well,
maybe the way to go is up?
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‘it may be that when we no longer know…
which way to go we have begun our real journey.
the mind that is not baffled is not employed.
the impeded stream is the one that sings.’
*wendell berry
*Wendell Berry is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer.
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA – 2025
one last interesting question surrounding the Louvre heist.
As posed by Marni Rose- McFall from Newsweek Magazine: Is a fedora-wearing French detective solving the heist? Social media certainly seems to think so, as an image of a so-called sleuth has gone viral online, with people online speculating that he is on the case to recover the jewels stolen in the brazen robbery.
The image of a young man, kitted out in a fedora, waistcoat, and tie, has fast circulated online. One post on X, from the writer and VP of Strategy Risks, Melissa Chen, read “Actual shot of a French detective working the case of the French Crown Jewels that were stolen from the Louvre in a brazen daylight robbery.” As of press time, the post has been viewed 2.9 million times.
A separate post from social media influencer Ian Miles Cheong, viewed over 90,000 times, reads, “The man in the fedora, who looks like he came out of a detective film noir from the 1940s is an actual French police detective who’s investigating the theft of the Crown Jewels at the Louvre. Pure aesthetic.”
So, have the French authorities plucked a detective out of the 1940s to solve the heist?
The answer is no. The individual in the photo appears to be a very well-dressed and dapper passerby, but has no tangible connection to the investigation. Similar photos show other passersby in the area.
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“the secret of great style is to feel good in what you wear.” –
-Inès de La Fressange
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image credit: Thibault Camus, AP
as a fan of true crime, especially heists,
I always find it interesting to see where the criminals
have made errors in their planning or execution
as well as the how the security system
was able to to be breached or if it had flaws
it’s inevitable on both sides.
(It doesn’t appear that the security was at the highest level)
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“Heists on this scale are not unheard of, but the nature of this one is surprising because of the location, Remember, the Louvre was a palace. I mean you’re talking about a heist in the Hall of Kings.”
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image credit: abc news
walking through a mix of fall leaves
i see
golds, and browns, and yellows, and oranges, and reds
and…
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‘on the other hand, you have different fingers.’
-steven wright
you never know when you’ll need one
good to have it marked.
—
‘but the good news, the crime rate is down. isn’t that amazing?
less banks are being robbed. well, sure.
A, there’s less banks. B, the banks don’t have any money left.
And C, nobody’s got gas money for the getaway car.
so, right there, crime is down!’
-jay leno
yesterday was a voting day in some of the states
wonderful to see such big turnouts
what we chose shows what we value
not just for ourselves
but also for the good of others.
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‘democracy is not just the right to vote; it is the right to live in dignity.’
-Naomi Klein, Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker
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image credit: ACLU of Michigan
love the library’s front window
‘love your neighbor’
‘you’re all neighbors.’
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‘being a good neighbor is an art which makes life richer.’
-gladys taber, american author
now that it’s november
I went on my annual quest
to buy a planning calendar
for the coming year
lo and behold
after going to three stores
not one of them
had a single 2026 calendar
each store seemed puzzled
that none had arrived yet
is this a bad sign
for the coming year?
for the future?
what’s up with 2026?
am i not supposed
to be planning anything
after December 31, 2025?
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‘tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools.’
-og mandino, american author and inspirational speaker
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art credit: the michigan daily
‘calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem an eternity or pass in a flash, according to how we spend it.’
-michael ende
(on daylight savings day)
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art credit: Dream Clocks, by Phil Greenwood, etching and aqua tint, Welsh artist, born 1943
coffee on the morning after halloween
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A list of words for coffee in ten different languages…
10. Welsh = coffi
9. French = café
8. Manx = caffee
7. Romanian = cafea
6. Dutch = koffie
5. German = kaffee
4. Swedish = kaffe
3. Malagasy = kafe
2. Icelandic = kaffi
1. Ojibwe = makade-mashkikiwaaboo (literally “black medicine water”)
(plus others found later and added in below)
Tamil: Kaapi
Hungarian- kávé
Indonesian: Kopi
Spanish: Cafe
Korean: kuppi
Swedish slang for coffee: Java or Kip.
Snutkaffe (cop-coffe): standard black coffee with absolutely no sugar or milk.
Preferably from a gas station.
Onondaga word for coffee: either khófi or ohnegaijíh (black alcohol)
trump: covfefe
The phrase in Welsh according to the BBC for “I like coffee” is “dw’in hoffi coffi”
which does rhyme.
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I pretty much will drink any coffee. turkish prison coffee, gas station coffee, day old, microwaved, reheated, etc. I especially love the Ojibwe translation (black medicine water), which I find to be quite accurate. anyone have any others?
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‘coffee is a language in itself.’
-jackie chan
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source credits: random and all over the place
I didn't have my glasses on.... 