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with the kids now 11 and 7 years old, I suddenly noticed the absence of Thomas the tank engine

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2019.05.08

I suddenly noticed the absence of Thomas the tank engine videos in our home. It must have been two years since one of those played, maybe more. With the kids now 11 and 7 years old I shouldn't be surprised. What else is now out of our life? The "Cars" movies, thank god.

Sadly, I think it's also time to sell our "Weehoo" trailer. With both kids riding independently, no need for the bike trailer even if it was by far the best on the market.

rand()m quote

For a long time I was very bitter that the people who controlled the means of anybody ever hearing my songs were never gonna play them. They only favored music that I specifically and particularly hated, and I wanted them dead. Suddenly, there was another avenue. I started hearing my stuff coming out of bars and then it started to happen little by little -- a movie song here or a TV ad there.

—Iggy Pop