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broken foot

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2018.10.29

I think I can confirm after several days of throbbing and inflammation: I've cracked a bone in my toe or foot. I did it when I went to check on our daughter late at night. My toe clipped her bed and holy hannah did that hurt. I wasn't much use to her because I was mostly staring around blinking in disbelief at the eye-opening pain. But it soon passed, and now I just have a funny feeling of soreness and something not being right.

Ah well.

rand()m quote

Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.

—Hermann Goering