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the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Kokubunji, 2024.10.22

I'm trying some new Chinese medicine that's supposed to help prevent migraine. I had some immediate success with the first attempt but then not so much. But one thing's for sure, it tastes like a type of banana bread where the secret ingredient is fine shavings from the pink eraser at the back of a pencil from the 1970's. Or, as Peppa Pig and friends had it:

Wait, carpet-flavored yogurt? Why would...

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