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a used heater

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kokubunji, 2022.11.28

We bought a new (used) heater and it only works on certain wall sockets and only if you let it heat very gradually. ¥40,000 probably in doubt… The model shows promise but this used instance seems to be no good.

rand()m quote

Remove everything that has no relevance to the story. If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there.

—Anton Chekhov