Haikus: July 2013

HAIKUS: July 2013

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.

Monday, July 1, 2013, 12:31-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Composed web pages of Windy Hill (9-4-2011) hike
with 80 photos, and Windy Hill (6-30-2013) hike with
12 photos (no photographs with faulty memory chip);
Added 12 more photos from earlier hikes on page

Found old photos from
previous hikes of flowers
seen on yesterday's hike. Monday, July 1, 2013, 12:31-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
RIFF: The All-Important Present Moment
(Douglas Rushkoff's book Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now about technology & time)
(By Carina Chocano, NY Times, 6-30-2013)

"Our society has
reoriented itself
to the present moment."

Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 12:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Opinionator: THE STONE— The Gospel According to 'Me' (Booming self-help industry, and the cash cow of New Age spirituality, has one message: be authentic! which fed into the 1960s counterculture; Dream is one of pure psychological transformaion);
(By Simon Critchley & Jamieson Webster,
New York Times, 6-29-2013)

New version of American dream:
"Live fully! Realize yourself!
Be connected! Achieve well-being!" Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 12:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
OBITUARY: Philip E. Slater, Social Critic Who Renounced Academia, Dies at 86 (His 1970 book The Pursuit of Loneliness sold 500,000 copies; Resigned in 1971 as chairman of Brandeis sociology department to pursue a simple life; Founded Greenhouse, a personal growth center with Jacqueline Doyle & Morrie Schwartz); (Paul Vitello, NY Times, 6-30-13)

Philip E. Slater says
Wealth Addiction is
not human nature, but a disease.

Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 10:30 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews entrepreneur, film producer, & angel investor Rizwan Virk, (Biography, Web); "Zen Entrepreneurship"; BOOK: "Zen Entrepreneurship: Walking the Path of the Career Warrior"; Advice—

What it is that you love to do,
what it is that you're good at,
what existing market wants or will pay for. Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 10:30 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Richard C. Hoagland, (Bio, Web: 1, 2);
"Mars Discoveries"; BOOKS: "Monuments of Mars"; "Dark Mission: Secret History of NASA"; PAPER:
"It Only Takes ONE White Crow"; Mars Photos

Gale Crater was ancient
urban complex on Mars
that was destroyed & buried.

Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 1:22 pm-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Douglas Engelbart, tech genius and inventor of the mouse, dies at 88 (He was 16 years ahead of Apple);
(By Mike Cassidy, SJ Mercury News, July 3, 2013)

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak
chose to be with Doug Engelbart
than all CEOs & leaders of the world. Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 1:22 pm-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Coast-to-Coast.am Interview (10/24/2010):
Jacques Vallée learned remote viewing
from Doug Engelbart while at SRI.

Had lunch, dinner, & ride with
Doug Engelbart at Stanford's
Accelerating Change 2004 Conference

Thursday, July 4, 2013, 1:30 pm-6:30 pm
Santa Cruz Mountains: Purisima Creek Redwoods
Hike starting PC01 Gate, Skyline Boulevard,
North Ridge Trail & Whittemore Gulch Trail

Shady trails with giant
Douglas Firs looking like
samurai sword warriors. Thursday, July 4, 2013, 7:50 pm-8:20 pm
Mountain View: Shopping at 99 Ranch Market
(1350 Grant Road) after coming home from hike:
Kimbo buns vegetable delight & mixed vegetables

Green onions, lycee,
broad beans, rice crackers,
water chestnuts, tofu, eggs.

Friday, July 5, 2013, 6:10-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: William Dieterle directs
"Fog Over Frisco" (1934) with Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Hugh Herbert, Lyle Talbot, Irving Pichel, Alan Hale, Sr., William Demarest, Arthur Byron; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3 4)
(Simon Christen's Adrift"—river of fog over Frisco)

Bette Davis plays reckless
society girl helping racketeers
sell stolen bonds and gets killed. Friday, July 5, 2013, 7:30-8:55 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: John Cromwell directs
"Of Human Bondage" (1934) with Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Frances Dee, Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale, Sr., Reginald Sheffield, Reginald Owen; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4);
W. Somerset Maugham's 1915 novel

Sensitive medical student
obsessed with selfish waitress
who ridicules him continually.

Thursday, July 4, 2013, 10:00 pm-2:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews David Kupelian, (Bio, Web) & Ronald Rychlak (Bio, Web), "Disinformation"; BOOKS: "How Evil Works"; "Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategy for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, Promoting Terrorism"

Soviets used disinformation
to denigrate Judeo-Christianity
and flame Islamic hatred of U.S. Friday, July 5, 2013, 10:00 pm-2:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Gwilda Wiyaka, (Bio, Web); "Psychic Awareness & Shamanic Power"; BOOKS: "So, We're Still Here. Now What? Spiritual Evolution & Personal Empowerment in a New Era"; "Sanctuary: Shamanic Art of Sacred Space"; "In Touch With Spirit"; Video

Shamanic Journey Trance
allows alpha brain waves
to drop to 7.8 Hz (Earth frequency).

Saturday, July 6, 2013, 11:00-11:30 am
Three new shows celebrate Cantor's 'French Season'
Alan McGee's Photography: "A Walk in the Woods— Landscape as Metaphor" at the Portola Art Gallery
(By Bonny Zanardi, SJ Mercury News, July 6, 2013)

"Storied Past": 4 centuries of French drawings;
"Drawn to the Body": showcases human form;
"Inspired by Temptation": Odilon Redon's response to Gustave Flaubert's 1874 book
The Temptation of Saint Anthony Saturday, July 6, 2013, 1:15-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Gym 2507
Donna Frankel's Beginning Ballroom Dance Class:
Taught Merengue (1, 2)— Dominican Republic dance of slaves & Waltz (1, 2, 3)— European royalty dance;
Donna's Monday Intermediate Ballroom Dance class has 17; This class has 13 students (need 7 more)

Eight women & six men
came to social dance class
on this July 4th weekend.

Sunday, July 7, 2013, 12:00 am-4:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Cyndi Dale, (Bio, Web) "Subtle Energy"; BOOKS: "Complete Book of Chakra Healing";
"The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy"; "Energetic Boundaries"; YouTube

Subtle energy moves
faster than light, permeates
all, and makes things happen. Sunday, July 7, 2013, 11:30 pm-3:30 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews John Lash, (Bio, Web: 1, 2, 3); "Archons & Sophia"; BOOKS: "Not in His Image: Gnostic Vision"; "Seeker's Handbook"; "Quest for the Zodiac"; "The Hero: Manhood & Power"; Interview

Archons are neonate (Greys)
& draconic (Reptilian) and wants
to enslave us; Earth Sophia created us.

Monday, July 8, 2013, 12:03-6:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
OP-ED: The Joy of Old Age. (No Kidding.)
(By Oliver Sacks, NY Times, 7-7-2013)

Oliver Sacks is 80
and identifies himself
with Mercury— atomic #80. Monday, July 8, 2013, 12:03-6:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Formatted 114 of 161 photos taken on July 4 hike at
Purisima Creek Redwoods before going to movies

Took fifteen photos
of Checkerspot Butterfly
alighting on Golden Yarrow.

Monday, July 8, 2013, 7:00-10:00 pm
Stanford University: Annenberg Auditorium
Summer Theater Film Series: Apocalyptic Comedy
"Big Business" (1929) directed by James W. Horne & Leo McCarey with Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Tiny Sandford; (YouTube: Film Locale); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4): Professor Scott Bukatmen
critiqued both films and led audience discussions

Grumpy would-be customer
destroyed Stan & Ollie's car
as they wrecked his house. Monday, July 8, 2013, 7:00-10:00 pm
Stanford University: Annenberg Auditorium
Summer Theater Film Series: Apocalyptic Comedy
Stanley Kubrick directs "Dr. Strangelove" (1964)
with Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, James Earl Jones,
Peter Bull, Tracy Reed; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Great acting by Peter Sellers,
& George C. Scott in this film
on nuclear war & doomsday bomb.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 11:30 pm-3:30 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Gordon Hunt plays
Domenico Zipoli, Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2),
Elevazione for Oboe, Cello and Strings (1715)

Zipoli's Ascension
lifts me to heaven—
full of beauty & peace. Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 12:10 pm-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Web pages: July 4 hike at Purisima Creek Redwoods;
Reduced 160 photos to 147 (16 hours to finish)

Checkerspot Butterfly,
Samurai Swords Tree,
Woman Sleeping on Douglas Fir.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 12:01-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"SCIENCE: What Is Nostalgia Good For? Quite a Bit, Research Shows" (Southhampton Nostalgia Scale)
(By John Tierney, NY Times, 7-9-2013)

Dr. Constantine Sedikides:
"Nostalgia made me feel that
my life had roots and continuity." Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 12:01-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"HEALTH: How Faith Can Affect Therapy"
(By Ashley Taylor, NY Times, 7-10-2013)

Patients who had higher levels
of belief in God demonstrated
more effects of treatment.

Friday, July 19, 2013, 6:05-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: George Fitzmaurice
directs "The Devil to Pay" (1930): Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Frederick Kerr, Myrna Loy, David Torrence, Florence Britton, Paul Cavanagh, Crauford Kent; (YouTube), (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4), Asta

Wire fox terrier George
jumps and barks in pet store
until Willie Hale buys him. Friday, July 19, 2013, 7:30-8:47 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre, John G. Adolphi directs
"The Working Man" (1933), starring George Arliss,
Betty Davis, Theodore Newton, Hardie Albright, Gordon Westcott, J. Farrell MacDonald,
Charles E. Evans; (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

George Arliss as John Reeves
is too strong to be pushed around by
Bette Davis & teaches her a lesson.

Saturday, July 20, 2013, 6:00-9:00 pm
San Jose, 700 El Paseo De Saratoga, AMC Theatre
Gore Verbinski directs "The Lone Ranger" (2013)
with Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner, Tom Wilkinson, Ruth Wilson, Barry Pepper, James Badge Dale, Helena Bonham Carter;
(YouTube: 1, 2); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Al and Rudy drove to Foothill
and picked me up after dancing
to see The Lone Ranger with them. Saturday, July 20, 2013, 1:00-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Gym 2507
Donna Frankel's Ballroom Dance Class:
Taught East Coast Swing (1, 2) & Cha Cha (1, 2).
After "Lone Ranger" film, Al guides Rudy to Hwy 85, and he drives me to Palo Alto, Middlefield Road:
Cubberley Pavilion ballroom dancing (9:45-12 am)

Lily is a beginner
but is a quick learner;
Jody gives me ride home.

Sunday, July 21, 2013, 2:30-5:45 pm
San Mateo County, Hike at Purisima Creek
and Windy Hill; Drive to Hwy 1 Ocean View

Sunflare through Redwoods,
Piano on Coastal Cliff,
Hawk over Windy Hill. Monday, July 22, 2013, 12:50-1:15 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Avenue)

Strawberry yogurt,
fish fillets, almond milk,
spinach, tapioca pudding.

Sunday, July 21, 2013, 7:30-9:15 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: George Cukor
directs "Adam's Rib" (1949): Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell, David Wayne, Jean Hagen, Hope Emerson, Clarence Kolb; (YouTube1), 2, 3) (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

District attorney (Tracy)
versus wife lawyer (Hepburn)
defending woman who shot husband. Sunday, July 21, 2013, 9:25-11:08 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre, Walter Lang directs
"The Working Man" (1933), with Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young, Joan Blondell,
Dina Merrill, Sue Randall, Neva Patterson;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Will EMERAC Computer
find information faster than
research done by humans?

Monday, July 22, 2013, 7:00-7:30 pm
Stanford University: Annenberg Auditorium
Summer Theater Film Series: Apocalyptic Comedy
"Hard Luck" (1921) directed by Edward F. Cline & Buster Keaton with Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox,
Joe Roberts, Bull Montana; (YouTube); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3): Professor Ken Fields (Stanford)
critiqued both films and led audience discussions

Buster Keaton misses pool
while diving into a hole
landing in China with a wife. Monday, July 22, 2013, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford University: Annenberg Auditorium
Summer Theater Film Series: Apocalyptic Comedy
Leo McCarey directs "Duck Soup" (1933) with
Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern, Raquel Torres, Edgar Kennedy; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Ten jokes a minute
as Groucho, Harpo, Chico
kept the audience laughing.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 1:07-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Selfie-Loathing: Instagram is even more
depressing than Facebook. Here's why."
(By Jessica Winter, Slate, 7-23-2013)

Instagram is exclusively
image-driven, and images
will crack your mirror. Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 1:07-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"SCIENCE: Faster Than the Speed of Light?"
(Alcubierre Warp Drive stretches spacetime in a wave)
(By Danny Hakim, NY Times, 7-23-2013)

NASA physicist Harold G. White
works on concept of warp drive,
like on "Star Trek".

Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 12:40-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"BOOKS: A Religious Legacy, With Its Leftward Tilt, Is Reconsidered" (Today's "spiritual but not religious" phenomenon & Religion in American History)
(By Jennifer Schuessler, NY Times, 7-24-2013)

Matthew Hedstrom's Rise of Liberal Religion;
David A. Hollinger's Protestant Dialectic;
Elesha J. Coffman's The Christian Century.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 12:40-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Opinionator: The End of Anxiety"
(In more than 70 essays, the series explored everything from OCD to being overscheduled to getting groped on the subway.) (The Editors, NY Times, 7-22-2013)

Last week brought
the final installment
in Opinionator's Anxiety series.

Thursday, July 25, 2013, 1:37-5:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Pope to Brazil: Resist 'idols' of money, power, pleasure" (By Nicole Winfield & Jenny Barchfield,
San Jose Mercury News, July 25, 2013, A7)

Pope says ephemeral idols
of materialism lead to people's
'sense of loneliness' Thursday, July 25, 2013, 6:30-8:30 pm
Palo Alto: Channing House (850 Webster St.)
Donna Frankel's Ballroom Dance Performance;
Bus #35 (Charleston & Middlefield) arrived 6:05 pm;
Fred & Patricia gave me ride to Middlefield Lab

Dance merengue with Emily,
waltz with Aurora, mixers:
Polka, Believe, and Smidge.

Friday, July 26, 2013, 2:18-4:45 pm
Mountain View Senior Center, Technology Room
Team examining Gulf shipwreck finds 2 other wrecks
(By Michael Graczyk, Yahoo! News, 7-26-2013)

Three ships sank in storm
around 1820s southeast of
Galveston, 170 miles deep. Friday, July 26, 2013, 2:18-4:45 pm
Mountain View Senior Center, Technology Room
OP-ED: Sylvia Plath's Neighborhood
(By Roger Cohen, NY Times, 7-26-2013)

There is the blue-and-white English
Heritage plaque: "Sylvia Plath 1932-1963
Poet lived here 1960-61."

Saturday, July 27, 2013, 1:15-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Gym 2507
Donna Frankel's Ballroom Dance Class:
Taught Cha Cha (1, 2) & Foxtrot (1, 2)

Only Preeta and Demi came.
Peter Chong volunteered
to dance as a woman. Saturday, July 27, 2013, 5:00-5:40 pm
Sanjay knows Swami Chinmayananda & gave me
ride to Los Altos Library: Bought Natalie Goldberg's
"Old Friend from Far Away" (2009) for $1.00

Book title is from Confucius:
To have an old friend visit
from far away— what a delight!

Sunday, July 28, 2013, 2:22-5:00 pm
San Mateo County, Skyline Boulevard,
Bear Gulch Road & Mountain Meadow Road;
First hike on Skyline Trail (friend was here 2006)

Several switchback trails
amidst towering Redwoods,
Douglas Firs and Madrones. Sunday, July 28, 2013, 6:00-6:20 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Avenue) after hike

V-8 Vegetable juice,
Cranberry cocktail juice,
potato tots, dairy creamer,
spinach, red grapes, tomatoes.

Monday, July 29, 2013, 1:20-6:15 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Rudy brought a bag of peaches from Clovis (Noon);
Went to Mtn View Senior Center (266 Escuela Ave);
Got 4 free tickets (127R-37:18-21) Senior Day with
Oakland A's on Wednesday, September 4, 2013,
wrapping up 4-game series with Texas Rangers;
8 MLB 7/27 Saturday Shutouts: Tampa Bay-NY Yankees 1-0; Cleveland-Texas 1-0; Kansas City-Chicago White Sox 1-0; Minnesota-Seattle 4-0; Detroit-Philadelphia 10-0; Chicago Cubs-SF 1-0; Atlanta-St. Louis 2-0; Detroit-Philadelphia 10-0

Four more shutouts on Sunday 7/28—
Red Sox-Orioles 5-0; Indians-Rangers 6-0;
Padres-Diamonbacks 1-0; Dodgers-Reds 1-0. Monday, July 29, 2013, 7:00-9:45 pm
Stanford University: Annenberg Auditorium
Summer Theater Film Series: Apocalyptic Comedy
Mike Nichols directs "Catch-22" (1970) based
on Joseph Heller's 1961 novel; with Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel, Jack Gilford, Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen, Jon Voight, Orson Welles, Bob Balaban, Susanne Benton,
Charles Grodin; Catch-22 Camera Aircraft history; B-25 Mitchell Bomber; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
(Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Prof. Rush Rehm led discussions

Alan Arkin as Yossarian
in this film starred recently
in Argo & Stand Up Guys.

Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 1:02-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Web page of 7/28 hike Skyline Trail with 78 photos
of Redwoods, Douglas Firs, Madrones, Tanoaks

Fern Fan for a Queen,
Samurai Tree to the Sky,
Sun Rays through Tanoaks. Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 1:02-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
SJ Mercury News (Sunday 7/28/2013, C4) Sports
showed 8 shutouts games in MLB on 7/27/2013

Record of 8 shutouts in 14 games
on Saturday tied MLB record on
June 4, 1972 when 16 games played.

Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 12:01-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Opinionator: THE STONE— Did Zeus Exist?
(Robert Parker's On Greek Religiion: "The greatest evidence for the existence of gods is that piety works... the converse is that impiety leads to disaster."
(By Gary Gutting, NY Times, 7-31-2013)

Zeus's reality unquestioned to ancient Greeks.
Socrates followed the dictates of his
daimon, a personal divine guide. Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 12:01-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Opinionator: THE STONE— Found in Translation:
Avicenna (981-1037): "The Canon"; Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938): "Metaphysics in Persia";
Amir Hossein Aryanpour (1925-2001)
(By Hamid Dabashi, NY Times, 7-28-2013)

Works of philosophy— and their readers—
gain in translation because the text signals
a world alien to its initial composition.

Monday, July 1, 2013, 12:31-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Composed web pages of Windy Hill (9-4-2011) hike with 80 photos, and Windy Hill (6-30-2013) hike with 12 photos (no photographs with faulty memory chip); Added 12 more photos from earlier hikes on page Found old photos from previous hikes of flowers seen on yesterday's hike.	Monday, July 1, 2013, 12:31-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab RIFF: The All-Important Present Moment (Douglas Rushkoff's book Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now about technology & time) (By Carina Chocano, NY Times, 6-30-2013) "Our society has reoriented itself to the present moment."
Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 12:00-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Opinionator: THE STONE— The Gospel According to 'Me' (Booming self-help industry, and the cash cow of New Age spirituality, has one message: be authentic! which fed into the 1960s counterculture; Dream is one of pure psychological transformaion); (By Simon Critchley & Jamieson Webster, New York Times, 6-29-2013) New version of American dream: "Live fully! Realize yourself! Be connected! Achieve well-being!"	Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 12:00-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab OBITUARY: Philip E. Slater, Social Critic Who Renounced Academia, Dies at 86 (His 1970 book The Pursuit of Loneliness sold 500,000 copies; Resigned in 1971 as chairman of Brandeis sociology department to pursue a simple life; Founded Greenhouse, a personal growth center with Jacqueline Doyle & Morrie Schwartz); (Paul Vitello, NY Times, 6-30-13) Philip E. Slater says Wealth Addiction is not human nature, but a disease.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 10:30 pm-3:00 am KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews entrepreneur, film producer, & angel investor Rizwan Virk, (Biography, Web); "Zen Entrepreneurship"; BOOK: "Zen Entrepreneurship: Walking the Path of the Career Warrior"; Advice— What it is that you love to do, what it is that you're good at, what existing market wants or will pay for.	Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 10:30 pm-3:00 am KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Richard C. Hoagland, (Bio, Web: 1, 2); "Mars Discoveries"; BOOKS: "Monuments of Mars"; "Dark Mission: Secret History of NASA"; PAPER: "It Only Takes ONE White Crow"; Mars Photos Gale Crater was ancient urban complex on Mars that was destroyed & buried.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 1:22 pm-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Douglas Engelbart, tech genius and inventor of the mouse, dies at 88 (He was 16 years ahead of Apple); (By Mike Cassidy, SJ Mercury News, July 3, 2013) Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak chose to be with Doug Engelbart than all CEOs & leaders of the world.	Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 1:22 pm-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Coast-to-Coast.am Interview (10/24/2010): Jacques Vallée learned remote viewing from Doug Engelbart while at SRI. Had lunch, dinner, & ride with Doug Engelbart at Stanford's Accelerating Change 2004 Conference
Thursday, July 4, 2013, 1:30 pm-6:30 pm Santa Cruz Mountains: Purisima Creek Redwoods Hike starting PC01 Gate, Skyline Boulevard, North Ridge Trail & Whittemore Gulch Trail Shady trails with giant Douglas Firs looking like samurai sword warriors.	Thursday, July 4, 2013, 7:50 pm-8:20 pm Mountain View: Shopping at 99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Road) after coming home from hike: Kimbo buns vegetable delight & mixed vegetables Green onions, lycee, broad beans, rice crackers, water chestnuts, tofu, eggs.
Friday, July 5, 2013, 6:10-7:20 pm Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: William Dieterle directs "Fog Over Frisco" (1934) with Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Hugh Herbert, Lyle Talbot, Irving Pichel, Alan Hale, Sr., William Demarest, Arthur Byron; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3 4) (Simon Christen's Adrift"—river of fog over Frisco) Bette Davis plays reckless society girl helping racketeers sell stolen bonds and gets killed.	Friday, July 5, 2013, 7:30-8:55 pm Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: John Cromwell directs "Of Human Bondage" (1934) with Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Frances Dee, Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale, Sr., Reginald Sheffield, Reginald Owen; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); W. Somerset Maugham's 1915 novel Sensitive medical student obsessed with selfish waitress who ridicules him continually.
Thursday, July 4, 2013, 10:00 pm-2:00 am KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews David Kupelian, (Bio, Web) & Ronald Rychlak (Bio, Web), "Disinformation"; BOOKS: "How Evil Works"; "Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategy for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, Promoting Terrorism" Soviets used disinformation to denigrate Judeo-Christianity and flame Islamic hatred of U.S.	Friday, July 5, 2013, 10:00 pm-2:00 am KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Gwilda Wiyaka, (Bio, Web); "Psychic Awareness & Shamanic Power"; BOOKS: "So, We're Still Here. Now What? Spiritual Evolution & Personal Empowerment in a New Era"; "Sanctuary: Shamanic Art of Sacred Space"; "In Touch With Spirit"; Video Shamanic Journey Trance allows alpha brain waves to drop to 7.8 Hz (Earth frequency).
Saturday, July 6, 2013, 11:00-11:30 am Three new shows celebrate Cantor's 'French Season' Alan McGee's Photography: "A Walk in the Woods— Landscape as Metaphor" at the Portola Art Gallery (By Bonny Zanardi, SJ Mercury News, July 6, 2013) "Storied Past": 4 centuries of French drawings; "Drawn to the Body": showcases human form; "Inspired by Temptation": Odilon Redon's response to Gustave Flaubert's 1874 book The Temptation of Saint Anthony	Saturday, July 6, 2013, 1:15-4:40 pm Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Gym 2507 Donna Frankel's Beginning Ballroom Dance Class: Taught Merengue (1, 2)— Dominican Republic dance of slaves & Waltz (1, 2, 3)— European royalty dance; Donna's Monday Intermediate Ballroom Dance class has 17; This class has 13 students (need 7 more) Eight women & six men came to social dance class on this July 4th weekend.
Sunday, July 7, 2013, 12:00 am-4:00 am KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Cyndi Dale, (Bio, Web) "Subtle Energy"; BOOKS: "Complete Book of Chakra Healing"; "The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy"; "Energetic Boundaries"; YouTube Subtle energy moves faster than light, permeates all, and makes things happen.	Sunday, July 7, 2013, 11:30 pm-3:30 am KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews John Lash, (Bio, Web: 1, 2, 3); "Archons & Sophia"; BOOKS: "Not in His Image: Gnostic Vision"; "Seeker's Handbook"; "Quest for the Zodiac"; "The Hero: Manhood & Power"; Interview Archons are neonate (Greys) & draconic (Reptilian) and wants to enslave us; Earth Sophia created us.
Monday, July 8, 2013, 12:03-6:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab OP-ED: The Joy of Old Age. (No Kidding.) (By Oliver Sacks, NY Times, 7-7-2013) Oliver Sacks is 80 and identifies himself with Mercury— atomic #80.	Monday, July 8, 2013, 12:03-6:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Formatted 114 of 161 photos taken on July 4 hike at Purisima Creek Redwoods before going to movies Took fifteen photos of Checkerspot Butterfly alighting on Golden Yarrow.
Monday, July 8, 2013, 7:00-10:00 pm Stanford University: Annenberg Auditorium Summer Theater Film Series: Apocalyptic Comedy "Big Business" (1929) directed by James W. Horne & Leo McCarey with Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Tiny Sandford; (YouTube: Film Locale); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4): Professor Scott Bukatmen critiqued both films and led audience discussions Grumpy would-be customer destroyed Stan & Ollie's car as they wrecked his house.	Monday, July 8, 2013, 7:00-10:00 pm Stanford University: Annenberg Auditorium Summer Theater Film Series: Apocalyptic Comedy Stanley Kubrick directs "Dr. Strangelove" (1964) with Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, James Earl Jones, Peter Bull, Tracy Reed; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4) Great acting by Peter Sellers, & George C. Scott in this film on nuclear war & doomsday bomb.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 11:30 pm-3:30 am KDFC 104.9 FM: Gordon Hunt plays Domenico Zipoli, Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2), Elevazione for Oboe, Cello and Strings (1715) Zipoli's Ascension lifts me to heaven— full of beauty & peace.	Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 12:10 pm-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Web pages: July 4 hike at Purisima Creek Redwoods; Reduced 160 photos to 147 (16 hours to finish) Checkerspot Butterfly, Samurai Swords Tree, Woman Sleeping on Douglas Fir.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 12:01-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "SCIENCE: What Is Nostalgia Good For? Quite a Bit, Research Shows" (Southhampton Nostalgia Scale) (By John Tierney, NY Times, 7-9-2013) Dr. Constantine Sedikides: "Nostalgia made me feel that my life had roots and continuity."	Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 12:01-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "HEALTH: How Faith Can Affect Therapy" (By Ashley Taylor, NY Times, 7-10-2013) Patients who had higher levels of belief in God demonstrated more effects of treatment.
Friday, July 19, 2013, 6:05-7:20 pm Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: George Fitzmaurice directs "The Devil to Pay" (1930): Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Frederick Kerr, Myrna Loy, David Torrence, Florence Britton, Paul Cavanagh, Crauford Kent; (YouTube), (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4), Asta Wire fox terrier George jumps and barks in pet store until Willie Hale buys him.	Friday, July 19, 2013, 7:30-8:47 pm Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre, John G. Adolphi directs "The Working Man" (1933), starring George Arliss, Betty Davis, Theodore Newton, Hardie Albright, Gordon Westcott, J. Farrell MacDonald, Charles E. Evans; (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3) George Arliss as John Reeves is too strong to be pushed around by Bette Davis & teaches her a lesson.
Saturday, July 20, 2013, 6:00-9:00 pm San Jose, 700 El Paseo De Saratoga, AMC Theatre Gore Verbinski directs "The Lone Ranger" (2013) with Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner, Tom Wilkinson, Ruth Wilson, Barry Pepper, James Badge Dale, Helena Bonham Carter; (YouTube: 1, 2); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4) Al and Rudy drove to Foothill and picked me up after dancing to see The Lone Ranger with them.	Saturday, July 20, 2013, 1:00-5:00 pm Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Gym 2507 Donna Frankel's Ballroom Dance Class: Taught East Coast Swing (1, 2) & Cha Cha (1, 2). After "Lone Ranger" film, Al guides Rudy to Hwy 85, and he drives me to Palo Alto, Middlefield Road: Cubberley Pavilion ballroom dancing (9:45-12 am) Lily is a beginner but is a quick learner; Jody gives me ride home.
Sunday, July 21, 2013, 2:30-5:45 pm San Mateo County, Hike at Purisima Creek and Windy Hill; Drive to Hwy 1 Ocean View Sunflare through Redwoods, Piano on Coastal Cliff, Hawk over Windy Hill.	Monday, July 22, 2013, 12:50-1:15 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Avenue) Strawberry yogurt, fish fillets, almond milk, spinach, tapioca pudding.
Sunday, July 21, 2013, 7:30-9:15 pm Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: George Cukor directs "Adam's Rib" (1949): Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell, David Wayne, Jean Hagen, Hope Emerson, Clarence Kolb; (YouTube1), 2, 3) (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4) District attorney (Tracy) versus wife lawyer (Hepburn) defending woman who shot husband.	Sunday, July 21, 2013, 9:25-11:08 pm Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre, Walter Lang directs "The Working Man" (1933), with Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young, Joan Blondell, Dina Merrill, Sue Randall, Neva Patterson; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3) Will EMERAC Computer find information faster than research done by humans?
Monday, July 22, 2013, 7:00-7:30 pm Stanford University: Annenberg Auditorium Summer Theater Film Series: Apocalyptic Comedy "Hard Luck" (1921) directed by Edward F. Cline & Buster Keaton with Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Bull Montana; (YouTube); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3): Professor Ken Fields (Stanford) critiqued both films and led audience discussions Buster Keaton misses pool while diving into a hole landing in China with a wife.	Monday, July 22, 2013, 7:30-9:15 pm Stanford University: Annenberg Auditorium Summer Theater Film Series: Apocalyptic Comedy Leo McCarey directs "Duck Soup" (1933) with Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern, Raquel Torres, Edgar Kennedy; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4) Ten jokes a minute as Groucho, Harpo, Chico kept the audience laughing.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 1:07-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "Selfie-Loathing: Instagram is even more depressing than Facebook. Here's why." (By Jessica Winter, Slate, 7-23-2013) Instagram is exclusively image-driven, and images will crack your mirror.	Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 1:07-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "SCIENCE: Faster Than the Speed of Light?" (Alcubierre Warp Drive stretches spacetime in a wave) (By Danny Hakim, NY Times, 7-23-2013) NASA physicist Harold G. White works on concept of warp drive, like on "Star Trek".
Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 12:40-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "BOOKS: A Religious Legacy, With Its Leftward Tilt, Is Reconsidered" (Today's "spiritual but not religious" phenomenon & Religion in American History) (By Jennifer Schuessler, NY Times, 7-24-2013) Matthew Hedstrom's Rise of Liberal Religion; David A. Hollinger's Protestant Dialectic; Elesha J. Coffman's The Christian Century.	Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 12:40-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "Opinionator: The End of Anxiety" (In more than 70 essays, the series explored everything from OCD to being overscheduled to getting groped on the subway.) (The Editors, NY Times, 7-22-2013) Last week brought the final installment in Opinionator's Anxiety series.
Thursday, July 25, 2013, 1:37-5:30 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "Pope to Brazil: Resist 'idols' of money, power, pleasure" (By Nicole Winfield & Jenny Barchfield, San Jose Mercury News, July 25, 2013, A7) Pope says ephemeral idols of materialism lead to people's 'sense of loneliness'	Thursday, July 25, 2013, 6:30-8:30 pm Palo Alto: Channing House (850 Webster St.) Donna Frankel's Ballroom Dance Performance; Bus #35 (Charleston & Middlefield) arrived 6:05 pm; Fred & Patricia gave me ride to Middlefield Lab Dance merengue with Emily, waltz with Aurora, mixers: Polka, Believe, and Smidge.
Friday, July 26, 2013, 2:18-4:45 pm Mountain View Senior Center, Technology Room Team examining Gulf shipwreck finds 2 other wrecks (By Michael Graczyk, Yahoo! News, 7-26-2013) Three ships sank in storm around 1820s southeast of Galveston, 170 miles deep.	Friday, July 26, 2013, 2:18-4:45 pm Mountain View Senior Center, Technology Room OP-ED: Sylvia Plath's Neighborhood (By Roger Cohen, NY Times, 7-26-2013) There is the blue-and-white English Heritage plaque: "Sylvia Plath 1932-1963 Poet lived here 1960-61."
Saturday, July 27, 2013, 1:15-4:30 pm Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Gym 2507 Donna Frankel's Ballroom Dance Class: Taught Cha Cha (1, 2) & Foxtrot (1, 2) Only Preeta and Demi came. Peter Chong volunteered to dance as a woman.	Saturday, July 27, 2013, 5:00-5:40 pm Sanjay knows Swami Chinmayananda & gave me ride to Los Altos Library: Bought Natalie Goldberg's "Old Friend from Far Away" (2009) for $1.00 Book title is from Confucius: To have an old friend visit from far away— what a delight!
Sunday, July 28, 2013, 2:22-5:00 pm San Mateo County, Skyline Boulevard, Bear Gulch Road & Mountain Meadow Road; First hike on Skyline Trail (friend was here 2006) Several switchback trails amidst towering Redwoods, Douglas Firs and Madrones.	Sunday, July 28, 2013, 6:00-6:20 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Avenue) after hike V-8 Vegetable juice, Cranberry cocktail juice, potato tots, dairy creamer, spinach, red grapes, tomatoes.
Monday, July 29, 2013, 1:20-6:15 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Rudy brought a bag of peaches from Clovis (Noon); Went to Mtn View Senior Center (266 Escuela Ave); Got 4 free tickets (127R-37:18-21) Senior Day with Oakland A's on Wednesday, September 4, 2013, wrapping up 4-game series with Texas Rangers; 8 MLB 7/27 Saturday Shutouts: Tampa Bay-NY Yankees 1-0; Cleveland-Texas 1-0; Kansas City-Chicago White Sox 1-0; Minnesota-Seattle 4-0; Detroit-Philadelphia 10-0; Chicago Cubs-SF 1-0; Atlanta-St. Louis 2-0; Detroit-Philadelphia 10-0 Four more shutouts on Sunday 7/28— Red Sox-Orioles 5-0; Indians-Rangers 6-0; Padres-Diamonbacks 1-0; Dodgers-Reds 1-0.	Monday, July 29, 2013, 7:00-9:45 pm Stanford University: Annenberg Auditorium Summer Theater Film Series: Apocalyptic Comedy Mike Nichols directs "Catch-22" (1970) based on Joseph Heller's 1961 novel; with Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel, Jack Gilford, Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen, Jon Voight, Orson Welles, Bob Balaban, Susanne Benton, Charles Grodin; Catch-22 Camera Aircraft history; B-25 Mitchell Bomber; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Prof. Rush Rehm led discussions Alan Arkin as Yossarian in this film starred recently in Argo & Stand Up Guys.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 1:02-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Web page of 7/28 hike Skyline Trail with 78 photos of Redwoods, Douglas Firs, Madrones, Tanoaks Fern Fan for a Queen, Samurai Tree to the Sky, Sun Rays through Tanoaks.	Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 1:02-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab SJ Mercury News (Sunday 7/28/2013, C4) Sports showed 8 shutouts games in MLB on 7/27/2013 Record of 8 shutouts in 14 games on Saturday tied MLB record on June 4, 1972 when 16 games played.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 12:01-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Opinionator: THE STONE— Did Zeus Exist? (Robert Parker's On Greek Religiion: "The greatest evidence for the existence of gods is that piety works... the converse is that impiety leads to disaster." (By Gary Gutting, NY Times, 7-31-2013) Zeus's reality unquestioned to ancient Greeks. Socrates followed the dictates of his daimon, a personal divine guide.	Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 12:01-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Opinionator: THE STONE— Found in Translation: Avicenna (981-1037): "The Canon"; Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938): "Metaphysics in Persia"; Amir Hossein Aryanpour (1925-2001) (By Hamid Dabashi, NY Times, 7-28-2013) Works of philosophy— and their readers— gain in translation because the text signals a world alien to its initial composition.