Haikus: August 2021

HAIKUS: August 2021

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.

Sunday, August 1, 2021, 3:05-6:50 pm
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:45 am;
Woke up at 3:05 pm after more than 12-hours sleep;
Didn't solve today's Cartoon Jumble Puzzle—
SOHECN = CHOSEN; CLAITI = ITALIC;
CXTIEE = EXCITE; SBDRAU = ABSURD;
BEHLAR = HERBAL; SNNEEU = UNSEEN

Cartoon Answer:
When the jogging path crossed the road,
they COE ITC XI SUD RA EEN
= EXERCISED CAUTION. Sunday, August 1, 2021, 6:50-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Bookmarked three Mercury News artcles:
1. Keep your operating systems up to date (Larry Magid, Mercury News, 7-30-2021); 2. TV pitchman Popeil dies at 86 (Andrew Dalton & Ted Anthony, AP, Mercury News, 7-30-20210; 3. Bay Area Outdoors: 4 gorgeous redwoods hikes to soothe the soul
(By Melissa Ozbek, Mercury News, 8-1-2021)

1. UC Berkeley Botanical Garden;
2. Shoup Park to Redwood Grove Preserve, Los Altos;
3. Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Oakland;
4. Mt. Madonna County Park, Watsonville.

Sunday, August 1, 2021, 6:50-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Continue work on Number 70—
Did Items #199-#208 last night; #202 Tomas Tranströmer's
"Grief Gondola #2 VIII" (Robert Bly's translation)—

I dreamt that I was to start school but arrived late.
Everyone in the room wore white masks on their faces.
It was impossible to know which was the teacher. Sunday, August 1, 2021, 6:50-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Ann's 8/1 email @ 4:19— After reading
Tranströmer's poem on "everyone wore white masks",
she wants to read his autobiograhy; Wikipedia: Tranströmer

My poem "What Is the Address?" (5-21-2008)
and Notes inspired by Tranströmer's poem
given to Robert Bly in his Stanford office.

Monday, August 2, 2021, 7:00-7:20 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:00 am; Woke up at 7:00 am,
solved today's Jumble Puzzle, and returned to sleep till 12:30 pm—
UPODR = PROUD; LVANA = NAVAL:
TRUAGI = GUITAR: XSPOEE = EXPOSE

Cartoon Answer: The teenager looked a lot
like his father, the resemblance was very
PR NA TA PE = APPARENT. Monday, August 2, 2021, 3:00-3:30 pm
Mountain View: Ann picked me up at 3:00 pm
by my apt for ride to Los Altos Library (3:17 pm)
to pick up 3 books on hold that didn't come in on 7/27;
Also got today's "Daily Post" at Chef Chu's news bins

Kenneth Koch, Collected Poems (2005);
e.e. cummings, Complete Poems (1991);
Anna Akhmatova, Selected Poems (2006).

Monday, August 2, 2021, 6:00-6:45 pm
Mountain View: Went to Zoom for LINC-405 class;
William Cavada was Instructor today instead of Ray;
He tried to help me with Google Spread Sheets

Google Sheets: LCC Shirt Sale Data
can't be opened or imported; Cavada sent
Solution, but databoxes are truncated & not aligned. Monday, August 2, 2021, 7:40 pm-10:40
Mountain View: With 3 books from Los Altos Library,
was able to finish "Notes to Meditations on 70" and poem
"Meditations on 70: Up, up, my feathers!— barefoot with joy"

8 GB USB full again— Had to reduce size
of photos from (1306x949).jpg to (600x450).jpg
in order to get more space on my drive.

Tuesday, August 3, 2021 5:00-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Interesting News— INTERVIEW: School's In for Joyce Maynard ("Count the Ways" author Joyce Maynard, now 67, discusses new novel, her return to Yale and her time with J.D. Salinger) (By Allen Pierleoni, Mercury News, 7-29-2021, G4

"Good Golly Miss Molly: MDMA Goes Mainstream"
(MDMA, also known as Ecstasy or Molly; Dr. Stanislav Grof said, "Psychedelics are to the human consciousness what the microscope is to biology and the telescope is to astronomy." (By Jane Vick, Metro, July 21-27, 2021) Tuesday, August 3, 2021, 6:00-8:26 pm
Mountain View: Interesting News file for NY Times
has virus corruption from 9-26-2013 to 7-13-2013;
Misspelling everywhere; All texts are italicized;
line breaks not rendered; Online file also corrupted

Al Guzman made a duplicate 8 GB USB in 2008:
Luckily the NY Times articles bookmarked from
9-26-2013 to 7-13-2013 are intact; Copy & paste
this section to restore this large 1.1 MB file.
(Wasted an hour correcting misspellings)

Tuesday, August 3, 2021 8:30-10:05 pm
Mountain View: My 8 GB USB (six years of use)
is full that I can't save "Meditations on 70" poem
(2 KB) to my drive; Spent 2 hours reducing size of
many photographs to half-size to create more space

Next to Al Guzman's 8 GB USB is a 16 GB USB
that Al put Microsoft Office (1.82 GB) on
5-30-2020. Lots of space to put all my work
on this drive (over 45,000 items in 1.5 hour). Tuesday, August 3, 2021, 10:00-11:55 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed on Tuesday,
or need for shopping; Stayed home to do more work;
After finishing "Meditations on 70" and Notes to Poem,
can return to LINC-405 assignments that I'm behind

Had trouble with Google Spreadsheets;
Don't have Google gmail, and will substitute
search by correspondents, subjects, & dates
using Yahoo Mail; Google Sites should be easy.

Wednesday, August 4, 2021, 3:30-4:00 pm
Mountain View: While throwing away old Mercury News
yesterday, came across "Lighting the Holiday Way"
(By Angela Ruggiero, Mercury News, 12-1-2020, B2)
that was saved because it showed the Jack London
Square Christmas Tree in the Platonic Λ shape

Oakland's Christmas Tree is extra
special since it's 55-foot tall, and 55
is the sum of the Platonic Lambda Λ
called by Plato as "Soul of the Universe". Wednesday, August 4, 2021, 4:30-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Leave 4:30 pm; Walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for copies of today's "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:00-5:18
5:30 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave and walked home;
(Didn't leave apt Sunday & Tuesday; Got exercise today)

2 Quaker Instant Oatmeal Fruits (@ $5) @ $1.69 = $3.38;
2 Quaker Instant Oatmeal Walnuts/Dates @ $1.69 = $3.38;
3 Lucerne Sliced Swiss Cheese ($3.49) @ $1.47 = $4.41;
Lemon Pudding Ring ($5.00) 50% off = $2.50 (for Rudy).

Wednesday, August 4, 2021, 8:00 pm-1:00 am
Mountain View: Apartment inspection tomorrow;
Threw away old Mercury News & newspapers;
Garbage collected today so recycle bins are empty

Threw away 4 bags (saved 1) for Jack Mullen
who didn't come to pick them up; Threw away
5 bags in my apt (under chairs & box by bathroom). Thursday, August 5, 2021, 1:00-1:30 am
Mountain View: Finished project (began 7-7-2021)
in time for Cathy's birthday— "Number 70";
"Meditations on 70" and "Notes to Poem"

Didn't go to Krause Center Lab that opened
July 13— Tue., Thurs., Sat., 10:30 am-4:30 pm;
More efficient to type from books I have at home.

Thursday, August 5, 2021, 3:30-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Leave 5:15 pm; Walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for today's "Daily Post" & "Metro";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:45-6:14 pm
6:36 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave and walked home;

3 lbs Sig Café Mustard Potato Salad @ $6.49;
3 Mott Apple Sauce (6 ct) @ $2.49 - $3 off = $4.47;
Nestle CoffeeMate Unbound Creamer ($3.99) = FREE. Thursday, August 5, 2021, 7:45-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Mid-Penisula Housing inspection never
showed up today; Was up to 1 am yesterday throwing away
9 bags of newspapers to make my apt appear less cluttered;
Saved "Bloom Magazine" (Mercury News, 3-21-2021) for Ann

"Lisa Troutner" (Tomato growing taken to an art form
at Carmel Bella Farm) By Jessica Tadegaran (pp. 26-27);
"Spotlight on Organic Gardener" (By Deepak Mehla).

Friday, August 6, 2021, 1:20-2:30 pm
Mountain View: Rudy comes @ 1:20 pm; Drives to Valero Gas
Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post" & "Daily News";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 1:30-2:01 pm
Special Offers Just-For-U bargains for Rudy—

4 Quaker Instant Oatmeal ($4.99) @ $1.69 = $6.76;
3 Lucerne Sliced Cheese ($3.00) @ $1.47 = $4.41;
Gallon Value Corner 2% Milk @ $3.59 - $1 off = $2.59. Friday, August 6, 2021, 5:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Mid-Penisula Housing inspection postponed
till August 19; Notice that Mailboxes tampered AGAIN!
Back of mailboxes wide open for looter to steal mail;
Call Fidelity & Wells Fargo before accounts are wiped out

Financial institutions need to ask
sensitive ID questions before conducting
any transactions to make sure it's legitimate.

Friday, August 6, 2021, 5:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Phoned Fidelity Investments (5:40-6:05 pm);
Jared answered after 15 minutes wait; Read him my balance
from July 1-31, 2021 statement just received today and
my acc't number; asked to send $9000 check to mailbox

He was ready to do transaction without asking
for my birthday and other sensitive questions;
Told me they have "voice recognition" to know it's me.
Warned him of mailbox pilferings and be extra careful. Friday, August 6, 2021, 5:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Rudy told me to do paperless transactions
with banks & Kaiser Hospital so thieves couldn't steal
any financial & medical information; Cyber-hackers
can also steal emails sent; Is there anything still safe?—

Matthew 6:19-21: "But lay up for yourselves treasures
in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt,
and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

Friday, August 6, 2021, 10:00 pm-12:44 am
Mountain View: Worked on LINC-405 Google Sheets,
but couldn't get spread sheet show up when it is opened
or inserted in Google Drive; Copy & paste didn't work;
Cavada's emailed Solution, but boxes are truncated

Web page on Google Sheets not on accomplishment,
but frustration doing this assignment; Summary says
project 83% completed, but more likely 25% done. Saturday, August 7, 2021, 11:25 am
Mountain View: Al Guzman wakes me up,
tells me he'll take me out for movie and lunch,
after I emailed him yesterday that Karen's job
was terminated 8/6, and needs cheering up

After losing her job, Karen says
she's "in a tailspin, downward spiral".
She thanked me for this get-together.

Saturday, August 7, 2021, 1:00-3:30 pm
Mountain View: Cinema 16 (1500 N Shoreline Blvd)
Al treated me for movie $12 to see "The Green Knight",
Directed by David Lowery; starring Dev Patel; Alicia Vikander;
Joel Edgerton; Sarita Choudhury; Sean Harris; Ralph Ineson;
Kate Dickie; Barry Keogha; Erin Kellyman; Megan Tiernan

Rotten Tomatoes gave this film 88% Critics
ratings— producing an absorbing adventure
that casts a fantastical spell. Saturday, August 7, 2021, 3:30-4:30 pm
Mountain View: Sports Page & Grill (1431 Plymouth St.)
Al Guzman treated me for lunch; Veggie Omelette
potato tots, toast with butter & jam ($9.75);
We sit on outside patio; large crowd here;
Karen has 5 pm appointment with friends

Al didn't enjoy "The Green Knight" movie;
I tell him Joseph Campbell's version of
story to Bill Moyers in "Power of Myth".

Saturday, August 7, 2021, 5:47 pm
Mountain View: Al gave me ride to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post"; Gave Al two Biscotti
& two Thin Additives; Solved today's Jumble Puzzle—
ARPTA = APART; LIHDC = CHILD;
SRUUPE = PURSUE; CRUUSK = RUCKUS

Cartoon Answer: They had a large
conifer planted in their yard to
PT CI PSE RUU = SPRUCE IT UP Saturday, August 7, 2021, 8:30-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Even though Google Sheets was not
100% completed, was able to move on to next project
Google Gmail; I don't have "gmail.com" and will use
Yahoo Mail for this assignment; Saw Ray Tognetti's
Zoom class on using gmail.com more efficiently (7-29)

Search by correspondents;
Search by subjects or topics;
Search by dates.

Sunday, August 8, 2021, 3:50 pm
Mountain View: Woke up at 2:10 pm; Stayed home as no
"Daily Post" printed on Sunday; Did not solve today's Cartoon
Jumble Puzzle— TEDONR = RODENT; DAYRLH = HARDLY; GUHNOE = ENOUGH; SOWHOH = WHOOSH;
LUURYN = UNRULY; SECCSA = ACCESS

Cartoon Answer: When she wanted the dog to go
for a walk in the heat of the day, the dog got
RT DL NU OOH RL ACE = HOT UNDER THE COLLAR Sunday, August 8, 2021, 5:34-9:00 pm
Mountain View: Left out Google Gmail assignment:
"Insert images, photos, and videos in gmail texts";
Can't do this in Yahoo Mail except as Attachments,
Emailed Al Guzman using gmail on "Wisdom Mudra"
with 3 images & one video inserted; Google Gmail;

1980 Wisdom Mudra Seminar at WPI;
Book cover: Einstein in wisdom mudra pose;
Feynman with double wisdom mudra; Feynman Video.

Sunday, August 8, 2021, 5:20 pm
Mountain View: Ann's 8-8 email informs me
on "Internet Search Tips" from gwern.net;
Another Expert; Who is the Google Search
Expert William Cavada shared with his class?—

Internet Class: Part 1 (Dec. 2, 2017);
Internet Class: Part 2 (Krause Center);
Daniel Russell is the Google Search Expert. Sunday, August 8, 2021, 8:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Google Drawings assignment:
Open a Google Drawings template; Size of canvas;
Background color; Text box; Image from the web;
Design a Promotional Flyer; Past flyers designed—

Albert Elsen's Matisse Lecture (9-15-1992);
Poetry Reading at Gates of Hell (8-28-1993);
Neighbor Donald's Yard Sale (1-23-2020).

Monday, August 9, 2021, 12:08-12:14 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Itzhak Perlman plays violin
while John Williams conducts Boston Pops to
Max Steiner's Now, Voyager: Theme (1942) (CD);
Steiner won 1943 Academy Award for Best Music;
YouTube: Itzhak Perlman; Trailer; Movie Ending

Olive Higgins Prouty's 1941 novel's title is
from Walt Whitman's poem "The Untold Want"—
"The untold want by life and land ne'er granted,
Now, voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find." Monday, August 9, 2021, 2:10-4:40 pm
Mountain View: Leave @ 2:10 pm; Red Bus 2:48 pm
to Showers Drive for "Daily Post" & "Epoch Times" (4);
Walk to Chef Chu's news bins for "Palo Alto Weekly";
Shopping at Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd) 3:30-4:12 pm;
4:20 pm Bus #40 to Central XPwy stop and walked home

Sig Sel Key Lime Sparkling Water @ 98¢;
Apple Turnovers (5) @ $5 - 50% off = $2.50;
5.3 oz Silk Greek Coconut Milk Yogurt @ $1.99 = Free;
Gorton Fish Fillets (12) @ $5.99 (overcharge $9.79).

Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 2:55-4:18 pm
Mountain View: Leave @ 2:55 pm; Red Bus 3:25 pm to
Showers Dr.; No "Daily Post"; Free "Epoch Times" all gone;
Shopping at Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd) 4:00-4:18 pm

8 oz Sig Farms Fresh Spinach for Salad @ $1.88;
Sig Sel Cranberry-Raspberry Sparkling Water @ 98¢;
Returned 24.5 oz Gorton Fish Fillets (12) for $9.79 refund. Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 4:20-5:30 pm
Mountain View: CVS $3.59 Folgers Coffee expired Aug. 6;
Shopping at Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd) 4:20-4:34 pm;
5:16 pm Bus #40 to Central XPwy stop and walked home

2 Bags Raw Wheat Germ (19 oz) @ $2.99 = $5.98;
0.64 lb Lemon Meringue Almonds ($10.99/lb) @ $2.99/lb
= $1.91; 0.64 lb Chocolate-Blueberry Almonds = $1.91.

Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 6:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Can't connect with instructors @ 6 pm
yesterday for LINC-405 Zoom class; Had questions on
Google Sheets, Google Gmail, and Google Drawings.

Frustrating using Templates in Google Drawings;
Couldn't resize 10"x7.5" canvas to 8.5"x11" or
color background; Easier to do project in HTML. Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 6:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Deleted 10 messages not read in
Foothill College MyPortal on students' activities;
Need to do Infographics project in Google Drawings

Research a topic & find reliable data
Create and design an infographic
in Google Drawings for LINC-405.

Wednesday, August 11, 2021, 4:15-5:45 pm
Mountain View: Leave @ 4:15 pm; Half-hour walk to Valero
Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for copies of today's "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:45-5:04 pm;
5:24 pm Google Red Bus to Montecito Ave & walked home

64 oz Lucerne Creamy Chocolate Milk @ $2.49;
19.45 oz Van der Kamps Crunchy Fish Fillets (10) @ $4.99;
6.5 oz Land-O-Lake Butter (flax, chia, hemp seeds) @ $1.49. Wednesday, August 11, 2021, 6:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Jazzed up my Google Infographic Design with
U.S. Olympics Gold & Silver Medalists in 400-Meters Hurdles
Sydney McLaughlin & Dalilah Muhammad (WWD. 8-4-2021);
Centered "Olympics Rings" so three images are evenly spaced

After a tight race, 21-year-old McLaughlin slightly edged
out Muhammad to take the gold and broke her own world
record in the process, setting a time of 51.46 seconds.

Wednesday, August 11, 2021, 6:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: LINC-405 Google Gmail Assignment
Always did one email at a time, so didn't do "multiple emails"
Google assignment; To complete this Gmail project—

Send multiple emails to Al, Rudy, and Karen
on next movie at Shoreline's Century Cinema 16—
"Black Widow" (Superheroes adventure) @ 12:20 pm. Wednesday, August 11, 2021, 6:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: As faculty & student at Foothill College, got
Time Magazine at StudentMAGS @ $25/year. Time Magazine offered 2-years subscription @ $39.36 (1-10-2021)—

My Time subscription expires Aug. 2, 2023.
Time Magazine had $15/year deal with credit cards;
Asked to pay by check instead, and just received bill.

Thursday, August 12, 2021, 2:20-4:20 pm
Mountain View: Leave @ 2:20 pm; Bus #40 @ 2:48 pm to
Chef Chu's news bins for today's "Daily Post" & "Metro";
Shopping at Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd) 3:00-3:29 pm;
4:05 pm Bus #40 to Central XPwy stop and walked home

2.29 lbs Roma Tomatoes @ 98¢/lb = $2.24;
1.45 lbs Walnut Halves & Pieces @ $3.99/lb = $5.79;
2.05 lbs Walnut Halves & Pieces @ $3.99/lb = $8.18;
2.56 lbs Lemon Meringue Almonds ($10.99/lb) @ $2.99/lb
= $7.65; 2.56 lbs Chocolate-Blueberry Almonds = $7.65. Thursday, August 12, 2021, 4:20-6:00 pm
Mountain View: "Milwaukee Brewers' Corbin Burnes becomes
third pitcher in major-league history to strike out 10 in a row"
[Aaron Nola (6-25-2021) & Tom Seaver (4-27-1970) struck out 10 in a row] (Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8-11-21)

Burnes became only third pitcher in major-league history:
yet the second this season— to strike out 10 batters in a row,
keeping the Milwaukee Brewers in command after a seven-
run first inning that propelled them to a 10-0 victory over
the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on Wednesday.

Thursday, August 12, 2021, 6:00-7:20 pm
Mountain View: Went to Zoom class with Gene Tognetti
on LINC-405; He lectured on Google Forms today—
Sending RSVP Birthday Party Invitations for His Son—
1) Are You Coming?: Yes, No, Maybe; 2) Bringing Anyone?:
Short Answer; 3) Bringing Food: Pizza, Chips, Drinks? Send
Form by Email to friends & relatives and view their responses

Ruth Gray asked questions on Google Drive assignment
6:35-6:53 pm; Gene helped me 6:53-7:20 pm on Google
Drawings to resize their Template from 10"x7.5" to
8.5"x11", and insert light blue background color. Thursday, August 12, 2021, 7:40-10:00 pm
Mountain View: While working on Google Infographics
and Google Gmail assignments yesterday, listened to radio
KNBR 104.5 FM on SF Giants vs Arizona Diamondbacks
baseball game; Giants defeated Diamondbacks 7-2 with
4 homeruns; Giants now 73-41, leading Dodgers by 4.5 games
& Padres by 8 games (By Jake Montero, KNBR, 8-11-2021)

Buster Posey's 15th homer (3rd inning);
LaMonte Wade Jr.'s 14th homer (4th inning);
Brandon Crawford's 19th homer (7th inning);
Alex Dickerson's 13th homer (8th inning).

Thursday, August 12, 2021, 7:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: While working on 8/12 Haikus, listened
to radio KNBR 104.5 FM on Giants vs Diamondbacks
baseball game; Giants defeated Diamondbacks 7-0
with Giants now 74-41, leading Dodgers by 5 games
& Padres by 9 games (By Sam Hustis, KNBR, 8-11-2021)

Logan Webb pitches 6 scoreless innings, & hits
395-ft single, a near grand slam in 4th inning;
LaMonte Wade Jr. hits 15th homer makes it 7-0. Thursday, August 12, 2021, 9:30-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Gourmet Dining Seafood Medley: added
three scrambled eggs, Brazil nuts, walnut halves, sliced almonds,
cashews, sunflower & pumpkin seeds, Ultimate Veggie Stir-Fry,
Imitation Crabmeat Chunks in sesame oil, pepper, onion powder,
Ken's Balsamic Vinaigrette & Asian Sesame Salad Dressing

After adding all the extras,
stretched one meal to four meals;
can relax cooking next four days.

Friday, August 13, 2021, 12:20-1:00 pm
Mountain View: Rudy came by at 12:20; Went to Valero
Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for today's "Daily Post" & "Metro";
Shopped at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 12:30-12:45 pm;
Got Alfaro's Bread (reg. $4.49) @ $1.77 (Just-For-U) for Rudy

3 lbs Reser's Deviled-Egg Potato Salad @ $5.00;
Sig Sel Tater Treats & Onion Rings @ $2.49 = $4.98;
29.6 oz Sig Sel Homestyle Blueberry Waffles @ $1.74;
2 Alfaro's Artesano Bread (Brioche & Potato) @ $1.77.
Friday, August 13, 2021, 3:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Woke up at 9:00 am; Thought I solved today's
Jumble Puzzle @ 9:37 am— but got Cartoon puzzle wrong;
Jumble Puzzle— LYRTU = TRULY; TRAAO = AORTA;
YBNOED = BEYOND; ALZABE = ABLAZE

Cartoon Answer: Devil's Tower was in "Close
Encounters of the Third Kind" because it was a
TRU TA BE LE = REAL BUTTE.
(My answer was TRUE TABLE).

Friday, August 13, 2021, 4:20-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Devils Tower (aka Bear Lodge Butte) stands
867 feet from summit to base. Add to Numbers 367-999

U.S. 1084 3¢ postage stamp was issued
9-24-1956 to honor the 50th anniversary
of being named the 1st national monument. Friday, August 13, 2021, 4:20-7:30 pm
Mountain View: After inserting Devils Tower at 867 feet in
Numbers 367-999, included 4 greatest catch of fish in California—

#2: 692 lbs Blue Marlin, #3: 575 lbs Thresher Shark,
#4: 563 lbs Giant Seabass, #5: 452 lbs Swordfish,
from Kurt Snibee, Mercury News, 7-18-2021.

Saturday, August 14, 2021, 12:20-1:00 pm
Mountain View: Woke up at 11:55 am; Solved @ 12:50 pm
Jumble Puzzle— EHTTE = TEETH; WNHOS = SHOWN;
RJNUIE = INJURE; RUTMET = MUTTER.

Cartoon Answer— She'd been given
a large lollipop and was taking
TEE SHW IRE MTE = HER SWEET TIME. Saturday, August 14, 2021, 2:40-4:10 pm
Mountain View: Left apartment at 2:40 pm; Red Bus
@ 2:53 pm to Showers Drive for today's "Daily Post";
Walked to Chef Chu's news bins for "Palo Alto Weekly"

No need for shopping at Safeway or Sprouts;
Waited 38 minutes for Bus #40 @ 3:48 pm
to Central Xpwy stop and walked home.

Saturday, August 14, 2021, 4:30-5:07 pm
Mountain View: "How comic book culture's
biggest day was born in the Bay Area"
(By Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 8-13-2021, A1, A5)

Joe Field of Flying Colors Comics in Concord, CA, started
"Free Comic Book Day" on 5-4-2002. It draws 1.5 million
attendees each year to stores in 60 countries, has generated
millions of dollars for independent comic book stores. Saturday, August 14, 2021, 4:30-5:07 pm
Mountain View: "MUSIC: Tony Bennett, 95,
a Bay Arrea favorite, retires"
(By Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 8-14-2021, A1, A6)

Famed crooner is a New Yorker— born Aug. 3, 1926,
in Queens— but he's also a honorary citizen of Northern California, thanks in large part to his legendary signature song "I Left My Heart in San Francisco".

Saturday, August 14, 2021, 5:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Time Magazine, Aug. 23-Aug.30, 2021

"Call Her Daddy's Alexandra Cooper $60 million 3-year Spotify deal"; "4 Civilian Astronauts. 3 Days in Orbit";
"Billie Jean King: 6 Questions" (p. 119), Not online. Saturday, August 14, 2021, 5:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Epoch Times, June 9-15, 2021

"Rediscovering the Healing Power of the Great Outdoors"; "Inspiring World-Class Art & Design: Victoria & Albert Museum in London"; "Bouguereau Dealt With Grief".

Saturday, August 14, 2021, 10:00-10:45 pm
Mountain View: Diamondbacks' Tyler Gilbert
throws no-hitter vs. Padres to break MLB record
(By Ryan Young, Yahoo News, 8-14-2021)

Arizona Diamondbacks rookie Tyler Gilbert
threw 8th no-hitter of the season on 8/14
night in just his first major league start. Saturday, August 14, 2021, 10:00-10:45 pm
Mountain View: Kyle Freeland super-sharp as Rockies beat
Giants 4-1 (By Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 8-14-2021);
Kansas City Chiefs beat San Francisco 49ers 19-16

Video: 49ers rookie QB Trey Lance
has his first splash play—
a nice 80-yard touchdown toss.

Sunday, August 15, 2021, 11:10-11:45 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 11:10 am; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 11:45 am— EHGWORT = GROWTH; TOSHOE = SOOTHE;
ZEEMYN = ENZYME; RAVCIA = CAVIAR;
FNSUIE = INFUSE; HUNEOG = ENOUGH.

Cartoon Answer— When math symbols were
being developed and standardized, "x" was
GTH ST EM IA IFS ENO = A SIGN OF THE TIMES. Sunday, August 15, 2021, 2:20-3:30 pm
Mountain View: "A Madonna Who Shows the Beauty in Going Overboard" [Parmigianino's "Madonna of the Long Neck" (1540) pictures mother of Christ stretched out like bubblegum.)
(By Jason Farago, NY Times, 8-13-2021)

Her dainty head seems to be plopped on an oversized
curving body. Jesus is asleep. Yet, Parmigianino
has made him look like he's already dead..

Sunday, August 15, 2021, 3:50-9:20 pm
Mountain View: "The Metal of Medals" (By Kurt Snibbe,
Mercury News, 7-25-2021, B13) 12 medals from 1896 Greece to 2020 Tokyo shown; Medals size in mm for Numbers: 0-99—

1896 Greece; 1900 Paris; 1904 St. Louis; 1924 Chamonix;
1932 Lake Placid; 1960 Rome; 1968 Mexico; 1972 Munich;
2008 Beijing; 2012 London; 2016 Rio; 2020 Tokyo;
Sunday, August 15, 2021, 9:46-11:00 pm
Mountain View: "Aviation: Out with the Boom"
(By Kurt Snibbe, Mercury News, 8-15-2021, B15)
X-59 & length of aircraft; Overture Airliner's length

99 feet, 7 inches length for X-59 QueSST;
205 feet length for Boom Overture Airliner;
for Number pages 0-99 and 101-366.

Monday, August 16, 2021, 7:38 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 1:10 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 7:38 am— TUSEG = GUEST; AFDUR = FRAUD;
MRCOEH = CHROME; NGLEET = GENTLE

Cartoon Answer— They grew Iceberg, Romaine,
Butter, and Leaf, and the supervisor was the
UET FAD CHO ETLE = HEAD OF LETTUCE. Monday, August 16, 2021, 3:00-3:21 pm
Mountain View: Ann came at 3 pm to pick up newspapers
saved for her; Drove to Valero Gas Station for "Daily Post";
Shopped at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:10-3:21 pm

16 oz Sig Farms Honey Ham @ $2.99;
16 oz Sig Farms Smoked Ham @ $2.99;
Sig Sel Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream @ $3.00.

Monday, August 16, 2021, 4:30-6:00 pm
Mountain View: San Francisco Giant beat Colorado Rockies
5-2 as Alex Wood goes 6-2/3 innings for his 10th win

Video: Lamonte Wade, Jr. guns down Rockies
Elias Diaz trying to score in 7th inning
with direct throw to Casali for putout. Monday, August 16, 2021, 4:30-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Ad in "Daily Post" (8-14-2021, p. 11) that
MV's ICON Theater offers "FREE MOVIE MONDAYS"

Free tickets one hour prior to each
showtime by person on day of show;
Tickets cannot be reserved online.

Monday, August 16, 2021, 6:00-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Went to Zoom class on LINC-405;
William Cavada didn't lecture like Gene Tognetti

Ruth Gray asked questions on Google Sheets assignment;
Michelle Booth needed to ask Kim Randall & left Zoom;
William Cavada helped me with Google Forms Monday, August 16, 2021, 6:30-8:30 pm
Mountain View: Took Screen Shots of Google Forms;
Arranged six of them in LINC405-GoogleForms

Emailed six people using Google Forms:
Movie at Shoreline Century Cinema 16
on Saturday, August 28, 2021?

Monday, August 16, 2021, 9:00 pm-1:00 am
Mountain View: Found links to largest 10 fish caught in
the world, bookmarked in Numbers 1000+; Poundage—

1. White Shark 2664, 2. Tiger Shark 1785, 3. Greenland
Shark 1708, 4. Black Marlin 1560, 5. Bluefin Tuna 1496,
6. Atlantic Blue Marlin 1402, 7. Pacific Blue Marlin 1376,
8. Sixgill Shark 1298, 9. Hammerhead Shark 1280 lbs.,
10. Mako Shark 1221 lbs. Monday, August 16, 2021, 9:00 pm-1:00 am
Mountain View: While working on "10 Largest Fish Caught"
listened to radio KNBR 104.5 FM on SF Giants vs NY Mets

Giants defeated Mets 7-5—
Kris Bryant hit two home runs;
Brandon Crawford had four hits;
Pinch-hitter Brandon Belt homered;
Kevin Gausman's career high 12 wins.

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 4:00-4:45 pm
Mountain View: "How to Meditate"
(By David Gelles, NY Times, 8-17-2021)
(Today's New York Times News Briefings)

Meditation is a way to train the mind.
It brings us back to the present moment,
gives us tools we need to be less stressed,
calmer & kinder to ourselves and others. Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 4:00-4:45 pm
Mountain View: Happy to receive email from
Deborah Oakley, Architecture Professor at UNLV
(My WPI student whom I shared PB's teachings)

She listens a lot to
non-dual spiritual teachers—
Adyashanti, Mooji, Rupert Spira,
Francis Lucille, and Gangaji.

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 4:45-5:30 pm
Mountain View: On Friday, August 13,
sent emails to my past roommates—

Huai Han Kung (Columbia, 1959-1963);
Leonard Wan (Cornell, 1967-1969);
Steve Gould (Brandeis, 1970-1971). Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 4:45-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Leonard Wan wrote August 14 he was sad
his younger brother passed away; Sent him to soothe pain—

Music: Domenico Zipoli's "Elevazione";
Art: W-A Bouguereau's "Dealing with Grief";
Poetry: Mary Oliver's "When Death Comes".

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 5:30-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Images for "Monkey" poem—
Monkey & Music Box; Koko the Gorilla; Dawn of
the Planet of the Apes; Curious George; Monkey King

What is this monkey thinking?—
"No more music box collections for me.
I am a superhero— the Monkey King!" Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 5:30-7:30 pm
Mountain View: "Planet of the Apes" (1968);
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014); "Rise of the Planet
of the Apes" (2011); "War of the Planet of the Apes" (2017)

Rodin's "Thinker" (1880) at Cantor Art Museum;
"The Thinker", Papua New Guinea Garden (1994);
Monkey wonders "Will Stanford have a place for me?"

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 5:32-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Rounded up 8 photos for
poem "What Is This Monkey Thinking?"
placing Monkey between two "Thinkers" at Stanford

Replaced Superman and Batman
with The Hulk & Thor since Avengers
superheroes are from Marvel Comics. Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 11:35 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 11:05 am; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 11:35 am— TMELA = METAL; CORUC = OCCUR;
MCEAAR = CAMERA; LLWIWO = WILLOW

Cartoon Answer— They visited Death Valley
National Park in August and got a
MEA OR CME WLW = WARM WELCOME.

Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 12:05-12:15 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM: John Mauceri conducts Hollywood Bowl Orchestra to Bernard Herrmann's Vertigo: Prelude & Scene d'Amour (1942) (CD); echoing "Liebestod" from Richard Wagner's
Tristan und Isolde; YouTube: 1, 2, 3, Movie Trailer

Professor Jean-Pierre Dupuy's
lecture "Time and Vertigo"
at Stanford, October 17, 2008. Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 2:10-3:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave @ 2:10 pm; Half-hour walk to Valero
Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for copies of today's "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 2:45-3:12 pm;
3:18 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave and walked home

4 Quaker Instant Oatmeal ($4.99) @ $1.49 = $5.96;
5 Yoplait Yogurts (5.3 oz) @ 39¢ - 50¢ for 5 = $1.45;
Received $2.50 refund on overcharge Just-For-U Specials.

Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 6:30-11:50 pm
Mountain View: Los Altos Library renewed 7 poetry books
now due 9/7/2021: Neruda's 100 Love Sonnets; Tranströmer's Half-Finished Heaven; Creeley's Selected Poems; Bly's Stealing Sugar from Castle; Oliver's Evidence; Richardson's By the Numbers

Poem 46 in e.e. cummings' 73 Poems
not online, so had to type this sonnet—
"out of midsummer's blazing most not night". Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 6:30-11:50 pm
Mountain View: Three poetry books checked out August 2— Kennth Koch's Collected Poems; e.e. cummings' Complete Poems; Anna Akhmatova's Selected Poems to type for Number 46 and Number 72 projects before returning these book to the library

Is Kenneth Koch's "History of Jazz" fiction?
Can't find his Madeleine Reierbacher in
Ted Gioia's book "The History of Jazz".

Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 11:30 pm-12:30 am
Mountain View: Los Altos Library renewed 7 poetry books
now due 9/7/2021: Mary Oliver's Evidence has 46 poems;
46th poem is "Another Summer Begins"

Summer begins again.
How many do I still have?
Not a worthy question. Thursday, August 19, 2021, !0:00 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 12:25 pm; Solved
Jumble Puzzle @ 10:00 am— TAHOD = HOARD;
RFITG = GRIFT; CANULY = LUNACY; FPNUIF = PUFFIN

Cartoon Answer— In 1955, TWA proposed
different cabin styles, some thought it was a
HOA GFT LCY FFIN = FLIGHT OF FANCY

Thursday, August 19, 2021, 2:00-2:50 pm
Mountain View: "BOOKS INTERVIEW: Joyce Carol Oates
talks Marilyn Monroe clones and more in 'Night, Neon' story collection"" (Iconic author will be appearing on SCNG's
free virtual event Bookish Friday, July 16 at 5 pm)
(By Samantha Dunn, Mercury News, 7-22-2021, G4)

Oates: “I am reading Edith Wharton's Ghosts.
I am more interested in the backgrounds in
Wharton than in the "ghosts" themselves.” Thursday, August 19, 2021, 2:00-2:50 pm
Mountain View: "What's wrong with online learning? We asked Sal Khan, the world's most prolific tutor" (With free lessons in math, science & humanities in 46 languages, Khan Academy is used in 190+ countries with more than 118 million registered users)
(By John Woolfolk, Mercury News, 2-7-2021, E1, E3)

Sal Khan: "My style is very conversational.
I'm not afraid to share my thought processes
as I'm thinking it through."

Thursday, August 19, 2021, 3:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: "A Passion to Win""
(White Sox manager Tony La Russa, at age 76, is back
with the same old fire. Team in 1st place 10 games ahead)
(By Mark Gonzales, Mercury News, 8-16-2021, C1, C5)

Career wins: 1. Connie Mack 3731,
2. Tony LaRussa 2796,
3. John McGraw 2763. Thursday, August 19, 2021, 3:00-5:15 pm
Mountain View: Mid-Penisula Housing inspection never
showed up August 5; Inspection today also didn't come;
Cleared top of refigerator; threw away dozen of yogurt tubs
and 30 apple sauce cups in storage space beneath the sink

Threw away two bags of newspapers,
bag of cardboard boxes (cereal, fish, pizza),
milk cartons, plastic bottles of creamers & juice.

Thursday, August 19, 2021, 5:15-7:10 pm
Mountain View: Waited half-hour for 5:53 pm Bus #40
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post"
& "Metro"; 6:50 pm Bus #40 to Montecito & walked home

Missed today's 6:00 pm Zoom class
LINC-405 as well as 6:30-7:00 pm Q&A
session with Kim Randall & Gene Tognetti. Thursday, August 19, 2021, 7:30-8:30 pm
Mountain View: e.e. cummings' Complete Poems
is a heavy book; Type Poem 46 from 1x1 (1944)
before returning it to Los Altos Library—

open your heart:
i'll give you a treasure
of tiniest world a piece of forever

Friday, August 20, 2021, 11:20 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 11:00 am; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 11:20 am— LIUTG = GUILT; SOARE = AROSE;
NKLEEN = KENNEL; MYSHIW = WHIMSY

Cartoon Answer— The fashion model
complained that always being on a diet was
GIT ARE NN WHI = WEARING THIN Friday, August 20, 2021, 3:10-4:30 pm
Mountain View: Left apt @ 3:10 pm; Bus #40 came @ 3:25 pm;
Chef Chu's news bins for "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly";
4:08 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy stop and walked home

Notice posted on my door—
Mid-Penisular will do Apartment Inspection
on Monday, August 23 from 8 am to 5 pm.

Friday, August 20, 2021, 6:00-7:08 pm
Mountain View: After finding images of 4 baseball cards
(2:40-2:53 pm) and Pizza Chicago (2:09-2:36 pm),
had much fun writing "Chicago Baseball Poem"

He pierced the banks,
served a sauer fox
in the field by the park. Friday, August 20, 2021, 7:15-9:34 pm
Mountain View: Type Poem 72 from Robert Bly's Stealing Sugar from the Castle: Selected & New Poems 1950-2013 (2013) with
Wallace Stevens epigraph before returning it to Los Altos Library—

And the man
And the woman
And the blackbird are one.

Saturday, August 21, 2021, 12:52 pm
Mountain View: Woke up at 12:30 pm; Solved
Jumble Puzzle @ 12:52 pm— CANRH = RANCH;
PRUTE = ERUPT; FROPTI = PROFIT; PSMUTE = SEPTUM

Cartoon Answer— When asked if he liked having
the densest coat of any animal, the sea otter said
R EU RF SU = "FUR" SURE Saturday, August 21, 2021, 2:40-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Left apt @ 2:40 pm; Walked to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post"; No "Daily News";
3:50 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave and walked home

5 Yoplait Yogurts (5.3 oz) @ 39¢ - 50¢ for 5 = $1.45;
64 oz Lucerne Chocolate Milk @ $1.99 - 50¢ = $1.49;
2 bottles Sig Sel Sparkling Water @ $1.00 = $2.00.

Saturday, August 21, 2021, 5:00-9:30 pm
Mountain View: "MUSIC: Tom T. Hall,
'The Storyteller' of country music, dies at 85""
(By Matthew Leimkuehler, Nashville Tennessean, 8-20-2021)

He joined Kris Kristofferson & Billy Joe Shaver
in bringing a class of storytelling to
country music unlike those before them. Saturday, August 21, 2021, 5:00-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Country singer Tom T. Hall dies;
wrote award-winning "Harper Valley PTA"
(By Kristin M. Hall, Yahoo News, 8-20-2021)

Sang about life's simple joys as
country music's consummate
blue collar bard, died at 85.

Saturday, August 21, 2021, 5:00-9:30 pm
Mountain View: "Tom T. Hall, Country
Music's 'Storyteller', Is Dead at 85"
(By Bill Friskics-Warren, NY Times, 8-21-2021)

Known to his fans and fellow musicians as
"the Storyteller", Mr. Hall imbued country lyrics
with newfound depth & insight in the 1960s and '70s. Saturday, August 21, 2021, 5:00-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Tom T. Hall is my favorite
country-western singer; Lyrics to "Watermelon Wine"
typed in Notes to Poem "Concerning Pets" (8-20-2021)

Video of Tom T. Hall singing—
"The Year That Clayton Delaney Died";
"Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Wine".

Saturday, August 21, 2021, 5:00-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Oakland A's leading SF Giants 5-2
at end of 6th inning; 2 homers in 7th & 2-run homer in 9th
as SF Giants beat A's 6-5 with 1.5 game ahead of Dodgers

Brandon Belt's solo homer in 7th;
Darin Ruf's solo homer back-to-back in 7th;
Lamonte Wade Jr.'s 2-run homer in 9th wins the game. Saturday, August 21, 2021, 5:00-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Typed Poem 72 from Kennet Koch's
"A Poem of the Forty-Eight States" in Collected Poems
(2007) before returning this book to Los Altos Library—

O sea, you are more beautiful than any state!
You are fuller and bluer and more perfect
than the most perfect action.

Sunday, August 22, 2021, 8:37 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 12:20 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 8:37 am— CAPUTE = TEACUP; SANFET = FASTEN;
NCUITD = INDUCT; IGNNNI = INNING;
NOGDUR = GROUND; SUIDSC = DISCUS

Missed Cartoon Answer— When competitive
authors argued about time travel, there was
EC FSE IC NNI RO IC = SCIENCE "FRICTION" Sunday, August 22, 2021, 2:40-4:10 pm
KNBR 104.5 FM: While working on 8/22 Interesting News,
listened to SF Giants vs Oakland Athletics's baseball game;
Giants defeated A's 2-1 with Giants now 80-44, leading Dodgers
by 2.5 games (By Kerry Crowley, Mercury News, 8-22-2021)

Donovan Solano's pinch-hit 2-run homer
in 8th inning as Giants beats the A's 2-1
winning their Oakland series 3-2.

Sunday, August 22, 2021, 2:40-5:15 pm
Mountain View: "Seven Waterfalls in Hawaii"
(By Tom Bentley, Mercury News, 8-22-2021, F7-F8)

Hawaii's Rainbow Falls, Pe'epe'e Falls,
Wal'ale Falls, Onamea & Boulder Creek Falls,
'Akaka Falls, and Bridge Falls. Sunday, August 22, 2021, 2:40-5:15 pm
Mountain View: "Sprouts Farmers Market debuts new look"
(By Samanta Gowen, Mercury News, 8-22-2021, E1, E3)

Sprouts has 362 stores in 23 states,
138 in California. CEO Jack Sinclair
is focusing on keto & plant-based food.

Sunday, August 22, 2021, 5:00-6:00 pm
Mountain View: "SPORTS: Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera joins exclusive 500-home run club" (He's 28th player in MLB history
to hit 500 home runs. It was his 2,955th career hit as he chases
an elite 32-player group that finished careers with 3,000 hits.
(By Cassandra Negley, Yahoo News, 8-22-2021)

Six players in the 3,000/500 club:
Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Albert Pujols,
Eddie Murray, Alex Rodriguez and Rafael Palmeiro. Sunday, August 22, 2021, 5:00-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Cooked yesterday P.F. Chang's Shrimp Lo-Mein:
Added 2 scrambled eggs, Brazil nuts, walnut halves, sliced almonds,
cashews, sunflower & pumpkin seeds, 1/3 Ultimate Veggie Stir-Fry,
Imitation Crabmeat Chunks in sesame oil, pepper, onion powder,
Ken's Balsamic Vinaigrette & Asian Sesame Salad Dressing

After adding all the extras,
stretched one meal to three meals;
can relax cooking next two days.

Sunday, August 22, 2021, 6:00-8:26 pm
Mountain View: "50 years later, these are
the most influential albums of 1971""
(By Peter Larsen, Mercury News, 8-19-2021, G1-G2)

1. "What's Going On" Marvin Gaye; 2. "Blue" Joni Mitchell; 3. "Led Zeppelin IV" Led Zeppelin; 4. "Tapestry" Carole King; 5. "Hunky Dory" David Bowie; 6. "Sticky Fingers" Rolling Stones; 7. "Coat of Many Colors" Dolly Parton;
8. "Imagine" John Lennon; 9. "There's a Riot Goin' On"
Sly & the Family Stone; 10. "Fragile" Yes; 11. "At Fillmore East" Allman Brothers Band; 12. "John Prine" John Prine. Sunday, August 22, 2021, 6:00-8:26 pm
Mountain View: "MUSIC: Don Everly of
early rock 'n' roll Everly Brothers dies at 84"
(By Kristin M. Hall, Mercury News, 8-22-2021)

In the late 1950s and 1960s, the duo of Don & Phil drew upon their rural roots with their strummed guitars and high, yearning harmonies. Their 19 top 40 hits included "Bye Bye Love", "Let It Be Me", "All I Have to Do Is Dream", and "Wake Up Little Susie", influenced the Beatles and Simon
& Garfunkel. Phil Everly, died in January 2014 at age 74. They broke up in 1973, & reunited in 1983, "with a hug".

Monday, August 23, 2021, 10:55-11:07 am
Mountain View: Mid-Pen Housing Inspection &
Preventive Maintenance with Abraham & Zeb
(Didn't show uo on August 5 & August 19)

Fixed my clogged bathroom sink
and put in new batteries
for the smoke alarms. Monday, August 23, 2021, 12:15-2:00 pm
Mountain View: Walked to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd)
for "Daily Post"; Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff) 1:34 pm;
1:47 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave and walked home

2 Sig Sel Thin-Crust Supreme Pizza @ $2.99 = $5.98;
Clio Granola Yogurt Bar ($2.49) = Free; Sig Hand
Sanitizer ($1.79) = Free; Mediwiper Wipes (99¢) = Free.

Monday, August 23, 2021, 7:10-9:17 pm
Mountain View: ICON Theaer (2575 California St.);
Free Monday Movies: Jaume Collet-Serra directs
"Jungle Cruise" (2021) with Dwayne Johnson; Emily Blunt;
Édgar Ramírez; Jack Whitehall; Jesse Plemons; Paul Giamatti;
(Film Reviews: Atlantic: Rolling Stone; AV Club;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Small riverboat captain takes a scientist
and her brother through Amazon jungle
in search of the Tree of Life. Monday, August 23, 2021, 12:15-2:00 pm
Mountain View: Ad in "Daily Post" (8-14-2021, p. 11) that
MV's ICON Theater offers "FREE MOVIE MONDAYS";
Free tickets hour prior to showtime by person on day of show:
Al Guzman sent link to Free Movies; Karen wants to see
"Jungle Cruise" @ 7:10 & eat at Sajj beforehand @ 5 pm;
Al couldn't join us today for the free movie

I'll eat after the movie, my frig is full—
leftover P.F. Chang's Shrimp Lo-Mein dish plus
three boxes of frozen Thin-Crust Supreme Pizzas.

Monday, August 23, 2021, 5:00-5:50 pm
Mountain View: Karen picks me up at 5 pm, drives to
Sajj Mediterranean Restaurant (2580 W El Camino Real),
Tina & A.J. joined us; they had bowls of salads; I didn't eat

Karen played paddle ball with Tina and A.J.
in San Francisco yesterday; A.J tells his remodelling
a house putting up walls; I tell him about proteins & poetry. Monday, August 23, 2021, 7:10-9:25 pm pm
Mountain View: ICON Theater (2575 California St., Suite 601); Karen changes her mind and wants to see "Respect" about Areatha Franklin; Tina & A.J. follows her to see free movie @ 7:30 pm

Since I wrote Haiku at 4:00 pm about
"Jungle Cruise" including 4 videos already,
I preferred seeing this adventure movie alone.

Tuesday, August 24, 2021, 1:50 pm
Mountain View: Woke up at 12:20 pm; Solved
Jumble Puzzle @ 1:50 pm— FJFIY = JIFFY;
LUFAT = FAULT; RYOHNT = THORNY; GREETR = REGRET

Cartoon Answer— When the dictator's neckwear
wasn't to his liking, he went on a
I AT TN RE = "TIE-RANT" Tuesday, August 24, 2021, 7:10-9:25 pm pm
Mountain View: NY Times News Briefing of popular article:
"What Makes People Charismatic, and How You Can Be, Too"
(By Bryan Clark, NY Times, 8-15-2019)

Three pillars of charisma: presence (residing
in the moment), power (remove self-doubt),
warmth (signal kindness and acceptance).

Tuesday, August 24, 2021, 4:00 pm
Mountain View: Voting for KDFC's
Ultimate Playlist of Classical Music

1. Domenico Zipoli: Elevazione;
2. Jules Massenet: Thais: Meditation;
3. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #5. Tuesday, August 24, 2021, 4:00 pm
Mountain View: KDFC asked reason
for selecting these favorites—

These are meditative
music making our mind
serene to wake us up!

Tuesday, August 24, 2021, 5:00-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Like to see "Black Widow" (2021)
starring Scarlett Johansson, but it's no longer
playing at ICON Theater in Mountain View

Movie still playing at Century Cinema 16
Shoreline Blvd on Saturday at 12:30 pm;
Reviews— Critics: 80%; Audience: 91%. Tuesday, August 24, 2021, 5:00-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Karen thought we may not get seats
at ICON Theater due to their FREE MONDAY MOVIES,
but there were lots of empty seats; Next free movie to see—

Free Guy @ 7:30 pm;
Reminiscence @ 5:30 pm;
The Night House @ 5:50 pm or 8:25 pm.

Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 7:23 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 12:00 pm; Solved
Jumble Puzzle @ 7:23 am— WFREE = FEWER;
NUREP = PRUNE; FROFET = EFFORT; DUPOMI = PODIUM

Cartoon Answer— The restaurant's food &
services kept getting worse, and customers
EW PRE EF DU = WERE FED UP Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 2:30-3:06 pm
Mountain View: Left apt at 2:30 pm; Red Bus @ 2:47 pm
to Showers Drive Wal-Mart news bins for "Daily Post";
Bus #21 to CVS (2630 W. El Camino Real)

Folgers Instant Coffee ($8.79) @ $3.49 Special;
40% off online coupon - $1.40 = $2.09;
30% off mail coupon - .63 = $1.46.

Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 3:10-3:25 pm
Mountain View: Shopping at Sprouts Farmers
Market (630 San Antonio Road)

Bunch of Organic Green Onions @ 99¢;
0.93 lb Sweet Banana Chips @ $3.49/lb = $3.25;
3 Pina Coloda Almonds (0.64 lb) @ $2.99/lb = $5.86. Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 3:30-3:55 pm
Mountain View: Shopping at Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
4:06 pm Bus #40 to Central XPwy stop and walked home

1.94 oz Clio Granola Yogurt Bar @ $2.49 = Free;
32 oz Lucerne Sugarless Hazelnut Creamer @ $3.00;
2 Gorton Fish Fillets 24.5 oz (12) @ $9.79 BOGO Free.

Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 5:00-6:00 pm
Mountain View: "Charlie Watts, Bedrock Drummer for the Rolling Stones, Dies at 80" (By Gavin Edwards, NY Times, 8-24-2021)

Reserved, dignified and dapper, Mr. Watts was never as flamboyant, either onstage or off; He played 50 years
with the Rolling Stones, but his first love was jazz. Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 6:50-7:03 pm
Mountain View: Listened to KNBR 104.5 FM
SF Giants leads NY Mets 3-2; Jake McGee in relief

Tense 9th inning: Belt drops foul ball; Slater drops ball in
centerfield; Bases loaded after Nimmo walked; Alonso
popped out as Jake McGee saved game to win 3-2.

Thursday, August 26, 2021, 3:10-3:25 pm
Mountain View: Woke up at 11:50 am; Solved
Jumble Puzzle @ 7:23 am— KOPRE = POKER:
WATRL = TRAWL; SCRCIU = CIRCUS; SNLEET = NESTLE

Cartoon Answer— To finish his book about
the continental railroad soon, he'd need to stay
OKR TAW CIR NTE = "WRITE" ON TRACK Thursday, August 26, 2021, 3:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Red Bus @ 3:20 pm to Wal-Mart news bins for
"Daily Post" & "Metro"; Shop @ Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
4:45 pm Bus #40 to Central XPwy stop and walked home

18 Value Corner Large Eggs @ $1.97;
12 oz La Choy Chinese Crispy Noodles @ $2.79;
2.49 lbs Red Seedless Grapes @ $1.61/lb = $4.01.

Thursday, August 26, 2021, 6:02-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Zoom class with Gene Tognetti
on LINC-405; He lectured on Google Slides today—

Gene showed how to make color gradient on page;
restore missing items from History Version;
Place image in shaped formats; Grouping. Thursday, August 26, 2021, 6:02-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Gene tells me he comes to
LINC-405 Zoom sessions Thursdays 6:00-7:00 pm

My next LINC-405 project is Google Sites;
Gene says "You don't have to know HTML
making web pages with Google Sites.

Thursday, August 26, 2021, 6:30-8:00 pm
Mountain View: "Appreciation: Michael Morgan
redefined what a 'classical' concert is all about"
(By Georgia Rowe, Mercury News, 8-26-2021, G8)

Oakland conductor brought new styles to orchestra concerts;
One eclectic Morgan program featured music by Stravinsky
and Ravel, with encores by Stevie Wonder and Prince. Thursday, August 26, 2021, 6:30-8:00 pm
Mountain View: "Deflecting asteroid
before impact may take multiple bumps"
(By Katherine Kornei, NY Times, 8-27-2021)

A roughly 525-foot piece of rock known as Dimorphos,
is in no danger of hitting Earth. NASA's Double Asteroid
Redirection Test (DART) mission will meet it Sept. 2022.

Thursday, August 26, 2021, 6:30-8:00 pm
Mountain View: Save comic for "Number 34" collection; Bizarro by
Wayne Honath & Dan Piraro (8-26-2021) Feb. 3 is 34th day of year
[Born February 3: Felix Mendelssohn (1809); Simone Weil (1909)]

Solitary Contentment: Day 34: Another
blissful day of sun, ocean breezes and no social
obligations. I hope the rescue team never comes. Thursday, August 26, 2021, 6:30-8:00 pm
Mountain View: SPORTS: Chris Sale tied Sandy Koufax's
record for most immaculate innings (3 strikeouts on 9 pitches)
(By Jack Baer, Yahoo News, 8-26-2021)

Record shared between two southpaws— Boston Red Sox's Chris Salethrew 3rd immaculate inning of his career, striking out 3 Minnesota Twins on 9 pitches in 3rd inning.

Friday, August 27, 2021, 7:00-7:38 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 7:00 am; Solved
Jumble Puzzle @ 7:38 am— LDUEE = ELUDE;
BREET = BERET; DFAERO = FEDORA; INCORI = IRONIC

Cartoon Answer— She suggested that they get
married on horseback, and he thought it was a
ED BE DA IRI = "BRIDE" IDEA Friday, August 27, 2021, 3:08-4:15 pm
Mountain View: Red Bus @ 3:24 pm to Target (555 Showers Dr.)—
No Blood Pressure Tester; For Sale: Omron Blood Pressure Monitor
@ $68.99; Wal-Mart has Blood Pressure Tester but not working

Rudy told me Target has Free
Blood Pressure Tester, bur they didn't;
May go to Foothill Health Office for test.

Friday, August 27, 2021, 4:30-4:57 am
Mountain View: Wal-Mart news bins for "Daily Post"
and Chef Chu's news bins for "Palo Alto Weekly";
Shopping at Safeway (645 San Antonio Road);
5:16 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy Stop & walked home)

La Terra Fina Quiche Lorraine @ $11.99 BOGO = $5.99;
La Terra Fina Spinach & Artichoke Quiche BOGO = $5.99;
O Organic Almond-Coconut Milk @ $2.50 - $1 off = $1.50. Friday, August 27, 2021, 6:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Wrote two poems in semi-sleep state—
"Alliterations Attract Attention" (Adam ate apple);
"Alliterations Attract Attention II" (Angel aims arrow);
Cranach's "Adam & Eve" (1526) & Botticelli's "Primavera" (1480)

Silent sage speaks
Towering tall trees
Unveil unending universe

Saturday, August 28, 2021, 7:45-7:55 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 2:00 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 7:55 am— XYSTI = SIXTY; RUYCR = CURRY;
GNLUEJ = JUNGLE; VSROYA = SAVORY

Cartoon Answer— The marathon
runner retired after her career
SIT CRR UNE SAO = RAN ITS COURSE Saturday, August 28, 2021, 5:15-6:15 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 5:15 pm; Walk to Valero Gas
Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post": No "Daily News";
5:52 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave and walked home

No shopping at Safeway today
since Saturday Busses run every hour,
better not to wait and catch one home.

Saturday, August 28, 2021, 6:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Today is the 272nd anniversary
of Goethe's birth; Homage to my mentor: (1, 2, 3);
Have 212 Goethe citations on my web site— Rebirth in Rome;
Faust; Harz Mountain; Ginkgo Biloba; Alchemy; Heidelberg

August 28 is 240th day of year; On this day—
Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay (1609);
William Herschel finds new Saturn moon: Enceladus (1789). Saturday, August 28, 2021, 6:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Karen & I both went to Cornell; She got invitation
from CAAA on Private Screening of "Shang-Chi & Legend of the
Ten Rings" @ $10 Redwood Downtown 20 and XD @ 7:45 pm &
Happy Hour at Quinto Sol before the movie; She likes me to go

I don't drink & have not attended any Cornell West Coast
Alumni functions; Prefer to see free showing @ 7:00 pm
on Monday, Sept. 6 at Mountain View ICON Theater.

Saturday, August 28, 2021, 6:30-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Listened to KNBR 104.5 FM
SF Giants beats Atlanta Braves 5-0; Jay Jackson 3 K's in 9th

Logan Webb's 3-pitch inning in 4th
with 7 innings shutout; La Stella and
Yastrzemski homers as SF Giants win 5-0. Saturday, August 28, 2021, 9:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Wrote poem "Alliterations Attract Attention III"
in waking state as first two poems came in dream-sleep state

Always answer alerts
Buy barn bargains—
Cabbage, carrots, cucumbers.

Sunday, August 29, 2021, 11:22 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 1:50 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 11:22 am— BEFELE = FEEBLE; SRYGSA = GRASSY;
NEOYRD = YONDER; UOQAEP = OPAQUE;
FNITNA = INFANT; HMPIRS = SHRIMP

Cartoon Answer— When she saw that they
were out of the drops she was looking for, it was
EE GSS YOR OAE IF SHR = A "SIGH" FOR SORE EYES Sunday, August 29, 2021, 4:00-4:50 pm
Mountain View: "Clayton was the best guitar picker in our town.
I thought he was a hero and I used to follow Clayton around...
I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died. Nobody ever
knew it but I went out in the woods and I cried." (Lyrics; Video)

My former WPI student and friend
Deborah Oakley, UNLV Architecture Professor,
wants to play the guitar when she retires.

Sunday, August 29, 2021, 5:00-5:45 pm
Mountain View: "Stanford football: ranking Cardinal's greatest QBs of all-time" (Harold Gutman, Mercury News, Kickoff, pp. 60-61)

1. Jim Plunkett (1968-1970), Super Bowls XV, XVIII;
2. John Elway (1979-1982), Super Bowls XXXII, XXXIII;
3. Andrew Luck (2008-11), NFL Passing TD leader (2014). Sunday, August 29, 2021, 5:00-5:45 pm
Mountain View: "Will the Real 49ers please stand up?!?"
(By Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, Kickoff, pp. 20-25)

Shanahan's team, is talented, experienced,
out of excuses; Offense, defense, rookie
quarterback or veteran— it's time for results.

Sunday, August 29, 2021, 9:49-11:12 pm
Mountain View: After dinner @ 9:46 pm, checked emails
@ wisdomportal.com which was done on 1-3-2021 @ 9:12 pm

709 unread emails from Jan. 1-Aug. 29, 2021;
Kept 81 emails; Deleted 628 as spam
except Cornell Alumni emails trashed. Sunday, August 29, 2021, 9:49-11:12 pm
Mountain View: Many emails want to pay to place their blogs
on my web site; Microsoft Inc. says my password expired

Kept emails pointing to expired URLs on my website;
Dr. Lessen wants photograph of Professor Gerry Fasman;
Another to discuss Wei Wu Wei after reading his books.

Monday, August 30, 2021, 1:02-1:33 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Simon Rattle directs Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra to Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony #5 in c Op 67 (1808); (CD); (YouTube: Toscanini, Van Karajan, Bernstein,
Gustav Duhamel); 5th Symphony's wake-up call

I voted #3 Beethoven's "Symphony #5"
in KDFC's Ultimate Playlist
of favorite classic music. Monday, August 30, 2021, 11:49 am-12:00 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Gordon Hunt plays oboe
with Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra
to Domenico Zipoli's Elevazione (1716);
(CD); (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

I voted #1 Zipoli's "Ascension"
in KDFC's Ultimate Playlist
of favorite classic music.

Monday, August 30, 2021, 8:50 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 10:50 am; Solved
Jumble Puzzle @ 11:22 am— TBYAT = BATTY;
CIPYS = SPICY; LEEIYD = EYELID; SOMHOT = SMOOTH

Cartoon Answer— If circles, ovals,
triangles, squares, etc. came to life, they'd have
BAY SPI EELD SOH = SHAPELY BODIES Monday, August 30, 2021, 10:30 am
Mountain View: Al Guzman woke me up, likes to go
to Free Movie at ICON Theater in Mountain View;
Prefers 5:30 pm showing of "Free Guy" instead of 7:30 pm

Checked Mountain View ICON Theater schedule—
"Free Guy" showings: 1:30 pm, 4:50 pm, 7:30 pm;
so need to get free tickets @ 3:50 pm for best seats.

Monday, August 30, 2021, 3:10-6:50 pm
Mountain View: ICON Theaer (2575 California St.);
Free Monday Movies: Shawn Levy directs "Free Guy" (2021)
with Ryan Reynolds; Jodie Comer; Joe Keery; Lil Rel Howery;
Utkarsh Ambudkar; Taika Waititi, Britne Oldford;
(Film Reviews: 1: 2; 3; 4); (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Science fiction action comedy film—
Bank teller discovers he is a character
in an open-world video game to be deleted. Monday, August 30, 2021, 7:10-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Al Guzman dropped me off at Wal-Mart
news bins for "Daily Post"; He had a Zoom conference at 3:00 pm;
Walked to MV's ICON Theater at 3:10 pm; Read "Daily Post" & "Mercury News" in lobby; Al came at 3:50 pm; We got free tickets for "Free Guy" @ 4:50 pm, Auditoriium #2 on 2nd floor, AA8-9

"Free Guy" plot's theme similar to "Matrix" film
where our world is a computer simulation designed
by programmers. Nick Bostrom's lecture (5-15-2006).

Tuesday, August 31, 2021, 8:00 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 1:50 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 8:00 am— RKACN = CRANK; ASETE = TEASE;
TARREH = RATHER; ARFOLM = FORMAL

Cartoon Answer— The mobile food vendor
sold hot dogs,pretzels, soft drinks and more
C TA RA AL = A LA "CART" Tuesday, August 31, 2021, 4:00-5:30 pm
Mountain View: NY Times News Briefings links to "What is your love style" (Quiz by sociologist, determines how you define love
in a relationship.) (By Terry Hatkoff, NY Times, 10-8-2017)

"My Ridiculous Dating System Totally Works!"—
(NY Times, 4-9-2021); "What love looks like in NYC"
(V. Safronova & Daniel Arnold, NY Times, 11-7-2017)

Tuesday, August 31, 2021, 5:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: My brother Jimmy's 78th birthday
today; Did web page "August 31" Date (8-31-2000);
Other notables born on August 31—

Hermann von Helmholtz (1821); Maria Montessori (1870);
George Sarton (1884); Alan Jay Lerner (1918);
Frank Robinson (1935); Itzhak Perlman (1945). Tuesday, August 31, 2021, 6:13-6:58 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed Tuesday;
No need to get dressed; Stayed home to work;
Compose Birthday-iPhone for August 31 in HTML

Italy 1018 honors Maria Montessori, born 8-31-1870;
August birthstone: Moonstone; Birth flower: Poppy;
August 31 Zodiac sign: Virgo.