Haikus: March 2012

HAIKUS: March 2012

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com

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.

Thursday, March 1, 2012, 3:14-6:15 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Claude Lanzmann's Patagonian Hare epigraph
is from Silvina Ocampo's "Golden Hare" (1959)

The golden hare's ears
stood upright listening
to the golden silence. Thursday, March 1, 2012, 3:14-6:15 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Patagonia Hare" cited Silvina, not her sister
Victoria Ocampo, friend of Rabindranath Tagore

The innummerable transmigrations
of her soul has taught the hare
to become invisible or visible.

Thursday, March 1, 2012, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: Cedric Gibbons directs
"Tarzan and His Mate" (1934), Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanagh,
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3), (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Ivory hunters wound
Tarzan but are killed
by lions in elephant stampede.
Thursday, March 1, 2012, 9:25-10:50 pm
Stanford Theatre: William Thiele directs
"The Jungle Princess" (1936), Dorothy Lamour,
Ray Milland, Ray Mala, Akim Tamiroff, (YouTube),
(Film Reviews: 1, 2); Rudy gave this film a "10"

Ulah grew up in jungle
with pet tiger who injures
hunter that she nurse to health.

Friday, March 2, 2012, 1:30-6:35 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"Why It's So Important to Keep Moving"
(By Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, 2-29-2012)
Med. Sci. Sports Exercise, Vol. 44, 225-231 (2012)

Blood sugar increased 26%
when walking 10,000 steps
were reduced to 5,000. Friday, March 2, 2012, 1:30-6:35 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"50th Anniversary of a Scoring Feat That's as Much Legend as Record" (By Richard Sandomir, NY Times, 3-2-2012); Wilt's 100 Point Game, Game Ball

Knicks had three scoring 30+
but Warriors won 169-147
with Chamberlain scoring 100.

Friday, March 2, 2012, 1:30-4:45 pm
Foothill Krause Center— 2012 Slam Dunk Contest: Chase Budinger (blindfolded), Jeremy Evans (dunking two balls at once), Paul George (dunk with lights out), Derrick Williams (dunk over motorbike)

With 4 million fans voting,
Shumpert's dunk over
Lin's couch would have won. Friday, March 2, 2012, 4:45-7:15 pm
Sunnyvale: Sweet Tomatoes (1210 Kifer Road);
Al Guzman & Rudy picked me up at Krause Center;
Drove to Sweet Tomato to meet David Huseman; They had hiked earlier at Rancho San Antonio PG&E Trail

Two plates of spinach salad
with beets, spring lettuce,
jello and tapioca pudding.

Friday, March 2, 2012, 8:00-10:10 pm
Stanford Flicks: Cubberley Auditorium
Martin Scorsese directs "Hugo" with Ben Kingsley,
Asa Butterfield, Chloë Moretz, Sacha Baron Cohen;
(YouTube: 1, 2; Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

What matters more is
that clocks are wound and
oiled so they work as one. Friday, March 2, 2012, 8:00-10:10 pm
Stanford Flicks: Saw film with Al, Rudy, & David;
Martin Scorsese directs "Hugo" with Ben Kingsley,
Asa Butterfield, Chloë Moretz, Sacha Baron Cohen
Scorsese's tribute to silent film maker Georges Méliès

Boy repairs automaton
that draws film scene from
Voyage to the Moon.

Saturday, March 3, 2012, 1:15-7:00 pm
Palo Alto: My former WPI student Deborah Oakley
& UNLV architecture professor walked with me to Stanford's Clark Center, Lokey Stem Cell Research Building, Li Ka Shing Center, Knight Center

Curved glass windows
designed by Norman Foster
graced these medical buildings. Saturday, March 3, 2012, 7:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, 460 Ramona Street: Deborah treats
me for dinner at Garden Fresh Vegan Cuisine;
We went to Mountain View's Garden Fresh
when she visited me in 2005 after San Francisco

Crispy fried tofu,
assorted sautéed vegetables,
potstickers and brown rice.

Sunday, March 4, 2012, 10:00 pm-12:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews John Gray, (Bio, Web), "Depression & Men"; Books: "Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice: Hormonal Balance— The Key to Life, Love and Energy"; "Why Mars and Venus Collide"

Women are more stressful
at work. Lithium orotate
helpful to treat depression. Sunday, March 4, 2012, 12:00 am-2:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews Jonathan Cahn, (Bio, Web 1, Web 2), "Biblical Omens"; Book: "The Harbinger: Ancient mystery that holds the secret of America's future";
Rabbi Cahn on Sid Roth's "It's Supernatural"

Omens from Isaiah 9:10
show that America in
danger of economic collapse.

Monday, March 5, 2012, 12:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend phones and tells of her
5:30 AM dream in room with windows rattling
and bed shaking, then waking up with a scream

Her dream was in sync
with 4.0 earthquake
in El Cerrito at 5:33 AM. Monday, March 5, 2012, 2:45-3:30 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Ave)
in Blossom Valley Shopping Center

Cans of pear & mixed fruit,
popcorn shrimp, fish tenders,
Swiss cheese, vanilla ice cream.

Monday, March 5, 2012, 5:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"4.0 Bay Area quake occurred along dangerous Hayward fault" (Shelby Grad, LA Times, 3-5-2012)

Hayward Fault
has 30% chance of major
earthquake before 2032. Monday, March 5, 2012, 5:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"OPINIONATOR: Philosophy by Another Name"
(By Colin McGinn, New York Times, 3-4-2012)

Replace philosophy
"love of wisdom" with ontics—
study of "what is there".

Monday, March 5, 2012, 5:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"OP-ED: Diabetes Dilemma for Statin Users"
(By Eric J. Topol, New York Times, 3-5-2012)

Cholesterol-lowering statins
Zocor, Lipitor, and Crestor
induce Type 2 diabetes. Monday, March 5, 2012, 5:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"BASKETBALL: Lin's Star Turn Demands Learning in the Spotlight" (Howard Beck, NY Times, 3-6-2012)

Lin is a marked man—
Defenses make it tougher
for Lin to get to the rim.

Monday, March 5, 2012, 10:15 pm-2:30 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews Lloyd Pye, (Bio, Web), "Starchild Skull Update"; Books: "The Starchild Skull— Genetic Enigma or Human-Alien Hybrid?", "Where Did We Come From? Aliens, UFOs and our Origins"

DNA testing of skull
shows 56 differences
hinting it may be alien. Monday, March 5-6, 2012, 11:00 pm-2:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews Pamala Oslie, (Bio, Web) "Auras & Parallel Universes"; Books: "Life Colors: What the Colors in Your Aura Reveal"; "Love Colors: A New Approach to Love, Relationships, and Auras"

Aura Quiz will determine
your true colors based
on your individual aura.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 1:15-1:25 pm
Los Altos Library: Feb. 21 online renewals didn't go
through. Fines cancelled. Louise Glück's "Vita Nova" & "Proofs & Theories" are now due 3/27. Read "On George Oppen" (pp. 29-32); George Oppen

George Oppen is a master
of white space. His art
exquisite, precise. Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 2:40-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"A CONVERSATION WITH ERIC R. KANDEL:
A Quest to Understand How Memory Works"
(By Claudia Dreifus, New York Times, 3-6-2012)

Long-term memory
is the cause of growth
of new synaptic connections.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 2:40-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"A passage through Asia leads San Jose State student to a soft launch" (Bruce Newman, SJ Mercury News, 3-6-2012); Aimi Duong's startup Oimeico helped by StartSomeGood (see also Kickstarter in NY Times)

Oimei or Aimi means
love beauty— reminding
me of Plotinus. Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 2:40-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Yearsbooks offered for Lin-sane prices (Mercury News, 2-15-2012); Lin Yearbook for $4800; Lin's jersey; Lin school yearbooks a hot commodity; Mallard Filmore Comics (3-5-2012) "Latest Fillmore poll shows"—

If the election
were held today, Obama
would lose to Jeremy Lin.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 1:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Facebook profile tells job success" (By Deborah Netburn, LA Times/Mercury News, 3-5-2012, D3)
"Facebook to help you land a job" (Time, 3-1-2012) Five personality traits for good job performance—

Extroversion, conscientiousness,
emotional stability, agreeableness,
and openness to new experience. Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 1:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Robert B. Sherman, musicals' quirky composer, dies"
(Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, 3-7-2012)
"Robert B. Sherman, Songwriter for Disney & Others, Dies at 86" (Bruce Weber, New York Times, 3-7-2012)

"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"—
Mary Poppins & "Chim Chim Cher-ee"
won 1964 Oscars for best score and song.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 1:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Writing poem "Staying For One Night" based on scroll "Moonrise over a Brushwood Gate" (1405),
inspired by Yung-chia Hsüan-chio (665-713); Song

Zen Gate opens wide
to empty mind embracing
full moon master and monk. Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 1:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Writing poem "NBA 2012 Slam Dunk Contest: Knicks Would Have Won" (links to Sprite 2012 Slam Dunk Contest) & dream ending of Shumpert winning dunk

Knicks' Shumpert soared over
couch as Lin tossed ball to
him for rim-rattling dunk!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 1:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
NBA 1988 Slam Dunk Contest: Michael Jordan vs. Dominique Wilkins; Wilkins won in 1985, Spud Webb won in 1986, Michael Jordan won in 1987-1988

Slam Dunk Contest between
Jordan and Wilkins likened
to a heavyweight fight. Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 1:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Data Hint at Hypothetical Particle, Key to Mass in the Universe (Dennis Overbye, NY Times, 3-7-2012);
CERN's Large Hadron Collider: Higgs Boson

Fermilab's Tevatron
accelerator may have found
long-sought Higgs boson.

Thursday, March 8, 2012, 2:08-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"3 Types of Oddball Job Interview Questions"
(By Donna Fuscaldo, Yahoo! Finance, 3-6-2012)

What animal would you be?
Do you believe in garden gnomes?
How many gas stations are there in the U.S.? Thursday, March 8, 2012, 2:08-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"3 Types of Oddball Job Interview Questions"
(By Donna Fuscaldo, Yahoo! Finance, 3-6-2012)

Can you think on your feet?
How creative are you?
What is your thinking process?

Thursday, March 8, 2012, 2:08-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Invisible Mercedes brings James Bond technology to life" (By Justin Hyde, Yahoo! Autos, 3-7-2012)

Flexible LED mats covered
one side of Mercedes-Benz
to make the car appear invisible. Thursday, March 8, 2012, 2:08-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Cost of Gene Sequencing Falls, Raising Hopes for Medical Advances" (John Markoff, NY Times, 3-8-12)

Bill Banyai of Complete Genomics
can sequence entire human
genome below $1000.

Friday, March 9, 2012, 3:40-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hill, Foothill College Krause Center
"Faust: Cinequest Finale" (By Richard von Busack, Metro, 3-7-2012, p. 41); F.W. Murnau also directed Nosferatu, The Last Laugh, Sunrise, Tabu (1931);
Got to California Theatre at 5:45 pm for good seat

Must see film auteur Murnau's
version of Faust based on
my favorite play by Goethe. Friday, March 9, 2012, 7:00-9:00 pm
San Jose, California Theatre, 345 South 1st Street;
F.W. Murnau directs "Faust" (1926); Emil Jannings, Gösta Ekman, Camilla Horn, William Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert; Dennis James (Wurlitzer) & Mark Goldstein
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4

Stunning scenes of Devil
taking Faust over snowy
mountains and waterfalls.

Saturday, March 10, 2012, 1:15-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hill, Foothill College Krause Center
"Ten Fascinating Facts About Cats"
(By David Aaron Moore, Yahoo! Shine, 2-27-2012)

Cats sleep two thirds of the day,
have 130,000 hairs per square inch,
Issac Newton invented the cat door. Saturday, March 10, 2012, 1:15-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hill, Foothill College Krause Center
Esoteric Painting: "Rainbow Energy" (Wexonmart.com, Denver Colorado)

Rainbow Energy—
Multiverses of bubbles
expanding without end.

Sunday, March 11, 2012, 2:45-3:15 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Ave)
in Blossom Valley Shopping Center

Asparagus, apple sauce,
salad dressing, soy milk,
Coffemate creamers. Sunday, March 11, 2012, 4:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Haircut at Lam's Hair & Nails
(2464 West El Camino Real); After moving, it takes
half-hour bus ride home instead of ten-minutes walk

Relaxing shower
and bath after haircut
with laundry afterwards.

Monday, March 12, 2012, 2:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Mystery Spots: Weird Phenomena Explained"
Sailing Stones at Racetrack Playa
(Who Knew, Yahoo! News, 3-12-2012)

What's moving sliding rocks
in Death Valley?— the wind
blowing them across lake bed. Monday, March 12, 2012, 2:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Extreme Hiking through Death Valley" (By Marta Yamamoto, SJ Mercury News, 3-11-2012, H1, H4)
Death Valley: Hikes, Trails, NPS: Hiking, Video

Found in Death Valley—
Furnace Creek, Funeral Mountains,
Coffin Peak, and Badwater Basin.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 3:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Jupiter Meets Venus" (Sky & Telescope, 3-13-2012);
Titanic Gallery: "Titanic Sunk by 'Supermoon' and Celestial Alignment?" (Richard A. Lovett, National Geographic, 3-12-2012); Full Moon on Jan. 4, 1912 closest since 796 AD caused Titanic sinking (4-14-12)

Full Moon caused high tides
sending iceberg southward
to collide with the Titanic. Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 3:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Did the MOON sink the Titanic? Freak tides caused icebergs to fill shipping lanes" (By Rob Waugh, Daily Mail, 3-6-2012); "Titanic disaster blamed on Moon" (By Nick Collins, The Telegraph UK, 3-6-2012);
Thomas Hardy's "Convergence of the Twain" (1912)

Moon closest to Earth
in 1400 years caused
sinking of the Titanic.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 3:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Going 'Linsane', sports media quickly running out of Jeremy Lin puns" (By Dylan Stableford, Cutline, Yahoo! News, 2-13-2012); "Business Linsider Presents: The 50 Best Jeremy Lin Puns"
(By Tony Manfred, Business Insider, 2-9-2012)

Play him like a vioLin—
Lincredible Lin-ing—
Linto the Wild! Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 3:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Appetites of a Poetry Virtuoso in America— 'Collected Poems' by Jack Gilbert" (Dwight Garner, NY Times,
3-13-2012); "Jack Gilbert, The Art of Poetry No. 91" (By Sarah Fay, Paris Review, Fall/Winter 2005)
Inspired by Jack Gilbert: "We Are the Function" (2011)

The poem is about the heart.
We're the only things that
know true consciousness.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 1:08-4:45 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Steve Gould's email on "Celebrate Pi Day";
Albert Einstein's 133rd birthday (3-14-1879),
born on a π day (numerology, philosophy);
3.14 ways to celebrate; Mystery of Pi

π is a transcendental
number much like Einstein
born on this day (3.14). Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 1:08-4:45 pm
"Humble paper becomes high art in hands of East Bay origami master" (By Lou Fancher, SJ Mercury News, 3-14-2012, B1, B7); "Akira Yoshizawa gets Google Doodle: Wet origami? That's genius" (Amy Hubbard, LA Times, 3-14-2012); PC Mag.com; Lang's Art

Robert Lang designed
Google Doodle for origami master
Akira Yoshizawa's 101st birthday.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 5:45-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Jean Renoir directs
"The Southerner" (1945), with Zachary Scott,
Betty Field, Beulah Bondi, J. Carrol Naish,
(Videos), (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Poor family struggles
against the weather on farm
like Grapes of Wrath. Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 7:30-9:00 pm
Stanford Theatre: John Ford directs
"Wagon Master" (1950), with Ben Johnson,
Harry Carey, Jr., Joanne Dru, Ward Bond;
(YouTube: 1, 2), (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Horse traders guide
group of Mormon settlers
across the Utah desert.

Thursday, March 15, 2012, 4:15-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Departing Goldman exec leaves job in a firestorm";
(By Christina Rexrode, SJ Mercury News, 3-15-2012, D1, D3); "OP-ED: Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs" (By Greg Smith, NY Times, 3-14-2012)

Goldman Sachs lost its
moral fiber— profits
ahead of clients' needs. Thursday, March 15, 2012, 4:15-9:00 pm
"Valentine Love Poems Reading at Waverley Writers" (Journal Entry: Friday, February 2, 1990)— Story of Stacy Smith who told me about quitting his job at Bank of America despite his award as the third best salesman in the Bay Area because he felt spiritually empty inside.

Greg Smith's story reminds
me of Stacy Smith who quit
to have a clear conscience.

Thursday, March 15, 2012, 4:15-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Public Exit From Goldman Raises Doubt Over a New Ethic" (Nelson Schwartz, NY Times, 3-14-2012)
Reacting to Goldman Executive's Resignation Letter

500,000 viewed this story
based on Smith's OP-ED
read by 3 million people. Thursday, March 15, 2012, 4:15-9:00 pm
"How to Fix the Economy" (David Brin, Metro, 1-12-2012); "Ease the Crisis, Tax Financial Transactions" (Philippe Douste-Blazy, NY Times OP-ED, 9-28-2011)

Super-fast transatlantic cable
helps brokerage firms gain
milliseconds advantage in
flash-trading to make billions.

Friday, March 16, 2012, 3:45-5:15 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at 99 Ranch Market, Smart & Final,
and Lucky (715 East El Camino Real)

Spring rolls, sesame ball,
strawberries, green onion,
cabbage, radish, orange juice. Friday, March 16, 2012, 6:10-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center for Innovation
"PRO BASKETBALL: Linsanity Has Left the Building" (By Howard Beck, NY Times, 3-16-2012)

No room for Linsanity
with coach D'Antoni gone
who let Lin make mistakes.

Friday, March 16, 2012, 6:10-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"The Stanford origins of the man who left Goldman Sachs" (Scott Herhold, SJ Mercury News, 3-16-2012)
"Gettin' down with slang" (Stanford Daily, 5-8-2001)

For helping develop
Greg Smith's moral sense,
Stanford deserves credit. Friday, March 16, 2012, 6:10-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center for Innovation
"Health: Do Statins Make It Tough to Exercise?"
(By Gretchen Reynolds, NY Times, 3-14-2012)
Rats on Lipitor can't run as far as those not on statins.

Statins are anti-aging
for arteries, but cause
more sore muscles.

Saturday, March 17, 2012, 2:02-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Email: Mobile Money Machines for $49 to make you rich; ZeekRewards; Consumer Reviews on Making Money Online; Scambusters.org; ScamXposer

Before paying for easy
money online— check
out if it's a scam. Saturday, March 17, 2012, 2:02-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center for Innovation
"An Irish Tradition With an Only-in-America Star"
(By Sabrina Tavernise, NY Times, 3-17-2012)
Video of Lovejoy dancing; Saint Patrick's Day

17-year old Drew Lovejoy
won Irish dance championship
in Dublin for third straight year.

Sunday, March 18, 2012, 2:30-4:25 pm
Cupertino, Flint Center: Leo Eylar conducts
California Youth Symphony, Ethan Tsai, violinist, played Niccolò Paganini's Violin Concerto #1 (1818)
YouTube: Yehudi Menuhin, 1934; A. Suwanai, 1990

Ethan Tsai got ten
bouquets of flowers
playing Paganini so well. Sunday, March 18, 2012, 2:30-4:25 pm
Cupertino, Flint Center: Leo Eylar conducts
California Youth Symphony: Stravinsky, "Circus Polka" (1942); Ravel, "La Valse" (1920); Richard Strauss, "Suite from Der Rosenkavalier" (1911)

Delightful to see my nephew
Byron playing the viola with
California Youth Symphony.

Monday, March 19, 2012, 2:40-3:40 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Ave)
in Blossom Valley Shopping Center
Customer Service needs to reprogam
new Well Fargo checks after my moving.

Dark Rye, Jewish Rye,
Dill Rye, Russian Rye,
Cherry tomatoes, corn,
green beans, raspberry danish,
coffee cake, Black Forest ham. Monday, March 19, 2012, 5:35-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Peyton Manning Picks Broncos, 49ers in Quarterback Limbo: Fan Reaction" (By David Mehrwein, Yahoo! Sports, 3-19-2012); Tim Tebow must make way for Peyton Manning on the Broncos (By Les Carpenter, Yahoo! Sports, 3-19-2012); 49ers' Manning blunder

Alex Smith and Tim Tebow
learned that their teams
abandoned them in favor
of superstar Peyton Manning.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 4:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Patrick McDonnell, Mutts Comics (3-19-2012)—
Mutts (3-20-2012)— Robin Williams: Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!"; Vernal Equinox Pictures: 1st-Day-of-Spring Celebrations

Wallace Stevens—
"Poor, dear, silly Spring,
preparing her annual surprise!" Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 4:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Vernal Equinox 2012: First-Day-of-Spring Myth Busted" (John Roach, National Geographic News,
3-20-2012); Farmer's Almanac: Spring Equinox
(3-20, 1:14 am EDT); National Weather Service

Vernal Equinox—
earliest since 1896,
surprising spring!

Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 4:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Dean Young & John Marshall, Blondie (3-6-2012)—
Charlize Theron, USA Weekend (12-14-2011)

Blondie's nightmare: "Dagwood,
you ran off with gorgeous movie star!"
Dagwood: "Was it Charlize Theron?" Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 4:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Jeremy Lin signs Volvo endorsement deal"
(By James O'Toole, CNNMoney, 3-20-2012)

Lin embodies the best
of the human spirit—
excellent fit for Volvo.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 4:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Jeremy Lin effect (CNN, 2-13-2012); "Jeremy Lin merchandise booms" (CNN, 2-17-2012); Lin Hired to Endorse Volvo (Wall Street Journal, 3-20-2012)

Madison Square Garden's stock
jumped 13% after Lin helped
Knicks win five in a row. Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 4:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Stanford Architecture": Photos taken on a walking tour of Stanford campus on March 3, 2012 during
my former WPI student Deborah Oakley's visit

Learned much on architecture
from my former student
on our tour of Stanford.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 4:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Albrecht Dürer's postage stamps; "Dürer with Bandage" (1492); Dürer with Mudra (1493)

From despair to confidence—
What changed in Dürer
to make him self-assured? Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 6:20-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"In Search for Alien Life, Researchers Enlist Human Minds (By John Markoff, New York Times, 3-31-2012)

40,000 volunteers
signed up for SETILive
to search for alien life.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 6:20-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Patrick McDonnell's Mutts Comics (3-21-2012)
quotes Emily Dickinson's Poem 1333 (1875)—

A little Madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King,
But God be with the Clown—
Who ponders this tremendous scene—
This whole Experiment of Green—
As if it were his own!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 6:20-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Patrick McDonnell's Mutts Comics (3-21-2012);
My response poem to Emily's Poem 1333 (1875)—

A lot Joyfulness in the Spring
Is awesome for the Fool to sing—
Seeds the Rod has sown—
Who wonders this beauteous Queen—
This Soul Merriment so serene—
Blooms into a gorgeous gown!

Thursday, March 22, 2012, 2:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Patrick McDonnell's Mutts Comics (3-22-2012)
quotes Margaret Atwood: "In the spring,
at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt."

Earl & Mooch leaping
with Spring fever and
quoting poets in homage. Thursday, March 22, 2012, 2:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Emily Dickinson's Poem 140 (1859) is a homage to Spring linking Nicodemus' query on being born again (John 3.1-3.16). She's enlightened at 29 when writing:

A flower expected everywhere...
And Nicodemus' Mystery
Receives its annual reply!

Thursday, March 22, 2012, 2:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Blossoms photo; Van Gogh: 1888 Arles: Apricot; Peach; Plum; 1890 Saint-Rémy: Almond Blossoms

Van Gogh celebrates Spring
painting blossoms of peach,
apricot, plum, and almonds. Thursday, March 22, 2012, 2:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Email on Hummingbird Vine: No more bird houses! Turn your backyard into a Hummingbird Playground!

Campsis radicans— trumpet vine
attracts hummingbirds
to your backyard.

Thursday, March 22, 2012, 2:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Mary-Marcia's email on Waverley Writers poet
Lucy Tyler's obituary (5-13-1920—3-14-2012)

Lucy hosted Frances Mayes
in her home for a workshop
before her Tuscan Sun. Thursday, March 22, 2012, 2:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Listened to "Conversations on Compassion with
Dr. James Doty and Jon Kabat-Zinn" (12-14-2011)

Great joy to hear words
on wisdom & compassion
from those who practice it.

Thursday, March 22-23, 2012, 10:15 pm-2:30 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews David Essel, (Bio, Web), "Setting Goals"; Book: "Slow Down: Fastest Way to Get Everything You Want"; Article: "Searching for Inner Peace"

Pick out one goal you've
delayed— focus on it
alone to get it done. Thursday, March 22-23, 2012, 10:15 pm-2:30 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews Dr. Peter Diamandis, (Bio, Web), "Abundance & the Future"; Book: "Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think"; TED Talk (2-12)

Dean Kamen's "Slingshot"
transforms any liquid
into drinking water.

Friday, March 23, 2012, 5:05-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"Sound of Progress: Hummingbirds prefers noise"
(By Alice Park, Time Magazine, April 2, 2012, p. 14)
A predator, the bluejay, is not fond of loud locales.

Hummingbirds build nests
in noisy spots so bluejays
won't snatch their babies. Friday, March 23, 2012, 5:05-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"Scientists Devise Blood Test to Predict Heart Attack"
(By Alice Park, Time Magazine, March 22, 2012)
Eric J. Topol, Sci. Transl. Med. 4, 126-33 (3-21-2012)

Circulating endothelial cells
from weakened blood vessels
signal an early heart attack.

Friday, March 23, 2012, 5:05-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift: Unpublished Photos" (By Peter Stackpole,
Time & Life Gallery, Paramount Studios, 1951)

Two young stars found that
they were soul mates while
filming A Place in the Sun. Friday, March 23, 2012, 5:05-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"A Foreign Shine and Assumed Gestures: The Ersatz Tagore of the West" (By Somjit Dutt, Parabaas, 2011); William Radice, "Tagore's Poetic Greatness" (2003)

Tagore treated saintly
in Bengali, but mostly
forgotten in the West.

Saturday, March 24, 2012, 1:17-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Patrick McDonnell, Mutts Comics (3-23-2012) quotes W. Earl Hall: Science has never drummed up quite as effective tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day.

Spring is the most tranquil
season— that's why birds
and flowers are singing. Saturday, March 24, 2012, 1:17-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Patrick McDonnell, Mutts Comics (3-24-2012) quotes E. Marshall's "Spring Thought": "Out with the cold, in with with woo." (Woofie, a happy dog in the comics)

Tennyson's "Locksley Hall":
In the Spring a young man's fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of love.

Saturday, March 24, 2012, 1:17--5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"A 1927 Classic: Restored 'Napoleon' a rare treat" (Angela Hill, SJ Mercury News, 3-24-2012, B1, B5)
Paramont Theatre, 2025 Bwy, Oakland; Film Review

Albert Gance masterpiece—
the Holy Grail of silent films
playing four shows in Oakland. Saturday, March 24, 2012, 1:17--5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Abel Gance, "Napoléon (1927); Parker Tyler,
"Classics of the Foreign Film" (pp. 26-31); Review;
Kevin Brownlow's 1980 restoration; (YouTube: 1, 2)

Young Napoleon in snowball
fight— hitting camera lens
as it would someone's eye.

Saturday, March 24, 2012, 1:17--5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Opinionator: The Brain on Love
(By Diane Ackerman, NY Times, 3-24-2012)

Loving relationships
improve your health
and soften physical pain. Sunday, March 25, 2012, 2:45-3:15 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Ave)
in Blossom Valley Shopping Center

Vanilla yogurt,
potato salad, lettuce,
butter pecan ice cream.

Sunday, March 25, 2012, 7:30-9:05 pm
Stanford Theatre: Orson Welles directs
"Othello" (1952), with Orson Welles,
Micheál Mac Liammóir, Suzanne Cloutier, Robert Coote, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3), (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Welles filmed Turkish bath
scene as he had no funds
for the actors' costumes. Sunday, March 25, 2012, 9:15-10:50 pm
Stanford Theatre: Orson Welles directs "The Stranger" (1946), with Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles, Philip Merivale, Richard Long, Billy House; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3), (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Dark shadow across face
hints at Nazi crimes
and his recent killings.

Monday, March 26, 2012, 4:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
March Photos: Trees, Clouds, & Music;
On way to El Camino saw interesting clouds—

Stratus clouds over pine,
clouds looking like crocodile,
and goat ramming a duck. Monday, March 26, 2012, 4:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Stratus clouds photos (1, 2); Cloud types;
Clouds for Kids; How Do Clouds Form?

Face in fluffy clouds
gazing eastward with an
arrowhead mouth for battle.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 5:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Google Doodle celebrates German architect's crowning achievement (By Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 3-27-2012); Christian Science Monitor (Video, 3-27-2012)

Rohe's architecture
is a precise poem—
"less is more" simple and clear. Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 5:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; Farnsworth House (1951);
Edith Farnsworth Papers; Lawsuit; Sex & Real Estate; makeArchitecture; House in the Country; Farnsworth: First 50 Years; Farnsworth House; The Glass House

Nature and architecture
fused as one so you can't
tell outside from inside.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 5:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Longest Books: Britannica's Print Edition Retires" (Yahoo! News, 3-27-2012); Harry Potter Books: 1,084,170 words; Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past": 1.5 million words; 2nd Epistle of John: 280.

Encyclopedia Britannica—
32 volumes, 129 lbs,
62 million words. Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 5:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Mega Millions Fever: Tips for Buying Your Lucky Lottery Ticket" (By Yunji De Nies & Suzan Clarke, ABC News, 3-27-2012); MegaMillions; Lotteries; Lottery Winner; Lottery Syndicate; Remote Viewing

$363 million jackpot—
odds of winning about
1 in 176 million.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 5:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"More than 10 reasons not to miss Napoleon"
(By Thomas Gladysz, SF Chronicle, 2-16-2012)
Napoleon conquers all; Greatest film ever made

Gance's Napoleon sweeps—
It takes the breath away;
it moves you, it dazzles. Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 5:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Forging Social Connections for Longer Life"
(By Jane Brody, New York Times, 3-26-2012);
Type A behavior & coronary atherosclerosis

Men who used "I, me, mine"
most often were likely to
have heart disease.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 2:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Mega Millions: Mega jackpot sparks buying frenzy"
(By Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 3-28-2012)
No winner for $363 million Tuesday drawing—
9, 19, 34, 44, 51, with Mega Ball 24; MegaMillions

Jackpot bumped to $500 million—
Who will win Friday's drawing
of half billion dollars? Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 2:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Mega Millions, by the Lucky Numbers"
(By Elizabeth Trotta, Yahoo! Finance, 3-28-2012);
Most often numbers: 48, 36, 53, 12, 27, 31, 51, 52
Least often drawn numbers: 41, 49, 47, 37, 34

Mega Ball frequency drawings—
most often: 36, 9, 7, 35, 2;
least often: 28, 32, 46, 14, 1.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 2:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"A Surge in Learning the Language of the Internet"
(By Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 3-28-2012);
Codecademy; Girl Develop It; Udacity; Treehouse

Learn the code that builds
the web— understand
language of the Internet. Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 2:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"The Mighty Mathematician You've Never Heard Of"
(By Natalie Angier, New York Times, 3-27-2012);
4-10-1915 postcard: Emmy Noether to E. Fischer

Amalie Noether's theorem
merged nature's symmetry
with laws of conservation.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 2:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Napoleon at the Paramount Theater in Oakland"
(Richard von Busack, MovieTimes.com, 3-14-2012)
"Napoleon review: Rich feast of images, emotions" (By Mick LaSalle, SF Chronicle, 3-26-2012)

Napoleon is great
in an unique way—
akin to taking a drug. Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 2:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Jeremy Lin News Stories; Lin Puns; Lin Photos;
"Jeremy Lin getting a national TV audience" (USA Today, 2-17-2012); "Jeremy Lin Generates More Twitter Traffic" (Hollywood Reporter, 2-16-2012)

Twitter mentioned Lin
2,610,684 times— more than
any NBA player & Obama.

Thursday, March 29, 2012, 5:40-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: William Dieterle directs
"Kismet" (1944), with Ronald Colman,
Marlene Dietrich, James Craig, Edward Arnold,
Joy Page; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3

Joy Page played Bulgarian
bride in Casablanca,
now as beggar's daughter. Thursday, March 29, 2012, 7:30-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: George Cukor directs "A Double Life" (1947), with Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Shelley Winters, Edmond O'Brien, Millard Mitchell; (YouTube: 1, 2); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Film of opposing forces,
deadly doubles, and
mirror images.

Friday, March 30, 2012, 4:45-5:10 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Closed 4:30 pm instead of 7:00 pm closing;
Batana picked me hitchhiking to Los Altos Library,
but it was also closed for Cesar Chavez Day.

Foothill closed for Spring Break,
Library closed for holiday—
No computer connection today. Friday, March 30, 2012, 6:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: “All beauty, little magic in 'Mirror':
Film is a feast for the eyes, but boring” (Roger Ebert, Daily News, 3-30-2012, B4); "Mirror Mirror" with Evil Queen Julia Roberts, Snow White Lily Collins; Trailer

Seashell throne acts as
continuation of costume
worn by the Evil Queen.

Saturday, March 31, 2012, 3:35-5:40 pm
Los Altos Library: "Jackpot fever!— Lucky ticket sold in Maryland in biggest U.S. drawing" Winning Mega Millions Numbers: 2, 4, 23, 38, 46, Mega Ball 23;
(Mike Rosenberg, SJ Mercury News, 3-31-2012, A1)
49 Photos Slide Show of Lotto buyers & their dreams

23 showed up twice
in largest Mega Millions
jackpot and Mega Ball. Saturday, March 31, 2012, 3:35-5:40 pm
"Mega Millions, by the Lucky Numbers" (3-28-2012);
Most often numbers: 48, 36, 53, 12, 27, 31, 51, 52;
Least often numbers: 41, 49, 47, 37, 34; Most often
Mega Ball: 36, 9, 7, 35, 2; Least: 28, 32, 46, 14, 1
$640 Million Numbers: 2, 4, 23, 38, 46, Mega Ball 23

None of the most & least
often numbers in Mega Millions
Jackpot showed up in drawing.