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HAIKUS: December 2023
By Peter Y. Chou |
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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. |
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Friday, December 1, 2023, 1:11-1:37 am Mountain View: While I thought feeling peace in the presence of a sage, Melli O'Brien sent Nov. 30 email @ 12:35 pm: A mindful reminder for this week "Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart" — Unknown. |
Friday, December 1, 2023, 1:37-2:00 am Mountain View: Recalled my first meeting with Paul Brunton (PB) in Montreux, Switzerland (8-30-1972)— At dinner, Melody served tea— cap of the teapot fell on the floor shattering it Amidst the noise, we all reacted with "Ah!", expect PB who was calm, saying "Pick it up and I'll fix it tomorrow." Such is the action of a sage fully at peace— a priceless moment! |
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Friday, December 1, 2023, 5:59-6:04 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:20 am; Woke up @ 2:25 pm (10 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:04 am MCAMO = COMMA; PHEDT = DEPTH; PROTYH = TROPHY; RANYEL = NEARLY Cartoon Answer— For Charles Wesley, seeing people's reactions to his songs of praise MMA DPH PHY NEAY = MADE "HYMN" HAPPY 26.37% of 986 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Friday, December 1, 2023, 3:06-3:26 pm Mountain View: In dream last night, a woman asked: "What's the most important thing in your life?"; I replied "Enlightenment"— to experience the mind of Buddha, Lao Tzu, and Christ, blessed with cosmic consciousness. I embarked on the spiritual quest in 1968— meeting gurus and sages, practicing meditation, learning wisdom & compassion, loving my work, and living a life in calmness with blessings & grace. |
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Friday, December 1, 2023, 5:50-7:20 pm Palo Alto: Jack Mullen (in Milpitas Care Center) would have loved to come and see Stanford Theatre: Henry Koster directs Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939) with Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, Helen Parrish, Charles Winninger, Nella Walker, Robert Cummings, William Lundigan; Ernest Cossart, Felix Bressart, Charles Coleman; Reviews: imdb; NY Times; TCM; Rotten Tomatoes; YouTube: Trailer; Premiere; "Invitation to the Dance"; "Because". Sequel to Three Smart Girls gives the two oldest sisters romantic partners, with youngest sister Deanna playing matchmaker to the mismatched pairs. (Robert Cummings & William Lundigan looked alike). |
Friday, December 1, 2023, 7:30-8:55 pm Stanford Theatre: Henry Koster directs "Three Smart Girls" (1936) starring Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, Barbara Read, Binnie Barnes, Charles Winninger, Ray Milland, Alice Brady, Mischa Auer, Ernest Cossart, Lucile Watson, John 'Dusty' King, Nella Walker, Hobart Cavanaugh, Franklin_Pangborn; Reviews: imdb; Rotten Tomatoes; TCM; AllMovie; YouTube: Trailer; Reviews; "Il Bacio (The Kiss)"; "Someone To Care For Me". 14-year-old Deanna Durbin was billed as 'Universal's New Discovery' in her very first film. She plays the youngest of three sisters plotting to bring their divorced parents back together. |
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Saturday, December 2, 2023, 6:12-6:28 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:55 am; Woke up @ 12:08 pm (8 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:28 am NUWOD = WOUND; GYBGA = BAGGY; GOUTHH = THOUGH; RYETRA = ARTERY Cartoon Answer— The bat was being pressured to give up his favorite spot and would need to OUN GG HH AT = HANG TOUGH 17.56% of 729 responders had trouble with "ARTERY". |
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 3:00-3:45 pm Mountain View: Ann came @ 3:00 pm; Drove to Valero for "Daily Post"; Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:15-3:34 pm; Gave Ann bag of newspapers, 2 Quaker Instant Oatmeal, C4 Energy Drinks (Blood Orange & Watermelon); Poems (Ascension, Photos to Wow), LINC-405 (Hawk over Mtns & Police Chasing Bank Robber) Value Corner 1% Milk ($4.99) @ $3.74; Cup Fresh Watermelon ($3.99) @ $3.19; Celsius Energy Drink Wild Berry 12 oz @ $2.00 = Free; C4 Energy Drink Strawberry-Guava 12 oz @ $2.99 = Free; |
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Saturday, December 2, 2023, 3:00-3:45 pm Mountain View: Rudy's Dec. 1 email @ 10:08 pm Returning to Sunnyvale on Dec. 8 to Wells Fargo for Julie's IRA; Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:15-3:34 pm; Free for Rudy— Yuban Coffee 25.3 oz ($16.99) @ $5.99; Lemon Pudding Ring Cake ($5.99) - $2 Bakery @ $3.99; C4 Energy Drink Strawberry-Guava 12 oz @ $2.99 = Free. |
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 5:00-5:40 pm Mountain View: Paper jammed in Epson Printer; Can't get it out; Emailed Al Guzman (1:12 pm) for help to get paper out; More Deanna Durbin movies at Stanford Theatre seen before. "It Started With Eve" (4:00-5:35 pm) with Charles Laughton; "Hers to Hold" (5:45-7:20 pm); Last Bus #40 @ 5:47 pm; Don't relish hour walk home on Rengstorff Ave in the dark. |
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Saturday, December 2, 2023, 6:40-6:42 pm Mountain View: ChatGPT could not provide photo of "spiritual enlightenment"; when I asked "4 rhyming quatrains poem on "Spiritual Enlightenment"; it gave this answer in just 2 minutes— In the heart's hush, a silent bloom, Spirit awakens in sacred room, Light dances within, pure and bright, Enlightenment born from inner sight. Mystic whispers, a soul's embrace, Journeying beyond time and space, Truth unfolds in whispers serene, Awakening realms that lie unseen. Paths converge where seekers tread, Wisdom's tapestry finely thread, Eternal quest, a timeless flight, In enlightenment's celestial light. Amidst the dance of cosmic hue, Spirits merge, timeless and true, In every breath, in moments spent, Spiritual enlightenment finds ascent. |
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 6:55-6:56 pm Mountain View: Bard provided photo of "lotus flower" for "spiritual enlightenment"; when I asked "4 rhyming quatrains poem on "Spiritual Enlightenment"; it gave this answer in just 1 minute. Beyond the veil of earthly sight, A silent world, a radiant light. Where soul unsheathes its gilded wings, And mortal coils to freedom clings. No longer bound by fear or blame, The heart, a kindled, sacred flame. It sees the dance of every sphere, And whispers truths the world can't hear. From fractured parts, a whole is made, In loving touch, all debts are paid. Compassion's balm on every scar, The self dissolves, a distant star. Enlightened eyes, with tears they see, The vastness held in you and me. A symphony of endless grace, In every breath, a holy space. |
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Sunday, December 3, 2023, 5:35-5:52 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:20 am; Woke up @ 12:50 pm (10.5 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 5:52 am— BPURAT = ABRUPT; LYEAVL = VALLEY; LEBFEE = FEEBLE; DONYRE = YONDER; DSUNED = SUDDEN; NRUYHG = HUNGRY Missed Cartoon Answer— The group of golfers had been pals for years they'd tee off once BRT VY EEE YD UDE HR = "EVERY-BUDDY" (WAS) THERE 30.61% of 477 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Sunday, December 3, 2023, 1:00-4:35 pm Mountain View: No "Daily Post" on Sunday; Stay home to work; Listening on KNBR 104.5 FM: SF 49ers beats Philadelphia Eagles 42-19; Not going to Stanford Theatre for Deanna Durbin movies: "It Started With Eve" (4:00-5:35 pm) with Charles Laughton; "Hers to Hold" (5:45-7:20 pm); Last Bus #40 on Sunday is 5:47 pm, not relishing taking Bus #22 to Rengstorff Ave & hour-walk home. Al Guzman came to fix the paper jam in my Epson printer. He managed to grab six ripped pieces out with several tries. Gave Al 2 Pringles & 2 Wheat Thins Crackers. |
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Sunday, December 3, 2023, 4:30-5:00 pm Mountain View: Dan Piraro's Bizarro Comics— Searched for hidden objects and found ten: UFO: 1st panel, Upper right corner; Eyeball: Not found (in "Bizarro" Title page column not shown online); Firecracker: left of "Tunnel of Love" sign; Apple Pie: before right bush; Pipe: on roof top; Arrow: behind car; Rabbit: in right bush; Crown: 2nd panel, on girl's T-shirt; Shoe: 2nd panel, on house; Inverted Bird: below desk of bicycle; K2: not found; O2: in stream behind boat. |
Sunday, December 3, 2023, 4:30-5:00 pm Mountain View: "OBITUARY: Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93" (By Mark Sherman, AP, Mercury News, December 2, 2023, A1, A6) Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, died at 93 in Phoenix, of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness. Her nomination in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan ended 191 years of male exclusivity on the high court. (more Interesting News, 12/2) |
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Sunday, December 3, 2023, 5:00-5:45 pm Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO: Holiday getaway: Cut down your own Christmas tree in Plumas National Forest" (By Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, December 3, 2023, F7-F8) The tree-sourcing experience requires nothing more than a $10 permit from the Plumas National Forest, a hand saw and a sense of adventure. Visit: Plumas National Forest; Nakoma Resort; Chalet View Lodge; The Brewing Lair; Millie's Ice Cream and Coffee; The Peak. |
Sunday, December 3, 2023, 5:00-5:45 pm Mountain View: "TRAVEL LIST: 15 Bay Area Christmas tree farms to check out in 2023" (By Brittany Delay, Mercury News, December 3, 2023, F7) 1. Speer Family Farms, Alameda; 2. Smith Family Farms, Brentwood; 3. Castro Valley Christmas Tree Farm; 4. Silveyville Christmas Tree Farm, Dixon; 5. Santa's Tree Farm and Village, Half-Moon Bay; 6. 4 C's Christmas Tree Farm, Half-Moon Bay. |
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Monday, December 4, 2023, 12:51-12:57 pm Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:20 am; Woke up @ 12:00 pm (10 hours sleep); No Mercury News delivered today; Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 12:57 pm ODTSO = STOOD; VAEWE = WEAVE; TGONET = GOTTEN; MLTEHE = HELMET Cartoon Answer— When it came to completely paying off her mortgage, she was able to OD W ON HL = HOLD (HER) OWN 9.45% of 921 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Monday, December 4, 2023, 12:20-12:42 pm Mountain View: Born on Dec. 4— Thomas Carlyle (1795); Rainer Maria Rilke (1875); Herbert Read (1893); Feng Youlan (1895); Deanna Durbin (1921); Lee Smith (1957). Solved Jumble Puzzle at Chicago Tribune in 6 minutes; 22 minutes reading 21 Comics in Washington Post (12:20-12:42 pm): Adam @ Home; Baby Blues; Bizarro; Blondie; Donnesbury; For Better or Worse; Frank & Ernest; Garfield; Overboard; Mutts; Peanuts; Pearls Before Swine; Pickles; Rex Morgan; Rhymes with Orange; Sally Forth; Sherman's Lagoon; The Family Circus; Zits. At GoComics: Jump Start; Luann. |
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Monday, December 4, 2023, 6:27-8:15 pm Mountain View: Sent $46.00 to "Mercury News" (Ohio) for 20 weeks subscription; Didn't renew Time @ $25.00/year plus 2 Free Subscriptions for friends; (Time expires Oct. 2024); paid $39.36 2 years (1/10/22); $15 (8/24/22) (expires 7/19/2024) Phoned Fidelity Investments (7:55-8:05 pm); Shawn Blake said I have $3654.63 in my Checking Account to cover both Nov. & Dec. Rent Checks of $1242.00 to Mid-Pen Housing; Kaiser's phone # for appt on Medicare & Medicaid benefits, & keeping Dr. Liteh Chang as my physician (for 20 years) not on Medicaid. Cancel Medicaid to keep my personal physician. |
Monday, December 4, 2023, 3:30-5:00 pm Mountain View: Leave apt @ 3:30 pm; Gray Bus @ 4:05 pm; to Valero Gas Station bins (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post"; Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:58-4:31 pm; Bus #40 @ 4:44 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home Cup Fresh Watermelon ($3.99) @ $3.19; Land-O-Lake Black Forest Ham ($7.49) @ $5.62; Quaker Instant Oatmeal: Raisin-Date-Walnut @ $1.97; C4 Energy Drink Peach Mango 12 oz @ $2.99 = Free; Celsius Energy Drink Raspberry 12 oz @ $2.79 = Free; Sliced Blueberry Cake, 10 ct @ $5.99 - $2 Bakery = $3.99. |
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Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 5:32-5:37 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 12:30 am; Woke up @ 11:50 am (11 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 5:37 am ASESY = ESSAY; FRGTA = GRAFT; TLILET = LITTLE; ATOPOT = POTATO Cartoon Answer— The evil witch welcomed the visitors and invited them to ESS RFT LIL PAO = SIT FOR A SPELL 21.11% of 772 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 2:00-5:40 pm Mountain View: Gave Tracy Cheng Social Security's "Verification Benefit Letter" to complete Mid-Pen Housing Annual Re-Certification; Paid $1242 Dec. rent check; Need money order for Nov. check; CVS (2630 W. El Camino Real) 4:45-5:02 pm; Bus #40 @ 5:26 pm to Central Xpwy Stop and walked home Yuban Instant Coffee 8 oz @ $4.99; Bauducco Classic Panettone 16 oz @ $5.99; Whitman Chocolate Sampler 10 oz @ $11.99 BOGO 1/2 price @ $6.00. $4 off + 30% off = $23.41. |
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Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 7:04-7:30 pm Mountain View: Linc-405: Zoom Session with Gene Tognetti; Emailed him 6:55 pm on Assignment #10: Animation Video 2 "Policeman Chasing Bank Robber with Money" (Nov. 28, 2023) Gene did Google Sheets with AI— 1. Vancouver Visit with Expenses; 2. Birthday List with Food Preferences; 3. Poets with Works Written; 4. Auto Repairs & Costs. |
Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 8:15-8:45 pm Mountain View: Gene said I may not have access to AI with Google Sheets like "Duet" AI didn't open for me in Google Slides as I'm no longer a Foothill instructor as Gene Tognetti is right now. Gene said I need do just one topic in Google Sheets; Told him I'll do one on "Stanford Theatre Movies" with Dates, Directors, Movies, Cast, Reviews, & Videos. |
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Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 7:04-7:14 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:30 am; Woke up @ 1:50 am (9 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:14 am WTERH = THREW; RYOFT = FORTY; LKLEYI = LIKELY; BIBRTA = RABBIT Cartoon Answer— The author's partner unexpectedly quit, which was HEW RTY LIEL RAB = ALL "WRITE" BY HER 47.74% of 1016 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 3:45-6:40 pm Mountain View: Thivya Mohan at Wells Fargo wrote $1242 cashier's check to Mid-Pen Housing for Nov. rent after seeing my photo ID (Citizen Paper); "Daily Post" at Chef Chu's (0), CVS (2), Valero (6); Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:48-6:16 pm; Bus #40 @ 6:20 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home 4 Pringles Scorching Hot @ $1.99 x $7.96 (for Rudy); C4 Energy Drink Peach Mango 12 oz @ $2.99 = Free; Reser's Deviled-Egg Potato Salad @ $9.99 50% off = $4.99; Just-For-U coupons came @ 7:05 pm; Too late for specials. |
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Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 7:04-7:45 pm Mountain View: Linc-405: Zoom Session with William Cavada, who never showed up; For Assignment #11: Cavada asked me to write a poem, comparing it to AI generated ChatGPT & Google Bard, with illustrations from Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, & Bard. After having a dream about "Enlightenment" (Dec. 1), wrote a poem on this topic, with similar poems by ChatGPT & Google Bard. Experience Christ, Buddha, and Lao Tzu, their mind always refreshed and new— Blessed by wisdom's eternal light, feeling of wonder in soaring flight. |
Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 10:00 pm-12:34 am Mountain View: Mid-Peninsula Open Space Winter 2023-2034 Newsletter came in the mail today with 56 Docent-led Hikes from Dec. 2, 2023 "Wonders of Cherry Springs" (Sierra Azul Preserve) to Feb. 14, 2024 "Morning Meander: Up for Flowers" (Pulgas Ridge Preserve); Newsletter Articles: "O Christmas Tree!"; "Safe Passage for Newts"; "New Discoveries in Coastal Preserves"; "Pond Life". Before Connie passed on (9-10-2016), we went on dozens of Midpeninsula Open Space Preserve Docent-led hikes in the Bay Area. Pulgas Ridge Hike: "Poetry & the Mighty Oaks" (9-25-2008) |
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Thursday, December 7, 2023, 2:25-2:51 pm Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:20 am; Woke up @ 3:20 pm (12 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 2:51 KVOEE = EVOKE; IVICC = CIVIC; NHESTC = STENCH; SRIHTT = THIRST (For Cartoon Puzzle, guessed "SOCC-ER" KINETIC) Missed Cartoon Answer— To a petrologist, the study of granite, limestone, basalt, shale, etc, is OKE CIC SENC IRT = "ROCK-IT" SCIENCE 28.87% of 942 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Thursday, December 7, 2023, 4:15-6:15 pm Mountain View: Tracy Cheng at Mid-Peninsula Housing said I need pay $1242 cashier's check for Dec. rent since my check didn't go through; Half-hour walk to Valero bins for "Daily Post"; Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:20-5:50 pm; Bus #40 @ 6:08 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home Cup Fresh Watermelon ($3.99) @ $3.12; Sig Sel Apple Turnovers @ $5.00, 50% off = $2.50; Baby Arugula Salad 16 oz @ $5.99 - $3.00 off = $2.99; Tillamook Ice Cream Waffle Cone Swirl ($7.49) @ $4.49; Lucerne No-Sugar French Vanilla Creamer ($3.99) @ $2.68. |
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Thursday, December 7, 2023, 9:30-10:30 pm Mountain View: "Taylor Swift is Time's Person of the Year" (By Claire Moses, NY Times, Mercury News, December 7, 2023, A2) Time magazine named Taylor Swift as its person of the year. She beat out eight other finalists, including King Charles III and Barbie. "Picking one person who represents the 8 billion people on the planet is no easy task. We picked a choice that represents joy. Someone who's bringing light to the world," said Sam Jacobs, the magazine's editor-in-chief, "She was like weather, she was everywhere." Time wrote "Swift's accomplishments as an artist— culturally, critically, and commercially— are so legion that to recount them seems almost beside the point." |
Thursday, December 7, 2023, 9:30-10:30 pm Mountain View: "Google updates Bard chatbot with 'Gemini' AI" (By Cade Metz & Nico Grant, NY Times, Mercury News, December 7, 2023, C9-C10) Google's CEO Sundar Pichal said Gemini was more powerful than Gogole's previous chatbot technologies and that it could generate more accurate responses and come closer to mimicking human reasoning in some situations. Google claimed Gemini's most powerful version outperformed OpenAI's latest technology GPT-4, in several key areas. It is better at generating computer code than previous technologies, and it can more accurately summarize news articles & other text documents. |
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Thursday, December 7, 2023, 10:30-11:30 pm Mountain View: People born on December 7: Pietro Mascagni (1863); Richard Warren Sears (1863); Willa Cather (1873); Eli Wallach (1915); Ted Knight (1923). Noam Chomsky, 95 (1928); Ellen Burstyn, 91 (1932); Johnny Bench, 76 (1947); Larry Bird, 67 (1956); Terrell Owens, 50 (1973); Yasiel Puig, 33 (1990). |
Thursday, December 7, 2023, 11:30-11:53 pm Mountain View: "OBITUARY: Norman Lear, producer of TV's 'All in the Family' & influential liberal advocate, died at 101" (By Lynn Elber, Mercury News, December 7, 2023, A1, A5) His shows defined prime time comedy in the 1970s, launched careers of Rob Reiner & Valerie Bertinelli & made middle -aged superstars of Carroll O’Connor, Bea Arthur, Redd Foxx. |
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Friday, December 8, 2023, 6:57-7:01 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:00 am; Woke up @ 1:10 pm (10 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:01 am NRYUN = RUNNY; TTOCE = OCTET; LELACO = LOCALE; ROHUSD = SHROUD Cartoon Answer— The construction company that would be building the new subway line was RNN CTT OCAE RUD = UNDER CONTRACT 24.21% of 1041 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Friday, December 8, 2023, 1:45-2:05 pm Mountain View: Teresa Ponce (Social Services) applied for me Medicaid (10-11-2023) & approved; However Medicaid has Kaiser Santa Clara physicians, and Dr. Liteh Chang (Mountain View Clinic) not listed; Teresa told me to phone Healthcare Action (1-800-430-4263) to keep Dr. Liteh Chang & call her (408-793-2285) on Monday. Acel at Healthcare Action (1:50-2:05 pm) told me I still have Medicare & keep Dr. Liteh Chang as physician; Teresa: "Save $164/month from Social Security on Medicaid." Medicaid will save me $1968 a year, indeed an extra benefit. |
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Friday, December 8, 2023, 5:50-7:20 pm Stanford Theatre: Frank Borzage ("7th Heaven", 1927) directs His Butler's Sister (1943) with Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Pat O'Brien, Akim Tamiroff, Walter Catlett, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Jenks, Sig Arno, Hans Conried, Florence Bates, Elsa Janssen: Reviews: imdb; AFI; NY Times; Rotten Tomatoes; YouTube: "In the Spirit of the Moment"; Radio; Sings Russian Folk Song. Durbin performs a notable medley of Russian folk songs including "Yamschtschick," "Kalitka" and "Two Guitars". She falls in love with Charles Gerard, a Broadway producer, |
Friday, December 8, 2023, 7:30-9:05 pm Stanford Theatre: Mitchell Leisen directs "Remember the Night"" (1940) starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson, Willard Robertson, Sterling Holloway, Charles Waldron, Paul Guilfoyle, Charles Arnt, Fred Toones, Tom Kennedy, Georgia Caine, John Wray, Spencer Charters; Reviews: imdb; TCM; Rotten Tomatoes; AFI; YouTube: Trailer; Reviews; Clips. Fred MacMurray falls in love with Barbara Stanwyck as he did in "Double Indemnity" (1944) the classic film noir four years later. |
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Saturday, December 9, 2023, 7:32-7:37 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:25 am; Woke up @ 8:20 am (7 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:37 am VRIPY = PRIVY; GEISN = SINGE; VIDAEC = ADVICE; NALIDS = ISLAND Cartoon Answer— The doctor examined the arachnid's legs after she became worrid about her PRV SE DIE ISN = SPIDER VEINS 24.21% of 1041 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Saturday, December 9, 2023, 8:20-10:05 am Mountain View: Al Guzman's phone call woke me up @ 8:00 am; Picking me up @ 9 am instead of 10 am; My alarm was set @ 9 am; Gave Al— Whitman Chocolate Sampler, 4 Apple Turnovers, 2 C4 Energy Drinks Peach Mango & Strawberry-Guava. (Had time for 1/2 cup coffee & 3/4 cup orange juice). AL drove to Starbucks for sandwich & coffee for Rudy; Century Cinema 16 didn't open till 9:50 am; Got tickets to see "Napoleon" (10:05 am-1:00 pm); Auditorium 4, Seat F4; Only a couple came to see "Napoleon" in our Auditorium. |
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Saturday, December 9, 2023, 10:05 am-1:00 pm Mountain View: Century Cinema 16 (1500 N Shoreline Blvd); Ridley Scott directs "Napoleon" starring Joaquin Phoenix; Vanessa Kirby; Tahar Rahim; Rupert Everett; Ben Miles; Ludivine Sagnier; Matthew Needham; Édouard Philipponnat; John Hollingworth; Reviews: imdb; Rotten Tomatoes; official site; YouTube: Trailer; Battle of Austerlitz; Director sdiscussed Battle Scenes; Rudy gave the film "10"; For his sake, I've linked Napoleon's son & popular nephew. Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769)-1821); Napoleon II, son of Napoleon & Empress Marie Louise; President Napoleon III, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte. |
Saturday, December 9, 2023, 1:30-2:45 pm Mountain View: After the film, Al Guzman drove to Hobee's (Rengstorff Ave & Central Expressway), but this 50-years joint had closed Nov. 26, 2023; He then drove to Chili's (2560 W. El Camino Real); Rudy & I had Shrimp Cajun Pasta ($17.29); Al had French Fries ($2.99), Shared Brisket Quesadillas ($14.89) & Triple Dipper ($16.29); Rudy & I had glass of iced water; Al had 2 glasses of Coke; Al treated us for "Napoleon" movie, so Rudy treated us for luncheon. Since Rudy paid with his credit card, I gave him 2 Yuban Coffee, 2 Pringles Scorching Hot Potato Chips, Lemon Pudding Ring Cake, C4 Energy Drink Cherry Berry Lime. |
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Saturday, December 9, 2023, 8:27 pm Mountain View: Ann's Dec. 9 email @ 8:27 pm— Her brother lives in Hawaii. and sent this link on Hawaiian Volcanoes & Likely Eruptions Ann was surprised to see that the volcano nearest to her brother's house, Hualalai (High Threat Potential), is ranked above Mauna Kea (Moderate Threat Potential) on eruption threat potential in Hawaii. |
Saturday, December 9, 2023, 2:55-3:13 pm Mountain View: Rudy drove to Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 2:50-3:13 pm since I want to give him more free items. Cup Fresh Watermelon ($3.99) @ $3.12; 2 SeaPak Jumbo Butterfly Shrimp BOGO @ $10.99; C4 Energy Drink Cherry Berry Lime @ $2.99 (for Rudy): Yuban Dark Roast Coffee 25.3 oz ($16.99) @ $5.99 (Rudy). |
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Sunday, December 10, 2023, 5:12-5:27 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 5:30 am; Woke up @ 6:30 pm (13 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 5:27 am— COERGR = GROCER; RPYAAL = PARLAY; BILEVA = VIABLE; SNUDIA = UNSAID; THORET = HOTTER; DZOICA = ZODIAC Cartoon Answer— After the woman gave birth in the taxi, the driver said there was GOE RLY VE NAI HER DC = NO DELIVERY CHARGE 13.39% of 508 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Sunday, December 10, 2023, 7:07-7:57 pm Mountain View: No "Daily Post" on Sunday; Stay home to work; Got up late to listen SF 49ers beats Arizona Diamondbacks 28-16; Not going to Stanford Theatre for "White Christmas" (3:25-5:25 pm) with Bing Crosby; "Christmas in Connecticut" (5:35-7:20 pm) with Barbara Stanwyck; Last Bus #40 on Sunday is 5:47 pm, not relishing taking Bus #22 to Rengstorff Ave & hour-walk home in th dark cold. "BASEBALL: It's Sho-ver: Ohtani passes over SF Giants for record-breaking deal with Dodgers" (10-year, $700 million contract eclipsed record by Mike Trout's $426.5 million deal.) (By Evan Webeck, Mercury News, Dec. 10, 2023, C1, C3). |
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Sunday, December 10, 2023, 9:19-9:30 pm Mountain View: Link to Sunday Mercury News Section F "Eat Drink Play" not on; Typing from hard copy of the newspaper; "A Tale of to Christmas Towns" (By Martha Ross & Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, Dec. 10, 2023, F7-F8) Gold Country neighbors Nevada City & Grass Valley offer small-town charms in movie-perfect settings. Visit: Nevada City's VictorianChristmas; Grass Valley's Cornish Christmas. The two towns are just a two-hour drive from the Bay Area that offer that magical setting of Christmas. |
Sunday, December 10, 2023, 9:40-10:00 pm Mountain View: Link to Sunday Mercury News Section F "Eat Drink Play" not on; Typing from hard copy of the newspaper; "Ideas for a 'Wonka' dream vacation this winter" (Mercury News, Dec. 10, 2023, F7) 1. Visit one of 3 chocolate locations at Ghiradelli Square; 2. Dine on savory chocolate meals at The Toothsome Chocolate Emporium; 3. Take sweet selfies at interactive meseums; 4. Experience a chocolate theme park at Hersheypark; 5. Drink a candy cocktail at Sugar Factory; 6. Enter a hot chocolate race. |
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Sunday, December 10, 2023, 10:08-10:30 pm Mountain View: Link to Sunday Mercury News Section B Kurt Snibbe's "Nobel Prize: Greatest Benefits" not available; Typing from hard copy of the newspaper; (By Kurt Snibbe, Mercury News, Dec. 10, 2023, B6) Can use lots of data in Snibbe's Nobel Prize listing for my Numbers Collection— Average age in Nobel Laureates Physics— 55; Average age in Nobel Laureates Chemistry— 58; Average age in Nobel Laureates Medicine— 58; Average age in Nobel Laureates Peace— 61; Average age in Nobel Laureates Literature— 65; Average age in Nobel Laureates Economics— 67; Oldest Recipient: John B. Goodenough, chemist (2019) at 97; Country with most Nobel Laureates, USA— 400 (as of 2023); Country with 2nd most Nobel Laureates, Great Britain— 137. |
Sunday, December 10, 2023, 10:30-11:00 pm Mountain View: "OBITUARY: Love Story actor Ryan O'Neal dies at 82" (By Anthon McCartney, AP, Mercury News, Dec. 9, 2023, A2) Ryan O'Neal, the heart-throb actor who went from a TV soap opera to an Oscar-nominated role in Love Story, has died at 82. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012, a decade after he was first diagnosed with chronic leukaemia. O'Neal was among the biggest movie stars in the world in the 1970s, who worked with many of the era's most celebrated directors including Peter Bogdanovich on Paper Moon & Stanley Kubrick on Barry Lyndon. O'Neal was romantically involved with Farrah Fawcett for nearly 30 years, and they had a son, Redmond, born in 1985. O'Neal had his own best-actor Oscar nomination for 1970 tear-jerker drama Love Story, co-starring Ali MacGraw, about a young couple who fall in love, marry and discover she is dying of cancer. |
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Monday, December 11, 2023, 1:33-1:41 pm Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:30 am; Woke up @ 11:55 pm (7.5 hours sleep); No Mercury News delivered today; Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 1:41 pm MAFER = FRAME; TNHOM = MONTH; NEEVAU = AVENUE; LOORIE = ORIOLE Cartoon Answer— The astronauts jumping above the lunar surface for a photo were E MO VN ORO = OVER (THE) MOON 12.14% of 733 responders had trouble with "ORIOLE". |
Monday, December 11, 2023, 1:50-2:09 pm Mountain View: Born on Dec. 11— Hector Berlioz (1803); Alfred de Musset (1810); Robert Koch (1843); Max Born (1882); Carlos Gardel (1890); Mark Tobey (1890); Elliott Carter (1908); Rita Moreno (1931); Solved Jumble at Chicago Tribune in 8 minutes; 19 minutes reading 21 Comics in Washington Post (1:50-2:09 pm): Adam @ Home; Baby Blues; Bizarro; Blondie; Donnesbury; For Better or Worse; Frank & Ernest; Garfield; Overboard; Mutts; Peanuts; Pearls Before Swine; Pickles; Rex Morgan; Rhymes with Orange; Sally Forth; Sherman's Lagoon; The Family Circus; Zits. At GoComics: Jump Start; Luann. |
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Monday, December 11, 2023, 9:00-11:50 pm Mountain View: Postage stamps of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821): France B263 Napoleon (6-2-1951); Chad C59 Austerlitz (7-23-1969); Dahomey C99 Napoleon in Battlefield (4-14-1969); Jacques-Louis David's painting "Napoleon Crossing the Alps" (1801). Honoré de Balzac's "Louis Lambert" (1832) classified Napoleon as a "Specialist", one with mystic consciousness. Jesus was a Specialist. To him, past, present, & future were one. Napoleon turned his head slightly as bullet passed his ear. |
Monday, December 11, 2023, 3:00-4:10 pm Mountain View: Ann came @ 3:00 pm; Drove to Valero news bins to pick up "Daily Post"; Gave her bag of newspapers; 2 Pringles Potato Chips; 2 cans C4 Energy Drinks; Poem "Enlightenment-3" Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:08-3:57 pm Cup Fresh Watermelon ($3.99) @ $3.12; C4 Energy Drink Cherry Berry Lime @ $2.99 = Free: 2 Sig Select French Fried Onions @ $4.49 x 2 = $8.98; 4 Sparkling Drinks Kiwi Watermelon @ 90¢ x 4 = $3.60. |
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Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 12:30-12:44 pm Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:30 am; Woke up @ 12:00 pm (9.5 hours sleep); No Mercury News delivered today; (Paid $46 check on Dec. 4; will deliver tomorrow); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 12:44 pm EHNSE = SHEEN; FHETT = THEFT; GUPYMR = GRUMPY; SMIHYW = WHIMSY Cartoon Answer— After getting behind a car spewing thick smoke from its exhaust, EEN EFT GRUY WHIM = THEY WERE FUMING 29.96% of 898 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 12:57-1:20 pm Mountain View: Born on Dec. 12— Henry Wells (1805); Gustave Flaubert (1821); Edvard Munch (1863); Edward G. Robinson (1893); Frank Sinatra (1915); Bob Barker (1923); Robert Noyce (1927); Bob Pettit (1932); Connie Francis (1937); Dionne Warwick (1940); Solved Jumble at Chicago Tribune in 14 minutes; 18 minutes reading 21 Comics in Washington Post (12:57-1:15 pm): Adam @ Home; Baby Blues; Bizarro; Blondie; Donnesbury; For Better or Worse; Frank & Ernest; Garfield; Overboard; Mutts; Peanuts; Pearls Before Swine; Pickles; Rex Morgan; Rhymes with Orange; Sally Forth; Sherman's Lagoon; The Family Circus; Zits. At GoComics: Jump Start; Luann. |
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Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 2:50-4:18 pm Fidelity Investments (2580 West El Camino Real, Suite 9) Told to write $1242 check to Wells Fargo to get cashier check for Dec. rent payment to Mid-Peninsula Housing CVS (2630 W. El Camino Real) 4:00-4:18 pm; Whitman Chocolate Sampler 10 oz @ $11.99 BOGO 1/2 price @ $5.99; $4 off = $13.98. |
Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 4:25-5:45 pm Shopping at Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd) 4:25-4:52 pm Bus #40 @ 5:33 pm to Central Xpwy Stop & walked home 5:45 pm Pringles Potato Chips @ $1.99 (for Rudy); Lucerne Chocolate Milk 64 oz ($3.89) @ $2.47; C4 Energy Drink Strawberry-Guava @ $2.99 = Free: O Wonderful Pomegranate Juice 8 oz @ $2.84 (Raincheck). |
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Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 7:30-8:26 pm LINC-405 Zoom Session with Gene Tognetti; Showed me to download free software coconutbattery to Applications Folder to check battery health of laptop Gene's Mac Laptop is down to 26%; May spend $200 for new set of batterries. My Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 Laptop is 84% (Good). |
Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 7:30-8:26 pm LINC-405: Showed Gene what I did on Google Sheets How to get Links to Film Reviews & Video Trailers; (Click Link below URL) Also adding row for more cast members Click on "Text Wrapping" ("Curved Arrow" between Vertical Align "Arrow downward" & Text Rotation "A underline arrow"; then click "wrap" curved arrow. |
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Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 11:00-11:30 pm ChatGPT could not provide image of "Beethoven's 5th Symphony" Asked: "Write a sonnet of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony" In distant realms where melodies take flight, Resounds a symphony, a timeless tale, Born from the depths of genius, fierce and bright, Its notes in union, passions they unveil. A maestro's hand, in fervor, does impart A tale in music, Beethoven's decree, Each note, a beating of the human heart, A journey through the soul, wild and free. The opening, a call, a thunderous roar, Daunting fate with courage, steadfast and bold, A journey through the storm, to peace explore, Resilient spirit in each note's stronghold. Ode to the Fifth, its grandeur shall prevail, In melodies, its timeless echo hails. |
Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 11:30-11:50 pm Bard provided 3 images of "Beethoven's 5th Symphony" (Notes) Asked: "Write a sonnet of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony" Fate's drumbeat, sharp and sure, a fist of sound, Five notes, a challenge flung across the night, Awakens slumbering shadows, shakes the ground, And bids the soul to battle, take its flight. Through string and horn, the urgent theme takes fire, A restless question, yearning, ever bold, Uncertain answers flicker and expire, Yet still the onward march, a story told. The oboe whispers doubt, a mournful sigh, But clarion calls, with hope's unyielding grace, And flutes, like sunlight piercing through the sky, Paint victory's promise on the windswept space. Then horns exult, in triumph's final cry, Fate's symphony, a testament of might. |
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Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 11:00-11:30 pm My composition of "Beethoven's Fifth Sonnet" (cf ChatGPT & Bard) Shakesperean rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. Beethoven's Fifth Symphony— most famous four notes in music wisk us up up to divinity even if we're not a mystic. From Upanishads, he was inspired to paste quotes up on his wall— his soul was stirred and fired that "Brahma was One and All". Allegro con brio opens our mind— like no other work of nature or art. There is no greater treasure we'll find that is more noble & true in our heart. Those four notes dun dun dun DUN!— Wake up! Wake up! Life has begun! — Peter Y. Chou Mountain View, 12-12-2023 |
Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 11:50 pm-12:20 am; Asked Bard: "Gemini to write a sonnet of Beethoven's 5th Symphony" Gemini wrote 16 lines instead of 14-lines Shakesperean sonnet Gemini's version is no improvement on Bard's composition. With thunderous chords, a tempest takes its stride, Fate's drumbeat rolls, a dark and brooding tide. Beethoven's soul, in music's form, doth ride, Unleashing passion, where no words abide. Through strings that shriek, and horns that pierce the night, He paints a canvas of heroic might. The oboe's sigh, a mournful lullaby, A tender hope, against the endless sky. The scherzo dances, light on nimble feet, A fleeting joy, where shadows still retreat. Then slow and grave, the adagio's plea, A whispered prayer, beneath eternity. In triumph's blaze, the final movement soars, A symphony of victory, that evermore Will echo on, where human spirit fires, Beethoven's Fifth, a flame that ne'er expires. |
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Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 1:50-2:10 am Asked Bard: "Write a sonnet of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony" Bard knows a sonnet hae 14 lines, whereas Gemini has no idea of a sonnet, writing 16-lines & 20-lines "sonnets" Fate's fist descends, a motif stark and grim, Four notes that pierce the silence, cold and bold. The strings reply, a whisper, then a climb, A rising tide of doubt, a story told. Woodwinds lament, the oboe's mournful plea, Echoes in horns, a symphony of pain. Yet strings resist, a yearning to be free, And drums ignite a fire in the rain. The battle rages, hope and fear entwined, Crescendos crash, then hush to tender sighs. Through darkness, flutes a fragile light have found, And oboes sing of dawn in tearful eyes. Transformed, the motif rises, bold and bright, A hymn of victory, bathed in golden light. Today is the 23rd anniversary of Dad passing to the other shore at 4:32 pm on December 13, 2000— This year would be Dad's 121st birthday Dad was a historian, so I read to him again Ficino's letter on praising history: |
Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 1:30-1:48 am; Asked Bard: "Ask Gemini to write a sonnet of Beethoven's 5th Symphony" Gemini wrote 20 lines instead of 14-lines Shakesperean sonnet Gemini's version is no improvement on Bard's composition. Four notes, a pulse, a question in the night, A stark resolve against the hush it throws. Beethoven's fist upon the canvas writes, In tones of storm, a symphony that flows. The strings ignite, a fury born of strife, Fate's drumbeat echoing in every bar. Through shadowed chords, the melody takes life, A wounded cry that pierces near and far. But darkness yields to whispers soft and low, A oboe's sigh, a flute's celestial grace. Hope dares to bloom where doubt had dared to grow, And fleeting peace paints light upon the face. Triumphant horns ascend on wings of fire, The symphony resolves in soaring song. From depths of sorrow, born on wings of pyre, A hymn to man, where weakness makes him strong. So let the music wash away the tears, And raise the spirit, conquer every doubt. For in this symphony, a message clears: Even from darkness, hope can find its route. |
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Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 5:57-6:03 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 7:20 am; Woke up @ 2:20 pm (7 hours sleep); Hurrah! Mercury News delivered today!; Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:03 am TOBHO = BOOTH; DTLIA = TIDAL; NIMWON = MINNOW; ZYILTG = GLITZY Cartoon Answer— Without any other numbers around, the zeo had OOH TD NNO GIT = NOTHING TO DO 22.06% of 893 responders had trouble with "TIDAL". |
Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 2:48 pm Mountain View: Solved Jumble in 6 minutes (5:57-6:03 am); A Word A Day (2:05 am): chimerize: To form something from parts that are very different. ETYMOLOGY: After Chimera, a fire-breathing female monster in Greek mythology who had a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail. From Greek khimaira (she-goat), ultimately from the Indo-European root ghei- (winter), which also gave us chimera (literally, a female animal that is one winter or one year old), hibernate, and the Himalayas, from Sanskrit him (snow) + alaya (abode). Earliest documented use: 1651. |
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Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 7:00-7:45 pm Mountain View: LINC-405 "Skills Workshop" with William Cavada; Typed Location: "https://fhda-edu.zoom.us/j/5825048716?" but can't find place to type pwd= RysxY2FTN21HTEF5R0hEdzhPSU8vZz09 Today is last class for the Fall Quarter. Emailed 7:09 for help, but received no reply. Emailed Kim Randall (7:33 pm): "Since you're doing the grading for LINC-405, you need to see work done for Fall 2023. My Cyberduck has not been working since Oct. 1, so I can't upload files to my website. Hope you could see me via Zoom, so I can show you my work." |
Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 4:55-6:42 pm Mountain View: Left apt 4:55 pm; Grey Bus to Valero: "Daily Post" Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:26-5:51 pm; Red Bus @ 6:20 pm to Montecito Avenue & walked home 6:42 pm Cup Fresh Watermelon ($3.99) @ $3.12; Dreyer's Kit Kat Ice Cream 1.5 qt ($7.49) @ $4.49; CoffeeMate Peppermint Mocha Coffee Creamer @ $2.97; Pound Cake $5.49, 50% off = $2.74 - $2.00 Bakery = 74¢; 2 Land-O-Lake Black Forest Ham @ $5.62 x 2 = $11.38; 4 Lucerne Sliced Swiss Cheese ($4.49) @ $1.97 x 4 = $7.88. |
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Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 10:30-11:44 pm Mountain View: "Nostradamus on Napoleon"; Jacques-Louis David's "Napoleon Crossing the Alps"; Martineau's "Napoleon & St. Helena"; Dad was in Paris for the United Nations 7th Session of the General Assembly (1952). He bought two miniature toys— Soldier with Rifle on Shoulder & Man in Gray Suit with no weapons. I tok the Soldier, leaving Jimmy with Napoleon. |
Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 11:44-11:59 pm Mountain View: Ann's Dec. 12 email @ 9:18 pm told me Frank Sinatra was born this day in 1915. Enjoyed her delightful YouTube movie snippet of young Frank singing a duet with Kathryn Grayson (1947): Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson - "La Ci Darem La Mano" from "It Happened In Brooklyn" (1947) - YouTube. |
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Thursday, December 14, 2023, 5:18-5:23 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:10 am; Woke up @ 12:45 pm (9.5 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 5:23 am ETLFE = FLEET; BOIML = LIMBO; MHIYSM = SHIMMY; TTIRHF = THRIFT Cartoon Answer— The old clock occasionally became inaccurate and needed to be reset FEE IMO IMM TRT = FROM TIME (TO) TIME 16.73% of 795 responders had trouble with "LIMBO". |
Thursday, December 14, 2023, 1:00-2:20 pm Mountain View: Born on Dec. 13— Heinrich Heine (1797); Carlos Montoya (1903); Van Heflin (1908); Kenneth Patchen (1911); Archie Moore (1913); George Shultz (1920); Larry Doby (1923); Dick Van Dyke (1925); James Wright (1927); Christopher Plummer (1929); Ferguson Jenkins (1942); Taylor Swift (1989) Born on Dec. 14— Tycho Brahe (1546); Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824); Morihei Ueshiba (1883); Paul Éluard (1895); Margaret Chase Smith (1897); Shirley Jackson (1916); Don Hewitt (1922); Lee Remick (1935). |
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Thursday, December 14, 2023, 3:45-5:40 pm Mountain View: Leave apt @ 3:45 pm; Bus #40 @ 4:21 pm to Chef Chu's news bins for "Daily Post"; Wells Fargo: William Jorajuria & Thivya Mohin wrote $1242 cashier's check to Mid-Pen Housing for December 2023 rent for my apartment Mohan said my photo ID from Foothill College & VTA Clipper Card are not good identification; Will need California ID from DMV next time. |
Thursday, December 14, 2023, 8:00-9:00 pm Mountain View: When I was at Cornell (1963-1970), Prof. Stuart Edelstein of Biochemistry Dept. told me he had read a book about Napoleon at St. Helena, how in his years of exile (1815-1821), he had renovated the estate, gardens, and trees on the island Lots of books on Napoleon on St. Helena, published after 1970. This one from 1969 Martineau's "Napoleon & St. Helena" sounds right. |
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Friday, December 15, 2023, 8:52-9:03 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:40 am; Woke up @ 2:35 pm (11 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 9:03 am BAILI = ALIBI; LYRUT = TRULY; SMCIYT = MYSTIC; LEWNUL = UNWELL Cartoon Answer— When she said they'd cleaned up 100 bags worth of roadside trsh, she meant it AL TRL YTI EL = "LITTERALLY" 14.84% of 923 responders had trouble with "MYSTIC". |
Friday, December 15, 2023, 3:50-5:20 pm Mountain View: Teresa Ponce (Social Services) phone call woke me up @ 8:30 pm; Thanked her for Medicaid saving me $2000/year; Tracy Cheng not in to pay cashier's check of $1242.00 to Mid-Pen Housing; Bus #40 @ 4:19 pm to Showers Dr.; Bus #522 @ 4:32 pm to Train Depot; Stanford Theatre 5:20 pm; Quote in "Bishop's Wife": Cary Grant (Angel) to Loretta Young— "Those born old remains old. Those born young stays young." Since Loretta's last name is Young, she stayed young. |
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Friday, December 15, 2023, 5:25-7:20 pm Mountain View: Stanford Theatre: Monty Wolley as famous NYC radio personality Sheridan Whiteside, gets Christmas presents from Winston Churchil & Deanna Durbin. |
Friday, December 15, 2023, 7:30-9:20 pm Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Henry Koster directs "The Bishop's Wife"(1947) with Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, James Gleason, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, Sara Haden, Karolyn Grimes, Tito Vuolo, Regis Toomey, Eugene Turner Johnny Downs, Sumner Getchell John George; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4 Eugene Turner, U.S. Figure Skating Champion (1940-41) was Cary Grant's double on the ice rink with Loretta Young. |
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Saturday, December 16, 2023, 5:52-6:28 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:00 am; Woke up @ 2:35 pm (11 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 6:28 am SUDOE = DOUSE; NUREP = PRUNE; FMHOAT = FATHOM; NAGGEE = ENGAGE Missed Cartoon Answer— Before in-ear digital hearing aids were invented, they were DO RU FH NAE = UNHEARD OF 45.28% of 318 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Saturday, December 16, 2023, 3:00-3:45 pm Mountain View: Ann came at 3:00 pm; Drove to Valero news bins (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post"; Gave Ann bag of newspapers, 2 Quaker Instant Oatmeal (Strawberries & Cream & Dinosaur Eggs); C4 Engergy Drinks Peach-Mango; O Wonderful Pomegranate Juice; Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:16-3:36 pm 4 Sparkling Drinks Peach Creme @ 92¢ x 4 = $3.58; Darling Mandarins Clementine 5 lbs ($7.99) @ $4.77; Baby Arugula Salad 16 oz @ $5.99 - $3.00 off = $2.99; Reser's Deviled-Egg Macaroni @ $9.99, 50% off = $4.99. |
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Saturday, December 16 2023, 8:25-9:00 pm Mountain View: When Ann drove me to Safeway, she reminded me it's Beethoven's birthday (1770-1827); Baptised day later 12-17-1770 Peanuts Comics in "Mercury News" (12-16-2023, B10) Lucy tells Schroeder: "Happy Beethoven's Birthday" and gives him a Beethoven lunchbox. |
Saturday, December 16 2023, 8:25-10:40 pm Mountain View: Prose poem "Rambling Thoughts on Napoleon" with ten images (1952-2023) Thoughts on Napoleon flowed through me writing this poem with ten images on Napoleon intersecting my life. |
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Sunday, December 17, 2023, 5:43-5:49 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:25 am; Woke up @ 12:45 pm (11 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 5:27 am— SUWNIE = UNWISE; TCALET = CATTLE; OHUKNO = UNHOOK; VALROF = FLAVOR; FEWALF = WAFFLE; SASEUR = ASSURE Cartoon Answer— Winter clothing becomes available in stores as autumn clothing NIS ATL HOO FLO FF ASU = FALLS OUT OF FASHION 38.68% of 486 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Sunday, December 17, 2023, 3:00-4:32 pm Mountain View: No "Daily Post" on Sunday; Stay home to work; Listen on radio KNBR: SF 49ers beats Arizona Cardinals 42-29; Not going to Stanford Theatre for "Meet Me in St. Louis" (3:40-5:35 pm) with Judy Garland & "Miracle on 34th Street" (5:45-7:20 pm) with Natalie Wood; Last Bus #40 on Sunday is 5:47 pm, not relishing taking Bus #22 to Rengstorff Ave & hour-walk home in th dark cold. Numbers 34— David Ortiz (uniform #34); Miracle on 34th Street movie (1947); Miracle on 34th Street movie (1994); Magic Square of Jupiter (34 sum: rows, columns, diagonals). |
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Sunday, December 17, 2023, 7:00-8:00 pm Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO: Merry Bright— Bay Area light displays that shine this season" (By Martha Ross, Mercury News, December 17, 2023, F7-F8) Visit: Deacon Dave's world-famous display, Livermore; Oakland Zoolights "Glowfari"; Historic lights in Woodside: Lights of Livermore: ; Widmer World, Plesanton; ; Willow Glen, San Jose; Crippsas Place, Fremont; Christmas on a Hill, Morgan Hill; Christmas in the Park, San Jose/A>; Christmas Tree Lane, Alameda; Los Gatos' Fantasy of Lights; Christmas Tree Lane, Palo Alto; Lights and music in Redwood City; Winter Wonderland in Oakley; Giant Santa in Newark |
Sunday, December 17, 2023, 7:00-8:00 pm Mountain View: "THE TRAVEL LIST: 15 interesting and underrated European museums" (By Scott Hartbeck, Mercury News, December 17, 2023, F7) 1. Bottle Peter's Museum, Denmark; 2. Fondation Louis Vitton, France; 3. The Sparse Museum, Spain; 4. Museum of Art Fakes, Austria; 5. Borghese Gallery and Museum, Italy; 6. Museum of the Thirties, France; 7. The Vasa Museum, Sweden; 8. Museum of Miniatures, Czech Republic; 9. Museum of Money, France; 10. Dutch Resistance Museum, The Netherlands; 11. The Museum of Broken Relationships, Croatia; 12. Brera Art Gallery, Italy; 13. The Museum of Hunting and Nature, France; 14. Dalí Theatre-Museum, Spain; 15. Gallerie dell'Accademia, Italy. |
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Sunday, December 17, 2023, 8:30-9:00 pm Mountain View: Didn't go to Stanford Theatre for "Meet Me in St. Louis" (3:40-5:35 pm) with Judy Garland & "Miracle on 34th Street" (5:45-7:20 pm) with Natalie Wood; "Miracle on 34th Street" is my 17th favorite film and "Meet Me in St. Louis" is my 4th favorite musical, so it's sad missing these two favorite movies. Video: "Under the Bamboo Tree" & "Kris Kringle" |
Sunday, December 17, 2023, 8:30-9:00 pm Mountain View: My Cornell friend Steve Gould (and roommate 1970-71 when we were postdocs at Brandeis) emailed 12/17, 4:02 pm asked if Jimmy is my brother (yes) after reading my "Napoleon" poem Steve's 12/17 email @ 4:05 pm asked "Did you ever see Napoleon painting by Jacques-Louis David in National Gallery of Art in Washington DC?" Yes, when I went there (1975) to see Leonardo's "Ginevra de' Benci". |
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Monday, December 18, 2023, 5:25-5:30 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 5:35 am; Woke up @ 12:30 pm (7 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Caroon Puzzle @ 5:30 am PWRI = WIPER; FUBFL = BLUFF; LTSEET = SETTLE; NACVTA = VACANT Cartoon Answer— She didn't want him to wear his old formal outfit because she didn't think it was IE BU SL AT = SUITABLE 17.54% of 747 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Monday, December 18, 2023, 4:00-6:00 pm Mountain View: Ann's 12/17 email @ 5:35 pm asked about film of Napoleon in Egypt; In my book Parker Taylor's "Classics of te Foreign Film" (1962) on pages 26-31 are descriptions of Abel Gance's 10-hours film "Napoleon" (1925). I've never seen this classic film. 4:00 pm: Gave Tracy Cheng $1242 cashier's check for Dec. rent Gray Bus @ 4:43 pm to Middlefield Road for "Daily Post"; No Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) due to rain; Bus #40 @ 5:43 pm to Central Xpwy Stop & walked home; Put 6 copies of "Daily Post" at Mailbox rack for neighbors. |
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Monday, December 18, 2023, 2:22 pm Mountain View: Steph Curry's behind-the-back pass to Moses Moody for dunk as Warriors leads Portland Trail Blazers 53-43 on Dec. 17 @ 6:58 pm Curry has three games this season with 8 or more assists. One of his dimes set up a Moses Moody dunk at the rim. Curry whipped a behind-the-back pass. |
Monday, December 18, 2023, 2:40-3:00 pm Mountain View: Curry shot 0-of-8 from behind the arc in Warriors’ 118-114 win over Portland (12-17-2023). Last time he had a game without 3-pointer (11-8-2018), going 0-of-4 in loss to Milwaukee. Curry then went 268 games while making at least one bucket from the 3-point line, which was the longest such streak in NBA history. |
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Monday, December 18, 2023, 6:20-7:25 pm Mountain View: Rudy in Lodi? Has not replied to emails on seeing Holiday movies at Stanford Theatre; Al Guzman's Sunday, Dec. 17 email @ 10:56 am, thanked me for sharing my "Napoleon" poem. Our Bay Window, Coffee table & Lamps tables in Floral Park (1970s)— filled with Christmas Cards; Jimmy counted 300, sighing "We'll never have this many friends as Dad & Mom!" |
Monday, December 18, 2023, 7:30 pm-1:36 am Mountain View: Wrote 55 poems for 2023; Cover (12/17, 8:18 pm); 5 hours to write summaries Preface: Poems #1-28 yesterday (8:20 pm-2:11 am); 6 hours for Preface: Poems #29-55 (7:30 pm-1:36 am) Assemble Mythical Creatures: Selected Poems 2023 as gift for Cathy when she invites me to our annual Christmas dinner at Chef Chu's. |
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Tuesday, December 19, 2023, 4:05-4:10 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 6:15 am; Woke up @ 4:19 pm (11 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Caroon Puzzle @ 4:10 am GDITI = DIGIT; NEVTE = EVENT; SLENOS = LESSON; GAROFE = FORAGE Cartoon Answer— They only had to look at one parcel of land because it was IIT VET LSS FORE = LOVE (AT) FIRST "SITE" 31.56% of 960 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Tuesday, December 19, 2023, 5:55-7:30 pm Mountain View: Leave apt @ 5:55 pm; Half-hour walk (700 steps) to Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 6:37-6:58 pm; Didn't shop yesterday due to rain; Got Lucerne Sliced Cheese for Rudy (Swiss, Provolone, Smoked Gouda, Colby Jack, Mozarella); 7:17 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Avenue & walked home 7:30 pm Cup Fresh Watermelon ($3.99) @ $3.12; Darling Mandarins Clementines 5 lbs ($7.99) @ $4.77; 4 Apple Turnovers ($5.00) @ $3.84 - $2.00 Bakery = $1.84; 4 Lucerne Sliced Swiss Cheese ($4.49) @ $1.97 x 4 = $7.88. |
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Tuesday, December 19, 2023, 10:13-11:35 pm Mountain View: Watched videos of swing dancers (10:13-10:46 pm)— Blake Thiessen & Grace Babbes; Nils & Bianca dance to ABBA: Just A Notion; Rock Around The Clock Boogie Woogie by Sondre & Tanya; Watched videos of Judy Garland Movies— Some of Her Best & Lesser Seen Moments (8:37); Judy Garland - Top 10 Best Performances (35:36). |
Wednesday, December 20, 2023, 12:00-12:34 am Mountain View: Table of Contents page for "Poems 2023" is too small to read when printed @ 47%; Arranged the 55 poems in two columns, so when printed @ 78%, it is more legible. For last year's "Poems 2022", arranged the 72 poems in two columns, and printed Table of Contents @ 60%. |
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023, 3:58-4:13 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:20 am; Woke up @ 1:30 pm (9 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Caroon Puzzle @ 4:13 am MIKPS = SKIMP; KLUSL = SKULL; CACEKL = CACKLE; NIORCI = IRONIC Cartoon Answer— They only had to look at one parcel of land because it was SM UL ACE RC = MUSCLE CAR 8.31% of 758 responders had trouble with "IRONIC". |
Wednesday, December 20, 2023, 3:30-5:30 pm Mountain View: Leave apt @ 3:30 pm; Half-hour walk (780 steps) to Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:13-4:57 pm; Giant lit-up Santa Claus at 392 Rengstorff gone during daytime; 5:14 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Avenue & walked home 5:30 pm; Cathy phoned 7:27 pm; Picking me up @ 6 pm, Sat. 12/23 for dinner Lindor Truffles 8.5 oz ($7.99 50% off $3.99 3 Triscuits (Roasted Garlic) ($4.49) @ $1.47 x 3 = $5.49; 4 Planter's Peanuts (Honey-Roasted) @ $1.99 x 4 = $7.96; Safeway Sel Mandarins Clementines 3 lbs ($4.99) @ $2.47. |
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023, 9:00-11:00 pm Mountain View: Watched Video of "Iceberg Floats Close To Small Village in Haven's Edge" (Limekilns, Dunfermline, UK) Michael saw something moving on top of the iceberg; Climbed to the peak and found a scientist, Dr. Harold Jensen, using iceberg as experiment; Both men rescued by helicopter. |
Wednesday, December 20, 2023, 11:00 pm-4:08 am Mountain View: Printed Cover, TOC, Preface, 2023 Poems #1-27, 11:00-2:00 am; Printed 2023 Poems #28-55, 2:00-4:08 am Will assemble "Poems 2023"— one copy for me, and one for Cathy as Christmas gift like before. Gave Ann hard copies each week as they were written. |
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Thursday, December 21, 2023, 5:58-6:04 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 7:20 am; Woke up @ 2:00 pm (6.5 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Caroon Puzzle @ 6:04 am LUYFL = FULLY; MTOOS = STOMP; DOWONE = WOODEN; SDNART = STRAND Cartoon Answer— After they bought a new energy-efficient washer and dryer, they saved FLY SOM OOE AND = LOADS OF MONEY 17.44% of 797 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Thursday, December 21, 2023, 4:00-7:30 pm Mountain View: Assembled 2 copies "Poems 2023" for Cathy & me (4:00-5:15 pm); Leave apt @ 5:25 pm; Half-hour walk (790 steps) to Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 6:12-6:47 pm; Took photo of Giant lit-up Santa Claus at 392 Rengstorff; Upstairs neighbor Carol saw me at Safeway & gave me ride home 7:30 pm; 3 Triscuits (Reduced Fat) ($4.49) @ $1.47 x 3 = $5.49; 4 Planter's Peanuts (Lightly Salted) @ $1.99 x 4 = $7.96; 2 Lindor Truffles 8.5 oz ($7.99 50% off $3.99 x 2 = $7.98; 2 Pepperidge Farm: Sausalito & Chesapeake @ $3 x 2 = $6. |
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Thursday, December 21, 2023, 9:00-10:21 pm Mountain View: Pinterest sent video (9 pm) "Her voice is so beautiful and so majestic, you’ll think you’re hearing birdsong"; The ‘Diva Dance’ is a song featured in the film ‘The Fifth Element’. The song has very high notes almost impossible for most singers to hit. But for Chinese opera singer Jane Zhang, we see a stunning performance. And she hits those high notes without any issue. Read about French Sci-Fi film "The Fifth Element" (1994) directed by Luc Besson starring Bruce Willis. Diva Plavalaguna (Maïwenn Le Besco) voice was dubbed by Albanian opera lyric soprano Inva Mula. Film made $263.9 million on $90 million budget. |
Thursday, December 21, 2023, 11:16-11:40 pm Mountain View: Ann's Dec. 21 email @ 6:06 pm— "Silent Night and "Which is your favorite out of the carols in your Christmas Eve 2022 poem?"— 1. Harry Belafonte sings "Scarlet Ribbons"; 2. Judy Garland: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"; 3. Bing Crosby sings "White Christmas". |
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Friday, December 22, 2023, 5:54-6:02 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 7:20 am; Woke up @ 2:00 pm (5 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Caroon Puzzle @ 6:02 am TOQAU = QUOTA; NDLEB = BLEND; GUEONH = ENOUGH; IREVNT = INVERT Cartoon Answer— Crosby, Still, Nas & Young began making music after deciding to OTA BED EGH NRT = BAND TOGETHER 17.98% of 534 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Friday, December 22, 2023, 8:20 am-4:00 pm Mountain View: Rudy came @ 8:20 am; Drove to DMV 3665 Flora Vista Ave, Santa Clara, to get me CA ID lost when wallet stolen at CVS (6-3-2022); Took 1.5 hours (9:05-10:35 am) to fill application on computer, thumbprint, photo; will receive CA ID in the mail in 7 days Rudy went to Best Buy (715 E. El Camino Real) for repair on his Mac Laptop (12:15-1:15 pm); Rudy went to Wal-Mart to pay his utilities bills for his apt in Sunnyvale & Julie's house in Lodi. |
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Friday, December 22, 2023, 11:05 am-12:06 pm Mountain View: While Rudy went to Home Depot to return Timer- Lighter for $65; I shopped at Sprouts (111 E. El Camino Real); Still out of Solgar Magnesium Citrate 120 tablets (raincheck $13.99) Sete Mini Cinnamon Crisps ($5.99) @ 99¢ x 4 = $3.96; Bob's Red Mill Wheat Germ 12 oz @ $3.49; (no longer stocking 19 oz bag @ $2.99 that I bought); 1.07 lb Brazil Nuts @ $10.99/lb =$11.76; 1.93 lb Dried Cranberries @ $4.99/lb = $9.63; 2.00 lb Raw Sunflower Seeds @ $3.99/lb = $7.98. |
Friday, December 22, 2023, 2:00-4:00 pm Mountain View: Rudy drove to Chef Chu's news bins for me to pick up "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly" After Rudy drove me home, chatted another hour on his problems in Lodi selling his Dad's old house The Lodi realtor Barbara told Rudy not to spend more time renovating the house; She's putting it on the market that'll get $300,000. Whoever buys the house, will not live in Lodi, since it's a crime-infested area; they'll tear the house down, remodel & sell at higher price. |
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Saturday, December 23, 2023, 6:32-6:35 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:00 am; Woke up @ 1:00 pm (10 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Caroon Puzzle @ 6:35 am SOLFS = FLOSS; TUUCN = UNCUT; TOUPOR = UPROOT; GGLIEG = GIGGLE (Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle in 3 minutes & back to sleep) Cartoon Answer— For her, learning to skate in the shape of an 8 wasn't too hard to FO UU RT IGE = FIGURE OUT 22.14% of 280 responders had trouble with "UPROOT". |
Saturday, December 23, 2023, 3:04-4:25 pm Mountain View: Ann came @ 3:04 pm; Drove to Los Altos Library to return overdue book Journal of Joyce Carol Oates 1973-1982; Drove to Valero bins for "Daily Post" & "Peninsula News"; Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave); 3:46-4:18 pm; Gave Ann bag of newspapers; Whitman Chocolates; 3 lbs Mandarins Clementines; 2 Celsius Energy Drinks Raspberry & Wild Berry; Reser's Potato Salad 3 lbs @ $9.99 50% off = $4.99; Baby Spinach Salad 16 oz @ $5.69 - $3.00 off = $2.69; Sig Sel Mandarins Clementines 3 lbs ($4.99) @ $2.47; Cinnamon Swirl Cake 10 slices @ $5.99 - $2 bakery = $3.99. |
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Saturday, December 23, 2023, 6:00-9:10 am Mountain View: Cathy & Larry (Las Vegas) picked me up at 6:00 pm for our annual Christmas holiday dinner (Chef Chu's fully booked on Wednesday); Gave Cathy my "Mythical Creatures: Poems 2023" Darling Mandarins Clementine 5 lbs; Whitman Chocolates; 2 Pepperidge Farm Cookies: Sausalito & Chesapeake; 2 Planter's Honey-Roasted Peanuts; C4 Engergy Drink Cherry Berry Lime; O Wonderful Pomegranate Juice; Sete Mini Cinnamon Crisps. |
Saturday, December 23, 2023, 6:30-9:10 pm Mountain View: Larry & Cathy drove me to Sunnyvale for dinner at Pacific Catch (300 W. McKinley Ave, Suite F170); Larry's brother Dave Lesyna came with family of 6 to join us, and paid for the dinner. Waitress told us menu in shaded area is Fresh Catch; rest of menu is frozen fish; I ordered Arctic Salmon Grilled, Pineapple Salsa, Grilled Broccolini, Creamy Mashed Potatoes; Cathy had Arctic Salmon, Grilled Broccilini, Green Beans, and found Broccilini hard to slice; Larry had Mixed Grill for One & Sticky Ribs; Water to drink for all. |
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Saturday, December 23, 2023, 6:30-8:40 am Mountain View: Dave had just seen the film "Oppenheimer"; mentioned Richard Feynman was the only one who saw the atomic blast without wearing goggles; Feynman had only a minor role in the film "Oppenheimer". After the scene with drums (Feynman played bongo drums), a man was in truck behind windows watching the blast. |
Saturday, December 23, 2023, 6:30-8:40 pm Mountain View: When David mentioned Freeman Dyson said "Feynman was the craziest one he knew", Cathy quoted Dyson's "Disturbing the Universe"— "Feynman is the sanest man of all". I met Freeman Dyson (d. 2-28-2020 at 96) at Stanford (3-14-2001); He told me names of two daughters he took to see God in his dream; "Dyson's enlightenment experience at 15". |
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Sunday, December 24, 2023, 4:30-5:05 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:20 am; Woke up @ 1:20 pm (11 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 5:05 am— NASEUD = SUNDAE; FXIUSF = SUFFIX; TAENEB = BEATEN; UTTOIW = OUTWIT; LEGPTI = PIGLET; TYMRHH = RHYTH Cartoon Answer— She caught Santa putting gifts under the tree and was in awe of the way he SDE SF EEN IT PLE RHM = PRESENTED HIMSELF 23.52% of 472 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Sunday, December 24, 2023, 3:00-4:32 pm Mountain View: No "Daily Post" on Sunday; Stay home to work; Listen on radio KDFC 104.9 FM playing 48 hours Christmas music; Not going to Stanford Theatre for "It's a Wonderful Life" (4:00 pm & 9:00 pm); Last Bus #40 on Sunday is 5:47 pm, not relishing taking Bus #22 to Rengstorff Ave and hour-walk home in th dark cold. Pinterest sent interesting videos (12/22, 9:11 pm & 12/23, 3:51 pm)— Andrea Bocelli sings "Can't Help Falling in Love" (I had Elvis singing this song #17 (5-20-2023), & Danny Kaye dancing with Vera-Ellen in "White Christmas" film (1954). |
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Sunday, December 24, 2023, 2:11-2:55 pm Mountain View: Dan Piraro's Bizarro Comics (12-24-2023)— Searched for hidden objects and found 9: UFO: Upper right corner; Eyeball: in bowl of fruits; Firecracker: by stove, right of mixer; Apple Pie: 3rd wall panel on top; Pipe: not found; Arrow: not found; Rabbit: 4th wall panel on top; Crown: 2nd wall panel on top; Shoe: not found; Inverted Bird: 3rd wall panel, 2nd row; K2: on table cloth, right of chair; O2: 1st wall panel upper left corner. |
Sunday, December 24, 2023, 4:40-5:02 pm Mountain View: Leave bag of Christmas gifts by my door for Mercury News paper carrier Antonio Rivera and sign on my door for him to pick up; 2 Triscuits: Avocado Cilantro & Lime & Fire Roasted Tomato & Olive Oil ; 3 Planter's Peanuts: Honey Roasted, Lightly Salted, & No Salt; Lindor Milk Chocolates; Sig Sel Mandarins Clementines 3 lbs; Sete Mini Cinnamon Crisps; Celsius Drink Sparkling Wild Berry; O Wonderful Pomegranate Juice. |
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Sunday, December 24, 2023, 9:17-9:47 pm Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO: TRAVEL QUIZ— How Worldly Are You? Take This Test" (By Bob Ecker, Mercury News, December 24, 2023, F7-F8) 1. Country consuming most beer per capita (Czech Republic); 2. World's highest altitude hotel (Hotel Tayka del Desierto in Bolivia, 15,091 feet above sea level); 3. Country's current flag is oldest (Denmark, since 1625); 4. Volcano with fastest lava flows (Mount Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of Congo, 62 mph); 5. Nuts with place of origin: Peanut (Peru); Macadamia nut (Australia); Brazil nut (Amazon region); Almond (Iran); 6. Sweden’s Dagen H commemorates event on Sept. 3, 1967 (switch from driving on left side of road, British style, to driving on the right.); 7. Most ethnically diverse area in U.S. (NYC, 47.2% foreign-born); 8. “Big Apple” includes New York has three official "New" names (New Amsterdam, New Orange); 9. Compass on International Space Station, points to (Earth's magnetic North Pole): 10. World's largest religious structure (Angkor Wat's 402-acre Buddhist temple complex); 11. U.S. city with full-scale replica of Parthenon (Nashville’s Centennial Park in 1897); 12. Airport's U.S. location: Daniel K. Inouye Airport (Honolulu, Hawaii); George Bush Airport (Houston, Texas); Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (Wichita, Kansas); Muhammad Ali Airport (Louisville, Kentucky); Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (Springfield, Illinois); 13. Largest U.S. national park outside Alaska (Death Valley National Park, 5,325 square miles); 14. Furthest inland ports for ocean-going ships (Duluth, MN, 2,300 miles away from Atlantic seaboard); 15. Continent with highest average elevation (Antarctica’s average elevation is 7,545 feet above sea level); 16. European country with highest average elevation (Andorra’s average elevation is 6,550 feet above sea level); 17. Author who said, "Not all who wander are lost." (J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings"); 18. Only U.S. commercial airport inside a national park (Jackson Hole Airport, built in 1930 at Grand Teton National Park); 19. Unusual museum's location: Museum of Bad Art (Boston, MA): Phallological Museum (Reykjavik, Iceland): The National Atomic Testing Museum (Paradise, Nevada); SPAM Museum (Austin, Minnesota); Hair Museum of Avanos (Cappadocia, Turkey); 20. City boasting most Michelin-starred restaurants (Tokyo with 173; NYC tops U.S. list with 71) |
Sunday, December 24, 2023, 9:17-9:47 pm Mountain View: "THE TRAVEL LIST: The world's top 20 destinations" (By Maureen O'Hare, CNN & Mercury News, Dec. 24, 2023, F7) Paris has once again been named the world’s most attractive city destination, according to an annual report by global market research company Euromonitor International. Europe reigned supreme, with seven out of the top 10 cities and 63 countries in the top 100. Only non-European cities in top 10 were Dubai at No. 2, Tokyo at No. 4 & New York at No. 8.); Asia did well in the top 20 as Singapore (11), Seoul (14), Osaka (16) and Hong Kong (17) all made the list. The report attributes Europe’s success to "fast-paced urbanization and widespread technology adoption." Travelers now want high-speed internet, flexible booking options and spaces for remote working. Euromonitor International said, "Improving sustainability, transportation networks and social impact are some of the key goals cities are embracing today to increase competitiveness, improve their tourism offer and deliver a seamless customer journey."— 1. Paris; 2. Dubai, UAE; 3. Madrid, Spain; 4. Tokyo; 5. Amsterdam, Netherlands; 6. Berlin, Germany; 7. Rome; 8. New York; 9. Barcelona, Spain; 10. London; 11. Singapore; 12. Munich, Germany; 13. Milan, Italy; 14. Seoul, South Korea; 15. Dublin, Ireland; 16. Osaka, Japan; 17. Hong Kong; 18. Vienna, Austria; 19. Los Angeles; 20. Lisbon, Portugal. |
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Monday, December 25, 2023, 4:10-4:20 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:45 am; Woke up @ 3:35 pm (14 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Caroon Puzzle @ 4:20 am LDAVI = VALID; ZALEG = GLAZE; GNOREL = LONGER; DHLUED = HUDDLE (Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle in 10 minutes & back to sleep) Cartoon Answer— When the Christmas tree was lit with thousands of lights, people were in a AI LZ OE HD = "HOLI-DAZE" 30.19% of 679 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Monday, December 25, 2023, 6:05-6:52 pm Mountain View: Planned on going to Safeway, but on Christmas, VTA Bus on Holiday or Sunday schedule; Last Bus #40 @ 5:23 pm; No "Daily Post" on Christmas; Stayed home to listen to NFL game between SF 49ers & Baltimore Ravens (Purdy threw 3 interceptions, and Christian McCaffrey rushed to the right for 9 yard touchdown as Ravens leads 49ers 16-12 at 6:46 pm half-time); Theresa sent Christmas Photos Greetings Card from Seattle; Cathy sent email @ 3:00 pm, thanking me for bag of treats; Ann sent email @ 5:50 pm, with photo her brother took in Yosemite, reminding her of "a partridge in a pear tree". |
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Monday, December 25, 2023, 7:10-7:30 pm Mountain View: "Ask Amy" (12-18-2023) "Readers should put 'A Book on Every Bed' this holiday season" Ann's Dec. 10 email: Twitter on making list of books read; One of Ann's favorites: Kenneth Clark's "Rembrandt"; My favorite books Henry Miller's "The 100 Books that Influenced Me Most"; "Henry Miller: Books I Still Intend to Read". |
Monday, December 25, 2023, 7:30-8:40 pm Mountain View: Baltimore Ravens beats SF 49ers 33-19 as Lamarr Jackson outshines Brock Purdy for MVP; Purdy threw 4 interceptions, his most in one game; 49ers Sam Donald threw touchdown & interception 49ers record 11-4 same as Philadelphia Eagles 11-4; Needs to win last two games for 1st round seed; Baltimore Raven's record is 12-3, best in NFL. |
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Tuesday, December 26, 2023, 4:52-5:32 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:00 am; Woke up @ 2:37 pm (13.5 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 5:32 am PUCEO = COUPE; WAKET = TWEAK; SIGOPS = GOSSIP; KRSCUU = RUCKUS (Solved Jumble Puzzle in 40 minutes & back to sleep) Missed Cartoon Answer— With its billions of stars light years apart, the Milky Way Galaxy is lit with thousands of lights, people were in a COP TEA OSSI RUU = OUTER SPACIOUS 61.11% of 270 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Tuesday, December 26, 2023, 5:30-7:37 pm Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed Tuesday; Emails from Frances (Telegram posts), Cathy (shared treats with Dave's family), Steve Gould (will be grandfather in April), Gene Tognetti & Kim Randall (registered me for LINC-405, Foothill Winter Quarter, so my VTA Clipper Card is valid to ride busses free.) Leave apt @ 5:30 pm; Half-hour walk to Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 6:06-6:57 pm; 7:17 pm Bus 40 to Montecito Avenue and walked home 7:37 pm Sig Sel Mandarins Clementines 3 lbs ($4.99) @ $2.47; 4 Planter's Peanuts (Honey-Roasted) @ $1.99 x 4 = $7.96; 2 Breyers Ice Cream: Reese's & Snickers BOGO @ $7.49; 2 Pepperidge Farm: Sausalito & Chesapeake @ $3 x 2 = $6.00 |
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Tuesday, December 26, 2023, 8:00-11:40 pm Mountain View: Brother-in-law David's Dec. 26 email @ 4:30 pm; Sent Video of "David Brooks writes about the art of seeing others in new book 'How to Know a Person" (By Geoff Bennett, PBS, October 25, 2023) The sad thing is, as I have become on a journey to becoming a little more human, the country has been on a journey of becoming less human. And so we now live in bitter and divided times. There's just so much social pain. We just have to be really good at this skill of seeing others, making them feel valid, respected, heard & understood. I didn't know how to be with a depressed person. Lost friends Mark Shields, Mike Gerson, and Pete to suicides. Book (4.6 out of 5 *); Los Altos Library (102 on hold); YouTube Video (57:20). |
Tuesday, December 26, 2023, 11:40 pm-12:48 am Mountain View: Ann's Dec. 26 email @ 9:40 pm; with annotated excerpt from Henry Miller's "List of books I still intend to read". Ann received Amazon gift certificates from her friend Jack & brother Warren; Asked for suggestion on autobiography I recommended Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "Reveries of a Solitary Dreamer" ($11.91 at Amazon), which I've listed in "My Favorite Books" as it was recommended by the British sage Paul Brunton during our walk in Vevey (9-1-1979). Quoted in "Enlightenment News": “Before instructing others, one should have inner enlightenment... The task I had set myself called for long and tranquil meditations... "Know Thyself" at the Delphi Temple was not such an easy precept to observe... I felt fused as it were with all beings and nature.” |
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Wednesday, December 27, 2023, 6:17-6:31 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:20 am; Woke up @ 3:40 pm (12 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:31 am WPSET = SWEPT; DUOIA = AUDIO; NFLEEN = FENNEL; GAAMED = DAMAGE (Solved Jumble Puzzle in 14 minutes & back to sleep) Cartoon Answer— Each of the team's last two victories were SWE DO NN AMA = "WON" AND (THE) SAME 38.57% of 1102 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Wednesday, December 27, 2023, 6:00-8:25 pm Mountain View: Emails: Karen 6:15 am (watch David Brooks Video later), 6:43 pm (white peacock fabulous); Scott 9:00 am (photos of grandchildren); Susan Bleznick 12:59 pm (Hummingbird flies to porch); Ann 9:01 pm (Rousseau's "Ten Walks", Palo Alto Library); Leave apt @ 6 pm; Half-hour walk to Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff) 6:45-7:16 pm; 8:10 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home. Cup Fresh Watermelon ($3.99) @ $3.14; Lucerne No-Sugar Sweet Cream Creamer 32 oz @ $2.68; Lindor Milk Chocolates 8.5 oz @ $7.99, 50% off = $3.99; Hormel's Garlic Mashed Potatoes @ 4.99, 50% off = $2.49. |
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Thursday, December 28, 2023, 6:25-6:43 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:50 am; Woke up @ 2:30 pm (12 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:43 am GGION = GOING; SITOH = HOIST; NEETOD = DENOTE; CNOEER = ENCORE (Solved Jumble Puzzle in 18 minutes & back to sleep) Cartoon Answer— Everything done by the 14th letter of the alphabet was done OG HT DETE ENR = TO (THE) NTH DEGREE 53.61% of 498 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Thursday, December 28, 2023, 4:30-6:10 pm Mountain View: 12/27 Email @ 10:36 pm from ballroom dancer Angela (liked my 1-1-2003 poem "The 12 Days of Christmas: Re-Vision"), Poet Denise sent 12/28 emails @ 7:16 am (liked dance videos 1, 2) & 7:25 am (4 photos from Wisconsin where it's snowing); Karen @ 1:44 pm (watched David Brooks video); Leave apt @ 4:30; Half-hour walk to Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave.) 5:15-5:43 pm; Red Bus #40 @ 5:50 pm to Montecito Ave & walked home. Cup Fresh Watermelon ($3.99) @ $3.14; 4 Planter's Peanuts (Sweet & Spicy) @ $1.99 x 4 = $7.96; 4 Pringles Potato Chips Hot @ $1.99 x 4 = $7.96 (for Rudy). |
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Thursday, December 28, 2023, 8:30 pm Mountain View: Ann's 12/28 email @ 8:30 pm on the 4th Day of Christmas— Read Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" in wikipedia— The actual Elizabethan festival of Twelfth Night would involve the antics of a Lord of Misrule, who before leaving his temporary position of authority, would call for entertainment, songs, and mummery; the play has been regarded as preserving this festive and traditional atmosphere of licensed disorder. This leads to the general inversion of the order of things, most notably gender roles. |
Thursday, December 28, 2023, 9:00-11:16 pm Mountain View: Song: "On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, four calling birds"; "12th Day" Jan. 5 is Epiphany Eve Epiphany (Wise Men came to baby Jesus); Actors played in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night— Laurence Olivier as Malvolio & Vivien Leigh playing both Viola & Sebastian (1955); Maurice Evans as Malvolio & Helen Hayes as Viola (1940); Alec Guinness as Malvolio, Ralph Richardson as Sir Toby Belch (1969); Kyra Sedgwick as Olivia (1998); Shakespeare in Love (1998) on 12th Night, Judi Dench & Joseph Fiennes. |
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Friday, December 29, 2023, 4:34-4:53 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:20 am; Woke up @ 1:00 pm (11.5 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 4:53 am MYMUM = MUMMY; TISEU = SUITE; MSRUEM = SUMMER; DILMED = MIDDLE (Solved Jumble Puzzle in 19 minutes & back to sleep) Cartoon Answer— When the spiritualist had a TV commercial made, TV became the UMM SUI MME IDDE = MEDIUM’S MEDIUM 31.65% of 158 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Friday, December 29, 2023, 1:30-2:30 pm Mountain View: 12/29 Email @ 12:59 pm from Cynthia Haven on Stanford book discussion Another Look on January 8, 7 pm (Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center, 424 Santa Teresa St) on Herman Melville‘s classic short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street"; Poet Helen Pinkerton on the "gentle preference" of Bartleby. Panelists will include Stanford Prof. Robert Pogue Harrison, Stanford Prof. Tobias Wolff, Robert’s brother Thomas Harrison, Professor of European Languages UCLA, and Katie Peterson, an award-winning poet, & Professor of English at UC-Davis. |
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Friday, December 29, 2023, 1:20-1:44 pm Mountain View: Ann's 12/28 email @ 8:30 pm on Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" Likes the ending: "Twelfth Night" V:1 A great while ago the world begun, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, But that’s all one, our play is done, And we’ll strive to please you every day. |
Friday, December 29, 2023, 1:20-1:44 pm Mountain View: Ann's favorite Shakespearean play is "As You Like It" contains my favorite quote: "As You Like It", III.2.68 (Poem 7-21-2001, Notes) Celia: O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful! and yet again wonderful, and after that, out of all hooping! |
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Friday, December 29, 2023, 4:00-5:20 pm Mountain View: Leave apt @ 4:00 pm; Bus #40 @ 4:48 pm to Chef Chu's bins for "Palo Alto Weekly"; "Daily Post" (gone); CVS bins for "Daily Post" (5); CVS (2630 W. El Camino) 5:20 pm CVS Pharmacy: Men's Multi-Vitamins BOGO (sold out); Whitman Chocolates @ $11.99 (Specials BOGO 50% Expired); Bauducco Classic Panettone 16 oz @ $5.99, 50% off = $2.99 - $2.02 credit coupon = 97¢. |
Friday, December 29, 2023, 5:20-6:55 pm Mountain View: Safeway (646 San Antonio Rd) to use restroom; El Camino Real (San Antonio Road to Showers Drive closed for road repair) Can't board Bus #40 home at the corner stop; Rolled Safeway cart to Showers Drive & California Street to board Bus #40 @ 6:27 pm; Driver went on Ortega Ave, El Camino Real, Showers Dr. to pick up passengers 6:31 pm; Got off at Central Xpwy & walked home 6:55 pm in the rain. |
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Saturday, December 30, 2023, 5:08-5:15 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:10 am; Woke up @ 12:20 pm (9 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 5:15 am ZIPER = PRIZE; CWMAA = MACAW; TAISHU = HIATUS; GSUUNF = FUNGUS (Solved Jumble Puzzle in 7 minutes & back to sleep) Cartoon Answer— When the spiritualist had a TV commercial made, TV became the PRI AW HIT NGS = WITHIN (HIS) GRASP 43.04% of 1150 responders had trouble with this answer. |
Saturday, December 30, 2023, 3:00-4:00 pm Mountain View: Hour search (11:58 pm-12:59 am) in my Nov. 2008-2019 Thanksgiving Haikus for ballroom dancer's name who inspired me to write poem "O Wonderful Wonderful!" without success. Rudy emailed 12/29 @ 11:00 pm— paid $399 for Student version of Photoshop; Sent video of "Growup Christmas List" [Lyrics]. Al Guzman bought 2012 Apple Laptop with Photoshop for $299 on eBay, delivered on Jan. 5 for me (refundable in 30 days) Cup Fresh Watermelon ($3.99) @ $3.14; Gallon Value Corner Fat-Free Milk ($4.99) @ $2.98; 4 Sparkling Drinks Orange Creme @ 92¢ x 4 = $3.58; Baby Arugula Salad 16 oz @ $5.99 - $3.00 off = $2.99. |
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Saturday, December 30, 2023, 3:08-4:00 pm Mountain View: Ann came @ 3:00 pm; Drove to Valero bins for "Daily Post" & "Peninsula News"; Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:30-3:45 pm Gave Ann bag of newspapers, "Napoleon" poem, Poems 2023 Preface, TOC, Cover; 2 Planter's Peanuts (Honey-Roasted, Lightly Salted); Pringles Potato Chips (Harvest Blends Sweet Potato, Sour Cream & Onion); Lindor Milk Chocolates 8.5 oz. |
Saturday, December 30, 2023, 6:00-7:00 pm Mountain View: Stanford Theatre has not posted new schedule of films since their Holidays Showings (Nov. 30-Dec.24, 2023); The film Rudy wants to see "Past Lives" is showing up on list as one of the "Best Films of 2023". The film is no longer shown in current theaters; To see film "Past Lives", make request to Zahira at Mid-Pen Housing to play it; Nancy at Mountain View Senior Center to play it, Al Guzman to download it in his house via Netflix. |
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Sunday, December 31, 2023, 4:30-4:50 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:50 am am; Woke up @ 4:50 pm (12 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 4:50 am— HAOYWN = ANYHOW; RABLER = BARREL; LAHIEN = INHALE; CENWHR = WRENCH; CITEEN = ENTICE; GWLIEG = WIGGLE Cartoon Answer— When he proposed to her at 11:59 pm on December 31, they were able to NY RRE IHA WN NTE IGE = RING IN THE NEW YEAR 15.16% of 475 responders had trouble with "ANYHOW" (Solved Jumble Puzzle in 20 minutes, and back to sleep). |
Sunday, December 31, 2023, 5:20-6:40 pm Mountain View: No "Daily Post" on Sunday; Stay home to work; Got up late to listen to 49ers beating Washington Commanders 27-10; Listen on radio KDFC 104.9 FM playing selections of 250 Favorites; Ann's email @ 5:24 pm— "Meet neighbor Maija at Palo Alto Fish Market, but now it's closed; try Da Sichuan Bistro, El Camino"; AY's email @ 9:50 am (Taiwan): "12/31/23 => 123, 123; Go Go for 2024!" KDFC— Anne Akiko Meyers, violin: Ralph Vaughan Williams, "The Lark Ascending" (4:55 pm): Mstislav Rostropovich, Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake Ballet Suite" (5:12 pm); Yuja Wang, piano, Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto #2 in c Op.18" (5:40 pm). |
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Sunday, December 31, 2023, 7:00-7:30 pm Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO: Bay Area outdoors: 10 guided State Park 'First Day' hikes to start off 2024" (Kate Bradshaw & John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 12-31-2023, F7-F8) 1. Angel Island State Park, Tiburon; 2. Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve, Guerneville; 3. Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Boulder Creek; 4. Burleigh H. Murray Ranch State Park, Half Moon Bay; 5. Castle Rock State Park, Saratoga; 6. China Camp State Park, San Rafael; 7. Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, Scotts Valley; 8. Pigeon Point Light Station Historic Park, Pescadero; 9. Salt Point State Park, Jenner; 10. Wilder Ranch State Park, Santa Cruz |
Sunday, December 31, 2023, 7:00-7:30 pm Mountain View: "THE TRAVEL LIST: Top 10 favorite small and big cities in the U.S., according to CN Traveler" (By Jackie Burrell, Mercury News, December 31, 2023, F7) Top Small Cities in the U.S.: 1. Charleston, South Carolina; 2. Santa Fe, New Mexico; 3. Alexandria, Virginia; 4. Greenville, South Carolina; 5. Savannah, Georgia; 6. Aspen, Colorado; 7. St. Augustine, Florida; 8. Pensacola, Florida; 9. Annapolis, Maryland; 10. Sedona, Arizona. Top Big Cities in the U.S.: 1. Chicago, Illinois; 2. San Diego, CA; 3. Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 4. New Orleans, Louisiana; 5. San Francisco; 6. Boston, Massachusetts; 7. New York City; 8. Nashville, Tennessee; 9. Washington, D.C.; 10. Miami, FL. |
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Sunday, December 31, 2023, 9:36-10:30 pm Mountain View: Dan Piraro's Bizarro Comics (12-31-2023)— Searched for hidden objects and found 8: UFO: Left of TV monitor; Eyeball: sparkling in dish on tray; Firecracker: center between 2 surgeons; Apple Pie: lower left corner; Pipe: not found; Arrow: not found; Rabbit: in TV monitor; Crown: not found; Shoe: top of cabinet at left; Inverted Bird: in cart below eyeball tray; K2: not found; O2: on box, top of cabinet. |
Sunday, December 31, 2023, 10:30-11:55 pm Mountain View: Mom said "Whatever you do on New Year's Eve will carry on in the New Year" Didn't go to Cubberley Pavilion for ballroom dancing, but wrote poem "Year-End Greetings" (Dragon Year 2024), 9 rhyming couplets with 17 images (12/30, 7:14 pm-12/31, 2:07 am); Emails from relatives & friends that brought good cheers for the New Year. Wrote 55 poems in 2023. May 2024 bring me continuos creativity in composition. |
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Monday, January 1, 2024, 3:53-4:20 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:00 am; Woke up @ 2:05 pm (12 hours sleep); Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 4:20 am RNSLA = SNARL; PLXEE = EXPEL; TLABEL = BALLET; BABOMO = BAMBOO (Solved Jumble Puzzle in 27 minutes & back to sleep) Cartoon Answer— When asked how the rookie boxer had been able to knock him out, he said SA E ET MB = BEATS ME 11.82% of 685 responders had trouble with "BAMBOO". |
Monday, January 1, 2024, 3:00-4:00 pm Mountain View: Hour search (11:58 pm-12:59 am) in my Nov. 2008-2019 Thanksgiving Haikus for ballroom dancer's name who inspired me to write poem "O Wonderful Wonderful!" without success. Rudy emailed 12/29 @ 11:00 pm— paid $399 for Student version of Photoshop; Sent video of "Growup Christmas List" [Lyrics]. Al Guzman bought 2012 Apple Laptop with Photoshop for $299 on eBay, delivered on Jan. 5 for me (refundable in 30 days) Cup Fresh Watermelon ($3.99) @ $3.14; Gallon Value Corner Fat-Free Milk ($4.99) @ $2.98; 4 Sparkling Drinks Orange Creme @ 92¢ x 4 = $3.58; Baby Arugula Salad 16 oz @ $5.99 - $3.00 off = $2.99. |
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