These haikus were written as exercises in mindfulness— an attempt to catch the fleeting moment in my daily walks, while reading, listening to music, and pondering about life. (Underlined words are not for emphasis but to web links.) This web page best viewed with Times font size 14.

Sunday, January 1, 2012, 3:20 pm Mountain View: First day in new apartment having breakfast after up for 26 hours moving; Recall William Carlos Williams plums poem Thanks for the black grapes you left in the frig— so juicy and delicious.	Sunday, January 1, 2012, 5:25 pm-1:10 am Mountain View: Friend helped me move kitchen cupboards and food in refrigerator and freezer in 18 bags, 3 boxes, lamp, and 4 art prints Farewell to Cypress Lodge— lived here for fifteen years following my bliss.
Monday, January 2, 2012, 10:00 am Mountain View: Al Guzmann phoned and came to apartment with Rudy to invite me out for breakfast and to see movie "War Horse" I went to bed at 7 am with three hours sleep and couldn't go with them.	Monday, January 2, 2012, 3:00-6:00 pm Mountain View: Friend drove me to Cypress Lodge to empty my storage bin of newspapers & magazines and brought 5 bags of magazines to new storage bin Threw away 15 bags of Tech Week, MicroTimes, New York Times Book Review.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012, 1:30 am-1:30 pm Mountain View: Slept 12 hours without alarm to catch up on sleep during last week of moving from Cypress Lodge to new apartment 150 bags, 150 boxes, and 20 trash bags filled— need a year to sort them out.	Tuesday, January 3, 2012, 6:45-7:55 pm Los Altos Library: Didn't check WisdomPortal email since December 21; InBox was full and had to delete 64 emails from 2004-2005 to make room Deleted Mark Pesce's news stories, Cheryl's jokes, and link exchange requests
Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 3:05 pm Stanford University: Serra Mall Grove Prayer to Boo-Qwilla Totem Pole to bless friends, relatives, and the world. Found a feather near Boo-Qwilla Totem Pole— May good poems flow through it.	Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 3:10 pm Stanford University: Bldg 20, Room 21B Mohr Poet Louise Glück's English 192V class "The Occasions of Poetry" Kay Ryan taught here two years ago— Room is empty— I'm a week early!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 5:40-7:20 pm Los Altos Library: Elizabeth Hun Schmidt (Ed.), "The Poets Laureate Anthology" (2010) Louise Glück's "Mock Orange" (p. 88) It is not the moon, I tell you. It is these flowers lighting the yard.	Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 7:22 pm Los Altos Library: Hearing me telling librarian "Hurry— I'll miss my bus!", Julianne offers me ride to catch Bus 22 at San Antonio & El Camino Her daughter Ann shows me her new book Calvin and Hobbes— I tell them WisdomPortal.com
Thursday, January 5, 2012, 3:00-4:20 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at Milk Pail, Trader's Joe, and Wal-Mart Romaine lettuce, broccoli, zucchini, baby carrots, bananas, sesame sticks, cotton balls & trim boards.	Thursday, January 5, 2012, 5:25-7:20 pm Los Altos Library: Surprise email from Clark Daniels who met me 41+ years ago at 109 Catherine Street, Ithaca, New York He studied Carl Gustav Jung— recalled my telling him about spiritual alchemy.
Friday, January 6, 2012, 7:30-9:10 pm Palo Alto: Friends' House, 957 Colorado Ave, Waverley Writers Monthly Poetry Reading— Read my poem "Cavern Garden" (Notes); Tom Digby ("Nothing to Read") gave me ride home; Enjoyed Andy McRae's poem "Snooze Button" Just press a button to keep those precious moments a little longer.	Friday, January 6, 2012, 10:00 pm-12:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Knapp interviews Marion K. Williams, Bio, "Metaphysical World", Book: "It's A Metaphysical World: Extraordinary Stories from Everyday Life"; Knapp's News: Omega Nebula; UFO News 2011 She bolted out when the meditation group called out for Lucifer!
Saturday, January 7, 2012, 3:00-5:00 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at CVS Pharmacy (1798 Miramonte Ave), Safeway, (1750 Miramonte Ave), & Walgreens (121 East El Camino Real) Deluxe mixed nuts, milk, grilled salmon, fish fillets, pizzas, steamfresh vegetables.	Saturday, January 7, 2012, 12:10-2:20 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, John B. Wells interviews futurist Paul Guercio, (Bio) & physicist George Hart (Bio), on "Timetrak Predictions"; Merlin Project; Timetrak Library Timetrak reveals future trends on the economy, election, war, and climate.
Sunday, January 8, 2012, 5:55-6:25 pm Mountain View: Finished shopping (Ore Ida potato tots, Coffemate creamers, Land O' Frost honey ham) 5:55 pm: Safeway (2580 California St.), 6:15 pm: Bus 22 Showers Dr. & El Camino Real; 6:20 pm: Bay St. & El Camino; 6:25 pm: Home Pamela Drive Half hour walking and bus ride to carry 9 lbs groceries back home.	Sunday, January 8, 2012, 10:00-11:00 pm KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, Ian Punnett interviews Kewaunee Lapseritis (Bio), web site, "Sasquatch Communications"; Books: "The Sasquatch People and Their Interdimensional Connection"; "The Psychic Sasquatch" Sasquatch were brought here by "star people" to do mining and heavy bulk work for ETs.
Monday, January 9, 2012, 4:30-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "Tim Tebow racks up some miraculous 3:16 stats" (By Douglas Stanglin, USA Today, 1-9-2012) Tim Tebow wins citing Biblical verse John 3.16 Tebow threw for season-high 316 yards and NFL record with 31.6 yards per completion.	Monday, January 9, 2012, 4:30-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "Holy mess: Filth, mismanagement disgusts foreigners at Bodh Gaya event" (By Imran Khan, India News, 1-8-2012) Buddhist holy town filled with heaps of garbage, stinking toilets and muddy pools.
Monday, January 9, 2012, 4:30-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab 2012 Calendar (worldnewsinn.com) 2012 Calendar (w3calendar.com) Finding 2012 calendar to reduce to pocket size for constant reference.	Monday, January 9, 2012, 4:30-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body" (By William J. Broad, NY Times, 1-8-2012) Yoga can be dangerous if not done correctly— can injure your body.
Monday, January 9, 2012, 4:30-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Foothill College begins Winter Quarter today. Big hug for Al Guzmann who helped me move to new apartment on Dec. 30-31; Al drove me home in 10 mins: Old Middlefield Rd, Hwy 85 to Grant Rd. Last haiku was December 15— With computer access, wrote 22 haikus for January 2012.	Monday, January 9, 2012, 11:00 pm-2:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews James Van Praagh, (Bio, Web) "Spirit Communications & the Afterlife", Books: "Growing Up in Heaven: The Eternal Connection Between Parent and Child"; "Unfinished Business" He communicates with spirits of the deceased vibrating at higher frequencies.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 3:00-3:10 pm Los Altos Library: Checked out on hold request Louise Glück's "Proofs & Theories (1995) Essay: "Against Sincerity" (pp. 33-45) Honesty or sincerity in telling the truth may not lead to illumination.	Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 3:00-3:10 pm Los Altos Library: Checked out on hold request Louise Glück's "Vita Nova (1999) Epigraph before poems The master said You must write what you see. But what I see does not move me. The master answered Change what you see.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 4:10-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Little girl shows remarkable poise in stare-down with African lion (Wellington Zoo, New Zealand) (By Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com, 1-10-2012) Lion pawed at glass in flurries but 3-year old Sofia Walker didn't flinch.	Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 4:10-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Comedian George Carlin (1937-2008); YouTube: George Carlin Talks About "Stuff" (Comic Relief, 1986); "George Carlin on Stuff" If you don't have so much stuff, you wouldn't need a house to put all of them in.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 3:15 pm Stanford University: Bldg 20, Room 21B Mohr Poet Louise Glück's English 192V class; "Occasions of Poetry" (10 undergraduates came) Glück:"I'm tyrannical— no one can audit my class" I leave without saying a word when Glück wouldn't let me sit in her class.	Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 5:15-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab San Francisco Launches Golden Gate Anniversary Bridge can move 17 ft vertically & 27 feet from side to side. (Beth Duff-Brown, ABC News, 1-10-2012) Arch of bridge flattened when quarter million people crossed it on May 27, 1987.
Wednesday, January 11-12, 2012, 10:30 pm-3 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Tricia McCannon (Bio) & Peter Canova (Bio) "Creation & Ancient Origins", Books: "Jesus: The Explosive Story of the 30 Lost Years and the Ancient Mystery Religions"; "Pope Annalisa" Sitchin took Sumerian battle between gods as collision of planets.	Wednesday, January 11-12, 2012, 10:30 pm-3 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Tricia McCannon (Bio) & Peter Canova (Bio) "Creation & Ancient Origins", Books: "Jesus: The Explosive Story of the 30 Lost Years and the Ancient Mystery Religions"; "Pope Annalisa" Archons from Gnostic Gospels— beings with souls not spirits reside in planetary spheres.
Thursday, January 12, 2012, 4:15-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Email from Kristiina requesting use of image "Shaman Drum" on WisdomPortal.com and the source of this image for her video Shaman in bear suit drumming— rams and horses below starry sky above.	Thursday, January 12, 2012, 4:15-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "Tebow's Testimony" (By Jon Meacham, Time Magazine, 1-16-2012, pp. 40-42); Atheist on Tebow; Christian Science Monitor (1-12-2012, 12-5-2011) Tebow's signature— GB2 (God Bless + Go Broncos = GB2)
Thursday, January 12, 2012, 4:15-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "Astronomers weigh in on Milky Way's true colours" (By Jason Palmer, BBC News, 1-12-2012); Time Color of Milky Way galaxy like spring snow an hour before sunset.	Thursday, January 12, 2012, 4:15-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "What Yoga Is and Isn't" (By Ganesh Das, Room for Debate, NY Times, 1-12-2012) If your're moving away from enlightenment— you're not practicing yoga.
Friday, January 13, 2012, 11:00 am-3:00 pm Mountain View: Today is Friday 13th. Renewed "A Moment in Time" by Ralph Branca & David Ritz from Los Altos Library; Branca's unlucky day. No fear of triskaidekaphobia— Ralph Branca wore #13 and posed with black cat.	Friday, January 13, 2012, 11:00 am-3:00 pm Mountain View: Found in a bag of my books— Nathaniel Lachenmeyer's "13: Story of the World's Most Popular Superstition" that I have not read. Thirteen Club was formed to debunk superstition of "13" as unlucky.
Friday, January 13, 2012, 4:15-6:35 pm Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center "New Storage Device Is Very Small, at 12 Atoms" (By John Markoff, NY Times, 1-13-2012) Science (Vol. 335, 196-199, 1-13-2012) IBM researchers stored and retrieved digital 1s and 0s from array of just 12 atoms.	Friday, January 13, 2012, 8:00-10:00 pm Stanford Flicks, Cubberley Auditorium Jon Favreau directs "Cowboys and Aliens" (2011) with Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde; YouTube: 1, 2, 3; Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3 "James Bond" & "Indiana Jones" team up as cowboys to fight off aliens.
Friday, January 13, 2012, 10:15 pm Stanford Oval: Hitched ride to Cal-Train Depot with Chinese postdoc in Stanford Archaeology Dept Caught 10:22 pm Bus #22 just in time— got home an hour early.	Saturday, January 14, 2012, 8:00-9:30 pm Mountain View: 8:34 pm Bus #35 didn't show up by 9:30 pm; Hitched ride at California-San Antonio Jerry, Eastridge Macy's worker gives me ride to Cubberley ballroom dancing.
Saturday, January 14, 2012, 11:00 pm-3:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Mary Ann Winkowski (Bio, web) "Recipes from the Dead", Books: "Beyond Delicious: The Ghost Whisperer's Cookbook"; "As Alive, So Dead" Keep evil spirits away by smudging sage on portals of your home.	Saturday, January 14, 2012, 2:45-4:45 pm Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center Came here for two hours of work since Lab is closed on Sunday & Monday holiday. Wrote haikus on triskaidekaphobia. Tuning to 49ers and Saints NFL Playoff Game with SF leading 23-17.
Saturday, January 14-15, 2012, 12:30 pm-3:00 am KSFO 540 AM: Coast-to-Coast.am John B. Wells interviews physicist Lawrence M. Krauss, (Bio) on "Cosmology, the Universe, & Evolution"; Books: Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Sciencet; Hiding in the Mirror: Mysterious Allure of Extra Dimensions; "A Universe from Nothing" Nothing refers to empty space where dark energy of the universe resides.	Sunday, January 15-16, 2012, 10 pm-2:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Knapp interviews Col. John Alexander, (Bio) & Victoria Alexander (Bio) "Alternate Realities/ 2012 Myths", Books: "UFOs: Myths, Conspiracies, and Realities" Paul Von Ward, "The Soul Genome: Science and Reincarnation" She went to Brazilian shamans to explore altered states and was possessed by a spirit.
Sunday, January 15, 2012, 4:00-5:10 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Ave, Blossom Valley) Shrimp scampi, spinach, Swiss cheese, Kettle chips, fish dinners, milk, cherries.	Sunday, January 15, 2012, 8:30-11:00 pm Mountain View: Home making salad dinner with sesame ginger soy & raspberry vinaigrette dressing Romaine lettuce, egg, tuna, bell pepper, cucumber, carrots, radishes, broccoli, green onion.
Monday, January 16, 2012, 3:30-4:15 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at CVS Pharmacy (2630 W. El Camino Real) & Walgreens (4170 El Camino, Palo Alto) Maria accepts my year-old rainchecks Tuna, deluxe mixed nuts, almonds, Manzanilla olives, Mandarin oranges, coffee, eggs.	Monday, January 16, 2012, 7:00-8:00 pm Mountain View: Shaun & Valentin greet me as I do my first laundry wash at new apt (5:00-6:55 pm); KNBR 680 AM: Replay 4th Quarter 49ers Playoff; YouTube: 2012 Playoffs: Epic Final Drive Alex Smith & Vernon Davis with the play of their lives to win 36-32 with 9 seconds left!
Monday, January 16-17, 2012, 10:00 pm-3:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Paola Harris (Bio, web) & Kim Arnold, "UFOs & Kenneth Arnold", Book: "Connecting the Dots: Making Sense of the UFO Phenomenon"; Kenneth Arnold & UFO Drawing (Audio, 6-1947) Pilot Kenneth Arnold saw nine flying saucers zoom from Mt. Ranier to Mt. Adams.	Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 3:00-3:30 am Mountain View: Jefferson followed Pythagorean advice and read something spiritual and uplifting before bedtime. I opened at random to read "The Enneads" of Plotinus (205-270 AD) Enneads II.9.10 "Against the Gnostics" (Soul's descent into Matter) The Demiurge descends from his Mother Sophia and creates the Cosmos.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 5:15-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Bill Morrison emails YouTube Video of Jackie Evancho singing "Ave Maria"; Jackie Evancho sings "O Holy Night" 11-year-old girl sings Ave Maria that wows all the judges!	Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 6:00-7:30 pm Stanford Humanities: Helen Vendler (Harvard), "Wallace Stevens as an American Poet"; "On Extended Wings: Wallace Stevens' Longer Poems"; "Wallace Stevens: Words Chosen out of Desire" Forgot this lecture on Wallace Stevens— one of my favorite poets.
Tuesday, January 17-18, 2012, 10:00 pm-2:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Whitley Strieber (Bio, web), "Enigmas & Aliens", Books: "Solving the Communion Enigma: What Is To Come"; "The Key: A True Encounter" Aliens are changing us with the creation and schooling of souls.	Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 2:00-2:15 am Mountain View: Before bedtime, read "Parabola" magazine: "Silence" (Vol. 33, #1, Spring 2008), Henriettle Lannes, "Silence" (pp. 52-53); Image: Alphonse Osbert, "Silence of the Water" (1895) We turn to the gate of silence and do nothing and we find what is.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 8:45-9:05 am Mountain View: College friend Richard phones from Pennsylvania to inquire about my moving. His wife visits Michigan to see two grandkids. He keeps his mind and body tuned taking classes and playing softball.	Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 2:00-2:15 pm Mountain View: Friend brings me wheatgerm, blueberries, and bell peppers; Takes me shopping at Milk Pail Market (2585 California Street) Head of cauliflower, cherry tomatoes, and jumbo green grapes.
Thursday, January 19, 2012, 1:45-2:00 am Mountain View: Before bedtime, read "Parabola" magazine: "Silence" (Vol. 33, #1, Spring 2008), John Roger Barrie, "The Deepest Silence" (pp. 6-11); Images: Alphonse Osbert, "Serenity" (1901); Sunset; Rembrandt, "Philosopher Meditating" (1632) Ever elusive yet all pervading, silence is known by those who take the leap.	Thursday, January 19, 2012, 11:00-11:15 am Mountain View: Remi representative inspects Pamela Drive Apartments; Cleaned kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom, so they looked tidy, but living room has pyramid piles of bags & boxes. She smiled and told me not to worry and is OK. Just moved in— trying to explain my mess looking like a garbage dump.
Thursday, January 19, 2012, 7:00-8:30 pm Stanford University: Cubberley Auditorium "Interdisciplinary Tour of the Human Condition: Life" (Moderated by Piero Scaruffi); Interview & Reading Material: Lynn Hershman Leeson, Christine Peterson, Paul Rabinow, Jeremy Bailenson; Stanford Daily Missed "Life" conference while completing haikus of moving to new apartment.	Thursday, January 19-20, 2012, 10:00 pm-12:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Darryl Caterine (Bio, web), "Paranormal Theories/ Extended Mind", Book: "Haunted Ground: Journeys through a Paranormal America" Lily Dale spiritualists, Vermont dowsers, Roswell UFO believers— heading toward a post-human future.
Friday, January 20, 2012, 12:00 am-2:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Rupert Sheldrake (Bio, web), "Extended Mind", Books: "Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance and the Habits of Nature"; "Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home" Telephone telepathy and how dogs know their owners are coming home.	Friday, January 20, 2012, 8:15-10:15 pm Stanford Flicks, Cubberley Auditorium Bennett Miller directs "Moneyball" (2011) with Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3; Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3) Art Howe Rips 'Moneyball' and Billy Beane Billy Beane uses sabermetrics to build winning Oakland A's team.
Friday, January 20, 2012, 4:35-6:35 pm Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center Before bedtime, read "Parabola" magazine: "Silence" (Vol. 33, #1, Spring 2008), Tom Rothschild, "Listening for the Voice of God" (pp. 20-25) Sink down to the seed which God sows in the heart and let that be in thee.	Friday, January 20, 2012, 4:35-6:35 pm Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center "All things in moderation, including yoga?" (By Pari Bradlee, Washington Post, 1-18-2012) Video: Is yoga in the spiritual or physical realm? Use your thoughts, words and actions to make others happy— that is yoga.
Saturday, January 21, 2012, 3:45-4:40 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery shopping at Nob Hill Foods (1250 Grant Rd.) and Lucky (715 East El Camino Real) New England clam chowder. Roma tomatoes, broccoli, crab meat chunks.	Saturday, January 21, 2012, 9:15-11:55 pm Palo Alto: Ballroom dancing at Cubberley Pavilion; With recent heavy rain, danced foxtrot with Ann to tune of "Lady is a Tramp" (Lyrics, Audio, YouTube) While dancing we just laughed at the lyrics— "Hates California, it's cold and it's damp".
Sunday, January 22, 2012, 2:30-3:10 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at 99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Rd.) Lotus seed buns, tofu, water chestnuts, bean curd, green onions, broad beans.	Sunday, January 22, 2012, 3:30-7:30 pm Mountain View: KNBR 680 AM: Radio broadcast NFC Championship Game: 49ers vs. NY Giants Two Smith to Davis touchdowns then fumbled away championship in overtime to lose 20-17.
Monday, January 23, 2012, 3:45-4:15 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery shopping at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Ave) Baby spinach salad, strawberry yogurt, tuna, coffee cake, orange juice.	Monday, January 23, 2012, 5:35-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab; Jenny Litz's email asking permission to use Charles Demuth photo at Pennsylvania Center for the Book Pennsylvanian artists— Charles Demuth, Mary Cassatt, Andrew Wyeth, & Edwin Austin Abbey.
Monday, January 23, 2012, 5:35-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab; Chinese New Year of the Dragon (First New Moon (Jan. 23, 7:39 UT after first Full Moon (Jan. 9) U.S. Naval Observatory: 2012 Phases of the Moon Chinese parents want babies born in Dragon Year that will bring good luck.	Monday, January 23-24, 2012, 11:00 pm-2:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews John Hogue, (Bio, Web) "2012 & Prophecy", Books: "Predictions for 2012"; "Nostradamus: The Complete Prophecies" Mayan calendar won't end in 2012. It happened already in 1998.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 4:40-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab; M&M's History: How did they get their names? M&M's produced in 1941 named after Forrest Mars, Sr. and Bruce Murrie.	Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 4:40-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab; Photo #38: Beijing Girl in Dragon Costume (Song) "All I want for New Year is my three front teeth"— May Dragon give them to her!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 4:40-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab; Found in 68 pp. paperback of George Economou's "Socrates" (Athens, 1961), Dad's clipping of obituary "Gregory Vlastos, Socratic Scholar and Author, 84" (By Bruce Lambert, NY Times, Oct. 14, 1991, B11) Dad was 89 years old when he clipped this out and put it into this book.	Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 4:40-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab; John Cooper taught philosophy at Princeton for 31 years (1981-2012), while Gregory Vlastos taught at Princeton for 21 years (1955-1976); Cooper will present Stanford Tanner Lectures (Jan. 25-27, 2012) Philosophy as a Way of Life— Socrates and Plotinus have much to teach us.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 1:00-4:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab; "Design and Illusion, to Impress the Ladies" (photo) (By Sindya N. Bhando, NY Times, Jan. 24, 2012) Great bowerbirds display bones, shells, and stones to woo females to their nest.	Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 5:30-6:45 pm Stanford Humanities Center: Prof. John Cooper, Tanner Lectures on Human Values: Lecture I: "Ancient Philosophies as a Way of Life: Socrates" Of all the men of his time, Socrates was the wisest, most just and best.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 5:30-6:45 pm Stanford Humanities Center: Prof. John Cooper, Tanner Lectures on Human Values: Lecture I: "Ancient Philosophies as a Way of Life: Socrates" Philosophical insight and reasoning is the sole authority on how to live a good happy life.	Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 8:10-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab; Caught 7:00 pm Stanford Shopping Express and 7:35 pm Bus #35 just in time to come to the Lab Renewed books due today— Poets Laureate Anthology and Creeley's Selected Poems, 1945-2005
Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 11:00 pm-2:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Walter Semkiw, (Bio, Web 1, Web 2) "Reincarnation Research", Books: "Born Again"; "Origin of the Soul and the Purpose of Reincarnation" Soul projects a hologram into developing bodies during reincarnation.	Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 11:00 pm-2:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Walter Semkiw, (Bio, Web 1, Web 2) "Reincarnation Research", Books: "Born Again"; "Return of Revolutionaries: Case for Reincarnation" David Rittenhouse has facial resemblance to Carl Sagan and was an astronomer.
Thursday, January 26, 2012, 2:00 am Mountain View: Read before bedtime— Plotinus, "The Enneads" V.1.6: "We first invoke God Himself, not in loud word, but..." By way of prayer, leaning the soul towards God, alone towards the Alone.	Thursday, January 26, 2012, 10:00 am-Noon Stanford University, Landau Economics Bldg, SIEPR 134A; Prof. John Cooper, Discussion: "Ancient Philosophies as a Way of Life: Socrates" Socratic way of life is pursuit of wisdom and following the Good.
Thursday, January 26, 2012, 10:00 am-Noon Stanford University, Landau Economics Bldg, SIEPR 134A; Prof. Alan Code, Discussion on Socrates: Dr. Strukeley ate Newton's chicken Newton so absorbed with research— forgot that he never dined on chicken.	Thursday, January 26, 2012, 10:00 am-Noon Stanford University, Landau Economics Bldg, SIEPR 134A; Prof. Sarah Brodie, Discussion: "Ancient Philosophies as a Way of Life: Socrates" Highest good is not honor or human pleasure but wisdom & common sense.
Thursday, January 26, 2012, 1:00-3:50 pm Stanford University, Tresidder Student Union: Read P.V. Pistorius, "Plotinus and Neoplatonism" (1952), Chapter III "The Soul" (pp. 53-81) Nous contemplates Cosmic Idea— the image, the Universe is the product.	Thursday, January 26, 2012, 4:00-4:30 pm Stanford University, Lake Lagunita & Lomita Drive: Changeux's talk on "Beauty in the brain" on Alta Rd. too far to get back for John Cooper's Plotinus lecture No water in the lake despite recent heavy rain— no snowy egret nor hare.
Thursday, January 26, 2012, 4:00-5:00 pm Stanford University, CASBS Main Meeting Room, 75 Alta Road; Missed Jean-Pierre Changeaux's Talk: "Beauty in the brain: Towards a Neuroscience of Art" With Monod and Jacob, he studied allosteric transitions of proteins.	Thursday, January 26, 2012, 5:30-7:00 pm Stanford Humanities Center: Prof. John Cooper, Tanner Lectures on Human Values: Lecture II: "Platonist Philosophy as a Way of Life: Plotinus" World Soul takes care of Nature while human soul looks after daily living.
Friday, January 27, 2012, 8:58 am Mountain View: El Camino & Phyllis Ave— Left apartment 10 minutes early to catch Bus #22 on time today and got to Discussion 20 minutes early The bus I missed yesterday— caught it today because of planning ahead.	Friday, January 27, 2012, 10:00 am-Noon Stanford University, Landau Economics Bldg, SIEPR 134A; Prof. Anthony Long, Discussion: "Platonist Philosophies as a Way of Life: Plotinus" Cites Plotinus's Enneads II.9.2; V.3.3; V.8.1 Soul is not embodied, but body is in Soul always illuminated.
Friday, January 27, 2012, 10:00 am-Noon Stanford University, Landau Economics Bldg, SIEPR 134A; Professor Jaclyn Maxwell, Discussion: "Platonist Philosophies as a Way of Life: Plotinus" Laughter in the room when Professer Maxwell said— Those who occupy themselves with contemplation are 1% of the elite.	Friday, January 27, 2012, 10:00 am-Noon Stanford University, Landau Economics Bldg, SIEPR 134A; Professor Jaclyn Maxwell, Discussion: "Platonist Philosophies as a Way of Life: Plotinus" Porphyry: On Plotinus's penetration into character— Scruntizing the servants he picked out the thief who had stolen the necklace.
Friday, January 27, 2012, 10:00 am-Noon Stanford University, Landau Economics Bldg, SIEPR 134A; Prof. John Cooper says Porphyry's tale of Plotinus is a trope, not true evidence of a psychic. (Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, III.1-54 On Divine Powers) Siddhis (psychic powers) are not the true goal of realizing the One.	Friday, January 27, 2012, 12:00-12:15 pm Stanford University, Landau Economics Bldg, SIEPR 134A; Chatted with Prof. Alan Code who came to Stanford from UC Berkeley; Showed him Gregory Vlastos obituary He knew Gregory Vlastos well and hiked together while teaching at Berkeley.
Friday, January 27, 2012, 3:00-6:35 pm Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center— "History Unfolding on a Hand Scroll" [Chinese Art in Age of Revolution: Fu Baoshi (1904-1965) in MOMA] (By Roberta Smith, NY Times, 1-27-2012, C25, C34) The monk is drunk— in his torpor how can he teach students what is true?	Friday, January 27, 2012, 3:00-6:35 pm Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center— "History Unfolding on a Hand Scroll" [Chinese Art in Age of Revolution: Fu Baoshi (1904-1965) in MOMA] (By Roberta Smith, NY Times, 1-27-2012, C25, C34) Fu Baoshi's paintings are not as well known as Qi Baishi or Chang Dai-chien.
Friday, January 27, 2012, 8:00-9:50 pm Stanford Flicks, CEMEX, Knight Management Center, Steven Soderbergh directs "Contagion" (2011) with Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3; Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3) Medical people raced to find cure and control of rapid-killing virus.	Friday, January 27, 2012, 10:15-10:45 pm Stanford Oval: Missed 9:56 pm Stanford O Shuttle Bus. Began hitchhiking. Abbas Khademi (San Jose construction worker) walked by and offered me a ride. He was walking with friends after going to Cubberley Auditorium for free "Concert with Hamed Nikpay" He gave me ride home and talked of Persian poetry— Hafiz, Shams, and Mewlana.
Saturday, January 28, 2012, 12:30-4:40 pm Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center— STATE OF THE ART: Embracing the Mothers of Invention (Kickstarter.com, crowd-funding site) (By David Pogue, NY Times, 1-26-2012, B1, B7) Post your ideas at Kickstarter so people will support your venture.	Saturday, January 28, 2012, 12:30-4:40 pm Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center— "Stuff It: How We Got Rid of All the Things We Didn't Need" (Cara Kitagawa-Sellers, good.is, 1-27-2012) The 100 Thing Challenge: Reduce * Refuse * Rejigger Rid some of your stuff. Refuse to get new stuff. Set your priorities.
Sunday, January 29, 2012, Noon-1:15 pm Mountain View: Cousin Scott Chou treats me to lunch at Kirin Restaurant (485 Castro Street) and Chinese New Year gift (8 Bens) for good luck Seafood pan-fried noodles, won-ton and sea cucumber crab soups, spring egg rolls.	Sunday, January 29, 2012, 1:30-2:00 pm Palo Alto: Scott takes me grocery shopping at Walgreens (4170 El Camino Road) and Safeway to buy February VTA Bus Pass Planters dry roasted peanuts, Olive oil Valencia almonds, Wasabi flavored almonds.
Sunday, January 29, 2012, 3:00-5:30 pm Mountain View: Sister-in-law Dan treats me and Scott for Peet's Coffee at Nob Hill Foods; Gives me updates on my nieces and nephew— Emily works for Hollywood Talent Agency, Marissa, pre-med freshman UC Berkeley, Byron plays viola California Youth Symphony.	Sunday, January 29, 2012, 3:00-5:30 pm Mountain View: Sister-in-law Dan treats me and Scott for Peet's Coffee at Nob Hill Foods (1250 Grant Road); Tells us about her Mom. Dan is going to Vienna to see her 80-year old Mom sing in Shanghai Touring Choir.
Monday, January 30, 2012, 4:08-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab; "Skip Schumaker's new baseball card features the rally squirrel... but not Skip Schumaker" (By 'Duk, Yahoo! Sports, 1-30-2012) Skip Schumaker's 2012 Topps baseball card showed his leg and the rally squirrel.	Monday, January 30, 2012, 4:08-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab; "The Bookstore's Last Stand" (Barnes & Noble, Taking On Amazon in the Fight of Its Life) (By Julie Bosman, NY Times, 1-29-2012) Will e-readers doom print books the way CDs replaced vinyl records?
Monday, January 30, 2012, 11:00 pm-2:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Kymberlee Ruff, (Bio, Web) "Hopi-Tibetan Prophecy"; 2012 Prophecy; Hopi Elder Grandfather Martin Gashweseoma Kymberlee's son is reincarnation of a Tibetan Lama.	Monday, January 30, 2012, 11:00 pm-2:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Kymberlee Ruff, (Bio, Web) "Hopi-Tibetan Prophecy"; 2012 Prophecy; Hopi Elder Grandfather Martin Gashweseoma G. E. Kincaid found Buddha statue in 1909 in cave under the Grand Canyon.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 6:00-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab; “'Flying People' Stun New Yorkers to Promote New Movie 'Chronicle'” (Superpowered high school kids); (By Matt McDaniel, Yahoo! Movies, 1-31-2012) "Flying-people" planes soared over Manhattan to promote Chronicle film.	Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 6:00-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab; "Video: America's longest married couple" (Wilbur & Teresa Faiss, married 78 years) (By Eric Pfeiffer, Yahoo! News, 1-31-2012) Wedded bliss secret: "It's very simple— Give & take and compromise.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 6:00-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab; YouTube: Blake Griffin's INSANE dunk of the year! (NBA, 1-30-2012); Griffin slam dunk; Slow Mo; LA Times; NY Daily News; Washington Post; Clipper's Blake Griffin's monstrous tomahawk dunk over Kendrick Perkins.	Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 6:00-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab; "DNA Turning Human Story Into a Tell-All" (Genetic analysis of 40,000-year-old Siberian girl) (By Alanna Mitchell, NY Times, 1-31-2012) Neanderthals and Denisovans interbred with modern humans in Europe and Asia.

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