat with the proprietors about retail rents in the city. I have no idea how retail venues are making it work these days, I really have no idea.

rand()m quote

... I'll let you in on a secret. Big people are exactly the same as little people. They're selfish, squabbling children whose motivations are jealousy and greed. No one becomes big when the hit adulthood. They just become better at hiding how small they are.

—Jonathan Rosenberg