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Ann Arbor-ite writes about enjoying life with all of its ironies and surprises.
Dec1

running on empty?

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missing the point: man in germany drives to driving test

A man in Germany has discovered the hard way that it’s best to get a driving license first before trying to use it. Police in Bergheim, near Cologne, said Tuesday that the 37-year-old drove himself to his driving test, parking an Opel Zafira outside the test center in front of an astonished examiner.

They said he told police officers who were called to the scene on Monday that he had only driven because he wanted to make sure to get to the driving test on time.

His test was immediately called off. The man now faces an investigation for driving without a license. Police also opened an investigation of the car’s owner.

 

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“perspective is worth 80 iq points”

-alan kay

 

 

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source credit: ap- berlin

Nov30

how long?

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oh, i remember now.

 

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“in november you begin to know how long winter can be.”

-martha gellhorn

Nov29

“nobody roots for goliath.” – wilt chamberlain

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in a snow bowl game

with rivalry roots from way back when

that hadn’t been won

by

the university of michigan over the ohio state university

in so many years

at last the wolverines bring a victory home

and with the win

michigan stadium is filled with jubilant fans

spilling out onto the field

and into the very, very happy town of ann arbor.

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“you don’t have a real rivalry unless both sides are great teams.”

-carson palmer

 

 

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photo credits: mlive

Nov28

cruciverbalist.

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 a wonderful surprise

from one cruciverbalist to another

this full-page spread crossword puzzle with 723 clues

what madness is this?

my dream come true. 

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“our whole life is solving puzzles.”

-erno rubik

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cru·ci·ver·bal·ist  (kro͞o′sə-vûr′bə-lĭst)

n.

1. A constructor of crosswords.

2. An enthusiast of word games, especially of crosswords.

Nov27

remembered.

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4 of the 6-pack taking their turn in group charades.

6 of the 6-pack will have different memories of thanksgiving.

 

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“it’s like your children talking about holidays,

you find they have quite a different memory of it from you.

perhaps everything is not how it is, 

but how it is remembered.”

-denis norden

Nov26

outside.

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 outside 

 

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“i cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.”

-nathaniel hawthorne

Nov25

enough.

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on this day of thanksgiving, i am grateful for having enough.

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“enough is as good as a feast.”

-joshua sylvester

 

 

 

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credit: beautiful feast created by the kinder

Nov24

more alive.

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awaiting tomorrow’s gathering.

 

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“this is the power of gathering

it inspires us – delightfully

to be more hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful

in a word, more alive.”

-alice waters

 

 

 

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art credit: Debbie and Mike Schramer, using treasures they gathered from the forest.

Nov23

rapunzel reimagined.

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not to be outdone

after one of his classmates

dramatically hung her long braid down from the tower

declaring she was rapunzel

ih decided he wanted to be rapunzel too

 dramatically hanging his bangs down from the tower

declaring he was rapunzel

and it’s true

you can never have too many rapunzels.

Nov22

twists and turns.

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 i love that someone has created a poster

with some of our more interesting twists and turns

 and wonder about the mindset

of the road planning engineers.

were they perhaps going for

 more of an ‘artsy’ and unexpected approach to the roads?

more like the road of life?

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“life is full of surprises and serendipity. being open to unexpected turns in the road is an important part of success. if you try to plan every step, you may miss these wonderful twists and turns. just find your next adventure – do it well, enjoy it, and then, not now, think about what comes next.”

-Condoleezza Rice – Former U.S. Secretary of State