Haikus: November 2012

HAIKUS: November 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, November 1, 2012, 1:30-2:15 pm
Mountain View: Parktown Dental Care (990 Bay St.);
Jennifer A. Espejo was to put crown on tooth #20;
but the Lab has lost my permanent crown again

She made another impression
for tooth #20 and will sent
it to different lab for crown. Thursday, November 1, 2012, 3:20-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Typed poem "Insights at a Sage's Bathroom Sink";
Added toothpaste, toothbrush, & mug in Sink photo

Toothpaste revealed to me—
you need not go outside
of AIM to find God.

Friday, November 2, 2012, 1:00-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Gym 2507
Donna Frankel's Ballroom & Social Dance Class
Cha Cha, (video), East Coast Swing (video), Foxtrot (video); Polka (video) (Chi Balla music, Italian lyrics)
Donna teaches dance steps & history of the dance

Got three hours of exercise
dancing in Donna's class
before sitting at computer. Friday, November 2, 2012, 7:30-9:15 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre; Rupert Julian directs "Phantom of the Opera" (1925); with Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gibson Gowland; featuring Dennis James
on the Wurlitzer; (YouTube); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Dennis James' 94-year old Mom
sat in the front row to see film
which she was afraid as 6-year old.

Saturday, November 3, 2012, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Mountain View: Parktown Dental Care (990 Bay St.);
Jennifer A. Espejo gave me emergency treatment on tooth #23 that chipped off more yesterday

Jennifer patched up
chipped tooth #23 and will
make a crown on it later. Saturday, November 3, 2012, 1:20-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Computer Center
"How Do You Raise a Prodigy?"
(By Andrew Solomon, NY Times, 11-4-2012)

Many child prodigies
have A.D.D. or O.C.D.
or Asperger Syndrome.

Sunday, November 4, 2012, 12:25-12:50 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery shopping
at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Avenue); Went to Los Altos Library (2:40-3:35 pm): Reserved books "Pinterest for Dummies" & "My Pinterest"; Rudy came to Stanford Theatre 6 pm to see "Cobra Woman"

Salmon and fish fillets,
pizza, mustard potato salad,
dairy creamers and popcorn. Sunday, November 4, 2012, 4:25-6:00 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre; Arthur Lubin directs "Phantom of the Opera" (1943); with Claude Rains, Susanna Foster, Nelson Eddy, Edgar Barrier, Leo Carrillo, Fritz Feld, Hume Cronyn; (YouTube);
(Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); More opera less phantom

Little resemblance
to 1925 version of film
with Claude Rains as Phantom.

Sunday, November 4, 2012, 6:10-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre; Robert Siodmak directs "Cobra Woman" (1944); with María Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu Dastagir, Edgar Barrier, Mary Nash,
Lon Chaney, Jr., Lois Collier; (YouTube: 1, 2);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Camp classic film with
phallic snake-dance and
adventure in the South Seas. Sunday, November 4, 2012, 8:00-10:00 pm
Walked to Stanford Flicks: Cubberley Auditorium;
Steven Soderbergh directs "Magic Mike" (2012)
with Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Cody Horn,
Matt Bomer, Olivia Munn, Joe Manganiello, Matthew McConaughey; (YouTube); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Mike teaches Adam
about male stripping at club
but falls in love with his sister.

Sunday, November 4, 2012, 11:40 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com
George Noory interviews Lorna Byrne (Bio, Web); "Seeing Angels"; BOOKS: "Angels in My Hair";
"A Message of Hope from the Angels":
YouTube: On Angels; The Big Question

Guardian angels surround
us because our soul is
a speck of God's light. Sunday, November 4, 2012, 11:40 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com
George Noory interviews Gershon Winkler (Bio, Web); "Kabbalah Secrets"; BOOKS: "Magic of the Ordinary: Recovering the Shamanic in Judaism"; "Daily Kabbalah: Wisdom from the Tree of Life"

Kabbalah means "receiving"—
Mystery wisdom comes to you
when you're ready to receive.

Monday, November 5, 2012,12:45-12:55 pm
Mountain View: Riding Bus #22 to Showers Drive;
Baby in carriage stares at me while I give her
silent mantra: "You're not the body but Spirit"

Mom says: "My 19-month-old
girl doesn't like strangers
but she sure likes you!" Monday, November 5, 2012, 1:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
PERSONAL HEALTH: Embracing Children for Who They Are (By Jane E. Brody, NY Times, 11-5-2012)

Children are not born
a blank slate but with
predetermined proclivities.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 11:00-11:50 am
Stanford University: Margaret Jacks Hall (4th floor)
Terrace Room: Poetry Colloquium Q & A Session—
Natasha Trethewey, 2012 U.S. Poet Laureate,
talks about her writing experience from Mississippi

Native Guard honors
black soldiers fighting in
the Civil War and her mother. Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 2:40-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
From the Bible to the lab: Stanford scholar decodes the near-death experience (By Camille Brown, Stanford Report, Oct. 30, 2012); Laura Wittman:

Jill Bolte Taylor writes
in My Stroke of Insight—
"I'm not solid but fluid."

Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 2:40-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Stanford's 'Another Look' to discuss the best books you've never read (Cynthis Haven, Stanford Report, Oct. 12, 2012); Another Look (11-12-2012, 7:30 pm)

Tobias Wolff will discuss
William Maxwell's book
So Long, See You Tomorrow. Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 2:40-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Another Look: On William Maxwell (Cythia Haven, Stanford Report, Oct. 2012); More on Maxwell; Benjamin Cheever: "He was very, very quiet"—

"William Maxwell used
a pause better than most
of us use a paragraph."

Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 12:35-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Maxwell on Giacometti's Palace at 4 a.m.;
Moma's video on "Palace at 4 a.m.";
Khan Academy on "Palace at 4 a.m.";
One surrealist a day: because we all need to dream

Giacometti's Palace at 4 a.m.
inspired William Maxwell's
So Long, See You Tomorrow. Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 12:35-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Ray Kurzweil's "How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed" "Futurist Ray Kurzweil on smartphones, AI, and the human brain" (By Andrew Nusca, c|net, Nov. 12, 2012)

Brain is made up of pattern
processing units of 100 neurons
like lego building blocks.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 11:00 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com; George Noory interviews Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum (Bio, Web); "Bigfoot Aerial Search"; BOOK: "Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science"; Bigfoot Footprint Evidence; Interview

Aerial search for Bigfoot
using a blimp better than
team hunting on foot. Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 11:00 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com; George Noory interviews Maureen Caudill (Bio, Web: 1, 2); "Science of the Paranormal"; BOOKS: "Suddenly Psychic: A Skeptic's Journey"; "Impossible Realities"

Talking parrot N'kisi
wakes up owner from sleep
and tells what she's dreaming.

Thursday, November 8, 2012, 6:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Nov. 7 email from Dr. Chris Landon wishing to pay me for using my poem "Breathe In... Breathe Out"
for his patients in their memorial services with lung disease when they pass on.

Poets and philosophers
inspired this poem while walking
down Palm Drive at midnight. Thursday, November 8, 2012, 11:00 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com; John B. Wells interviews Robert Potter (Bio, Web: 1, 2); "ET Contacts & Intervention"; BOOK: "Rays of Truth— Crystals of Light: Information & Guidance for the Golden Age"

Galactic Federation
is removing hostile forces
imprisoning Earth for 26,000 years.

Friday, November 9, 2012, 7:30-8:55 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre; Arthur Lubin directs "Buck Privates" (1941); Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, The Andrews Sisters, Jane Frazee, Lee Bowman,
Alan Curtis, Nat Pendleton; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Audience clapped after
Andrew Sisters sang
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. Friday, November 9, 2012, 9:05-10:35 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre; Arthur Lubin directs "Hold That Ghost" (1941), Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Richard Carlson, Joan Davis, Evelyn Ankers, Shemp Howard, The Andrews Sisters; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Two gas attendants
inherit an old tavern
that may be haunted.

Saturday, November 10, 2012, 2:11-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Computer Center
Need to clean out WisdomPortal.com email InBox
to keep in touch with spiritual correspondents

Kd likes Mirabai poems
and David wants to send me
Galen Sharp's book to review. Saturday, November 10, 2012, 2:11-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Computer Center
"How to Devise Passwords That Drive Hackers Away" (By Nicole Perlroth, NY Times, 11-8-2012)

Nine passwords hints so
hackers cannot steal your
sensitive bank data.

Saturday, November 10, 2012, 2:11-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Computer Center
"GRAY MATTER: The Science and Art of Listening"
(By Seth S. Horowitz, NY Times, 11-11-2012)

Difference between the sense
of hearing and the skill
of listening is attention. Saturday, November 10, 2012, 2:11-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Computer Center
"A Basketball Fairy Tale in Middle America"
(By Sam Anderson, NY Times Magazine, 11-11-2012)

NBA scoring champ
Kevin Durant is humble
and a hard worker.

Sunday, November 11, 2012, 4:05-5:55 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre; Alfred Hitchcock directs "Saboteur" (1942); Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Norman Lloyd, Otto Kruger, Clem Bevansh, Alan Baxter, Alma Kruger; (YouTube: 1, 2);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Chase to find saboteur
on top of Statue of Liberty
to clear himself of guilt. Sunday, November 11, 2012, 6:05-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre; Edward F. Cline directs "The Bank Dick" (1940), with W. C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Franklin Pangborn,
Shemp Howard, Dick Purcell, Grady Sutton;
(YouTube: 1, 2); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

The bank guard is drunk
but stumbles on the robbers
to claim huge rewards.

Sunday, November 11, 2012, 7:23-7:48 pm
Palo Alto: Walking from Stanford Theatre on 221 University Ave (7:23 pm) to Stanford Arcade (7:28),
Palm Drive & Arboretum Road (7:33), Campus Drive East (7:38), Stanford Oval (7:42), Serra Mall (7:45), Cubberley Auditorium (7:48); Met Rudy for free
Stanford Flicks: "The Dark Knight Rises"

Brisk walk on Palm Drive
to Cubberley and meet Rudy
to see Batman movie. Sunday, November 11, 2012, 8:00-10:50 pm
Stanford Flicks: Cubberley Auditorium;
Christopher Nolan directs "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012) with Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Morgan Freeman;
(YouTube); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Batman is beaten up
by Bane and imprisoned
while crime runs rampant.

Monday, November 12, 2012, 2:00-3:16 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Ave),
Smart & Final, & Walgreens (121 E. El Camino)

Bananas, broccoli,
dairy creamers, almond milk,
pizza, pickles, olives, eggs. Monday, November 12, 2012, 7:30-9:05 pm
Stanford Humanities Center: Another Look discussion
by Tobias Wolff, Vaughn Rasberry, Vendela Vida, on
William Maxwell's "So Long, See You Tomorrow"

Could Cletus Smith be
the narrator's doppelgänger
who never existed?

Monday, November 12, 2012, 7:30-9:05 pm
Stanford Humanities Center: Another Look discussion
on William Maxwell's "So Long, See You Tomorrow";
Tobias Wolff points out that narrator's favorite book
is Charles Dicken's "A Tale of Two Cities" (p. 45)
about one person substituting himself for another

Sydney Carton posed
as Charles Darnay to be
beheaded on the guillotine. Monday, November 12, 2012, 7:30-9:05 pm
Stanford Humanities Center: Another Look discussion
on William Maxwell's "So Long, See You Tomorrow";
Tobias Wolff: narrator (Maxwell) lost his mother to the epidemic (p. 7); Cletus lost his mother when his dad killed her lover, it was as if he had shot him too (p. 43)

Maxwell and Cletus both
lost their mothers— author
bears guilt for ignoring friend.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 2:45-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Video: Montaigne & Self Esteem; Montaigne's Essay;
(By Alain de Botton, cjbarnaby.com, Oct. 21, 2012)

Animals exceed us
in wisdom so we should
not feel superior to them. Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 2:45-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Video: Montaigne & Self Esteem; Montaigne's Essay;
(By Alain de Botton, cjbarnaby.com, Oct. 21, 2012)

Montaigne says be wise
in moderation, nothing
certain except uncertainty.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 2:45-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"What history gives the present" (Discussion: "Everything is History — History is Everything")
(By Aaron Lester, Harvard Gazette, Nov. 9, 2012)

We study history
to see more clearly
on how to act correctly. Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 2:45-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
2004 email from artist Chris Barnaby with links to Visionary Arts Vault and Alain de Botton's video Montaigne & Self Esteem

2004 email from Chris
leads to Montaigne video
and Mind & Spirit Vaults.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 11:00 pm-2:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com George Noory interviews Sean Carroll (Bio, Web, Video); "Physics Breakthroughs"; BOOKS: "Particle at the End of the Universe"; "From Eternity to Here: Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time"; Ten Higgs Boson Facts;
Video: Theory of Time; Dark Matter & Dark Energy

Higgs boson discovery
is greatest breakthrough
since splitting of the atom. Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 4:50-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"BOOKS ON SCIENCE: Twists in the Tale of the Great DNA Discovery" (By Nicolas Wade, NY Times, 11-13-2012); James D. Watson's "The Double Helix" (1968); Francis Crick; Rosalind Franklin; Maurice Wilkins; 1962 Nobel Prize; DNA; 50 Years of DNA

Annotated edition
of Watson's Double Helix
has much raw material on its discovery.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 11:00 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com George Noory interviews Tony Burroughs (Bio, Web); "Intention Practices"; BOOKS: "Get What You Want: The Art of Making and Manifesting Your Intentions"; "The Code: Use the Laws of Manifestation to Achieve Your Highest Good"; YouTube: "New Paradigm",
"Power of intending as community"

Line up your intentions
with the highest good
so your wishes come true. Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 11:00 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com George Noory interviews Gary A. David (Bio, Web); "Hopi Legends & Prophecy"; BOOKS: "Star Shrines and Earthworks of the Desert Southwest"; "Kivas of Heaven: Ancient Hopi Starlore"; "The Orion Zone: Ancient Star Cities of the American Southwest"; "Eye of the Phoenix"; Grand Canyon article (Arizona Gazette, 4-5-1909)

Hopi god Masau'u
told tribe to build pueblos
mirroring Orion constellation.

Thursday, November 15, 2012, 4:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Meditation's positive residual effects" (Imaging finds different forms of meditation affect brain structure)
(Sue McGreevey, Harvard Gazette, Nov. 13, 2012)

Meditation reduced
amygdala activity
that controls our emotion. Thursday, November 15, 2012, 4:10-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Text of J.K. Rowling's speech" ('The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination')
(By J.K. Rowling, Harvard Gazette, June 5, 2008)

Failure strips away
the inessential so you
emerge stronger & wiser.

Friday, November 16, 2012, 12:30-2:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Gym 2507
Donna Frankel's Ballroom Dance Class; Practiced
Swing (video), Merengue (video), Ba-La (cha cha mixer), (Chi Balla (polka mixer), t'Smidge (mixer)

These circle mixers
are so much alike that
it is hard to keep track. Friday, November 16, 2012, 3:30-4:30 pm
The Terraces at Los Altos (373 Pine Lane);
Donna Frankel's Ballroom Dance Performance;
(Rose-Lita gives me ride to Dance & Los Altos Library); Seniors watched us from their wheelchairs

My partner Gina
giggles when we dance
the swing and merengue.

Friday, November 16, 2012, 7:30-8:40 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre; George Waggner directs "Wolf Man" (1941); Lon Chaney, Jr., Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles,
Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, Maria Ouspenskaya; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Man becomes a wolf
when the wolfbane blooms
and the autumn moon is bright. Friday, November 16, 2012, 8:50-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre; Christy Cabanne directs "The Mummy's Hand" (1940), with Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford, Eduardo Ciannelli,
Cecil Kellaway, George Zucco, Charles Trowbridge, Sig Arno; (YouTube: 1, 2); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Mummy rises to kill
explorers of ancient
Egyptian tomb of princess.

Saturday, November 17, 2012, 11:45-11:54 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Gordon Hunt plays oboe in
Domenico Zipoli, Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2),
"Elevazione for Oboe, Cello and Strings" (1715)
Poem on "Ascension"

Music is so beautiful
because the monk's mind
is truly peaceful. Saturday, November 17, 2012, 1:40-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Computer Center
'The Patriarch', a Joseph P. Kennedy Biography,
by David Nasaw" (By Christopher Buckley,
NY Times, 11-18-2012)

Joe Kennedy was personally
involved in virtually all
the history of his time.

Saturday, November 17, 2012, 1:40-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Computer Center
"PERSONAL HEALTH: It's Time to Say Goodbye to All That Stuff" (Jane E. Brody, NY Times, 11-22-2012)

Tackle one project
at a time to declutter
all the stuff hoarded. Saturday, November 17, 2012, 6:20-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Sweet Tomatoes
(1040 Grant Road); Received in the mail—
coupon for free dinner ($10.39 value)

Two plates of salad,
clam chowder soup, jello,
and tapioca pudding.

Sunday, November 18, 2012, 2:30-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Ave)

Salad dressings, yogurt,
almond milk, red grapes,
and pomegranate juice. Sunday, November 18, 2012, 7:45-8:15 pm
Mountain View: Went grocery shopping
at 99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Road)

Sesame pancake chips,
green onions, bell pepper,
tomatoes, pure sesame oil.
Monday, November 19, 2012, 1:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"FINDINGS: A Serving of Gratitude May Save the Day" (By John Tierney, NY Times, Nov. 22, 2012)

Cultivate attitude
of gratitude will make
you a happier person. Monday, November 19, 2012, 1:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"OUT THERE: Amid Cosmic Fatigue, Scarcely a Star Is Born" (Dennis Overbye, NY Times, Nov. 20, 2012)

95% of the stars
in the universe
has already been made.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 5:45-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"No More Rules" ("Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics", 4th Ed.) (By Stephen Burt, London Review of Books, Nov. 19, 2012)

Elizabeth Bishop quote—
"Poetry is historical,
flowing and flown." Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 5:45-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"POSTSCRIPT: JACK GILBERT, 1925-2012"
(By Alice Quinn, The New Yorker, Nov. 16, 2012)
Alice published 3 Kay Ryan poems in one issue

New Yorker poetry
editor reflects on Kay Ryan
and Jack Gilbert.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 5:45-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Jack Gilbert, a Poet Whose Words Transformed Lives, Is Dead at 87" (By Bruce Weber, NY Times, Nov. 15, 2012); Paris Review Interview (2005)

After winning Yale prize,
Gilbert found fame boring
and became reclusive. Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 5:45-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"A Class Where Opening Minds, Not Earning Credits, Is the Point" (By Tamar Lewin, NY Times, Nov. 20, 2012); Coursera offers free classes; Carol Muller

Online class on Tuvan
throat singing produced
two notes simultaneously.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 10:00 pm-2:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com George Noory interviews Michio Kaku (Bio, Web); "Physics News"; BOOKS: "Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100"; "Physics of the Impossible"

Beyond the Higgs-Boson
are super particles—
source of dark matter. Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 10:00 pm-2:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com George Noory interviews Julia Assante (Bio, Web); "Afterlife Communications"; BOOK: "The Last Frontier: Exploring the Afterlife and Transforming Our Fear of Death"; YouTube: "What happens to us after we die?"

Afterlife reality
is created by consciousness
whatever you bring into it.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 12:00-12:34 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Daniel Barenboim conducts
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony #5 in C minor, Op. 67 (1808); Listen, CD, YouTube: Duhamel: Poem

Beethoven's 5th Symphony
played at high noon
to energize my mind. Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 12:00-12:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
VIRTUAL U.: College of Future Could Be Come One, Come All (By Tamar Lewin, NY Times, 11-20-2012)

Massive open online courses
(MOOCs) available free to
those with an Internet connection.

Thursday, November 22, 2012, 2:19-2:47 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Prazak Quartet plays Alexander Borodin, String Quartet # 2 in D major (1881); Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2); "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads"

Familiar music
from Borodin used in
play and movie Kismet. Thursday, November 22, 2012, 9:50-10:00 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Simone Dinnerstein plays Franz Schubert, Impromptu #4 in Ab Op. 90 D.899 (1827); CD, (YouTube: Rubinstein, Horowitz, Zimerman)

Raindrops on windows,
chandelier lights tinkling
and Tinker Bell is here!

Friday, November 23, 2012, 12:30 pm
Mountain View: Reading in San Jose Mercury News Patrick McDonnell's comics Mutts (11-23-2012):
What are you Thankful for? Earl— "Everything!"

Be thankful for simple gifts—
the fresh air we breathe
and water we drink. Friday, November 23, 2012, 2:15-3:15 pm
Walked to Mountain View Post Office to pick up
review copy of Galen Sharp's "What Am I?: A Study in Non-Volitional Living" sent by publisher David Rivers

Sculptor Galen Sharp
inspired by Wei Wu Wei
to know his Real Self.

Saturday, November 24, 2012, 1:01-1:05 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Paavo Jarvi conductss
Dmitri Shostakovich, Jazz Suite #2, Waltz #2 (1938)
Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Beautiful music
to waltz with your lover
around the universe.. Saturday, November 24, 2012, 4:16-5:55 pm
Los Altos Library: "LSU's Jarvis Landry makes college football's catch of the year" (with Video)
(By Frank Schwab, Yahoo! Sports, 11-23-2012)

One-handed catch on pass
thrown three-feet over him
in end zone for touchdown!

Saturday, November 24, 2012, 10:00 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com; John B. Wells interviews Ted Dekker (Bio, Web); "Solving the Crime Epidemic"; BOOK: "The Sanctuary"; (YouTube)

Finding contentment
within oneself will reduce
crime in our society. Saturday, November 24, 2012, 10:00 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com; John B. Wells interviews Ted Dekker (Bio, Web); "Solving the Crime Epidemic"; BOOK: "The Sanctuary"; (YouTube)

Making millions and
being famous didn't make him
happy until he knew himself.

Sunday, November 25, 2012, 4:15-5:40 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre; Robert Siodmak directs "The Suspect" (1944); Charles Laughton, Ella Raines, Dean Harens, Stanley Ridges, Henry Daniell,
Rosalind Ivan, Molly Lamont; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3); Philip Marshall (Laughton)—

Killed wife to marry
lover and poisoned neighbor
who tried to blackmail him. Sunday, November 25, 2012, 5:50-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre; Robert Siodmak directs "Phantom Lady" (1944), with Franchot Tone,
Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Aurora Miranda,
Thomas Gomez, Fay Helm, Elisha Cook, Jr.; (YouTube: 1, 2); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Jailed since his alibi can't
be found while his wife's
murderer is loose.

Sunday, November 25, 2012, 8:00-9:25 pm
Stanford Flicks: Cubberley Auditorium;
Colin Trevorrow directs "Safety Not Guaranteed" (2012) Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni, Jenica Bergere, Kristen Bell, Mary Lynn Rajskub; (YouTube); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Does he have a real
time-machine or is this
guy crazy and insane? Sunday, November 25, 2012, 11:00 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com George Knapp interviews Dennis McKenna (Bio, Web: 1, 2); "Hallucinogens & Terence McKenna"; BOOKS: "Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss"; "Invisible Landscape"; "Botanical Medicines"; Kickstarter

Science doesn't know nature
of consciousness— can't define
what is real and what is not.

Monday, November 26, 2012, 12:02-12:10 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Gordon Hunt plays oboe in
Domenico Zipoli, Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2),
"Elevazione for Oboe, Cello and Strings" (1715)
Poem on "Ascension"

Listening to Zipoli's
Ascension tells me
there is a heaven! Monday, November 26, 2012, 3:09-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Contemplating on Wei Wu Wei's "Unwordly Wise: As the Owl Remarked to the Rabbit" by O.O.O. (1974);
2004 Reprint; 1974 Used Book $50-$999

0 symbol of zero—
is Subject whose objects
are numbers from 1 to ∞.

Monday, November 26, 2012, 3:09-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"OPINIONATOR: An Imperfect God"
(By Yoram Hazony, NY Times, 11-25-2012)

The Biblical Jewish God
is not perfect but
incomplete and changing. Monday, November 26, 2012, 3:09-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
HEALTH: Thinking Clearly About Personality Disorders (Benedict Carey, NY Times, 11-27-2012)

Ten recognized syndromes
in personality disorders
need to be updated.

Monday, November 26, 2012, 10:30 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com
George Noory interviews Mitch Battros (Bio, Web); "Solar & Earth Changes"; BOOKS: "Solar Rain";
"Global Warming: A Convenient Disguise"

Weakening of Earth's
magnetic fields caused extreme
weather changes and hurricanes. Monday, November 26, 2012, 10:30 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com George Noory interviews Barbara Pomar (Bio, Web); "Regressions"; BOOK: "Confessions of a Regressionist: Is There a Life or Time Other than the Present?"

All past and future lives
co-exist in the now—
death prepares for next life.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 11:10-11:16 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Catrin Finch plays harp in
John Rutter, "A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation" (1978); Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Deep peace of quiet earth,
the shining stars and
the gentle night to you. Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 1:32-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Poetry in the making" (By Sarah Sweeney, Harvard Gazette, 11-20-2012); David McCann (Harvard)

Korean sijo with
44 to 46 syllables and
a twist in the third line.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 1:32-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
While linking to "A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation", stumbled upon Amaranth Publishing with many spiritual books & music; Most Haunting Melodies

Great name for publishing—
Amaranth: a flower
that never fades. Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 1:32-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
While linking to "A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation", came upon Amaranth Publishing— Atalanta Fugiens; Music of the Illuminati; Native American Music; MP3:

Before gathering of the clouds,
where the wind is blowing,
I sing for the animals.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 1:32-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"ANXIETY: The Snake in the Garden"
(By Pico Iyer, NY Times, 11-24-2012)

Stoics say circumstances
don't define us but
our responses to them. Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 1:32-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"What Brand Is Your Therapist?" (By Lori Gottlieb, NY Times Magazine, 11-25-2012)

Psychotherapy branding—
life coach, love finder,
digital-media navigator.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 1:32-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Poem: "Platonic Lambda Light"

Sun's hydrogen, atomic weight
one and the World Soul
emerging from the One. Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 1:32-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Poem: "Be Thankful"

Be thankful for open minds
to art, music, poetry
and everything else.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 10:30 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com; Rob Simone interviews Jay Weidner (Bio, Web: 1, 2); "Kubrick & Faked Apollo Footage"; BOOKS: "A Monument to the End of Time: Alchemy, Fulcanelli and the Great Cross"; "Mysteries of the Great Cross of Hendaye"

Kubrick left clues in
his films on fake moon
landing footage for NASA. Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 10:30 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com
Rob Simone interviews David Weatherly
(Bio, Web: 1, 2); "Black Eyed Children";
BOOKS: "Black Eyed Children";
YouTube: 1, 2; Interview

Black Eyed Children
may be interdimensional
and appears sinister.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 1:30-4:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Should a Doctor Be Like a Gardener?"
(By Victoria Sweet, Wall Street Journal, 4-25-2012)

Hildegard von Bingen says
we should treat patients like
a plant instead of a machine. Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 1:30-4:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"HEALTH: A Hospital That Gave Its Patients Time to Heal" (By Abigail Zuger, NY Times, 5-29-2012)

Sick people need time
for the boday to heal
and the mind even longer.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 1:30-4:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"God's Hotel" by Victoria Sweet: a profoundly human book (By Ali Binazir, Harvard Law Blog, 11-14-2012)

Hospital comes from
hospitality— the root
meaning both 'guest' or 'host'. Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 5:30-7:00 pm
Stanford University: Building 50, Room 51A
Victoria Sweet, Cultures, Minds and Medicines Seminar: "God's Hotel"

Sweet practiced "slow medicine"
in the medieval manner at
Laguna Honda Hospital.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 5:30-7:00 pm
Stanford University: Building 50, Room 51A
Victoria Sweet, Cultures, Minds and Medicines Seminar: "God's Hotel"; Dr. Francis W. Peabody's
lecture to Harvard students (October 21, 1925)—

"For the secret of the care
of the patient is in
caring for the patient." Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 5:30-7:00 pm
Stanford University: Building 50, Room 51A
Victoria Sweet, Cultures, Minds and Medicines Seminar: "God's Hotel"; Victoria Sweet went with her friend Rosalind on a spiritual pilgrimage to Santiago

Two months for this pilgrimage
"The Way of Saint James"
trekking from France to Spain.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 10:30 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com; Rob Simone interviews Sonja Grace (Bio, Web); "Past Lives & Karma"; BOOKS: "Earth Ways: Healing Medicine for the Soul"; "Angels in the 21st Century"; Blog

She sees a person's soul
in the spirit realm and
their last incarnation. Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 10:30 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com; Rob Simone interviews William Henry (Bio, Web); "The Ark of the Covenant"; BOOKS: "The Judgment Day Device"; "Secret of Sion: Jesus's Stargate"; (YouTube: 1, 2)

Bezalel made Ark
of the Covenant— stargate
for spiritual ascension?

Thursday, November 29, 2012, 3:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"10 Common Signs Of Spiritual Awakening Ascension Symptoms" (By Gregg Prescott, in5d.com); "Signs & Symptoms of a Spiritual Awakening" (By Natalia Ria)

Awakening brings one
closer to nature and
more synchronicity. Thursday, November 29, 2012, 3:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Rhonda Byrne's "The Secret" film (2 million DVDs) and "The Secret" book (2006) (19 million copies) made $300 million; Video: The Secret; Bright-Sided

Thoughts become things
is the secret that attract
events into your life.

Friday, November 30, 2012, 6:05-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre; Charles Lamont directs "Chip Off the Old Block" (1944); Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, Ann Blyth, Helen Vinson, Helen Broderick, Arthur Treacher, Patric Knowles,
J. Edward Bromberg; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2)

Talented cadet meets
aspiring actress on train
and starts courting her. Friday, November 30, 2012, 7:30-9:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre; Eddie Sutherland directs "Follow the Boys" (1944), with George Raft,
Vera Zorina, Jeanette MacDonald, Orson Welles,
Marlene Dietrich, Dinah Shore, W. C. Fields, Andrew Sisters, Arthur Rubinstein, Sophie Tucker, Ted Lewis; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Universal Pictures stars
entertain the troops
during World War II.