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Hope it was a great one.

Weirdest title of the week... Terrifying Photo from the Minneapolis ICE Protests Will Have You Shopping for Leicas https://gizmodo.com/terrifying-photo-from-the-minneapolis-ice-protests-will-have-you-shopping-for-leicas-2000711428 Also...

Jim Croce’s Operator

Happy birthday!

Yeah, I always felt that way too. This is a fun read. https://reactormag.com/all-cats-have-three-names-reclaiming-logans-run-the-novel/

Missing Footage of Logan’s Run

Introducing the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome

An oldie, but a really not a goodie… Gitmo’s 25th anniversary https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/us/politics/guantanamo-prison-25th-anniversary.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFA.vNbj.vwjzyle4UWIt&smid=nytcore-ios-share (gift article)

Ha. Is that the children's menu? Watching John Ford at Monument Valley. This should get me up-to-date information. https://tubitv.com/movies/571280/john-ford-at-monument-valley

So have a quick/short vacation possibly coming up and although have been nearby previously (GC, Bryce, Zion, etc.), we've not done the John Ford wet dream yet. Researching now, but anyone have any suggestions of specific buttes, mesas, petroglyphs, or other sites to visit? Even a preference between the two areas? Driving our rough & tumble Mini Countryman, so everything is on the table.

The new season

RIP James "Jim" Moylan, inventor of the Moylan Arrow. https://www.theautopian.com/rip-the-guy-who-put-the-little-arrow-on-your-fuel-gauge-though-i-think-there-was-an-earlier-one/ https://www.carpro.com/blog/quick-shifts-rip-ford-inventor-of-the-moylan-arrow

One more link on Tarr. http://archive.today/5kjWW

Or at least multiple references...

Not a lot of cinema giants left, but we just lost another - RIP Bela Tarr. https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/bela-tarr-dead-1235171338/ https://www.npr.org/2026/01/06/nx-s1-5668240/bela-tarr-filmmaker-dead