Haikus: February 2019

HAIKUS: February 2019

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, February 1, 2019, 11:20-11:33 am
Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd);
Neighbor Don Richards take me shopping here
for their Friday-Sunday Specials

1.68 lb. Roma Tomatoes @ 98¢/lb = $1.65;
6 Boulder Potato Chips (BOGO 2 Free)
@ $1.10 (60% Less Sodium, Coconut Oil) Friday, February 1, 2019, 11:45 am-12:13 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
One Reward for $30+ purchase; Gallon Milk $2.49;
2 Kraft Dressing (Balsamic & Asian Sesame) @ $2

4 Quaker Instant Oatmeals @ $2.00;
O That's Good Supreme Pizza $3.49;
10 Gorton Salmon Fillets @ $2.28.

Friday, February 1, 2019, 3:00-5:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Wrote 6 haikus on shopping at Safeway & Sprouts
(1/31 and 2/1) & Waverley Writers Poetry Reading

Reduced 9 lines to 7 lines
in Notes to "Mountain & The Well"
so everything is printed in 3 pages @59%. Friday, February 1, 2019, 7:30-8:20 pm
Palo Alto: Friends House (957 Colorado Ave)
Waverley Writers Poetry Reading (10 poets came);
Joel Katz gave me a ride home

Read two poems tonight—
"Happy Monday!" and
"Mountain & The Well".

Saturday, February 2, 2019, 7:30-7:34 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: John Williams conducts
Boston Pops, to John Williams's Main Theme from "Jurassic Park" (1993); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

KDFC giving 3 CDs today for
donors with John Williams's—
"Music of America". Saturday, February 2, 2019, 9:40 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Today is Groundhog Day & Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow, so we're in for an early spring

Punxsutawney Phi correct 39% of the time;
Another holiday today is Candlemas—
"Presentation of Jesus at the Temple".

Sunday, February 3, 2019, 9:00-11:00 am
Richmond: While Felix & Al went to local church,
Felix put on "Bright" film (2017) from his Netflix on his 70"-wide TV screen for me to watch; Directed by David Ayer; starring Will Smith & Joel Edgerton:
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 25%; Audience: 84%

Lucy Fry as Tikka, a Bright elf
who possesses powerful magic wand
that the police, federal agents, & Inferni wants. Sunday, February 3, 2019, 12:00-1:30 pm
Pinole: Al picked me up at 7:30 am for
visiting Felix at Whins Court, Richmond;
Felix drove us to The Red Onion (2870 Pinole
Valley Road), where Al treated me for breakfast:
(Al & Felix not interested seeing SuperBowl LIII)

Two scrambled eggs, two sausages;
hash brown potatoes, French toast,
and a large glass of milk.

Sunday, February 3, 2019, 5:10-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Satyajit Ray directs
"Shatranj Ke Khilari" ("The Chess Player") (1977); starring Sanjeev Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Shabana Azmi, Richard Attenborough, Farida Jalal, Amjad Khan; David Abraham Cheulkar, Victor Banerjee, Farooq Sheikh, Tom Alter, Leela Mishra, Saswati Sen, Samarth Narain; (YouTube: 1. 2, 3, Full Film); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Al drove me here 3:15-4:30 pm

While British expanded control of India,
two aristocrats spent their time playing chess,
ignoring their wives & the world around them. Sunday, February 3, 2019, 7:30-9:10 pm
Stanford Theatre: Satyajit Ray directs "Kanchenjungha" (1962), starring Chhabi Biswas,
Karuna Banerjee, Anil Chatterjee, Alakananda Ray,
Anubha Gupta, Arun Mukherjee, Pahari Sanyal,
Subrata Sen, N. Viswanathan, Vidya Sinha;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, Full film); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4):
Mists and clouds cover mountain, finally mists dissipates & Mt. Kanchenjungha shown in its glory

Wealthy Calcutta family vacationing
in Darjeeling at foot of Mt. Kanchenjungha
with members chatting and not connecting.

Monday, February 4, 2019, 12:00-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Photos: Red Onion in Pinole; Red Onion Dining;
Red Onion Menu; for "Visit to Felix in Richmond"

Highway I-80 to Richmond;
Passing Oracle Arena on I-880:
Felix at Whins Court in Richmond. Monday, February 4, 2019, 12:00-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Wrote six haikus on seeing "Bright" film; breakfast
at Red Onion, Hindu movies at Stanford Theatre

Photos for "Visit to Felix in Richmond"
Giant Rainbow in East Bay; Posters for films:
Bright (2017), Polar (2019), Icarus (2017).

Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 11:40 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Horizontal photos for film titles: Bright (2017),
Polar (2019), Icarus (2017); Movie scenes:

Magic Wand from Bright;
"Black Kaiser" Assassin from Polar;
Doping Doctor Grigory Rodchenko (Icarus). Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 11:40 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Photos taken in car as Al Guzman drove from
Richmond to Palo Alto's Stanford Theatre

Rainbow at Pablo Ave & Richmond Parkway:
Bright Rainbow in Richmond from car;
Rainbow at Hwy I-580 & San Rafael.

Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 12:03-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Formatted 44 photos #8007-8050 yesterday;
6 photos + 15 photos from the web for page
"Visit to Felis in Richmond" (2-3-2019)

Expand 9 lines to 15 lines in Preface,
and reduce photo size so everything
will print in two pages @ 75%. Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 12:03-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Using "On Number 41" as template, compiling
"On Number 42" for Elisa's 42nd birthday (Feb. 27)
Mathematics #1-44 (2/2 from 10:47 am-3:22 pm)

Science Section #45-57—
Messier 42 is Orion Nebula;
Asteroid 42 is Isis named for Isis Pogson.

Thursday, February 7, 2019, 4:40-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Waited for Pest Control Vendor (10 am-3 pm)
who never showed up; Three roommates from
college (Columbia), grad school (Cornell), and
postdoc (Brandeis) emailed "Happy New Year!"

Steve Gould, roommate at Brandeis;
Leonard Wan, roommate at Cornell;
Huai-Han Kung, roommate at Columbia. Thursday, February 7, 2019, 4:40-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 42" Science #58-66 (No. 42 Wing;
42 Radar Squadron; X42 Jet; Douglas XB-42; HMS Phoebe-F42; T42 medium tank; T42 super-heavy tank; New South Wales 42 locomotive; Amtrak 42)

In box of Stanford Plaques Photos;
found Plaque #42, and scanned it
for #111 in History Section.

Friday, February 8, 2019, 11:00 am-4:10 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Forecast of heavy thunderstorm on Sunday; Avoid
half-hour walk at midnight, will go to Bogart movies
from 5:35-9:05 pm & catch 10:19 pm Bus #40 home.
(Listed "Casablanca" as 7th in "My Favorite Films")

Casablanca: Joy Page, Bulgarian refugee died
in 2008 at age 83; Madeleine Lebeau who sang
"La Marseillaise" died in 2016 at age 92. Friday, February 8, 2019, 11:00 am-4:10 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 42"— Science #57-68; Mythology & History: #69-73 Urantia Book Paper 42; Feb. 11,
42nd day of the year (birthday of Thomas Edison); Washington was 42nd State admitted to the Union

Corporations in Washington State: Amazon,
Microsoft, Starbucks, Boeing, Nordstrom,
Costco, T-Mobile, and Weyerhaeuser.

Friday, February 8, 2019, 5:35-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Michael Curtiz directs "Casablanca" (1942); starring Humphrey Bogart,
Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid; Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Curt Bois, Leonid Kinskey, Madeleine Lebeau, Joy Page, John Qualen, S.Z. Sakall, Dooley Wilson, Marcel Dalio, Corinna Mura, Helmut Dantine; (YouTube: 1 2, 3, 4) (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

"Major Strasser has been shot.
Round up the usual suspects— This could
be the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Friday, February 8, 2019, 7:30-9:05 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Nicholas Ray
directs "In a Lonely Place" (1950), starring Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith, Martha Stewart, Jeff Donnell, Robert Warwick, Morris Ankrum, William Ching, Steven Geray, Hadda Brooks; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6); 9:34 pm Bus 22 & 10:19 pm Bus 40 home

Film critic David Thomson writes:
"It is both thriller and love story...
probably the best work Bogart ever did."

Saturday, February 9, 2019, 10:20 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 42"— Science Section #58-60— Kepler-42; Mars orbits Sun 42 times in 79 years;
42 degree Rainbow discovered by Descartes

In Journal Notes "Cave Journey into the Heart"
Issues #13-16 (June 20-July 6, 1993) cover
"On the Number 42" stored on Zip disks. Saturday, February 9, 2019, 10:20 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 42"— Science #57-68; Mythology & History: #77 Bill Clinton was 42nd President
of the U.S.; third youngest U.S. President

Jeremy Baker's Tolstoy's Bicycle,
chronicles what people did at age 42
(pages 300-304) to select from.

Sunday, February 10, 2019, 11:47-11:50 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Norbert Kraft plays guitar
to Narciso Yepes's "Romance d'amour"
(19th century); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

One of my all-time favorites after
hearing music in René Clément's
film Forbidden Games (1952). Sunday, February 10, 2019, 5:20-6:02 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Road);
Lucerne Almond-Coconut Milk $2.89; Tai Pei Egg Rolls @ $2.38; Shedd's Country Crock 45 oz $3.99

2 Quaker Instant Oatmeals @ $2.00;
2 Lucerne Strawberry Yogurt @ $1.89;
2 Signature Select Mini Quiche @ $4.50.

Monday, February 11, 2019, 3:00-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Registrar—
VTA Bus Pass no longer valid as LINC 57 class "Design Learner-Centered Instruction" with Leo Forendo was dropped as it was only for high school students; Lisa DeLapo registered me for LINC 63

Registered for William Cavada's LINC 63
"Cloud-Based Data Analysis Tools" (2/22-
3/22); Got new VTA Bus Pass at Smart Shop. Monday, February 11, 2019, 3:00-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 42"— Science #58-60; Kepler-42 star with 3 extrasolar planets in Cygnus constellation; Babylonians found Mars orbits the Sun 42 times
in 79 years; 42^o Rainbow discovered by Descartes

Mythology #72: Annemarie Schimmel,
Mystery of Numbers, Israelites 42 stations;
42nd generation from Abraham to Christ.

Tuesday, February 12, 2019, 8:03-8:08 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Renaud Capuçon plays violin
as Stéphane Denève conducts Brussels Philharmonic in Nino Rota's "The Godfather: Theme" (1972);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Nino Rota's music for
The Godfather is quite
haunting and melancholic. Tuesday, February 12, 2019, 3:00-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 42"— History #88: Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) was 42 years old on August 6, 1825, when "Republic of Bolivia" was named after him.

Simon Bolivar appears on the banknotes of 1000 peso Colombia, 100 Sucres Ecuador,
and 100 Bolivares Venezuela.

Wednesday, February 13, 2019, 11:00 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 42"— History #88: David Livingstone was 42 when he was first European to see Victoria Falls "Smoke that Thunders" (South Rhodesia stamp)

At age 42: Max Planck discovers quanta;
Thomas Gainsborough paints The Blue Boy;
William Herschel discovers planet Uranus. Wednesday, February 13, 2019, 11:00 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 42"— Eadweard Muybridge was 42
when Leland Stanford asked him to photograph horses galloping with all 4 feet off the ground

At age 42: Ted Williams homers last-at-bat.
Gary Player wins 3 golf tournaments in a row;
Charlie Chaplin directs & stars in City Lights.

Thursday, February 14, 2019, 7:30-7:39 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Ronald Thomas plays cello
with Cantilena in Johann Pachelbel's "Canon in D" (1706); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Robert Redford used this music in his
directorial debut of Ordinary People
that won 4 Academy Awards (1980). Thursday, February 14, 2019, 11:30 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 42"— History #88: At age 42:
Clark Gable gets Distinguished Flying Cross;

John Cage writes 4'33"; Bernard Berenson
completes North Italian Painters of the Renaissance; Federico Fellini directs 8½.

Friday, February 15, 2019, 7:34-7:47 am
KDFC: 104.0 FM— Christian Thielemann conducts
Vienna Philharmonic to Johann Strauss II's
Blue Danube Waltz Op. 314 (1866); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Request from listener to play
"Blue Danube Waltz", falling in love with
music, hearing it in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Friday, February 15, 2019, 10:00 am-3:00 pm
Mtn View: Apt Computer Room: Numbers 42—
#89: Cities of the World: Latitude & Longitude
#90: Ipatinga, Brazil, Longitude West: 42^o31';
Guanambi, Brazil, 42^o46' West Longitude

Sofia, Bulgaria: 42^o 42' N latitude;
Windsor Ontario: 42^o 16' N latitude;
Ames, Iowa: 42^o 2' N latitude.

Friday, February 15, 2019, 3:30-6:55 pm
Los Altos Library: Krause Center closed for
4-day Presidents Day holiday; "On Number 42"—

#87: When inquired about TIFF Version 42,
Aldus Corporation would only say it was
done for deep philosophical reasons. Friday, February 15, 2019, 3:30-6:55 pm
Los Altos Library: "On Number 42"—
Geography Section— 42-story buildings:

500 West Madison, Chicago, IL;
30 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ;
399 Fremont Street, San Francisco, CA

Saturday, February 16, 2019, 9:40-9:57 am
Mountain View: Smart & Final (141 E. El Camino)
Neighbor Don Richards drives me for shopping
as the heavy rain from all night finally stopped

Gallon First Street Non-fat Milk @ $2.39;
4 Coffee-Mate Creamers @ $1.99 = $7.96;
4 packages Blueberries (6 oz) @ 98¢ = $3.96. Saturday, February 16, 2019, 10:10-10:31 am
Mountain View: 99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Rd)
Don Richards bought tub of Miso paste $6.00,
Do-Do Fishballs & Spinach Wontons for soup

24 Kimbo Spinach Wontons @ $3.49.
Can Asuka Water Chestnuts @ $1.69;
House Foods Extra-firm Tofu @ $1.19.

Saturday, February 16, 2019, 12:40-4:45 pm
Los Altos Library: "On Number 42"—
Geography Section— East 42nd Street, NYC

Conde Nast Building, 4 Times Square,
East 42nd Street; Grand Central Terminal,
89 East 42nd Street, at Park Ave;
Daily News Building, 220 East 42nd Street Saturday, February 16, 2019, 10:10-10:31 am
Los Altos Library: "On Number 42"—
Geography Section— West 42nd Street, NYC

Port Authority Bus Terminal, West 42nd Street & 9th Ave; New York Times Building,
One Times Square, 42nd Street & 7th Ave;
The Liberty Theatre, 234 West 42 Street.

Sunday, February 17, 2019, 9:40 am-12:00 pm
Santa Clara: AMC Mercado 20 (3111 Mission College Blvd); Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman direct "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (2018) with Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Lauren Vélez, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn,
Nicolas Cage. Liev Schreiber, Chris Pine;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Al wanted
to see "Aquaman" instead of "Spiderman" on Jan. 6

Spider-Man Peter Parker
teaches high-schooler Miles
to be another Spider-Man to help. Sunday, February 17, 2019, 12:17-2:30 pm
Santa Clara: Hometown Buffet (2670 El Camino Real); Al Guzman picked me up at 8:00 am to see
"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" @ 9:40 am (since next showing is @ 4:05 pm); We had time for 45-minutes walk around Mission College Campus;
$3 off coupon + $2.99 drinks for dinner + $1.30 tax = $15.73; Emailed Rudy, John Beck, and Karen on this outing, but they didn't come; Al took me to Los Altos Library driving on El Camino Real

Scrambled eggs, 8 sausages,
4 fish fillets, green beans, beets,
spinach, jello, melons, 2 cups chocolate milk.

Sunday, February 17, 2019, 3:20-6:10 pm
Los Altos Library: Al Guzman drops me off
at 3:10 pm; Typed in Yahoo Drafts: Number 42—
42nd World Series (1945); 42nd Superbowl (2008);
42nd NBA Finals (1989); 42nd Stanley Cup (1956)

YouTube of 1930 Morocco film
@ 17:00 when Marlene Dietrich tells
Gary Cooper— "You are very brave." Sunday, February 17, 2019, 10:00 pm-2:35 am
Mountain View: Nap 7-10 pm; Coffee cake, milk,
ice cream; Read Joseph Campbell "Power of Myth"
(1988), Chapter VII: Tales of Love (pp. 184-205);
Gawain (pp.152-153); Schopenhauer (pp. 110-111)

Wrote 8-stanzas, 32-lines poem—
"Love is for the lucky and the brave"
declared the fortune cookie Gillian gave me.

Monday, February 18, 2019, 12:25-12:52 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd);
12:10 pm Bus #34 to San Antonio Road

1.86 lb. Roma Tomatoes @ 98¢/lb = $1.82;
2 packages Blackberries @ $1.25 = $2.50;
1 lb Organic Baby Carrots @ 98¢;
19 oz Raw Wheat Germ @ $2.79. Monday, February 18, 2019, 1:00-1:22 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
1:30 pm Bus #40 at El Camino Real home

2 Quaker Instant Oatmeals @ $2.50;
2 lbs Sig. Kitchen Tater Treats $2.70;
Lucerne Almond-Coconut Milk $1.99;
Sig. Kitchen Imitation Crabmeat $1.49.

Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 9:45-10:02 am
Mountain View: Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy
(555 Castro St.); Vial of Humulin for $16.00;
Caught 10:05 am Bus #52 to Foothill College

Apartment Computer Room (9:00-9:20 am)—
Typed "Love is for the lucky & the brave"
poem (8 stanzas, 32-lines) in Microsoft Word. Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 10:37 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Convert "Love is for the lucky & the brave"
Word file to HTML; Sir Gawain & Green Knight;

Troubadour from Manesse Codex;
Fortune cookie for the poem's title;
Marlene & Gary Cooper in Morocco film.

Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 10:37 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Poem: "Love is for the lucky & the brave" (white)

Joseph Campbell;
Arthur Schopenhauer;
Nu'uanu Pali Lookout. Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 10:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Consulted Joseph Reichler (Ed.)
Baseball Encyclopedia (7th Ed. 1988); 2994 pp.

42nd World Series: Detroit 4 Chicago 3;
42nd All-Stars Game: AL beats NL 6-4,
for first time in nine years since 1962.

Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 10:35 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Notes to Poem: "Love is for the lucky & the brave"

Sir Gawain & The Green Knight;
Lady Seducing Sir Gawain;
Lady Kissing Sir Gawain. Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 10:35 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Notes to Poem: "Love is for the lucky & the brave"

The World as Will and Representation;
Freeman Dyson's Enlightenment at 15:
Isa Upanishad Quote: "All beings as oneself".

Thursday, February 21, 2019, 11:00 am-2:10 pm
Woodside: Filoli Gardens (86 Cañada Road)
Free trip & lunch for 35 senior residents

Neighbor Don Richards told me about this trip;
Took lots of photos of daffodils in gardens,
and rooms inside the historic house. Thursday, February 21, 2019, 3:50-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Ann emails not coming to ballroom dancing 2/23

Going to southern California with Sierra Club
to Anza-Borrego desert to see lots
of wildflowers & mountain goats.

Friday, February 22, 2019, 8:54 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Came early for Cavada's class (2/22-3/22/2019)
LINC 63 "Cloud-Based Data Analysis Tools"

This LINC 63 class is online,
but William Cavada has not posted
the class syllabus or assignments to do. Friday, February 22, 2019, 8:54 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Filoli is an acronym formed by combining first two
letters from key words of William Bourn's credo:

"Fight for a just cause;
Love your fellow man;
Live a good life."

Friday, February 22, 2019, 8:54 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Since Krause Center was closed for 4 days
(2/15-2/18) during Presidents' Day holiday

No BBEdit to write HTML haikus—
Caught up completing 26 haikus
from February 14-22, 2019. Hurrah! Friday, February 22, 2019, 8:54 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
No time to look at photos taken at Filoli Gardens;
Finish Geography Section in "On Number 42"—

42^o W. Longitude & 42^o N. Latitude Cities;
Hwy 42 from U.S., Canada, Israel, Japan;
42-story buildings from around the world.

Saturday, February 23, 2019, 11:40 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Krause Center didn't open at 9 am today since
Martha Rubin didn't show up; Police opened door
at 11:30 am when Instructor William Cavada came

Read Mercury News while waiting;
Took photographs of cumulus clouds
as they passed over the Observatory. Saturday, February 23, 2019, 11:40 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Finish 42-story buildings & New York City's
East & West 42nd St. in "On Number 42";
Start on Sports Section: Find Uniforms #42—

Lee Petty #42 NASCAR Race Car;
Sid Lukman #42 NFL Chicago Bears;
Mariano Rivera #42 New York Yankees.

Sunday, February 24, 2019, 5:24-6:05 pm
Los Altos Library: Gave friend 2019 Cat Calendar
that neighbor Don Richards gave me; She prefers
a Dog Calendar showing her favorite Great Dane

2019 ASPCA Dog Calendar has no Great Dane;
Recall Valerie sending me (1-2-2017)
photo and poem of a Great Dane. Sunday, February 24, 2019, 9:00 pm
Mountain View, Heard on KCBS News Radio
(106.9 FM) on 91st Academy Awards winners
on movies Al Guzman and I have seen—

Best Picture: Green Book; Best Actor:
Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody;
Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali.

Monday, February 25, 2019, 7:30-7:39 am
KDFC: 104.0 FM— Michael Tilson Thomas conducts
San Francisco Symphony to Ludwig van Beethoven's
Symphony #5 (Opening) in c, Op. 67 (1808); CD;
(YouTube: Michael Tilson Thomas, Toscanini,
Gustavo Dudamel, Leonard Bernstein, BM Music)

Request from 12-year-old to play
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on his
12th birthday— dun-dun-dun-DUN! Monday, February 25, 2019, 9:27 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Missed Bogart movies at Stanford Theatre:
"Key Largo" (1948), "Brother Orchid" (1940),
"Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948), & "Black Legion" (1937) to work on "On Number 42"—

Ronnie Lott #42 San Francisco 49ers;
Paul Warfield #42 Cleveland Browns;
James Worthy #42 Los Angeles Lakers.

Monday, February 25, 2019, 9:27 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Sport Uniform #42 for "On Number 42"—
Kevin Willis #42 Atlanta Hawks;
Elton Brand #42 Phildelphia 76ers

Mo Vaughn #42 Boston Red Sox;
Bruce Sutter #42 St. Louis Cardinals;
Dave Henderson #42 Oakland Athletics. Monday, February 25, 2019, 9:27 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Sport Uniform #42 for "On Number 42"—
Charley Taylor #42 Washington Redskins;
Charley Conerley #42 New York Giants

Connie Hawkins #42 Phoenix Suns;
Jerry Coleman #42 New York Yankees;
Nate Thurmond #42 Golden State Warriors.

Tuesday, February 26, 2019, 7:31-7:36 am
KDFC: 104.0 FM— Murray Perahia plays piano to
Frederic Chopin's Étude #3 "Tristesse" in E, Op.10 (1833); CD; (YouTube: Perahia, Maurizio Pollini,
Lang Lang, Valentina Lisitsa, Dmitry Shishkin)

Study "may be among Chopin's loveliest
compositions, combining classical chasteness
of contour with fragrance of romanticism". Tuesday, February 26, 2019, 9:27 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Geography section #111-117 in "On Number 42"—
42nd St: Chrysler Building; Daily News Building:
Former Knickerbocker Hotel; Conde Nast Building;

New York Public Library;
United Nations Headquarters;
One Times Square (NY Times Building).

Tuesday, February 26, 2019, 9:27 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Upload 53 files to my web site wisdomportal.com

Photos of Baseball, Football, Basketball
players wearing uniform #42; Buildings
on East & West 42nd Street in NYC. Tuesday, February 26, 2019, 7:40-7:56 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
Caught 8:02 pm Bus #40 at El Camino Real home

48 oz. Classic Potato Salad @ $4.99;
32 oz. Lucerne Strawberry Yogurt $1.89;
Tai Pei Eggrolls & Potstickers @ $2.38.

Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 7:34-7:40 am
KDFC: 104.0 FM— Florian Heyerick conducts
Mannheim Chamber Orchestra to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Eine kleine nachtmusik in G K.525 (1787); CD; (YouTube: Jeffrey Tate, David Grimal, Dover Quartet, Werner Stiefel); Indiana MA student's request

Mozart composed this piece
while taking a break from writing
Second Act of his opera Don Giovanni. Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 1:07-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Mailed Elisa's Birthday web page printed in color
@ 55% at Los Altos Library & mailed it with
"December Ermine" card weighing one ounce;
Vincente out to lunch; Louis stamped it well

Tao Te Ching, Verse 42;
Jackie Robinson wore uniform #42;
"42" in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 7:50-8:24 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd);
Used $5.00 off coupon on purchases over $30;
2 Magnesium Citrate 60 tabs @ $8.49 BOGO;
+ 76¢ tax = $9.25 (Bought this Special for Rudy)

1.14 lb Bay Scallops @ $6.99 = $8.00;
2.22 lbs Raw Almonds @ $3.99/lb = $8.86
2.20 lbs Whole Cashews @ $4.99/lb = $10.98 Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 8:40-9:08 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
Didn't want to wait 36 minutes for 9:16 pm
Bus #40, so shopped in warm confines of Safeway;
Met Bus Driver Gayle Hart who gave me ride home

2 Azumaya Tofu X-Firm @ $1.19 = $2.38;
Open Nature Thin Crust Italian
Pepperoni & Sausage Pizza @ $3.60.

Thursday, February 28, 2019, 8:34-8:41 am
KDFC: 104.0 FM— Paavo Järvi conducts
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra to Maurice Ravel's Pavane for a Dead Princess (1899); published
an orchestrated version of the Pavane in 1910;
CD; (YouTube: Jeffrey Tate, David Grimal, Dover Quartet, Werner Stiefel); Year 1910 in History:

1st Junior High opened in Berkeley (1-1910);
1st President to pitch opening day (4-14-1910);
Boy Scouts of America founded (2-8-1910). Thursday, February 28, 2019, 11:00 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
KDFC reported least favorite birthdays to be
February 29 and December 25; Most favorite
birthday is June 15; Geography section #118-130
in "On Number 42"— 42nd St: Liberty Theatre;
One Times Square; Patrick's; Port Authority

42 Rue Bonaparte;
42 Rue St. Jacques;
42 Rue De Vaugirard.

Thursday, February 28, 2019, 11:00 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Cavada's LINC 63 Assignment due 11:59 pm today;
No personal budget; Did Payroll Bay Area Sports—

San Francisco Giants (B. Posey $22,177,777);
San Francisco 49ers (J. Garoppolo $19,350,000);
Golden State Warriors (S. Curry $37,457,154);
San Jose Sharks (Brent Burns $8,000,000). Thursday, February 28, 2019, 7:40-7:55 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
1 Reward Coupon on $23.77 purchase today;
Caught just in time the 8:02 pm Bus #40 home

2 Van de Kamp Fish Fillets @ $3.99 BOGO;
Sig. Select Thin Crust Supreme Pizza $3.79;
Tai Pei Fried Rice & Potstickers @ $2.50;
Nancy's 32 Petite Quiches $10.99.