Haikus: March 2013

HAIKUS: March 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.

Friday, March 1, 2013, 4:22-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"OP-ED: The Learning Virtues" (By David Brooks,
NY Times, 3-1-2013); Jin Li, "Cultural Foundations"

Westerners value knowledge
while Asians cultivate virtue,
sincerity and sagehood. Friday, March 1, 2013, 7:30-9:40 pm
Palo Alto: Friends' House, 957 Colorado Ave,
Waverley Writers Monthly Poetry Reading;
Muriel gave me a ride home afterwards

Read "The Meaning of Life"
and "Road to the Rifted Rock"
at Waverley Writers tonight.

Saturday, March 2, 2013, 12:00-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Opionionator: It's the Sugar, Folks" (Mark Bittman, NY Times, 2-27-2013); Science article; Robert Lustig

Sugar is indeed toxic—
increasing diabetes
around the world. Saturday, March 2, 2013, 12:00-5:00 pm
Foothill Krause Center: God as Geometer (c. 1250);
Bible Moralisée Frontispiece; Codex Vindobonensis 2554 in Österreichische Nationalbibliohek, Vienna

Platonic Lambda—
God the Geometer creating
the world with a compass.

Sunday, March 3, 2013, 5:00-7:00 pm
Mountain View: Sizzlers (1962 W. El Camino Real)
Decided on Sizzler instead of Sweet Tomatoes
for dinner with Al Guzman, Rudy, and Dave
before going to see James Bond "Skyfall"
at Stanford Flicks Cubberley Auditorium

Eating shrimp combo
with broccoli instead
of French fries for dinner. Sunday, March 3, 2013, 8:00-10:25 pm
Stanford Flicks: Cubberley Auditorium
Sam Mendes directs "Skyfall" (2012); with Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe, Albert Finney, Judi Dench; (YouTube: 1, 2); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

James Bond tries to weed
out mastermind terrorist
who killed his M16 agents.

Monday, March 4, 2013, 12:30-5:40 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Email from Bill Morrison with web link to
Haiku for People: What is Haiku?, Old Masters & New Haiku Poems; Robert Bly: Basho & Issa;
Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)—

A lovely thing to see:
through the paper window's
hole— the Galaxy. Monday, March 4, 2013, 6:00-9:00 pm
Italian Film Classics: Stanford Pigott Hall, Room 113
Pietro Germi directs "Divorce, Italian Style" (1961); with Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Leopoldo Trieste, Odoardo Spadaro; (YouTube: 1, 2); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Great performance by
Marcello divorcing his
wife to marry his cousin.

Monday, March 4, 2013, 12:30-5:40 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Wrote poem "The Balance Tree" inspired by tree across the street at Phyllis Ave & El Camino while waiting for bus; (2-9-2012 photo; 2-23-2012 haiku)
Beatles: "I Saw Her Standing There" (YouTube)

I saw her standing there
across the street from me—
beautiful Balance Tree. Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 12:33-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Format photos taken on Sat. 2-23-2013, 12:11 pm, Showers Drive & Latham St. "Five-Fingers Cloud"
and on Saturday 3-2-2013, 11:55 am, Los Altos Hills, Foothill College, Krause Center "Face in the Clouds"

Cirrus clouds showing
five-fingers hand and
a face in cumulus clouds.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 12:33-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Mystery of Hindenburg air catastrophe solved":
(By Claudine Zap, Yahoo! News, 3-4-2013)

Hindenburg airship
blew up in flames due
to static electricity. Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 12:33-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Chasing the Higgs Boson" (Dennis Overbye, NY Times, 3-5-13); Scientific Certainty a Waiting Game

With the Higgs boson,
the universe made atoms,
stars, planets and us.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 12:33-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Long Stuck in Obscurity, Bay Bridge Will Go From Drab Gray to Glowing" (By Malia Wollan, NY Times, 3-5-2013); Villareal operates lights from his computer

Villareal's "The Bay Lights"
is free public arts
for everyone to see. Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 12:33-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Bridge of Light" (By Sean Patrick Farrell, NY Times, 3-5-2013); Leo Villareal (web site); The Bay Lights (March 5, 2013 to 2015); SJ Museum of Art; Poem

25,000 undulating
white lights span Bay Bridge
in an ever-shifting display.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 10:30 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com;
George Noory interviews Robert Davi (Bio, Web)
"Robert Davi In Studio"; CD: Davi Sings Sinatra:
On the Road to Romance (YouTube: 1, 2, 3 Interview @ 35:35-56:51; Padre Pio story @ 49:42)

Rosary beads blessed
by Padre Pio cured him
of deadly disease in a week. Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 10:30 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com; George Noory interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson (Bio, Web)
"Restoring the Space Program"; Books: "Space Chronicles", "Death by Black Hole", "Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution"

Asteroids detonating
in the air creates more
destruction than hitting ground.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 12:30-1:50 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Milk Pail (2585 California Street)
and Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Road)

Red grapes, green onions,
blueberry & almond granola,
blackberries, sesame rice chips. Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 3:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Teenager spotted walking 10 miles in the snow for interview" (Daily Mail, UK, 2-26-2013); Fox News

Art Bouvier offered kid
job when seeing him walking
10 miles in icy streets for interview.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 3:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"OP-ED: The Country That Stopped Reading"
(By David Toscana, NY Times, 3-6-2013)

More illiterate people
in Mexico now than there
were twelve years ago. Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 3:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Typing my notes of Telo Tulku Rinpoche's talk
at Stanford (2-28) "The Power of Compassion"

Friends enjoyed Telo's talk
so I'm typing up my notes
to share with them & others.

Thursday, March 7, 2013, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Norm Phelps (1), "Great Compassion: Buddhism & Animal Rights" (Online); Vegan lifestyle is expression of compassion (p. 130); Bad karma to eat meat

No middle way between
good and evil— always
strengthen our compassion. Thursday, March 7, 2013, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Dalai Lama & Victor Chan, "Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights"; Dalai Lama on Compassion; Dalai Lama:

If you want yourself
and others to be happy—
practice compassion.

Thursday, March 7, 2013, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Patti Digh: Attachment to rightness makes you suffer; Dalai Lama: Compassion; Attachment & Compassion

Craving causes suffering—
so is too much attachment
to compassion good for us? Thursday, March 7, 2013, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Tree with too many branches; Cosmic Forest People; Erika Yamashiro's Paintings: "Rabbit Green Tea"

She's dreaming with deer
in the forest and a cup
of tea with a white rabbit.

Thursday, March 7, 2013, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
David Dallimer: "Attachment and Compassion";
Venerable Khenchen Rinpoche Konchog Gyaltsen:
"Practicing Loving-Kindness & Compassion"

Compassion is wishing
that all sentient beings
be free from suffering. Thursday, March 7, 2013, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Confucius: "Golden Mean"; Buddha: "Middle Way";
Seven Sages of Greece, carved inscriptions at Delphi:
"Know Thyself" & "Nothing Too Much"

Moderation is best—
even attachment to
compassion must go.

Thursday, March 7, 2013, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Guru pushes student's head under water and
he is gasping for air to breathe. Guru tells him:

When you desire enlightenment
as strong as you desire air,
then you'll have it. Thursday, March 7, 2013, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Student got rid of all his desires except for
the desire for enlightenment. Guru tells him:

If you have desire for
enlightenment— even
that desire must go!

Thursday, March 7, 2013, 10:30 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com;
George Noory interviews Neil Slade (Bio, Web: 1, 2)
"Brain & Imagination"; BOOKS: "Brain Magic 2", "Tickle Your Amygdala", Frontal Lobes Supercharge, "Book of Wands"; "Whole Universe Brain DVD"; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Julia Lu sent his book
she translated in Chinese—
Neil Slade married her on 11/11/11. Thursday, March 7, 2013, 10:30 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coastam.com; George Noory interviews Paola Harris (Bio, Web)
"UFO Updates"; Books: "Exopolitics: All The Above", "Exopolitics: Stargate To A New Reality", "Connecting the Dots... Making Sense of UFOs", "UFOs: How Does One Speak to a Ball of Light?"

Bones of 15-ft tall giants
found in Sardinia and photos
of floating aliens from 2009.

Friday, March 8, 2013, 2:00 am-4:30 am
Mountain View: Erika Yamashiro's painting
"Green Tea" and "Alice in Wonderland" (Ch. 7)
inspired poem "Why Everything Begins with M?"

The rabbit is in my teapot
when the Zen master tells me
"Have a cup of green tea!" Friday, March 8, 2013, 4:31-8:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"OP-ED: It's About the Work, Not the Office"
(By Jennifer Glass, NY Times, 3-8-2013); Yahoo

Are telecommuting
workers more productive
than those working on-site?

Saturday, March 9, 2013, 1:27-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Best Celeb Pics of the Week (Photo By Mirrorpix/Splash News, Yahoo! News, 3-5-2013)

When the Duchess of Cambridge
greeted the little boy—
he just picked his nose! Saturday, March 9, 2013, 1:27-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Missed 12:05 pm Bus #40 and while waiting for
12:50 bus, wrote poem "Attachment to Compassion"

Too much of anything
is not good for us even
love and compassion.

Sunday, March 10, 2013, 6:00-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Sweet Tomatoes (1040 Grant Road):
Al Guzman picked me up at Los Altos Library (5:45)
for dinner with Rudy, Dave Huseman, & John Beck
before going to see "Flight" (Denzel Washington)
at Stanford Flicks Cubberley Auditorium

Two plates of salad,
jello, tapioca pudding
and blueberry muffins. Sunday, March 10, 2013, 8:00-10:25 pm
Stanford Flicks: Cubberley Auditorium
Robert Zemeckis directs "Flight" (2012); with Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Melissa Leo, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood, Nadine Velazquez; (Videos: 1, 2); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Pilot saves flight from
crashing but investigation
showed that he was drinking.

Monday, March 11, 2013, 3:00-5:45 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Comet likely to be seen with naked eye"
(Paul Rogers, SJ Mercury News, 3-11-2013, B1) Comet Pan-STARRS (C/2011 L4); Viewing Comet:
Update on Comet C/2011 L4; Animated; On 3/12—

Thirty minutes after
sunset, Comet Pan-STARRS
appears left of the Moon. Monday, March 11, 2013, 6:45-9:00 pm
Italian Film Classics: Stanford Pigott Hall, Room 113
Bernardo Bertolucci directs "The Conformist" (1970); with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Dominique Sanda, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Two women dance tango
then lead everyone in
Bruegel's Wedding Dance.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 1:40-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Black Smoke Signals No New Pope on Conclave's First Day" (Daniel J. Wakin, NY Times, 3-12-2013)

No Pope elected by
the 115 Cardinals
inside the Sistine Chapel. Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 1:40-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
John Tenniel's "Alice in Wonderland" drawings:
Alice at Mad Tea Party; Dormouse in Teapot

Found Tenniel's drawings
of Alice at Mad Tea Party
for Notes to fantasy poem.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 12:53-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Francis is first pope from the Americas" (By Brian Murphy & Michael Warren, Yahoo! News, 3-13-2013)

Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis
from Argentina is humble—
takes the bus & cooks his meals. Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 12:53-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"A Firm Grasp on Comfort" (Perri Klass, NY Times, 3-11-2013); Winnicott's "Transitional Objects"

Beloved blanket or stuffed
animal is bridge between
Mom and the external world.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 12:53-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Peter G. Neumann: In the Shadow of Cybersecurity" (By Bruce Newman, SJ Mercury News, 3-13-2013)
Wikipedia; Web site; Mentors; Bio; NY Times

He met Albert Einstein
and Georgia O'Keeffe—
no wonder he's so blessed! Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 12:53-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Richard Feynman poster (1) faces Rudy and me at
Foothill Lab; 10 top physicists; Feynman Ph.D. from
Princeton (1942); Einstein attended his first seminar

Robert Bly told us none went to
Albert Szent-György for mentoring.
Peter G. Neumann could be a mentor.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 12:53-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
On April 10, 1980, Zen Master Seung Sahn wrote a
poem in my copy "Dropping Ashes on the Buddha"

Great Tao has no gate
The tongue has no bone
Spring is already here
Grass is green, flower is red. Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 12:53-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Wrote response poem to Zen Master Seung Sahn's
"Great Tao has no gate" but never gave to him

The Mind has no date
Space has no zone
Tao is always near
Seer is seen, flour is bread.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 10:30 pm-2:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Dr. Robin Falkov, Biography, (Web site),
"Colon Cancer", Video: "Homeopathic Medicine"

Homeopathic physician
with colon cancer will have
laparascopic robotic surgery. Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 10:30 pm-2:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, At the end
Christian Wilde sings "Danny Boy", (Web site),
St. Patrick's Day Tribute (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Oh, Danny boy, the pipes
are calling from glen to glen,
and down the mountainside.

Thursday, March 14, 2013, 1:35-5:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Scanned "Dropping Ashes on the Buddha" book
& Seung Sahn's poem "Great Tao has no gate";
Wrote Notes to "Why Everything Begins with M"

Baby's first word is Ma—
Universe is born with Music—
Everything begins with Mind. Thursday, March 14, 2013, 6:30-8:50 pm
Sunnyvale: Life's Garden Senior Home (450 Old San
Franciso Rd); Donna Frankel's Dance Performance:
Merengue & Swing (Tina); Waltz (Patricia); Foxtrot
(Amanda); 'T Smidje Mixer; Ba La Cha Cha Mixer

Got here on Bus #35 (5:49 pm)
and Bus #22 (6:00 pm). Ride back
to Foothill Lab with Fred & Patricia.

Friday, March 15, 2013, 4:15-8:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Looking for a Lesson in Google's Perks"
(James B. Stewart, NY Times, 3-16-2013); Slides

Google's philosophy—
create happiest, most productive
workplace in the world. Friday, March 15, 2013, 4:15-8:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"The Inscrutable Brilliance of Anne Carson" (1, 2)
(Sam Anderson, NY Times Magazine, 3-17-2013)

contradiction is
the test of reality,
as Simone Weil says.

Saturday, March 16, 2013, 12:00-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Getting off Bus #40 and seeing brushstrokes
of cirrus clouds sweeping across the blue sky

Swoosh of white on blue—
cloudburst of energy
inspires us to create. Saturday, March 16, 2013, 12:00-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Angel in sky photos: South Florida sees a message from above" (By Laura Santos, wptv.com, 3-13-2013)

South Florida people
saw angel cloud in sky
heralding Pope Francis.

Saturday, March 16, 2013, 12:00-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"OP-ED: The Winter of the Monarch" (Lincoln P. Brower & Homero Aridjis, NY Times, 3-16-2013

Winter monarch butterflies
in Mexico has dwindled
from 22 acres to 3 acres. Saturday, March 16, 2013, 12:00-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Co-author of NY Times "Winter of the Monarch",
Homero Aridjis wrote "A Time of Angels" (2012)

The earth thinks outside
man's head / The earth's mind
envelops / like air, like light.

Sunday, March 17, 2013, 11:57 am-12:00 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Miceal O'Rourke plays
George Frederick Pinto, Rondo on an Irish Air
"Cory Owen" (1801), (Listen), CD, (Sample: 1, 2)

Spritely tune to dance
with elves an Irish jig
on this Saint Patrick's Day. Sunday, March 17, 2013, 3:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Safeway (2580 California St.)
and Sprouts (630 San Antonio Road)

Bananas, carrots, cabbage,
green grapes, almond milk,
wheat germ, sunflower seeds.

Monday, March 18, 2013, 2:14-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Formatting 15 photos taken at Mountain View
& Los Altos Hills for "Clouds & Statue" page

Brushstroke cloud in sky
and almond tree on ground—
white blossoms high & low. Monday, March 18, 2013, 2:14-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Inspired by synchronicity of events, wrote poem
"Angel Cloud" at 3:11 am before going to sleep

White puff of smoke and
swoosh of white clouds with
two poets speaking of angels.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 12:26-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"LeBron James dunks on people: a compilation"
(By Rodger Sherman, sbnation.com, 3-19-2013)

LeBron James leaps high
mercilessly dunking
over everybody! Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 12:26-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Google Maps Unveils Views of Everest"
(By Tia Ghose, Yahoo! News, 3-19-2013)

Now you can have
360^o views on top
of Mount Everest.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 12:26-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Pope Francis elected" (March 13, 2013, 7:06 pm)
with backdrop curtain shaped like Platonic Lambda

Pope Francis is blessed
by "Soul of the Universe"
curtain backdrop behind him. Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 12:26-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Smoke at the Vatican: How Do They Do It?" (1, 2)
(Katia Andreassi, National Geographic, 3-13-2013)

Zinc dust with sulfur
produces zinc sulfide gas
making white cloud of smoke.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 11:08 am
Mountain View: Phyllis Ave & Camille Court
Ginkgo Tree & Almond Trees at corners;
Bare Ginkgo Tree; Blossoming Almond Tree

Bare ginkgo tree and
blooming almond tree teach
me emptiness and fullness. Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 12:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Writing poem "Empty and Full"
inspired by ginkgo tree & almond tree

Ginkgo and almond trees—
bare & blooming, yin & yang,
night & day, empty & full.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 10:30 pm-2:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Rosemary Ellen Guiley, (Bio, Web: 1, 2),
"History of Ouija", Books: "Encyclopedia of Demons & Demonology", Encyclopedia of Ghosts & Spirits, Talking to the Dead, Encyclopedia Magic & Alchemy

"Talking board" patented in 1891—
When asked what it should be called,
it spelled O-U-I-J-A, meaning good luck. Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 10:30 pm-2:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Jonathan Cahn, Biography, Web: 1, 2),
"Omens & Prophetic Signs" Book: "The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery That Holds the Secret of America's Future"; YouTube (1, 2, 3)

Isaiah 9:10 & 9/11—
"bricks have fallen down"
forecast America's downfall.

Thursday, March 21, 2013, 12:36-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Universe as an Infant: Fatter Than Expected and Kind of Lumpy (By Dennis Overbye, NY Times, 3-22-2013)

WMAP of universe from
370,000 years after Big Bang
showed it's lumpier than before. Thursday, March 21, 2013, 12:36-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Writing Notes to Poem: Angel Cloud with quotes from Dante "Paradiso 2.1-12" and Mandelbaum's Notes

Dante compares himself
to Jason's quest— venturing
the deep seas to Paradise.

Friday, March 22, 2013, 1:00-2:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Building 2831
Donna Frankel's Dance 04 Final Exam asked
"What is your favorite dance? and Why?"

I like the waltz to celebrate
the proton & electron dancing
to make sunshine & give us life. Friday, March 22, 2013, 4:00-8:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"A Strange Computer Promises Great Speed"
(By Quentin Hardy, NY Times, 3-22-2013)

Quantum computing may solve
the millions of combinations
of proteins in a human gene.

Friday, March 22, 2013, 4:00-8:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Church Steeple Faroes Islands (webax.it)
Fairytale Destinations; alessiomesiano.com

Birds flying in mist—
Rock, church, & hut shaped
like the Platonic Lambda. Friday, March 22, 2013, 4:00-8:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center, Trey Ratcliff:
Matterhorn over Village; Yosemite Little Church;
Eiffel Tower; Into the Heavens; Bamboo Forest (1)

Giant golden firefly lights
hover above the bamboo
forest as you walk through.

Saturday, March 23, 2013, 4:15-4:45 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Ave.)
and to Los Altos Library (San Antonio Rd.)

Carrot cookies, pizza,
Maui onion potato chips,
salad spinach, dairy creamers. Saturday, March 23, 2013, 5:00-5:30 pm
Los Altos Library: $19.95 book bought for $2.00—
"Taylor's Guide to Trees" (1988) with 213 trees,
442 color photos, & 190 B&W drawings

This book is handy
identifying trees while
hiking along the trails.

Sunday, March 24, 2013, 1:17-1:49 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Bernard Haitink conducts
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony #5 in C minor,
Op. 67 (1808); Listen, CD, YouTube: Duhamel: Poem

Beethoven's four notes—
dun-dun-dun-DUN! wakes me
up to higher consciousness. Sunday, March 24, 2013, 3:00-5:35 pm
Palo Alto: Friend takes me to my first 2013 hike at
Arastradero Road's Matadero Creek Trail around Deer Creek Road with view of horses (1, 2, 3)

Mustard flowers in fields,
fiddlenecks, lupines, buttercups,
and checkerblooms in the hillsides.

Sunday, March 24, 2013, 6:30-7:20, 9:50-11:30 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs
"Dial M for Murder" (1954) with Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Francois Truffaut enjoys
this film more every time
he sees it again and again.
Sunday, March 24, 2013, 7:30-9:40 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs
"Vertigo" (1958) with James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, & Tom Helmore; (YouTube:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Haikus; Marquee

PI (π) visible from
Hotel Empire as Scottie
circles back to Madeleine.

Monday, March 25, 2013, 2:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"The Marvels in Your Mouth" (By Mary Roach,
NY Times, 3-26-2013); Quiz; Andries van der Bilt

Some chew chew side-to-side,
like cows— our oral habits
are a physiological fingerprint. Monday, March 25, 2013, 2:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Baseball numbers crunched, a life changed in 'Trading Bases' (Chris Erskine, LA Times, 3-8-2013)

Joe Peta applied
his risk-analysis skill to
baseball betting and made 41%.

Monday, March 25, 2013, 2:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Searching for conductor Bernard Haitink & found photographer Bernard Hoffman and his photos

Discovered photographer
Bernard Hoffman while searching
for conductor Bernard Haitnik. Monday, March 25, 2013, 2:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"2-Headed Shark Fetus Netted by Fisherman"
(By Douglas Main, Yahoo! News, 3-25-2013)

Fisherman caught bull shark
off the Florida Keys with
two-headed shark fetus.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 9:40-9:46 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Nicola Benedetti plays
Franz Schubert "Schwanengesang"
Serenade, D 957 #4, Ständchen (1828)
(Listen), (CD), (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), Song

Schubert's Serenade
sings of serenity
so sweetly as sleep. Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 12:04-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"He Has Millions and a New Job at Yahoo. Soon, He'll Be 18" (By Brian Stelter, NY Times, 3-25-2013); Nick D'Aloisio; Summly; Sold for $30 million

Summly shortens
long stories for readers
using smartphones & mobile apps.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 11:12 am
Mountain View: Pamela Drive & Phyllis Ave.
Missed Bus #22 at El Camino Real to take
this photo of cloud between two trees

Brushstroke cirrus cloud
between magnolia tree
and ginkgo across the street. Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 12:04-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Formatted 67 photos of Sunday 3/24 hike at
Matadero Creek Pedestrian Trail

First hike of 2013—
craggy oaks, bird & fish clouds,
horses and flowers in blossom.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 10:30 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Glynis McCants, (Biography, Web),
"Popes, Names, & Numbers", Books: "Glynis Has Your Number", "Love by the Numbers"; How to Calculate Your Lifepath & Attitude Numbers

First vowel in your
first name will tell a lot
about a person's attitude. Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 10:30 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Diane Hennacy Powell, (Biography, Web),
"Savants & PSI Phenomena" Book: "ESP Enigma: Scientific Case for Psychic Phenomena"; (Video: 1, 2); Spirituality: Consciousness; News; Resources (1)

Unexplained Experiences of Consciousness
(EUC) used instead of ESP
that turns away scientists.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 10:00 am-10:17 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Paul Lewis plays Beethoven
Piano Sonata #14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 #2 'Moonlight'" (1801), (Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)
Full Moon: 3-27-2013; Beethoven died 3-26-1827

Beethoven's Piano
Sonata #14 is a
sonnet to the Moon. Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 12:35-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Finished Notes: "Why Everything Begins with M?";
Zen Master Seung Sahn would have struck me 30 blows for saying "Everything begins with Mind"

Zen Master Joshu
began the 49 koans
in Gateless Gate with Mu !

Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 10:30 pm-3:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Michael Cremo, (Biography, Web: 1, 2),
"Alternative Archaeology & Perspectives", Books: "My Science, My Religion", "Forbidden Archeology: Hidden History of the Human Race"; Paper: "Puranic Time & Archaeological Record"; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Sanskrit texts tells of
300 million-year cycles
wiping out life on Earth. Thursday, March 28, 2013, 12:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
After writing Notes, realized that Alice knew the answer to "Why Everything Begins with M?" and was enlightened. "Alice was silent" (Zen Master Joshu's Mu & Psalm 46:10) & Alice said "I don't think—" (Zen Master Seung Sahn: "Keep Don't Know Mind").

Alice unlocks door with golden key
that led to a beautiful garden. And
in Persian, garden = Paradise.