Haikus: May 2012

HAIKUS: May 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.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Steve's May 1 email asks if I'm familiar with
the 12th century Persian work "Gulistan of Sa'di";
I bought copy of Sa'di's "Rose Garden" (circa 1968);
Rose in Alchemy; Dat Rosa Mel Apibus; Symbolism

A rose lives for six days,
but this Flower garden
blooms eternally. Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"20 years after vision, woman takes care of shrine to virgin in tree" (By Cathy Kelly, Santa Cruz Sentinel,
5-1-2012); Mercury News; Our Lady of Guadalupe; Mexican Basilica; Marian Apparition; Mariology

Vision of Our Lady
of Guadalupe in oak
tree bark still a shrine.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Valley ethos personified by 9-year-old"
(Scott Herhold, SJ Mercury News, 5-1-2012, B1)
David Cowan; Startup Advice; Mobile App Testing

4th-grader Eliot Cowan
started "App Lab" to test
smartphone apps with kids. Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Joined at birth, separated through surgery, San Jose twins relish independence" (By Julia Prodis Sulek,
SJ Mercury News, 5-1-2012, B1, 5); (21 slides show)

Do you miss the closeness
when joined at the chest?
The twins shouted "No!".

Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 7:30-8:50 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks directs
"A Girl in Every Port" (1928), with Victor McLaglen, Robert Armstrong, Louise Brooks, Natalie Joyce; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Hawks casts Louise Brooks
as circus artist diving
into a small pool. Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 9:00-10:30 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks directs "Fig Leaves" (1926), George O'Brien, Olive Borden, Phyllis Haver, George Beranger, William Austin; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

First Hawks film takes place
in Garden of Eden as Eve
complains having nothing to wear.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 11:15 pm-3:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews Webster Tarpley (Bio, Web) "Conspiracies & Parapolitical Analysis"; Books: "9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA"; "Surviving the Cataclysm"; "Ground Zero Grassy Knoll" (New York, 3-19-2006)

The world is ruled by
shadow group of financiers
that killed FDR and JFK. Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 11:15 pm-3:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews Stuart Davis (Bio, Web) "Stuart Davis: Spiritual Artist"; Music CD: "Music for Mortals"; "Something Simple"; "Shades of Grey"; YouTube: "Zen and the Zen of Zen"; "Shh... The Secret!!!"

Songs focus on spiritual
awakening and liberation
through our mortal body.

Thursday, May 3, 2012, 2:20-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Sascha Radetsky picks 12-year-old Mesa Burdick as winner (Sal Pizarro, SJ Mercury News, 5-3-2012, B3)
Ballet San Jose; Sascha Radetsky; Mesa Burdick;
Winning poem: "Jealous Stepsister's Lament"

This tale has been a disaster,
should got to the Prince faster.
First I tripped and then I fell
and now Cinderella is his belle. Thursday, May 3, 2012, 2:20-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Surprising Player Tops NFL Salaries" (By Ben Maller, Yahoo! Sports, PostGame, 5-2-2012)
In 2011 Panthers' Charles Johnson made $34 million,
Alex Rodriquez $30 million, Kobe Bryant $25.2 million, & Silvano Alves $1,461,964 in Bull Riding

If you reach the top
of your sport, you'll end
up making a nice living.

Thursday, May 3, 2012, 2:20-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Hungry Lion at Oregon Zoo Eyes Baby Through Glass (ABC News, Yahoo! News, 5-3-2012)

Lion in zoo wants
to eat the tasty baby
dressed like a zebra. Thursday, May 3, 2012, 2:20-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Architecture of experience" (By Paul Massari, Harvard Gazette, 5-2-2012)

Harvard's housing system
helps students learn, explore,
create, and make connections.

Thursday, May 3, 2012, 2:20-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Bob Thaves, "Frank & Ernest" comics
(SJ Mercury News, Friday Comics, 4-27-2012)

Why were you yelling "Timber"
in your sleep?— I had that
falling dream again last night. Thursday, May 3, 2012, 2:20-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Hilary B. Price, "Rhymes with Orange" comics
(SJ Mercury News, Sunday Comics, 4-29-2012)

UFO Alien is tired
mowing wheat field
to form crop circles.

Friday, May 4, 2012, 2:00-5:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Super moon 2012: 'Gloriously full,' with 14% more lunar excitement (Amy Hubbard, LA Times, 5-4-12); Super Moon, 14% larger on 5-5-2012 8:34 pm PDT
Moonrise (5-5-2012): Mountain View 8:01 pm

Super Moon will hit
your eye like a big pizza
pie Saturday night! Friday, May 4, 2012, 2:00-5:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
'The Scream' Is Auctioned for a Record $119.9 Million
(By Carol Vogel, NY Times, 5-3-2012); Boston Globe; 'Infinite Scream of Nature'; If I Had Cash, I Wouldn't Buy That; "The Scream"; "The Primal Scream"

Edvard Munch's The Scream
is a universal symbol of
angst and existential dread.

Friday, May 4, 2012, 2:00-5:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Rules of attraction: Christakis details development of social networks (By Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette,
5-3-2012); Nicholas Christakis; Happiness Catching

Humans developed big brains
to use tools, make friends,
build enduring networks. Friday, May 4, 2012, 2:00-5:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Social security: Human networks keep us healthy and whole (Sarah Sweeney, Harvard Gazette, 11-12-09);
Connected; Book; Happy friends can make you happy

Social networks spread
germs, information, love,
happiness and kindness.

Friday, May 4, 2012, 5:45-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Missed 5:45 pm Bus #40 to Los Altos Library;
Hitched ride with John O'Leary, first car that came by. He gave me his business card & and I my poem.

He's VP of Code Green Networks'
not the John O'Leary'
Inspirational Speaker. Friday, May 4, 2012, 7:40-9:45 pm
Palo Alto: Friends' House, 957 Colorado Ave,
Waverley Writers Monthly Poetry Reading—
Featured Reader: Jacqueline Berger; Book: "The Gift That Arrives Broken"; Poems: "Why I'm Here"; "Gin"

Perceptive and touching
poems on her dad's decline
toward death yet celebrating life.

Friday, May 4, 2012, 7:40-9:45 pm
Palo Alto: Friends' House, 957 Colorado Ave,
Waverley Writers Monthly Poetry Reading—
Read "Mountain of Bliss" showing the banknotes
from Switzerland & China that inspired my poem

Six hours to write poem
and two weeks for notes
to learn more on Chinese poets. Saturday, May 5, 2012, 2:00-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Emails to friends about Super Moon at 8:34 pm tonight & Moonrise data (U.S. Naval Observatory);
That's Amore: "When the Moon hits your eye"

Closest & largest
Full Moon of the year—
it's even bigger at Moonrise.

Sunday, May 6, 2012, 8:00-9:45 pm
Stanford Cubberley Auditorium, Stanford Flicks:
Phyllida Lloyd directs "The Iron Lady" (2011);
with Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Alexandra Roach, Anthony Head, Richard E. Grant, Olivia Colman; Official Site; YouTube: 1, 2; (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Meryl Streep won Best Actress
Oscar playing Margaret Thatcher
with dementia and her glory days. Sunday, May 6, 2012, 11:00 pm-3:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews Dr. Claude Swanson (Bio, Web) "Subtle Energies & Healing"; Books: "Life Force, the Scientific Basis"; "The Synchronized Universe: New Science of the Paranormal"; YouTube: Paranormal

Life force or Chinese chi
or Russian torsion field
is the fabric of space-time.

Monday, May 7, 2012, 12:30-2:30 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Smart & Final, Walgreens, and
Safeway (1750 Miramonte Avenue)

Bananas, Roma tomatoes,
almonds, instant oatmeal,
and frozen salad shrimps. Monday, May 7, 2012, 3:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Learning about David Whyte; On Poetry; Kay Ryan on "lightness"; Whyte's poem "The Lightest Touch":

Good poetry begins with
the lightest touch,
a breeze arriving from nowhere.

Monday, May 7, 2012, 3:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"An art exhibit replete with diversity"
(Matthew McClellan, Harvard Gazette, 5-3-2012)

Juliet Macchi spent
1500 hours making thousands
hand-folded paper Stars. Monday, May 7, 2012, 3:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Learning about David Whyte; Oprah's Lifeclass:
Whyte's 10 Questions That Have No Right to Go Away

Ponder on these questions—
have a deep conversation
with a friend or yourself.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 12:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Richard sent email "There's an App for everything"
on the humorous handy multi-uses of the iPhone

You could use iPhones
to toast waffles, heat rooms,
and even zap your enemies. Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 12:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
“Paul Tillich at Harvard: as University Professor”
(Corydon Ireland, Harvard Gazette, 5-7-2012)

Tillich sought to unite
science, art, and religion
in the modern age at Harvard.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 12:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Vindication for WWII reporter" (Slides Show; Video)
(By David Caruso, SJ Mercury News, 5-5-2012, A2)

Ed Kennedy gave AP
biggest scoop of WWII ending
in Europe and was rebuked then fired. Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 12:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
67th anniversary of VE-Day; Added 60 web links
to Events on May 8 web page done 12 years ago

Van Gogh painted Still Life:
Majolica Jug with Wildflowers
in Arles 124 years ago.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Maurice Sendak, Author of Splendid Nightmares, Dies at 83 (By Margalit Fox, New York Times, 5-9-2012)

He sailed where the wild things are
into minds of children
with imagination. Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Joe DiMaggio honored on 1969 Ajman stamp;
Topps 1974 Stamps; 5 cents 1862 Postal Currency

Joe DiMaggio honored
on U.S. postage stamp
in July 2012.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
An intimate body of work: In private, artist Feininger served his inner photographer (By Colleen Walsh, Harvard Gazette, 5-8-2012); Getty Museum

Laura Muir talked
about Lyonel Feininger's
unknown photographs. Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"The whys of religion vs. evolution: Biologist examines why Americans often choose faith over scientific findings" (Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette, 5-8-2012)

Jerry Coyne: Religion
blocks acceptance of
evolution in America.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 10:25 pm-2:30 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews Col. John Alexander (Bio, Web)
"Solving the UFO Enigma"; Books: "UFOs: Myths, Conspiracies, and Realities"; "Future War: Non-Lethal Weapons in Twenty-First-Century Warfare"; "Winning the War: Advanced Weapons, Strategies, and Concepts for the Post-9/11 World"

UFOs are real ranging
from small balls of light
to massive motherships. Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 10:25 pm-2:30 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews David Wilcock (Bio, Web) "UFO Intervention"; Books: "Source Field Investigations: Hidden Science and Lost Civilizations Behind the 2012 Prophecies"; Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce?; Essay: "Divine Intervention: ETs Defeating Old World Order"; YouTube: 2012: Event Horizon

Benign UFOs curtailing
nuclear war planned by
evil Luciferian cabal.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 10:25 pm-2:30 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews David Wilcock (Bio, Web) "UFO Intervention"; Claimed that Francis Bacon was illegitimate son of Queen Elizabeth I, and wrote Shakespeare's plays; Bacon's Prayers

Bacon founded Freemasons
linked to Luciferians
espousing New World Order. Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 10:25 pm-2:30 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews David Wilcock (Bio, Web) "UFO Intervention"; Article: "Divine Intervention: ETs Defeating Old World Order"; Most film scripts follow the course of Joseph Campbell's "Hero's Journey"

Separation,
Initiation, Illumination,
and Return.

Thursday, May 10, 2012, 12:30-6:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
When the smartphone's turned off: Book shows advantage of workplace teams sharing down time
(Sarah Sweeney, Harvard Gazette, 5-3-2012); NYT

Leslie A. Perlow's book—
spending quality time
without your smartphone. Thursday, May 10, 2012, 12:30-6:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Brother David Steindl-Rast, "Count Your Blessings";
11/21/2011 interview on practice of now-ness—
"Spirituality is heightened aliveness"; Book

Living gratefully
in the present moment
is being aware of now-ness.

Thursday, May 10, 2012, 12:30-6:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
'Sylvester Stallone' spotted in 16th century painting
(By Michael Krumboltz, Yahoo! News, 5-10-2012)
"Pope Gregory IX Approving the Decretals" (1511)

20-year old Anthony Zonfrell
spotted Sylvester Stallone
in Raphael's painting at Vatican. Thursday, May 10, 2012, 12:30-6:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Rare calico-colored lobster spared the boiler pot, donated for research (1 in 30 million catch)
(By Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com, 5-10-2012)

Rare calico-colored lobster
spared the boiler pot
and donated for research.

Thursday, May 10, 2012, 7:30-9:00 pm
Stanford CEMEX Auditorium, Knight Center
An Evening with David Whyte: Life at the Frontier
David Whyte, River Flow; Poem "Tobar Phadraic": "Teach that part of your mind that wants to know everything not to begin questions it cannot answer"

Enlightening experience
through poetry, imagination
at play, and storytelling. Thursday, May 10, 2012, 7:30-9:00 pm
Stanford CEMEX Auditorium, Knight Center
An Evening with David Whyte: Life at the Frontier
David Whyte, Real Conversation; He met a really wise person, Benedictine monk Brother David Steindl-Rast, and asked "Tell me about exhaustion" and was told:

Antidote to exhaustion
is not necessarily rest
but wholeheartedness.

Thursday, May 10, 2012, 10:25 pm-2:30 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews Graham Hancock (Bio, Web) "Good and Evil"; Books: "Entangled", Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind, "The Master Game: Unmasking the Secret Rulers Of the World"

Governments taking away
humans' right to choose
is an evil act. Thursday, May 10, 2012, 10:25 pm-2:30 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews John DeSalvo (Bio, Web) "Power of Crystals"; Books: "Power Crystals: Spiritual and Magical Practices, Crystal Skulls, and Alien Technology", "Decoding the Enochian Secrets"

Crystal skulls transmit
energy, store information,
amplifies the subconscious.

Friday, May 11, 2012, 7:30-10:00 pm
Los Altos, 625 Magdalena Avenue
Bridges Community Church, Dr. Hugh Ross,
"The Bible and Science: Enemies or Allies?

Astronomer-pastor Ross
shows how Genesis I
is aligned with science. Friday, May 11, 2012, 10:00-10:30 pm
Los Altos, 625 Magdalena Avenue
Sally gives me a ride home after Hugh Ross
signed his web page adding "Psalms 97:6"

The heavens declare
his righteousness and all
the people see his glory.

Saturday, May 12, 2012, 2:45-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Yankee Stadium Welcomes Berra for His 87th Birthday (By Zach Berman, NY Times, 5-12-2012);
Yogi Berra; 1952 Topps BB Card (#191 front & back)

Yogi Berra won
10 World Series championships
as player and three as coach. Saturday, May 12, 2012, 2:45-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"Painted Maya Walls Reveal Calendar Writing"
(By John Noble Wilford, NY Times, 5-11-2012)
Mayans noted for 260-day ceremonial calendar

Mayans had 584-day cycle
of Venus and 780-day cycle
of Mars & 365-day solar calendar.

Sunday, May 13, 2012, 3:40-5:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks directs
"His Girl Friday" (1940), with Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Gene Lockhart, Helen Mack, John Qualen;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4,); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Fastest talking film
ever made— Cary Grant
woos back Rosalind Russell. Sunday, May 13, 2012, 5:25-7:25 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks directs "Ball of Fire" (1941), Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Dana Andrews, Dan Duryea, Henry Travers, Gene Krupa; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Professor finding slang
for new encyclopedia
sidetracked by gang girl.

Sunday, May 13, 2012, 8:00-9:45 pm
Stanford CEMEX Auditorium, Stanford Flicks:
Michael Sucsy directs "The Vow" (2012); with
Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Scott Speedman, Sam Neill, Jessica Lange, Tatiana Maslany;
YouTube: 1, 2; (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Bus #22 ride
home from Cal-Train Depot (10:16-10:46 pm)

After the car crash,
she forgot her marriage
but recalled earlier days. Sunday, May 13, 2012, 11:00 pm-3:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, Ian Punnett
interviews Peter Levenda, Bio, Web, Hitler's Escape; Books: "Ratline: Soviet Spies, Nazi Priests, and the Disappearance of Adolf Hitler"; "Unholy Alliance:
A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult";
Hitler in disguise; Video: Hitler's grave?; Death

Hitler faked his death,
fled to Indonesia, and
died in 1970 at age 81?

Monday, May 14, 2012, 12:30-2:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Avenue),
Smart & Final, & Bus #35 (Showers Drive)

Tresemme shampoo & conditioner,
potato tater tots, strawberry yogurt,
apple sauce, tomatoes, nonfat milk. Monday, May 14, 2012, 3:00-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Most Popular Baby Names: Jacob, Sophia Top Latest List (By Lylah M. Alphose, Yahoo! News, 5-14-2012)

Top baby names in 2011—
Boys: Jacob, Mason, William;
Girls: Sophia, Isabella, Emma.

Monday, May 14, 2012, 3:00-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Drink More Grapefruit Juice: My Journey with Tinnitus... So Far (Ian Punett, Tinnitus Today, Spring 2012); Ian quits Saturday Coast-to-Coast.am show

Audiologists, psychiatrist,
hypnotist, couldn't cure tinnitus.
Someone said "Drink more grapefruit juice". Monday, May 14, 2012, 3:00-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
A look inside: Lowell House A change of pace, through yoga (John Chase, Harvard Gazette, 5-3-12)
Shaomin Chew teaches yoga to students (slide show)

Yoga is a de-stressor
and helps one to stay calm,
focused, and be more productive.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 12:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Richard Hugo, “Richard Hugo's Constructivist Moment: On "The Triggering Town"”
(By Joshua Corey); Poem: "Green Stone"

Hold your stone close to your ear,
and when it speaks to you,
you must respond. Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 12:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Crystal healing: pseudoscience? Proponents: IBM's
Marcel Vogel (Crystals); Stanford's William Tiller;
Mayan Crystal Skull Ceremony; "Power Crystals"

Crystal balls aid divination
and Crystal Skulls have
paranormal powers?

Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 12:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Crystal Power & Chakras; Olympic athletes & gems; Athletes & gemstones: David Beckham, Mark Foster, Therese Alshammar, Elaine Youngs, Nicole Branagh

Are Olympic athletes
getting an edge in their
performance using gemstones? Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 12:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Sunday solar eclipse visible from national parks
(By Nola Taylor Redd, Yahoo! News, 5-15-2012)
May 20, 2012 Eclipse; Sky & Telescope; Space.com

May 20 Annular Eclipse
with ring around Moon seen
in 33 Western National Parks.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 12:50-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
ON POETRY: At the Grave of Richard Hugo
(By Alice Bolin, Paris Review, 5-14-2012)
Richard Hugo's Gravestone ("Glen Uig")

Believe you and I sing tiny
and wise / and could if we
had to eat stone and go on. Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 12:50-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Green Stone" by Richard Hugo (1923-1982)
is from Singular Voices: American Poetry Today
(Edited by Stephen Berg, Avon Books, 1985)

It's just essential you find your own stone.
It lies somewhere near you now, innocent,
and your eye will spot it in one right moment.

Thursday, May 17, 2012, 1:08-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Astral Feast: Astronomers glimpse black hole feeding
(CfA Communications, Harvard Gazette, 5-16-2012)

Black holes at center
of galaxies swallow stars
that wander too close. Thursday, May 17, 2012, 1:08-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
2012 Cannes Film Festival (slide show)
(Getty Images, Yahoo News!, 5-17-2012)

74-year-old Jane Fonda
in Versace gown outshines
starlets half her age.

Friday, May 18, 2012, 1:00-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Doodle 4 Google: Why a pirate stormed Google's homepage today (Chris Gaylord, CSM, 5-16-2012)
"If I could travel in time, I'd visit..." (Google Gallery)

Second-grader Dylan Hoffman's
"Pirate Times" fits neatly
into the Google logo Friday, May 18, 2012, 4:00-5:30 pm
Stanford Cubberley Auditorium: Sam Harris
Can Science Determine Human Values?
"End of Faith"; "Letter to a Christian Nation"; "The Moral Landscape"; "Free Will"; YouTube; TED Talks

Science can answer moral
questions, and help us
develop sense of well being.

Friday, May 18, 2012, 5:05-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks directs
"Sergeant York" (1941), with Gary Cooper,
Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Margaret Wycherly; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Alvin York

Farmer sharp-shooter
became war hero, captured
132 German soldiers. Friday, May 18, 2012, 7:30-9:10 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks directs "To Have and Have Not" (1944), Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan, Dolores Moran, Hoagy Carmichael, Marcel Dalio; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Great chemistry between
Bogart and Bacall with scenes
resembling Casablanca.

Saturday, May 19, 2012, 12:45-2:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Walgreens (1905 W. El Camino Real)
and Safeway (1750 Miramonte Avenue)

Supreme pizzas, coffee,
garlic, spinach, cucumber,
fish fillets, coffee cake. Saturday, May 19, 2012, 3:00-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Vivid details: Research on butterflies reveals genetic sharing (Peter Reuell, Harvard Gazette, 5-17-2012)

Postman butterfly's
color patterns look like
two others because of their DNA.

Sunday, May 20, 2012, 8:00-9:40 pm
Stanford Cubberley Auditorium, Stanford Flicks:
David Wain directs "Wanderlust" (2012); with
Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Justin Theroux,
Alan Alda, Malin Åkerman, Joe Lo Truglio;
Official Site; YouTube: 1, 2; (Reviews: 1, 2, 3)
"The Lorax" not shown; Jack gives me ride home

Unemployed couple crashed
into a hippies community
and adopts their lifestyle. Sunday, May 20, 2012, 11:00 pm-3:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, John B. Wells
interviews Sander Hicks, Bio, Web, "9-11: Truth & Enigmas"; Books: "Slingshot to the Juggernaut"; "The Big Wedding: 9/11, Whistle Blowers, and Cover-up"; Articles: "Muslim Brotherhood"; "David & Goliath"; "Who Killed Dr. Graham?" (YouTube)

9/11 terroists
are not al Qaeda but
financial elite of war.

Monday, May 21, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Philip K. Dick, Sci-Fi Philosopher, Part 1"
(Simon Critchley, NY Times, 5-20-12); Philip K. Dick;
Ichthys; Vesica Piscis; Vision; Painting; Poem

After seeing a fish pendant,
he experienced Plato's anamnesis—
recall of the entire sum of knowledge. Monday, May 21, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Books on Science: Rebels Whose Bold Moves Set Science Aglow (Katherine Bouton, NY Times, 5-22-12)
Book; Nikola Tesla, Kary Mullis, Barry Marshall

Radical scientists
have incredible egos—
secret of their success.

Monday, May 21, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
30 MLB Hitters You Would Least Like to Face in Pressure Moments (By Brandon McClintock, bleacherreport.com, 9-5-2011)

Jose Bautista, Joey Votto,
Prince Fielder, Miguel Cabrera—
most dangerous baseball hitters. Monday, May 21, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Baseball Trivia Question on KNBR (5-19-2012):
Which baseball hitter had the best average
with runners in scoring position (RISP)?

George Brett .469 (1980)
Tony Gwynn .459 (1997)
Ichiro Suzuki .449 (2000).

Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 1:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Philip K. Dick's Final Interview, June 1982"
(By John Boonstra, Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 3, June 1982, pp. 47-52)

He read lots of philosophy—
Zen, I Ching and Maimonides'
Guide for the Perplexed. Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 1:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick by R. Crumb from Weirdo #17" (www.philipkdickfans.com)
Owl in Daylight; The Last Testament (fish necklace)

Dick's vesica piscis
vision rendered in comics
narrative by R. Crumb.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 1:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Philip K. Dick, Sci-Fi Philosopher, Part 2"
(By Simon Critchley, NY Times, 5-21-2012)
Dick's "Exegesis"; 2-3-74 Vision; Video; VALIS

Logos communicates
with humans in the form
of a ray of light. Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 1:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Philip K. Dick Loses Touch With Reality"
(By Philip K. Dick, Slate, 11-10-2011)
Excerpt from "The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick"—

Many people have sat
at this typewriter, using
my fingers. Writing my books.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 1:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"5 Healthy Foods for Instant Energy"
(Charlotte Hilton Andersen, Yahoo News, 5-14-2012)
Redbook: "Five foods every kid needs"

Five healthy energy foods—
Water, oatmeal, eggs,
bananas, and fish. Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 1:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Where the magic happens: Harvard authors offer sneak peeks into their writing lives"
(By Sarah Sweeney, Harvard Gazette, 5-21-2012)

Joseph B. Martin, Alfafa to Ivy;
Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow;
Leah Price, Unpacking My Library.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 12:35-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Philip K. Dick, Sci-Fi Philosopher, Part 3"
(By Simon Critchley, NY Times, 5-22-2012)

Philip K. Dick embraced
gnosticism that we have
the divine spark within us. Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 12:35-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Philip K. Dick, Sci-Fi Philosopher, Part 3"
(By Simon Critchley, NY Times, 5-22-2012)

Films on detoxing—
Safe, Melancholia,
Antichrist, and Avatar.

Thursday, May 24, 2012, 6:20-7:20, 9:30-10:30 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks directs
"Viva Villa" (1934), with Wallace Beery,
Leo Carrillo, Fay Wray, Donald Cook, Katherine DeMille; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Howard Hawks fired for
taking too long filming
Pancho Villa's biopic. Thursday, May 24, 2012, 7:30-9:20 pm
Howard Hawks directs "Land of the Pharoahs" (1955), Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin, James Robertson Justice, Alexis Minotis, Sydney Chaplin; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Thousands toil to build
the Pyramid to house
the Pharoah's second life.

Friday, May 25, 2012, 2:10-4:00 pm
Mountain View Senior Center Computer Room
Howard Hawks "Land of the Pharoahs" (1955) lost $200,000; Cecil B. DeMille "Ten Commandments" (1956) made $67 million; William Wyler's "Ben Hur" (1959) made $75 million & won 11 Academy Awards

Richard's email video link—
Apple's iPad with faucet
dispensing beer to a crowd! Friday, May 25, 2012, 6:45-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center closed
at 5 pm; reopens 5/29. Hitchhiked ride at 6:55 pm
with Julianna to San Antonio and El Camino Real;
(Missed 4:28 pm Bus 40 to Foothill so took 4:45 pm
Shopping XPress to Stanford for free New York Times)

She's from Oakland and
drove her son playing trombone
for musical festival at Foothill.

Saturday, May 26, 2012, 2:15-2:45 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Avenue)

Seapak popcorn shrimps,
dairy creamers, green beans,
corn, peas, salad dressings. Saturday, May 26, 2012, 3:30-5:40 pm
Mountain View Library (585 Franklin Street)
New library card; Checked out 5 books on gems

Behind the Crystal Ball,
Crystal Sourcebook, Gems & Minerals,
Gems & Crystals, Minerals and Gems.

Sunday, May 27, 2012, 2:22-5:50 pm
San Jose: Calero County Park Hike:
Photos of Mustang horse & Pinto horse
at Calero County Park Parking Lot

Brown Mustang horse and
white Pinto horse greet
us in parking lot of park. Sunday, May 27, 2012, 2:22-5:50 pm
San Jose: Calero County Park Hike:
Photos of three horses in farm
on Figueroa Trail during hike

Passing by farm with
three horses, they turned
to me when I said "Hello!".

Sunday, May 27, 2012, 7:30-9:25 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks directs
"The Big Sleep" (1946), with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Malone, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Peggy Knudsen, Regis Toomey; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Even the author
Raymond Chandler didn't
know who killed the chauffer. Sunday, May 27, 2012, 9:35-11:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks directs
"The Criminal Code" (1931), with Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings, Boris Karloff, DeWitt Jennings, Arthur Hoyt; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Boris Karloff gives
electrifying proto-Frankenstein
performance in this film.

Monday, May 28, 2012, 1:25-6:00 pm
San Jose: Calero County Park Hike:
Los Cerritos Trail and Pena Trail
Took 105 photos on 4.5 hours hike

Pena means pain in
Spanish— no wonder
Pena Trail was hard to climb. Monday, May 28, 2012, 1:25-6:00 pm
San Jose: Calero County Park Hike:
Los Cerritos Trail and Pena Trail
Refreshing view: Los Cerritos Pond

Picnic table view—
red wing blackbirds flew
around Los Cerritos Pond.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 3:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Email from American Topical Association that my
1999 web link to their site is outdated. Topicals:
Cats; Feline; Minerals; Mushrooms; Waterfalls

Found San Marino
stamp of Philip K. Dick
at Literary Stamps site. Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 3:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Scientific Search for the Essence of a Tasty Tomato"
(By Brandon Keim, Wired Science, 5-24-2012)
Tieman et. al., Current Biology (5-24-2012)

Scientists are restoring
flavor to tomatoes that
taste like cardboard.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 1:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
5-Petal Flowers: Balloon Flower, CA Wildrose,
Bee & Rose, Buttercup, White Buttercup, Dog Rose, Geranium, Pansy, Periwinkle, Strawberry Flower, Virginia Spring Beauty, Water Primrose, Wood Rose, Morning Glory, Star Gentian, Enemion, Saxifrage

Fibonacci:
Most common number
of petals in flowers is five. Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 1:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Number 5 Images: Joe DiMaggio (1), Johnny Bench, George Brett, Brooks Robinson, Albert Pujols; Olympic Rings; Platonic Solids; Starfish; Messier 5; Torah; Beethoven's 5th Symphony; Jackson Five; Dave Clark Five; Praying Hands; High Five; Staff

Five Platonic Solids,
Olympic Rings, Starfish,
High Five, Praying Hands.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 10:30 pm-2:30 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews William Henry (Bio, Web) "Ark & Stargates"; Books: "Secret of Sion", Starwalkers and the Dimension of the Blessed

Type 3 civilization
could live inside black hole
in the galactic center. Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 10:30 pm-2:30 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews M. J. Rose (Bio, Web) "Reincarnation and Past Lives"; Books: "The Book of Lost Fragrances", "The Reincarnationist"

We reincarnate
in "soul circles" with
people we've been with before.

Thursday, May 31, 2012, 1:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend brings groceries
bought at Sprouts (111 E. El Camino, Sunnyvale)

Wheat germ, turmeric
blueberries, strawberries,
red grapes, red bell peppers. Thursday, May 31, 2012, 2:05-5:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Web page for grandniece Sophia's 5th birthday

Five-petal flowers,
Beethoven's 5th, Demuth's 5
starfish and sand dollar.

Thursday, May 31, 2012, 5:40-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend drove to Mountain View
Post Office (211 Hope St.) to mail gift to Sophia

Magic Hoofbeats for
Sophia's fifth birthday
to accompany "Lightning" horse. Thursday, May 31, 2012, 7:00-7:05 pm
Palo Alto, Restoration Hardware (281 University Ave)
Wooden Horse Head photos (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Friend requests photos
of 19th century wooden
horse head for sculpture.

Thursday, May 31, 2012, 5:40-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks produces
& Richard Rosson directs "Corvette K-225" (1943)
with Randolph Scott, Ella Raines, Barry Fitzgerald, Andy Devine, Fuzzy Knight, Noah Beery, Jr;
YouTube; (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Randolph Scott pilots
Canadian naval vessel
in World War II battle. Thursday, May 31, 2012, 7:30-9:30 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks & Howard Hughes direct "The Outlaw" (1931), with Jack Buetel,
Jane Russell, Walter Huston, Thomas Mitchell,
DeWitt Jennings, Arthur Hoyt; Official Site;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Western feud between
Doc Holliday & Billy the Kid
over a woman (Jane Russell).