Haikus: November 2016

HAIKUS: November 2016

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com

These haikus were written as exercises in mindfulness—
an attempt to catch the fleeting moment in my daily walks,
while reading, listening to music, and pondering about life.
(Underlined words are not for emphasis but to web links.)
This web page best viewed with Times font size 14.

Tuesday, November 1, 2016, 11:57-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Notes at end of On the Number 95 on expanding
old Number 95 (62 items) to over 157 items—

45 postage stamps with 95 denomination,
4 Collectibles with #95 card numbers,
5 Football players with #95 uniforms. Tuesday, November 1, 2016, 11:57-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
After finishing On the Number 95, need to catch
up writing Haikus from October 21-31

Links to actors, reviews, & videos
on Act of Violence, The Third Man,
Shadow of a Doubt, Waltzes from Vienna.

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, 11:57-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Haiku for Friday, October 28 on film
"Steve Jobs" that received 86% good ratings

Fassbender and Winslet received
critical acclaim for performances
as Stece Jobs and Joanna Hoffman. Wednesday, November 2, 2016, 11:57-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Downloading film photos at Stanford Theatre—
"Mayerling", "From Mayerling to Sarajevo"

La Ronde, Oh, Rosalinda!,
The Third Man, Act of Violence,
Waltzes from Vienna, Shadow of a Doubt.

Thursday, November 3, 2016, 2:30-3:15 pm
Sunnyvale: iSmile Dental (970 W. El Camino, Suite 1)
Without injecting my gums with syringe, Dr. Amy Au
placed crown with right color on implant tooth #8

Lost my front tooth on May 1—
took over six months for implant
and crown done by iSmile Dental. Thursday, November 3, 2016, 4:44-5:32 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Missed 3:50 pm Bus #52 at Castro St. at 3:51 pm;
Caught 4:16 pm Bus #52; Editing Number 95—

Add one line to E95 to bump
Stanford Plaques 95 to page 6
Reduce one line in Krishna Print #95.

Thursday, November 3, 2016, 7:30-9:00 pm
Stanford Theatre: Henry Koster directs
"Spring Parade" (1940) with Deanna Durbin,
Robert Cummings, Mischa Auer, S. Z. Sakall,
Henry Stephenson, Anne Gwynne, Walter Catlett,
Allyn Joslyn, Reginald Denny, Franklin Pangborn;
(YouTube: Full movie); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Deanna Durbin drags goat uphill
for sale at fair, and challenged by
Mischa Auer to do a rapid czardas. Thursday, November 3, 2016, 9:10--10:50 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alan Crosland directs
"Viennese Nights" (1930) with Vivienne Segal,
Alexander Gray, Walter Pidgeon, Jean Hersholt,
Bert Roach, Louise Fazenda, Alice Day, Philipp Lothar Mayring, Freddie Burke Frederick;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Otto, Franz, Gus, were all in love
with Elsa; She marries wealthy Franz
despite her love for poor composer Otto.

Friday, November 4, 2016, 5:30-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me to pay Storage rent;
Smart & Final (141 E. El Camino Real) Rain check on Dozen Eggs @ 89¢ sold out; Gallon Fat-free Milk @ $2.19; 99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Road)—

Frozen Sesame Buns @ $1.99;
Frozen Custard Buns @ $1.99;
Two Extra Firm Tofus @ 99¢. Friday, November 4, 2016, 7:30-8:50 pm
Palo Alto: Friends' House, 957 Colorado Ave,
Waverley Writers Poetry Reading: Featured reader
Gerald Fleming: Books; Poem; Review; Video;
26 poets came; Tom Digby gave me a ride home.

Tom Digby read "The Flu Shot".
I read "Waiting for the Great Pumpkin"
and "Silence is Golden" tonight.

Saturday, November 5, 2016, 8:26 am-3:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center;
Caught 7:58 am Bus #40 just in time at Rengstorff
to Foothill College 8:18 am; FastTech Class on 11/19

Twenty minutes for oatmeal breakfast
and rushed for 7:58 am Bus #40 since
next bus 9 am arrives 9:20 late for class. Saturday, November 5, 2016, 8:26 am-3:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center;
Recalled FastTech Class 9 am-2:50 pm was in
November, but it's scheduled for November 19

Registered for Technology in K-12 Classroom
(Nov. 19) but it was given on October 22 and
3D Printing will be given on November 19.

Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, 3:40-5:40 pm & 7:30-9:30 pm
Stanford Theatre: Max Ophüls directs "Lola Montès" (1955) with Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov,
Will Quadflieg, Anton Walbrook, Oskar Werner,
Henri Guisol, Lise Delamare, Paulette Dubost;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Dancer and courtesan
past her prime reduced to
"fallen woman" in circus act. Sunday, November 6, 2016, 5:50-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Max Ophüls directs "Caught"
(1949) with James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes,
Robert Ryan, Frank Ferguson, Curt Bois,
Natalie Schafer, Art Smith; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
(Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Cinematographer: Lee Garmes

Model marries millionaire
who's abusive and psychotic,
but finds love in a kind doctor.

Monday, November 7, 2016, 9:00-9:20 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Pinchas Zukerman plays violin,
Marc Neikrug on piano in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata #27 in G, K. 379 (1781); CD;
(You Tube: Oleg Kagaan, 2, Anne-Sophie Mutter)

"Mozart in the Morning" on KDFC
featured Mozart's Violin Sonata #27
played by Pinchas Zukerman. Monday, November 7, 2016, 12:12-2:15 pm
Mountain View: First time taking Bus #34 to Safeway
(570 N. Shoreline Blvd.) shopping; Sikh bus driver says return bus @ 1:05 pm; Bought one Lucerne Yogurt & missed bus @ 1:10 pm; Next bus 2:05 pm

Customer Service girl couldn't find rainchecks
or pen; She didn't know how to spell "Dannon
Yogurt"; 10 minutes to write out 5 rainchecks.

Monday, November 7, 2016, 3:10-8:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Finished On the Number 95 on Nov. 1, but spent a
week tinkering with photos & texts so no images are
cropped off when printing all 22 pages @ 72%

Editing in BBEdit on Mac computer
using Safari browser at Krause Center
with resizing printing on Dell computer
using Internet Explorer browser at Paulson
Park Computer Room to complete this job
for Prof. H. A. Scheraga's 95th birthday. Monday, November 7, 2016, 3:10-8:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Auteur Theory of Andrew Sarris holds that a film reflects the director's personal creative vision. List
of 14 greatest directors who worked in the U.S.—

Americans: Robert Flaherty, D. W. Griffith,
John Ford, Howard Hawks, Buster Keaton,
Orson Welles; Germans: Fritz Lang, Ernst Lubitsch, F. W. Murnau, Max Ophuls, Josef von Sternberg; British: Charles Chaplin,
Alfred Hitchcock; French: Jean Renoir.

Monday, November 7, 2016, 3:10-8:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Saw a Labradoodle at Shoreline Safeway on Oct. 21
with such soulful eyes bringing me a blissful moment

Searched 20 pages in Google Images
photos of Labradoodles to find one
with soulful eyes (1, 2). Monday, November 7, 2016, 3:10-8:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Labradoodle is a crossbreed dog created by crossing the Labrador Retriever and the Standard Poodle

Photos of Labradoodle puppy
& Australian Labradoodle for
"Blissful Moments" poem.

Tuesday, November 8, 2016, 9:26-9:33 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Hilary Hahn plays violin,
Cory Smythe plays piano in Max Richter:
"Mercy" (2010); CD; (You Tube: Hahn & Smythe)

Short & sweet violin music
Richter composed for Hahn
which she plays during encores. Tuesday, November 8, 2016, 11:45-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Type passages in "How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain" (2016) by Andrew Newberg & Mark Waldman

Written by two neurologists
exploring enlightenment from
brain scans instead of religion.

Wednesday, November 9, 2016, 1:12-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Trump Rode to Power in Role of the Common Man
(By Alexander Burns, NY Times, 11-9-2016)

He grasped dynamics that political leadership
of both parties missed or ignored— the raw
frustration of blue-collar and middle-class
white voters who rallied to his candidacy
with decisive force. Wednesday, November 9, 2016, 1:12-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
OP-ED: How Hillary Handles Pain
(By Susan Chira, NY Times, 11-9-2016)

We do know that voters disproportionately
punish women who are seen as dishonest;
that it's hard for strong, assertive and
ambitious women to be seen as likable
and competent at the same time.

Thursday, November 10, 2016, 5:30-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at
Smart & Final (141 E. El Camino Real) Rain checks on 2 Dozen Eggs @ 89¢ & Crisco Canola Oil $1.79;
Bananas @ 63¢/lb; Roma Tomatoes @ 59¢/lb;
99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Road)—

Frozen Sesame Buns @ $1.99;
Frozen Spinach Buns @ $1.99;
Bean Curds @ $2.49; Lotus Buns @ 99¢. Thursday, November 10, 2016, 7:30-10:40 pm
Stanford University, CEMEX Auditorium, Knight Management Center; Free Film Screening of
Documentary "Okinawa: The Afterburn" (2015) &
Discussion with Director John Junkerman; introduced by his brother Provost Charlie Junkerman (Trailer)

Battle of Okinawa in World War II
with 240,000 dead; Okinawans want
U.S. to remove all their military bases.

Friday, November 11, 2016, 11:40-11:55 am
Mountain View: 11:32 pm Bus #34 at Hackett Ave
to Safeway (570 North Shoreline Drive) for shopping

Signature Kitchen Pineapple Chunks @ $1.27;
Tai Pei Egg Rolls & Potstickers @ $2.00;
Lucerne Strawberry Yogurt @ $2.02. Friday, November 11, 2016, 1:14-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Foothill College & all Libraries closed for Veterans Day; Apt Computer Room open

Type 27 passages in "How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain" (2016), pp. 193-250,
by Andrew Newberg & Mark Waldman.

Friday, November 11, 2016, 7:30-9:05 pm
Stanford Theatre: Otto Preminger directs
"Angel Face" (1953) with Robert Mitchum,
Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Herbert Marshall,
Leon Ames, Barbara O'Neil, Kenneth Tobey, Raymond Greenleaf, Griff Barnett;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

"Angel face" Jean Simmons
lures Robert Mitchum sexually
involving him with her murders. Friday, November 11, 2016, 9:15-10:55 pm
Stanford Theatre: Otto Preminger directs
"Whirlpool" (1949) with Gene Tierney,
Richard Conte, José Ferrer, Charles Bickford, Barbara O'Neil, Eduard Franz, Constance Collier, Fortunio Bonanova; (YouTube: 1, 2, Full Movie,
Full Movie); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Sleazy hypnotist Korvo puts
Mrs. Sutton under his evil spell
and makes her look like a murderer.

Saturday, November 12, 2016, 1:25-5:40 pm
Los Altos Library: "How Hillary Clinton Lost"
(By Phillip Elliot, Time, November 21, 2016)

Hillary Clinton built a machine;
The nation wanted a movement; Trump
betted not on mechanics but on energy. Saturday, November 12, 2016, 1:25-5:40 pm
Los Altos Library: Record references to journal
articles, scientific papers & books for later reading

Type references in "How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain" (2016), pp. 223-238,
by Andrew Newberg & Mark Waldman.

Sunday, November 13, 2016, 5:25-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Herbert Ross directs "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution" (1976) with Nicol Williamson, Robert Duvall, Alan Arkin, Laurence Olivier,
Charles Gray, Samantha Eggar, Vanessa Redgrave,
Joel Grey Jeremy Kem, Jill Townsend;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Watson brings Holmes to Vienna
to see Sigmund Freud to free
him from his cocaine addiction. Sunday, November 13, 2016, 7:30-9:50 pm
Stanford Theatre: John Huston directs "Freud:
The Secret Passion" (1962) with Montgomery Clift,
Susannah York, Larry Parks, Susan Kohner,
Eileen Herlie, Fernand Ledoux, David McCallum, Rosalie Crutchley; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Five-hour script by Sartre
rejected by John Huston in
his film bio of Sigmund Freud.

Monday, November 14, 2016, 12:54-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Wrote 10 haikus (Thursday Nov. 10-Sunday Nov. 13)
Chatted hour & half with Jack on Trump's victory

Jack went to Foothil Post-Election
Discussion and noticed all speakers
were leftists in their political views. Monday, November 14, 2016, 12:54-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Typed passages in Newberg & Waldman's book
"How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain" (2016)

Typed passages in Yahoo Email Draft
when Foothill was closed Friday-Sunday
to format in HTML now with access to Mac.

Monday, November 14, 2016, 12:54-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Supermoon spectacular coming Monday (By Tatiana Sanchez, SJ Mercury News, 11-13-2016, B1, B9)

Moon closest to Earth since 1948
and will appear 14% larger than
normal full moon & 30% brighter. Monday, November 14, 2016, 12:54-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Supermoon & Other Moons That Are Super in Their Own Ways (Nicholas St. Fleur, NY Times, 11-12-16)

Supermoon on November 14 will be
221,524 miles away instead of its
average 238,900 miles away from Earth.

Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 12:56-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Full Moon 11-14-2016, 13:52 Greenwich Time;
8:52 am EST; 5:52 am PST; Beaver Moon

Photo of Supermoon & Chrysler
Building by Mike Kentrianakis
shows 20 Platonic Lambdas Λ. Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 12:56-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Typed scientific references in Enlightenment book with links to journals for further studies. My own critique—

Authors marketing Enlightenment
for profit and not citing works of
true masters who were enlightened.

Wednesday, November 16, 2016, 8:01-8:08 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Kurt Redel conducts
Munich Pro Arte Orchestra in Marin Marais:
"Bells of St. Genevieve" (1723); CD;
(You Tube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Throughout the piece,
the violin and viol take
turns with the melody. Wednesday, November 16, 2016, 11:20 am-12:08 pm
Mountain View: My neighbor Don takes me shopping
for first time; We stopped by Valero Gas Station for today's Daily Post; Sprouts (630 San Antonio Road)
and Milk Pail (2585 California Street)

Red grapes & large Brussels sprouts @ 98¢/lb;
Pistachios @ $6.99/lb; Romain lettuces @ 99¢;
Four Navel oranges (2 lbs free with coupon).

Wednesday, November 16, 2016, 1:27-8:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Christine Estima's The Hipster's Guide to Vienna;
Koloman Moser designed Ex Libris bookplates for Sigmund Freud & Adele Bloch-Bauer (1904) painted by Gustav Klimt in "The Lady in Gold" (1907)

Bookplate of Adele Bloch
showing Princess and Frog
designed by Koloman Moser. Wednesday, November 16, 2016, 1:27-8:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Typing inspired passages in "Viktor Frankl Recollections: An Autobiography" (1997) from Milpitas Library forwarded to Los Altos Library
that's a week overdue and need to be returned

This book has 143 pages
with Viktor Frankl's reflections
of his life and logotherapy work.

Thursday, November 17, 2016, 10:00-10:08 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts
Bavarian State Orchestra in Alexander Borodin:
"In the Steppes of Central Asia" (1880); CD;
(You Tube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Russian & Central Asian melodies
with pizzicato theme representing
plodding hoofs of horses & camels. Thursday, November 17, 2016, 11:56 am-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Typing inspired passages in "Viktor Frankl Recollections: An Autobiography" (1997);
Bill Fillmore: Visit with Elly Frankl (7-29-2016)

Elly Frankl may be the liveliest
and most endearing 91-year old
woman I have ever known.

Friday, November 18, 2016, 1:30-2:30 pm
Sunnyvale: Dr. Kevin Jeworski DDS (877 West Fremont Ave); Friend drives me on Hwy 85 in 15 minutes (6.7 miles) using Google Maps Directions

Dr. Toai Nguygn recommends
this oral surgeon for my tooth #31
extraction that's beyond restoration. Friday, November 18, 2016,, 3:37-6:40 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Typing Poems 2016 Index, Poems: "Letter E"
and "The Letter C: Short Autobiography"

Lost my 16 GB USB and need
to retype 22 poems written
this year from my hard copies.

Saturday, November 19, 2016, 7:00-7:03 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Erich Kunzel conducts
Cincinnati Pops in Peter Tchaikovsky:
"Swan Lake: Csardas Op.20A" (1880); CD;
(You Tube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Fifth number is the "Hungarian Dance"
(Czardas), which becomes fast,
rhythmic, and quite exotic. Saturday, November 19, 2016, 9:00 am-2:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
William Cavada teaches Technology in the K-12 Classroom; (LINC05A.01), 5 students in class;
Need to open gmail account to use Google Forms

Used mysimpleshow.com
to create instant slide show on
"Platonic Lambda: Soul of the Universe".

Sunday, November 20, 2016, 5:50-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Sam Wood directs "A Night at the Opera" (1935) with Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx,
Chico Marx, Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman, Walter Woolf King, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Purnell Pratt; (YouTube: 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Favorite scenes: Harpo plays harp,
Chico plays piano, Groucho joking,
Kitty Carlisle & Alan Jones singing. Sunday, November 20, 2016, 7:30-9:10 pm
Stanford Theatre, Mark Sandrich directs
"Top Hat" (1935), with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers,
Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore,
Helen Broderick, Lucille Ball, Gino Corrado,
Leonard Mudie; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Top Hat);
(Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); "Cheek to Cheek" Lyrics

Irving Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek"
danced by Fred & Ginger received
applause from Stanford Theatre audience.

Monday, November 21, 2016, 9:18-9:40 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Eduardo Fernandez plays guitar, Miguel Gomez Martinez conducts English Chamber Orchestra in Joaquin Rodrigo: "Fantasy for a Gentleman" (1954); CD; (You Tube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Four movements based on
six short dances for solo guitar
by Spanish composer Gaspar Sanz. Monday, November 21, 2016, 12:56 am-8:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Used Krause Center scanner for first time to scan
photos of "Awestruck" (SJMN, 11-21-2015, B2) &
"US Women 2015 World Cup" (SJMN, 7-6-2015, A1)

Hour and half to find 7 images
in "The Number 3" poem for
grandniece Lilly's 3rd birthday.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 9:00-10:00 am
Mountain View: Friend phoned to read Brenda Hillman's poem "The Bride Tree Lives Three Times"
in the November 14, 2016 issue of The New Yorker
Only photo & web page on "Bride Tree" in Google
Is the Bride Tree the Tree of Life in Genesis 3.22?

The bride tree blooms late
this year, its nature stored
at the edge of day. Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 12:34 pm-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Stamps of Physicists, Mathematicians, & Scientists;
Reconstructing "Science & Poetry" poem lost in USB;
Searching for 13 stamps and Dante's 3-Sphere image;
Greece #582-585 honoring Pythogoras (8-20-1955)

Four hours to locate 13
postage stamps used in
poem "Science & Poetry".

Wednesday, November 23, 2016, 11:03 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Happy Thanksgiving!" Email (11/22) from Cay
with three scenic photos from Half Moon Bay,
View of Cliffs, & Waves and Clouds

Rudy phoned at 9 am from Lodi
to wish "Happy Thanksgiving!"
Good he has not forgotten. Wednesday, November 23, 2016, 11:03 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Thanks to Internet Archive: Wayback Machine,
emailed friends "Thanksgiving Prayer" poem
(11-22-1979) & Gratitude web pages (1-15-2016)

Gratitude in meeting a sage PB
who shared with me postcard of
Jean François Millet's L' Angélus.

Wednesday, November 23, 2016, 5:55-8:55 pm
Los Altos Library— Krause Center closed early at
5 pm; Came here to type more poems from 2016
"Coleman Barks & Cappadocia" (Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Fairy Chimneys of Cappadocia—
these capped-cone rocks 130 feet high
look like arrays of Platonic Lambda Λ. Wednesday, November 23, 2016, 5:55-8:55 pm
Los Altos Library— For Sale Bookshelves: Richard Platt, "Eureka: Great Inventions and How They Happened" (2003); Hardcover $18.95 bought for $1

From Archimedes' specific gravity
to Tim Berners Lee's Internet—
35 stories of inventor's discoveries.

Thursday, November 24, 2016, 12:01-12:08 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Cantilena: Johann Pachelbel;
"Canon in D" (1694); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
(Johann Christoph was J. S. Bach's older brother)

Composed for Johann Christoph Bach's
wedding on 23 October 1694
as Pachelbel was his teacher. Friday, November 25, 2016, 11:09-10:11 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Keith Lockhart conducts Boston Pops Orchestra in Leroy Anderson, "Sleigh Ride" (1948); CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Anderson was born in Cambridge, Mass.,
and loved to play the piano when
his feet reached the pedals.

Thursday, November 24, 2016, 12:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Threw away 3 bags of newspapers;
Laundry of 4 pants and 11 short-sleeve shirts;
Cooked stir-fry Shrimp Fried Rice with vegetables

Baby carrots, asparagus, broccoli, crabmeat,
Brussels sprouts, green onions, bean curds,
water chestnuts, eggs, chop suey & quail eggs. Friday, November 25, 2016, 3:40-10:15 pm
Mountain View: Missed 12:32, 1:32, 2:32 pm Bus 34;
Bus #40: Milk Pail, Safeway, Bus #22: Walgreens;
Haircut #1 (crewcut) at Lam's; Shower & Laundry

Granny Smith apples, broccoli,
apple juice, apple sauce, dairy creamers,
fruit blend juices, chicken broth, pistachios.

Saturday, November 26, 2016, 1:18-5:40 pm
Los Altos Library— For Sale Bookshelves: John Cook, "The Fairview Guide to Positive Quotations" (1993); Hardcover copy $24.95 bought for $3;
Saratoga Library has this book

7341 quotations under
62 general subjects and
703 subconcepts for inspiration. Saturday, November 26, 2016, 1:18-5:40 pm
Los Altos Library— For Sale Bookshelves: John Cook, "The Fairview Guide to Positive Quotations" (1993); Hardcover $24.95 bought for $3; 082.Book1999;
page 533: Thomas Paine—

I love the man that can smile in trouble,
that can gather strength from distress,
and grow brave by reflection.

Sunday, November 27, 2016, 12:35-5:00 pm
Los Altos Library— SCIENCE: Researchers claim time travel is possible (multiple timelines in parallel universes) (George Harrison, NY Post, 11-27-2016)

Prof. Howard Wiseman of Griffith University & Universty of California's Dr. Dirk-Andre Deckert claim that parallel universes would allow for time travellers to visit Earth. Sunday, November 27, 2016, 12:35-5:00 pm
Los Altos Library— SCIENCE: Incredible! Milky Way Shines Through a Midnight-Blue Sky (Photo)
(By Nina Sen, Space.com, 11-26-2016)

Barbara Matthews took this image the first
week of August from Donner Summit,
a mountaintop on northern Sierra Nevada
range, now a popular ski and lake resort.

Sunday, November 27, 2016, 6:10-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Norman Z. McLeod directs "Horse Feathers" (1932) with Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Thelma Todd, David Landau, Robert Greig, Reginald Barlow, E. H. Calvert, Nat Pendleton, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Marx Brothers wins football
game for Huxley College
in horse-drawn chariot. Sunday, November 27, 2016, 7:30-9:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Mark Sandrich directs "Follow the Fleet" (1936) with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard Nelson, Astrid Allwyn, Betty Grable, Harry Beresford, Russell Hicks, Lucille Ball, Tony Martin; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Fred & Ginger put up
a dance show to raise $700
needed to refurbish an old ship.

Monday, November 28, 2016, 2:12-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"MUSIC: Leonard Cohen, Epic and Enigmatic Songwriter, Is Dead at 82" (In 1994, he abandoned his music career and moved to the Mount Baldy Zen monastery, where he was ordained a Buddhist monk & became personal assistant of Joshu Sasaki, Rinzai Zen master who led the center, and died at age 107)
(By Larry Rohter, NY Times, 11-11-2016)

Cohen recorded 2000 songs in five decades on
themes of love & faith, despair & exaltation,
solitude & connection, and war & politics. Monday, November 28, 2016, 2:12-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
8 Poems of 2016 typed from hard copies or found in emails to friends: "The Way to Truth: Science or Poetry", "Peanuts: Meaning of Life", "The Letter Z", " The Cow and the Milky Way", "Psychic Cleaners", "Einstein's 137th Birthday", "Lovely Leaf from the Sky", "55 David Bowie Songs" (Saved in Yahoo Email Drafts during 4 hours yesterday at Los Altos Library)

Need to format above poems
in HTML as well as finding
the images linked to the poems.

Tuesday, November 29, 2016, 11:54 am-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
ART & DESIGN: David Bowie's Seal of Approval Bolsters Art at Auction (Sale of 47 lots tripled its low estimates raising 24.3 million pounds, or $30.3 million.) (By Scott Reyburn, NY Times, 11-11-2016)

London Sotheby's "Bowie/Collector"
Auction sold Jean-Michel Basquiat's
Air Power for $8.8 million. Tuesday, November 29, 2016, 11:54 am-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Format poems in HTML: "Einstein's 137th Birthday"; "The Letter Z"; "55 David Bowie Songs"; "The Way to Truth: Science or Poetry", "Peanuts: Meaning of Life", "Psychic Cleaners", "Lovely Leaf from the Sky"

Need to format above poems
in HTML as well as finding
the images linked to the poems.

Wednesday, November 30, 2016, 8:48-8:56 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: André Previn conducts London Symphony Orchestra in Gustav Holst; "The Planets: Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity, Op 32" (1916); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Critic David Hurwitz says "Jupiter" is
the centrepoint of suite & movements
on either side are in mirror images. Wednesday, November 30, 2016, 12:04 am-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Locating images for "Psychic Cleaners" Notes—
Never photographed Old Psychic Cleaners Sign;
Rendered 75 W El Camino Real in Adobe Photoshop

Psychic Readings, Zodiac Horoscope,
Tarot Cards Reading, Consult Psychic,
Crystal Ball, Psychic and Crystal Ball.

Wednesday, November 30, 2016, 12:04-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Format Poems in HTML: "Lovely Leaf from the Sky"; "Peanuts: Meaning of Life", "Cow & The Milky Way"

Scanned Plastic Leaf & color edit,
found Ippolito's "Cow & Milky Way" photo,
and Peanuts comics 3-15-2016 & 3-17-2016. Wednesday, November 30, 2016, 12:04-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Locating images for "Psychic Cleaners" Notes—
75 W El Camino Real; Old Psychic Cleaners Sign;

Crown Chakra, Chakra Chart,
Girl Singing Opera, Meditating Buddha,
Hedge Fund Manager, Meditating Monk.