Haikus: July 2023

HAIKUS: July 2023

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.

Saturday, July 1, 2023, 11:10-11:20 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:45 am;
Woke up @ 11:00 pm (9 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:34 am—
LOIGO = IGLOO; CEUNO = OUNCE;
YMMEHA = MAYHEM; INTOLO = LOTION

Cartoon Answer— The subdivision's home
sites all looked the same, the residents had
IOO ONC MAM LTN = A LOT IN COMMON
23.8% of 748 responders had trouble with this answer. Saturday, July 1, 2023, 3:00-3:45 pm
Mountain View: Ann picked me up at 3:00 pm; Drove to
Valero (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" & "Peninsula News";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:14-3:32 pm;
Gave Ann Songs #34 "We Are Champions" & #35 "Que Sera Sera";
9" Apple Pie, Lindsay Manzanilla Olives, Sliced Olives, Blueberries

Violife Plant Butter @ $5.49 = Free;
Florida Natural Orange Juice 52 oz ($4.49) @ $3.00;
Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.99
4 Sweet Ray,s Barbecue Sauce ($3.99) @ $1.25 = $5.00.

Saturday, July 1, 2023, 6:37-7:10 pm; 9:25-10:31 pm
Mountain View: Stanford Theatre's Grand Re-Opening
Lowell Sherman directs "She Done Him Wrong" (1933)
starring Mae West; Cary Grant; Owen Moore; Gilbert Roland;
Noah Beery; Dewey Robinson; Rochelle Hudson; Louise Beavers

Mae West plays a bawdy singer, Lady Lou, in the 1890s
in the Bowery barroom saloon of her boss Gus Jordan;
tells Cary Grant (secret federal agent "The Hawk")—
"Why don't you come up and see me sometime?" Saturday, July 1, 2023, 7:30-9:15 pm
Mountain View: Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks directs
"Bringing Up Baby" (1938); starring Katharine Hepburn;
Cary Grant; May Robson; Charlie Ruggles; Barry Fitzgerald;
Virginia Walker; George Irving; Asta (fox terrier)

Dog Asta buried Cary Grant's dinosaur bone,
which he couldn't find; Katherine Hepburn hunts
for Baby, her pet leopard which had gone missing—
one mishap after another in this screwball comedy.

Sunday, July 2, 2023, 7:38-8:10 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:50 am;
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 8:10 am—
NHREDC = DRENCH; UETPPP = PUPPET;
GIDSIN = SIDING; NYORED = YONDER;
DIRHOA = HAIRDO; HOYAWN = ANYHOW

Cartoon Answer— By pooling their money
to buy solar panels, the neighbors had more
EC UPP SG ONR AIR HW = PURCHASING POWER
40.59% of 579 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, July 2, 2023, 1:30-1:52 pm
Mountain View: Wake up @ 1:00 pm (10 hours sleep)
No "Daily Post" printed on Sunday; Stayed home to work;
With LINC-405 assignments done for Spring 2023,
can work on more "Favorite Songs" before focusing
on "Number 72" for Cathy's birthday (August 5).

Went to Stanford Theatre's Grand Re-Opening
yesterday for Cary Grant movies, got there
27 minutes late for "She Done Him Wrong"
and watched it again from 9:25-10:31 pm.

Sunday, July 2, 2023, 4:45-6:00 pm
Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO: Turning it up:
Four great, music-filled road trips for Bay Area fans"
(By Jim Harrington, Mercury News, July 2, 2023, F7-F8)

There are several awesome venues within a relatively short drive from pretty much anywhere in the Bay Area. Here's
a look at four such music spots, any of which would make a fantastic day trip or weekend jaunt this summer— and all four have some terrific shows on the calendar. So pick a place— one that you've never visited before— and go enjoy
some live tunes. Blue Note Napa Summer Sessions;
Summer at the Green (Sonoma State University);
HopMonk Novato; Oxbow Riverstage (Napa). Sunday, July 2, 2023, 4:45-6:00 pm
Mountain View: "THE TRAVEL LIST:
Tripadvisor's top 10 experiences around the world"
(By Jackie Burrell, Mercury News, July 2, 2023, F7).

1. Grand Circle Island & Haleiwa Tour, Honolulu, Hawaii;
2. Thai Cooking Course, Chiang Mai, Thailand; 3. Ubud Tour, Bali; 4. Red Dunes ATV, Sandsurf, Camels, Stargazing & 5* BBQ, Dubai, UAE; 5. Best DMZ 3rd Infiltration Tunnel Tour, Seoul, South Korea; 6. Reykjavik Food Walk— Foodie Adventure, Reykjavik, Iceland; 7. Amsterdam Luxury Guided Sightseeing Canal Cruise, Netherlands; 8. Angkor Wat Sunrise Tour, Siem Reap, Cambodia; 9. San Juan Guided Snorkel Tour, Puerto Rico; 10. Hanoi Jeep Tours, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Sunday, July 2, 2023, 6:00-6:30 pm
Mountain View: "BASEBALL: Yankees' Domingo Germán throws
perfect game against A's, the 24th in MLB history"
(By Associated Press, Mercury News, June 28, 2023)

New York Yankees starting pitcher Domingo Germán (0) celebrates his perfect game in their 11-0 win over the Oakland Athletics at Oakland Coliseum, CA, on Wednesday.
He joined Don Larsen (1956), David Wells (1998) & David Cone (1999) as Yankees pitchers to throw perfect games. Larsen's gem came in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Germán's gem was the third perfect game ever thrown at the Oakland Coliseum and the first since A's Dallas Braden was perfect against Tampa Bay
in a 4-0 win on Mother's Day in 2010. Hall of Famer Catfish Hunter had the first perfect game in Oakland A's history, blanking Minnesota 4-0 on May 8, 1968. Sunday, July 2, 2023, 6:30-7:15 pm
Mountain View: Baseball Scarcities:
MLB Perfect Games Thrown: 24;
Total Games Played since 1896: 237.093

Triple Plays: 733
No Hitters Pitched: 319;
Hitting for the Cycle: 343;
Four-Homer Games: 18
(Even rarer than Perfect Games)—
Bobby Lowe (1894); Ed Delahanty (1896); Lou Gehrig (1932); Chuck Klein (1936): Pat Eerey (1948); Gil Hodges (1950); Joe Adcock (1954); Rocky Colavito (1958); Willie Mays (1961); Mike Schmidt (1976); Bob Horner (1986); Mark Whiten (1993): Mike Cameron (2002); Shawn Green (2002); Carlos Delgado (2003): Josh Hamilton (2012); Scooter Gennett (2017); J.D. Martinez (2017).

Sunday, July 2, 2023, 7:54-10:50 pm
Mountain View: For Song #36. selected "Goodnight Sweetheart" (1931) sang by Rudy Vallée in the film Palm Beach Story (1942)

Good night, sweetheart, till we meet tomorrow
Good night, sweetheart, sleep will banish sorrow...
Dreams enfold you in each one I'll hold you
Good night, sweetheart, good night Sunday, July 2, 2023, 11:00-11:40 pm
Mountain View: Ann's 7/2 email @ 6:51 pm—
"Went to Mitchell Park last night with Jack and
a neighbor to hear a jazz ensemble from Travis Air Base"

Last song played was Glenn Miller's
"In the Mood" (lyrics) which we heard often
at Cubberley Pavilion when dancing the Swing.

Monday, July 3, 2023, 5:37-6:10 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:45 am;
Woke up @ 11:00 pm (9 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:10 am—
THHIC = HITCH; SETEW = SWEET;
GRIONI = ORIGIN; GAIHEO = HOAGIE
(Phoned Kaiser Pharmacy on Simvastatin 0 Refill still not
filled since Friday; Told to come in for Emergency Refills)

Cartoon Answer— The wealthy couple that
built the mountaintop tennis court had a
HTH WET RGN HOI = HIGH NET WORTH
36.4% of 1566 responders had trouble with this answer. Monday, July 3, 2023, 4:30-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Left apt @ 4:30 pm; Bus #40 @ 4:47 pm;
Red Bus @ 5:07 pm to Train Depot; Post Office @ 5:25 pm;
Kaiser Pharmacy @ 5:45 pm (closed 5:30 pm); Bus #52 to
El Camino for Bus #22 6:08 pm to San Antonio Rd; No "Daily Post"
at CVS or Chef Chu's bins, nor Valero bins (none printed July 3);
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 6:30-7:00 pm;
7:17 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Avenue and walked home

Violife Plant Butter @ $5.49 = Free;
2 Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz, @ $2.99 x 2 = $5.98;
Authentic Asia Shrimp Wonton Soup 9.1 oz ($4.99) @ $3.99;
Terra Spinach-Artichoke Quiche $12.99, 50% off = $6.49.

Monday, July 3, 2023, 9:25-11:15 pm
Mountain View: For Song #37, selected "Return to Sender" (1962)
sang by Elvis Presley from his film Girls! Girls! Girls!

Return to sender
Address unknown
No such person
No such zone Tuesday, July 4, 2023, 12:50-1:55 am
Mountain View: Dinner— Terra Fina Spinach-Artichoke Quiche;
O Organics Baby Arugula Salad; Kraft Asian Sesame Dressing

For Dessert—
Cream Cheese Danish;
Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream;
Sig Select Cup Fresh Watermelon.

Tuesday, July 4, 2023, 6:40-7:32 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:30 am;
Woke up @ 3:00 pm (11.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:32 am—
RSESD = DRESS; MUNAH = HUMAN;
NRYEZF = FRENZY; TTAMOO = TOMATO

Missed Cartoon Answer— U.S. Independence Day
celebrations often include cookouts, parades, fireworks,
DS HUA FRN OTO = AND SO "FOURTH"
56.34% of 1159 responders had trouble with this answer. Tuesday, July 4, 2023, 4:40-5:30 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" on Tuesday; Stayed home to work;
Too hot in my apartment— 80^o; Turned thermostat down to 70^o;
Took off long-sleeve shirt for lightest short-sleeve shirt to cool off;
Had Sparkling Pineapple-Mango Drink & Watermelon Chunks;
Reminiscing on July 4th hikes in the Bay Area—

Connie took me to lots of July 4th hikes
in Bay Area, avoiding parks with picnics
and no parking spaces; Karen took me to
Saratoga's Hakone Gardens (July 4, 2019).

Tuesday, July 4, 2023, 5:05-7:37 pm
Mountain View: For Song #38, chose "Easter Parade" (1933)
sang by Fred Astaire & Judy Garland from their
1948 film with songs by Irving Berlin—

In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it,
You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter Parade.
I'll be all in clover and when they look you over,
I'll be the proudest fellow in the Easter Parade. Tuesday, July 4, 2023, 8:38-10:30 pm
Mountain View: For Song #39, chose "Oh, Pretty Woman" (1964)
sang by Roy Orbison used later in 1990 film
Pretty Woman starring Julia Roberts

Pretty woman, won't you pardon me?
Pretty woman, I couldn't help but see
Pretty woman, that you look lovely as can be
Are you lonely just like me?

Wednesday, July 5, 2023, 5:56-6:10 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:15 am;
Woke up @ 11:35 am (10 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 6:10 am—
GICIN = ICING; BLMUA = ALBUM;
TLILET = LITTLE; SKYTIC = STICKY
(Had "BITS-IT" LUCK for Cartoon Answer)

Missed Cartoon Answer— For the rodeo bronco,
"throwing off as many riders as possible" was on his
CI BU LTT SIK = "BUCK-IT" LIST
11.72% of 802 responders had trouble with this answer. Wednesday, July 5, 2023, 3:00-4:30 pm
Mountain View: Ann picked me up @ 3:00 pm; Drove to
Kaiser Pharmacy (555 Castro St.) for Simvastatin ($0 pay);
Lisinopril still not filled; Went to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for "Metro" & one copy of "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:45-4:10 pm;
Kellogg's Frozen Waffles Blueberry ($4.49) @ $2.82

Apple Strudel Bites 20 ct; @ $5.99 - $2 bakery = $3.99;
4 Sparkling Kiwi-Strawberry Water @ 89¢ x 4 = $3.56;
2 Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz, @ $2.84 x 2 = $5.68;
Land-O-Lakes Smoked Ham 30% off @ $4.19 - $1 = $3.19.

Wednesday, July 5, 2023, 2:00-2:20 am
Mountain View: Arline phoned to chat;
Have not seen her since March 8, 2020; No emails
for 4+ years (Yahoo wants cell phone # to restore email)

Prayer at Sequoia Sempeverins at Montebello Ave—
Blessings for longevity, durability,
strength, wisdom, youthfulness,
peace and tranquillity. Wednesday, July 5, 2023, 6:25 pm-12:36 am
Mountain View: Next big project is "Number 72""
for Cathy's birthday on August 5; Noticed I began
working on "Number 71" a month ahead on 7-5-2022

Will concentrate on "Number 72";
Spring's LINC-405 Projects are now finished;
Delay doing "Favorite Songs" #40-64 for awhile;
Mathematics Section #1-40 (8:50 pm-12:36 am).

Thursday, July 6, 2023, 4:07-4:14 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:10 am;
Woke up @ 12:00 pm (10 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 4:14 am—
SAAIL = ALIAS; CHRIB = BIRCH;
RWTDOA = TOWARD; CXDEEE = EXCEED
(Had "TEARED HIS BAR" for Cartoon Answer)

Missed Cartoon Answer— When Lasha Talakhadze
broke his own world weightlifting record, he
IAS BRH TAR EED = RAISED THE BAR
33.92% of 1026 responders had trouble with this answer. Thursday, July 6, 2023, 2:05-3:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 2:05 pm; Half-hour walk to
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 2:47-3:07 pm;
Red Bus @ 3:17 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home;
Delayed going to Stanford Theatre to see "Blonde Venus" &
"I'm No Angel" today, so Rudy can see them on Friday with me.

Sig Sel Scalloped Potatoes @ $4.99, 50% off = $2.49;
Hormel Loaded Mashed Potatoes @ $6.49, 50% off = $3.24;
2 Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz, @ $2.84 x 2 = $5.68;
Lindsay Sliced Black Olives $2.99 = Free (expired 7/4).

Thursday, July 6, 2023, 6:01 pm-3:06 am
Mountain View: Continue on project "Number 72"
for Cathy's birthday on August 5; Spent 4.5 hours
Mathematics Section #1-40 (8:50 pm-12:36 am).

Today's work on "Number 72"—
3 hours on Science Section #41-53 (6:01-9:14 pm);
6 hours on Technology Section #54-61 (9:15 pm-3:06 am), Thursday, July 6, 2023, 3:40-5:00 am
Mountain View: Dinner— Terra Fina Spinach-Artichoke Quiche;
O Organics Baby Arugula Salad; Kraft Asian Sesame Dressing

For Dessert—
Cream Cheese Danish;
Kit Kat Ice Cream;
Sig Select Cup Fresh Watermelon.

Friday, July 7, 2023, 5:20-5:30 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 5:35 am;
Woke up @ 1:00 pm (7.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 5:30 am—
HAWTE = WHEAT; RIWLH = WHIRL;
DAREIT = TIRADE; CLROSL = SCROLL

Cartoon Answer— For the surfers,
waiting for the perfect wave was
WHT WIL TRE SOL = "SWELL" WORTH IT
33.83% of 1265 responders had trouble with this answer. Friday, July 7, 2023, 2:05-3:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 2:45 pm; Half-hour walk to
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:30-3:41 pm;
Red Bus @ 3:50 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home;
Red Bus @ 5:07 pm to Showers Dr.; Bus #22 @ 5:25-5:45 pm

Icelandic Skyr Coffee Yogurt 4.4 oz @ $1.99 = Free;
Sliced Cinnamon Cake $5.99 - $2.00 Bakery = $3.99;
Hormel Garlic Mashed Potatoes @ $6.49, 50% off = $3.24;
2 Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz, @ $2.84 x 2 = $5.68.

Friday, July 7, 2023, 5:55-7:10 pm; (missed 5 opening minutes)
Palo Alto: Stanford Theatre: Wesley Ruggles directs
"I'm No Angel" (1933) starring Mae West; Cary Grant; Gregory Ratoff; Edward Arnold; Ralf Harolde; Kent Taylor; Gertrude Michael; William B. Davidson; Dorothy Peterson; Gertrude Howard
Film Reviews: imdb, Rotten Tomatoes; YouTube: Trailer

Tira (Mae West) shimmies & sings in Big Bill Barton's
Wonder Show. She does her lion taming act, including putting her head into the lion's mouth. Rich Jack Clayton (Cary Grant) asks her to leave Kirk (Kent Taylor) alone,
but falls in love with her instead, and proposes marriage. Friday, July 7, 2023, 7:30-9:10 pm
Palo Alto: Josef von Sternberg directs "Blonde Venus" (1932) starring Marlene Dietrich; Herbert Marshall; Cary Grant; Dickie Moore; Gene Morgan; Rita La Roy; Robert O'Connor; Sidney Toler;
Morgan Wallace; Andrea Palma; Hattie McDaniel.
Reviews: 1, 2, 3; YouTube: Marlene sings "Hot Voodoo"; Trailer

Helen (Marlene Dietrich), billed as "Blonde Venus," has a successful debut performance, singing "Hot Voodoo" after emerging from a gorilla suit, and is noticed by Nick (Cary Grant). Enamored of Helen, he learns of her husband Ned's medical condition, and gives her $300 for Ned's treatment.

Friday, July 7, 2023, 9:10-9:35 pm
Mountain View: After "Blonde Venus" movie over,
went to rest room, and ran to Palo Alto Train Depot;
Bus #22 Driver was leaving, but let me on (9:18 pm);
Got to Showers Dr. @ 9:35 pm, but Bus #40 left @ 9:34 pm

Next & last Bus #40 is at 10:24 pm.
Went to Whole Foods @ 9:50 pm searching for
"Blood Orange Juice" (aisle 27) but found none.
Whole Foods closed @ 10:00 pm. Friday, July 7, 2023, 9:35-10:21 pm
Mountain View: There is light from Mattress Firm
by Bus #40 bench at El Camino Real & Showers Drive;
Read "Palo Alto Weekly" picked up at University Ave
& Emerson Ave while going to Palo Alto Train Depot

Bus #40 came 3 minutes early @ 10:21 pm
as "Special Service Bus" that I got on;
Got off at Central Xpwy Stop and walked
through Madrone Apartments home at 10:45 pm.

Saturday, July 8, 2023, 6:20-6:44 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 7:00 am;
Woke up @ 2:00 pm (7 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:44 am—
DENUU = UNDUE; LIXEE = EXILE;
DMILED = MIDDLE; CHCITE = HECTIC

Cartoon Answer— When they bumped into each
other midday at the delicatessen, they had a
NU LE ME HTC = LUNCH "MEET"
36.77% of 971 responders had trouble with "HECTIC". Saturday, July 8, 2023, 5:00-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Rudy phoned @ 11 am; Staying in Sunnyvale
to place for threading Julie's financial statements; Will come by afterwards to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:30-5:57 pm;
Cookies $4.99, 50% off @ $2.49 - $2 Bakery = 49¢ (for Rudy)

Rockstar Energy Drink 16 oz @ $2.99 = Free;
Icelandic Skyr Peach Yogurt 4.4 oz @ $1.99 = Free;
O Organics Baby Arugula @ $5.99 - $3 Rewards = $2.99;
Sig Sel Cup Watermelon 12 oz, @ $2.84 (free for Rudy).

Saturday, July 8, 2023, 6:00-7:00 pm
Mountain View: Mercury News reports living people's
Birthdays on July 8— Kim Darby (76); Wolfgang Puck (74);
Anjelica Huston (72); Kevin Bacon (65)

Deceased born on July 8—
John Stith Pemberton, Coca-Cola inventor (1831);
Eli Lilly, chemist & businessman (1838);
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, inventor of airships (1838);
John D. Rockefeller, business magnate (1839);
Käthe Kollwitz, artist (1867);
Percy Grainger, composer (1882);
Philip Johnson, architect (1906);
George W. Romney, politician (1907);
Nelson Rockefeller, U.S. Vice President (1908);
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, psychiatrist (1926) Saturday, July 8, 2023, 7:00-8:00 pm
Mountain View: "BUSINESS: Looking back on 40 years of writing tech columns" (By Larry Magid, Mercury News, July 7, 2023, C7-C8)
(This week marks my 40th anniversary as a newspaper columnist)

In 1983, after defining what RAM (random access memory) stood for, I pointed out that computers could have as little as 4K of RAM and 80K of storage. My current PC's 1-terabyte drive holds 13 million times more data than an 80K diskette. In 1993 wrote about Internet between 15 million and 20 million users. Today there are more than five billion internet users. New buzzwords include Generative AI, Metaverse, Web 3.0, augmented reality, quantum computing, cloud computing,
big data, big tech, extended reality (XR), blockchain, chatbots, crypto, Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning,
natural language model and much more.

Saturday, July 8, 2023, 8:55-9:45 pm
Mountain View: "Number 72";— #62 Chrysler 1928
Model 72 Roadster at 1928 Le Mans 24 Hour race—

Bentley 4½ Litre came in first,
Stutz Black Hawk came in second,
Chrysler Model 72 Roadster came in 3rd & 4th. Sunday, July 9, 2023, 12:00-1:56 am
Mountain View: "Number 72";— History Section
#65; Events in 1972 (selected 11 events)

#66— 72nd Armor Regiment;
#67— 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment;
#68— 72nd Mechanized Brigade of Ukraine.

Sunday, July 9, 2023, 5:25-6:25 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 6:30 am;
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:25 am—
GIMTAS = STIGMA; TUTIOW = OUTWIT;
SCANIO = CASINO; RIENWY = WINERY;
UQESEL = SEQUEL; PYYUSR = SYRUPY

Cartoon Answer— He was telling his friends
that this pizza place had the best pizza,—
STA OWI CAN IY EL YUY = ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT
48.05% of 668 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, July 9, 2023, 3:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Wake up @ 3:00 pm (8.5 hours sleep)
No "Daily Post" printed on Sunday; Stayed home to work;
Rudy came at 6:00 am, as he was heading back to Lodi;
He returned copies of Songs #36-39 in his backpack
that I showed him; he thought I gave him for keeps.

Song #36: "Goodnight Sweetheart" (1942);
Song #37: "Return to Sender" (1962);
Song #38: "Easter Parade" (1948):
Song #39: "Oh, Pretty Woman" (1964).

Sunday, July 9, 2023, 5:30-6:25 pm
Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO: A Central California
road trip winds through Cambria, Cayucos and more"
(By Amber Turpin, Mercury News, July 9, 2023, F7-F8

Big Sur coastline is one of planet's most spectacular, but while a section of Highway One— near Limekiln State Park remains off limits, a bit of creative re-routing presents an often overlooked region to explore. With its sandy beaches & laidback vibe, Cayucos has been dubbed "California's last great beach town." Stroll sands of Cambria's beaches or mosey along wooden boardwalk that fringes Moonstone Beach. Approaching Big Sur from south brings plenty of wildlife sightings & great food stops. Pass through Paso; Explore Cambria; Hearst Castle; Ramble through Cayucos.
Sunday, July 9, 2023, 5:30-6:25 pm
Mountain View: "THE TRAVEL LIST:
Top 10 U.S. destinations and adventures"
(By Jackie Burrell, Mercury News, July 9, 2023, F7)

1. Grand Circle Island & Haleiwa Tour, Honolulu; 2. Juneau Wildlife Whale Watching, Juneau, AK; 3. History & Hauntings of Salem Guided Walking Tour, Salem, MA; 4. Party Bike in Old Town Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ; 5. Niagara Falls American-Side Tour with Maid of Mist Boat Ride, Niagara Falls, NY; 6. Xtreme Parasail in Honolulu, Oahu; 7. Deluxe USS Arizona Memorial & Historical City Tour, Honolulu; 8. Swim with Manatees, Crystal River, FL; 9. Fairbanks Snowmobile Adventure from North Pole, North Pole, AK; 10. Hollywood Sign Walking Tour, Los Angeles.

Sunday, July 9, 2023, 6:25-7:20 pm
Mountain View: "BASEBALL: Is baseball's
Shohei Ohtani worth a $701 million contract?"
(By Jonathan Lansner, Mercury News, July 9, 2023, E1-E2)

Ohtani, who's making $30 million in 2023, will be a free agent when the season ends. He'll be available for hire
by any of Major League Baseball's 30 teams to pursue. Guessing starts at a half-billion bucks for his next decade
of work— topping Angels teammate Mike Trout's $426 million, 12-year deal signed in 2019.
Sunday, July 9, 2023, 7:20-8:05 pm
Mountain View: "BASEBALL: 'Pretty sick': Manning,
Foley, Lange spin first combined no-hitter in Tigers' history"
(By Chris McCosky, Detroit News, 7-8-2023)

Detroit Tigers defeat Toronto Blue Jays, 2-0,
on a combined no-hitter Saturday, July 8, in Detroit.
Matt Manning started, allowing no hits over first 6.2 innings. Jason Foley got last out of the 7th & pitched a clean 8th,
giving way to Alex Lange who plowed through
the top of Toronto batting order in the 9th.

Sunday, July 9, 2023, 8:55-9:15 pm
Mountain View: Ann emailed 5:40 pm on looking west at dusk "Venus will be brighter tonight than on any other night this year."
Susan's 6/24 email @ 8:52 pm "Have you seen Venus and Mars lately? Venus is brightest it's been in 8 years. Stunning"

Checked Sky & Telescope's
"This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 7-16"—
Mars & Regulus, upper left of Venus in late twilight, in
conjunction this evening & tomorrow evening, 0.7^o apart. Sunday, July 9, 2023, 9:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Adobe Photoshop expired today;
Need to renew my student contract
with Adobe Creative Cloud
@ $39.99 for 6 months

July 2020 Haikus on Al Guzman paying $39.99
to Adobe Cloud for 6-month usage of Photoshop;
My Apple Laptop macOS Sierra Version 10.12.6,
is too old for latest updates of Adobe Photoshop.

Monday, July 10, 2023, 7:52-7:57 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:00 am;
Woke up @ 1:10 pm (10 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:57 am—
TEYPT = PETTY; TOTOH = TOOTH;
NINWOM = MINNOW; LAIEGO = GOALIE

Cartoon Answer— When asked if being the
number zero was easy, the zero said there was
TT TOH INN GOI = NOTHING TO IT
25.23% of 971 responders had trouble with "GOALIE". Monday, July 10, 2023, 3:03-4:35 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 3:03 pm; Half-hour walk
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:43-4:11 pm;
4:20 pm Red Bus to Montecito Avenue and walked home
Rockstar Energy Drink 16 oz @ $2.99 = Free;

Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz, @ $2.84;
Lucerne Chocolate Milk 64 oz ($3.69) @ $1.97;
Land-O-Lakes Black Forest Ham 16 oz @ $5.99;
Lucerne French Vanilla No-Sugar Creamer 32 oz @ $2.82

Monday, July 10, 2023, 6:00-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Al Guzman emailed at 4:58 am
"I have some ideas I want to explore with you.
Can you make it to the Foothill Campus today?
I will be there from 10am to 7pm."

My Apple Laptop macOS Sierra Version 10.12.6,
Can't tell version of Adobe Photoshop used;
Couldn't renew newer versions of BBEdit & Cyberduck. Monday, July 10, 2023, 6:30-8:00 pm
Mountain View: Worked on "Number 72" History Section—
#69-70: 72 letters in Cambodian Alphabet
& 72 scenes shown in Bayeux Tapestry

Sections #71 in "Number 72"—
Confucius dies at 72 with 72 disciples;
Saint Augustine completes City of God at 72;
Mao Zedong swims Yangtze River (7-16-1966) at age 72.

Monday, July 10, 2023, 7:42-11:26 pm
Mountain View: Working on #71 "At Age 72" in "Number 72"
from Jeremy Baker's "Tolstoy's Bicycle" (1982), pp. 460-463

John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil broken up (1911), Bertrand Russell's A History of Western Philosophy published (1945), Le Corbusier designs Harvard's Carpenter Art Center (1959), George Balachine's "Union Jack" ballet (1976), Karl Wallenda's Miami's high wire walk (1977),
Clark Clifford advised President Jimmy Carter (1979),
Jesuit General Pedro Arrupe wants to retire (1980). Tuesday, July 11, 2023, 1:00-2:30 am
Mountain View: No time to see Mars & Regulus, upper left of Venus
in late twilight, in conjunction on July 10 evening, 0.7^o apart.

Dinner— Terra Fina Spinach-Artichoke Quiche;
O Organics Baby Arugula Salad;
Kraft Asian Sesame Dressing;
For Dessert—
Cinnamon Swirl Cake;
Kit Kat Ice Cream;
Sig Select Cup Fresh Watermelon.

Tuesday, July 11, 2023, 10:16-10:44 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:50 am;
Woke up @ 1:00 pm (10 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 10:44 am—
SHSAL = SLASH; RKMEA = MAKER;
GPTILE = PIGLET; GAROFE = FORAGE

Cartoon Answer— The antique clock had
remained in the family for 100+ years thanks to the
SAS MAE PIET FOG = PASSAGE OF TIME
11.22% of 980 responders had trouble with "PIGLET". Tuesday, July 11, 2023, 1:00-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Al Guzman's 1 pm phone call woke me up;
He'll see me tomorrow at Foothill Los Altos Campus at 3 pm
in Room 1401 to work on renewing Photoshop that expired
on July 9; My Apple Laptop macOS Sierra Version 10.12.6,
No "Daily Post" on Tuesday; Stayed home to work

Without Adobe Photoshop, can't select best photo
in Google Images, and crop to smaller size;
Used Wikipedia's photos, where dimensions
are given, & reduce size. Little more work.

Tuesday, July 11, 2023, 3:23-3:32 pm
Mountain View: Song #40: Bill Haley & The Comets
singing "Rock Around the Clock" (1954); Album
Can't do Song #40 until Photoshop is restored.

Lots of videos of couples dancing to
"Rock Around the Clock" (1, 2, 3),
but my favorite is the athleticism of
Sondre Olsen Bye & Tanya Georgiievska dancing it. Tuesday, July 11, 2023, 4:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Mid-Pen Housing Maintenance crew
not aesthetically aware how beautiful Acanthus mollis
is, as they trimmed away all 3 bushes in the courtyard

Outside my door, near the laundry room
were ten tall blooming Acanthus mollis
flowers, uplifting me when I walk out
of my apartment. Now they're all gone!

Tuesday, July 11, 2023, 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm
Mountain View: Went outdoors to see Mars
& Regulus, upper left of Venus in late twilight,
in conjunction on July 10 evening, 0.7^o apart.

Sky was too bright at 8:30 pm to see stars.
Went out again at 9:30 pm by parking lot
at 111 Montebello Ave, and saw Venus shining.
Stood firm with two dogs barking right behind me. Tuesday, July 11, 2023, 10:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: "Overdue book, Maxwell's Electricity returned to
Massachusetts New Bedford Library 119 years later"
(By Steve LeBlanc, AP, Mercury News, 7-10-2023, A2)

On Feb. 14, 1904, someone checked out
James Clerk Maxwell's "An Elementary Treatise on Electricity" from New Bedford Library. Took 119 years to be returned to Mass. library (added 119 to Numbers Collection).

Wednesday, July 12, 2023, 7:50-8:08 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:20 am;
Woke up @ 12:00 pm (10 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 8:08 am—
WSONO = SWOON; NPUED = UPEND;
BACYRB = CRABBY; SITISN = INSIST

Cartoon Answer— The new heating/cooling
system would be ready when they had all their
WON UD CRA IST = "DUCTS" IN A ROW
6.99% of 772 responders had trouble with this answer. Wednesday, July 12, 2023, 1:00-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Al Guzman's 11:45 pm phone call woke me up;
He has a doctor appointment, and will pick me up at 4:30 pm,
to Foothill Campus on renewing Photoshop that expired;
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 2:59-3:19 pm
Bus #40 @ 3:33 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home

Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz, @ $3.21;
Hormel Mashed Potatoes $6.49, 50% off = $3,24
Lucerne Sliced Provolone Cheese ($3.99) = Free;
2 SeaPak Popcorn Shrimp @ $10.99, BOGO = $10.99.

Wednesday, July 12, 2023, 4:40-7:00 pm
Mountain View: Al Guzman picked me up @ 4:40 pm;
Drove to Foothill Campus, Room 4201 (5:05-6:50 pm);
Got "Daily Post" at Chef Chu's bins that was gone at Valero

Couldn't renew my student contract
with Adobe Creative Cloud
on Photoshop @ $39.99 for 6 months
as I'm not registered student in Summer 2023. Wednesday, July 12, 2023, 5:05-6:50 pm
Mountain View: While in Room 4201, Al Guzman
cleaned my Apple Laptop with rubbing alcohol,
and patched up flayed computer wire with duct tape

Since I still have a Foothill email
account as choupeter@fhda.edu, Al tried
to registered me with Adobe Photoshop for
a free Faculty Account, but it didn't work.

Wednesday, July 12, 2023, 8:48-10:24 pm
Mountain View: For Song #40, downloaded images of
Bill Haley & The Comets singing "Rock Around the Clock" (1954); Album; Without Photoshop, image dimensions are approximate

One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock,
Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock rock.
Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock rock,
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight. Wednesday, July 12, 2023, 11:00-12:00 pm
Mountain View: Working on #71 "At Age 72" in "Number 72"
from Jeremy Baker's "Tolstoy's Bicycle" (1982), pp. 460-463
Roy Thomson buys the Times of London (1966)

Charles Darwin: publishes last book (1881) on earthworms;
Herman Melville: dies (1891), with Billy Budd unpublished;
Ambrose Bierce: disappears on expedition to Mexico (1914);
George Bernard Shaw: play The Apple Cart (1928) written.

Thursday, July 13, 2023, 5:30-5:35 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:00 am;
Woke up @ 12:40 pm (10.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 5:35 am—
RILTF = FLIRT; SAYID = DAISY;
NISYNK = SKINNY; LMTALE = MALLET

Cartoon Answer— The corporal in charge of
organizing and storing documents was part of the
FIR DA KNN ALE = RANK AND FILE
17.72% of 841 responders had trouble with this answer. Thursday, July 13, 2023, 2:40-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 2:40 pm; Red Bus @ 3:30 pm;
Bus #21 @ 3:34 pm; Kaiser Pharmacy (555 Castro St)
to pick up Lisinopril ($0 pay) expiring today; (3:50-4 pm).
Was not available last Wednesday, July 5,
as it had 0 refills when I picked up Simvastatin

Since I have 0 refills on following,
asked them to contact Dr. Liteh Chang
for refills on Glipizide ($0 pay), Metformin ($0 pay),
One-Touch Lancets & Test Strips ($0 pay) & Humulin ($15).

Thursday, July 13, 2023, 5:30-5:59 pm
Mountain View: Missed 4:27 pm Bus #40 at Showers Drive;
Next 4:57 pm Bus #40 didn't come until 5:11 pm;
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:30-5:599 pm
Red Bus @ 6:20 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home;
2 Aim Toothpaste 5.5 oz @ $1.49 x 2 = 2.98 + .27 tax = $3.25

Lucerne Sliced Swiss Cheese ($3.99) = Free;
Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz, @ $3.21;
Land-O-Lakes Black Forest Ham 16 oz ($7.49) @ $5.92;
6 Chocolate Donuts $5.99, 50% off, $3 - $2 Bakery = $1.00. Thursday, July 13, 2023, 8:00-9:00 pm
Mountain View: Because Bus #40 was late today, no time
for Cary Grant movies "Thirty Day Princess" (6:05-7:20 pm)
& "This Is the Night" (7:30-8:50 pm) at Stanford Theatre;
Will go tomorrow after crown on implant tooth #10 at
iSmile Dental (970 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale) (3-4 pm)

When "This Is the Night" movie is over
at 8:50 pm, rush to restroom, and run to
Palo Alto Train Depot for Bus #522 (9:10 pm)
to Showers Drive for Bus #40 @ 9:34 pm.

Friday, July 14, 2023, 9:13-9:36 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:30 am;
Woke up @ 1:30 pm (11 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 9:36 am—
SEHSC = CHESS; RGWEA = WAGER;
SRHOCC = SCORCH; RACCES = SCARCE

Cartoon Answer— The corporal in charge of
organizing and storing documents was part of the
ESS WAE SOH SRE = SEE SAWHORSES
46.04% of 1477 responders had trouble with this answer. Friday, July 14, 2023, 2:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Got up late @ 1:30 pm; No breakfast;
Leave apt @ 2:00 pm after shaving; Red Bus @ 2:23 pm;
Bus #22 @ 2:51 pm; iSmile Dental (970 W. El Camino Real)
@ 3:12 pm (12 minutes late); Today is still crown implant
tooth imaging; Fanny took X-ray & assisted Dr. Kim (3:12-4:00 pm)

Bus #22 to Showers Drive @ 4:25 pm in time
for Bus #40, but it didn't come until 5:00 pm;
Too late to go home; Took Bus #22 @ 5:08 pm
to Palo Alto Train Depot & Stanford Theatre @ 5:45 pm.

Friday, July 14, 2023, 6:05-7:20 pm
Palo Alto: Stanford Theatre: Marion Gering directs
"Thirty Day Princess" (1934) starring Sylvia Sidney; Cary Grant; Edward Arnold; Henry Stephenson; Vince Barnett; Edgar Norton; Ray Walker; Lucien Littlefield; Robert McWade; George Baxter; Marguerite Namara; Film Reviews: imdb, TCM;
YouTube: Opening Credits; Full Movie)

On her way to New York to find financial backing for her
impoverished country, the Ruritanian Kingdom of Taronia,
Princess "Zizzi" Catterina (Sylvia Sidney) falls ill with the
mumps & has to be quarantined for a month. In desperation,
financier Richard Gresham (Edward Arnold), who is planning to issue $50 million in Taronian bonds, hires unemployed lookalike actress Nancy Lane (also portrayed by Sidney) to impersonate the princess, & offers her a large bonus if she changes chief opponent's mind of financial transaction, news publisher Porter Madison III (Cary Grant). Friday, July 14, 2023, 7:30-9:10 pm
Palo Alto: Frank Tuttle directs "This Is the Night" (1932)
starring Lili Damita; Charles Ruggles: Roland Young;
Thelma Todd; Cary Grant; Irving Bacon; Gino Corrado;
Claire Dodd; Donald Novis; Davison Clark; Alex Melesh;
Tiny Sandford. Reviews: 1, 2, 3; YouTube: fake wife; full movie

This is the first full feature film for Cary Grant.
Stephen (Cary) plays an Olympic javelin thrower who returns home to find his wife with another man, Gerald (Roland Young). Gerald immediately invents a wife & then must produce one. He hires an actress, Germaine (Lily Damita), to play the wife, then falls in love with her. Cary is suspicious, questions the "wife" and feels attracted to her. His wife, Claire (Thelma Todd), then becomes jealous and regrets her affair with Gerald. Cary's entrance into film is very funny, he is singing at the top of his lungs!! Thelma Todd's dress gets caught in car's door at the beginning of the movie and this scene is priceless..

Saturday, July 15, 2023, 6:44-7:17 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:30 am;
Woke up @ 1:15 pm (11.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:17 am—
PTZOA; RFCAS; NWENIR; REOSTE

Missed Cartoon Answer— The termites wanted
to expand their domain, so they consulted with
TPA SCA NNER TRE = CARPENTER ANTS
41.26% of 972 responders had trouble with this answer. Saturday, July 15, 2023, 3:50-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 3:50 pm; Half-hour walk
to Valero Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:34-4:56 pm;
5:45 pm Red Bus to Montecito Avenue and walked home

2 Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon @ $3.21 x 2 = $6.42;
Lucerne Sliced Cheese Mozzarella 8 oz ($3.99) = Free;
Cherry Strudel Bites 20 ct @ $5.99 - $2 Bakery = $3.99;
O Organics Baby Arugula Salad @ $5.99 - $3.00 = $2.99.

Sunday, July 16, 2023, 6:46-7:07 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:10 am;
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:07 am—
NAILDN = INLAND; MMLEEB = EMBLEM;
KYPSMI = SKIMPY; CANLEG = GLANCE;
GENNIE = ENGINE; KOIVEN = INVOKE

Missed Cartoon Answer— The identical twins
didn't mind resembling each other and in fact
ND BLE KI GLA EIE IK = LIKED BEING ALIKE
23.89% of 427 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, July 16, 2023, 11:10 am-1:30 pm
Mountain View: Wake up @ 11:10 am (10 hours sleep)
No "Daily Post" printed on Sunday; Usually stay home
to work; However, missed Cary Grant movies "Topper"
& "The Awful Truth" yesterday at Stanford Theatre, so
need to go today & walk home on Rengstorff Ave @ 8 pm.

"The Awful Truth" ends at 7:20 pm; Saw missed beginning
of "Topper" 7:30-7:45 pm; Last Bus #40 @ 6:21 pm Sunday;
Took Bus #22 (8:02 pm) at Palo Alto Train Depot to
Rengstorff Ave (8:27 pm) & walked home in 45-minutes.

Sunday, July 16, 2023, 1:00-2:00 pm
Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO: Trip to the Marin Headlands, from hikes & art exhibits to sea lions and toddies"
(By John Metcalfe, Mercury News, July 16, 2023, F7-F8)

They're right across the Golden Gate Bridge but feel like a wild frontier— Summer is an ideal time to visit Headlands. It's windy but free of the bone-chilling wetness. Places to visit: Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito; The Marine Mammal Center; Tennessee Point Labyrinth (Visitors look
at meaningful items left by other visitors in center of the Labyrinth in Mill Valley); Farley at Cavallo Point Lodge Sunday, July 16, 2023, 1:00-2:00 pm
Mountain View: "THE TRAVEL LIST:
Dr. Beach's 2023 list of the best U.S. beaches"
(By Amanda Mactas, Mercury News, July 16, 2023, F7)

1. St. George Island State Park, FL; 2. Duke Kahanamoku Beach, Oahu, HI; 3. Coopers Beach, Southampton, NY;
4. Caladesi Island State Park, Dunedin/Clearwater, FL;
5. Lighthouse Beach, Buxton, Outer Banks of NC;
6. Coronado Beach, San Diego; 7. Wailea Beach, Maui;
8. Beachwalker Park, Kiawah Island, SC; 9. Poipu Beach, Kauai, HI; 10. Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, MA.

Sunday, July 16, 2023, 4:10-5:35 pm & 7:30-7:45 pm
Palo Alto: Norman Z. McLeod directs "Topper" (1937)
starring Constance Bennett; Cary Grant; Roland Young;
Billie Burke: Alan Mowbray; Eugene Pallette; Arthur Lake;
Hedda Hopper; Virginia Sale; Elaine Shepard; Ward Bond;
Dorothy Christy. Reviews: 1, 2, 3; YouTube: Trailer; full movie

George (Cary Grant) & Marion Kerby (Constance Bennett) are irresponsible & rich. When George wrecks their classy sports car, they wake up from accident as ghosts. They decide that freeing their old friend Cosmo Topper from his regimented lifestyle will be their ticket into heaven. Topper, a wealthy bank president, is trapped in a boring job. On a whim, after George & Marion die, Topper buys George's flashy sports car. Soon he meets the ghosts of his dead friends, & they begin to liven up his dull life with drinking & dancing, flirting & fun. Sunday, July 16, 2023, 5:45-7:20 pm
Palo Alto: Stanford Theatre: Leo McCarey directs
"The Awful Truth" (1937) starring Irene Dunne; Cary Grant; Ralph Bellamy; Alexander D'Arcy; Cecil Cunningham; Molly Lamont;
Esther Dale; Joyce Compton; Robert Allen; Zita Moulton;
Robert Warwick; Skippy (Asta) fox terrier; Film Reviews: imdb,
Cary Grant, Rotten Tomatoes; Molly Haskell Essay; YouTube:
Irene Dunne Steals Scene; Asta Finds Hat; Ending: Full Movie)

Jerry (Cary Grant) and Lucy Warriner (Irene Dunne) get a divorce, because they both believe the other to be having an affair. They fight for custody of Mr. Smith (Asta, fox terrier dog!), and Lucy wins. Jerry gets visiting rights. They both get new partners, but in the end they discover the awful truth— they cannot live apart. Lucy crashes a party at Vance mansion, pretending to be Jerry's sister. Acting like a showgirl, she recreates Dixie's risqué musical number.
The snobbish Vances are appalled.

Monday, July 17, 2023, 12:00-2:32 am
Mountain View: "TECHNOLOGY: Can AI invent?"
(By Steve Lohr, NY Times, Mercury News, 7-16-2023, A4)

As generative artificial intelligence seems on the brink of invading another uniquely human endeavor, legal experts are pressing patent agencies, courts & policymakers to address the question: can AI invent? Generative AI, the technology engine powering the popular ChatGPT chatbot, seems to have a limitless bag of tricks. It can produce on command everything from recipes and vacation plans to computer code and molecules for new drugs. Patent arbiters generally agree on one thing: An inventor has to be human, at least under current standards. Ryan Abbott: Rapidly advancing AI is very different from a traditional tool used in invention. Monday, July 17, 2023, 12:00-2:32 am
Mountain View: “OP-ED: AI brings fears that
'human beings are soon going to be eclipsed'”
(By David Brooks, Mercury News, 7-16-2023, A13).

ChatGPT is 'jumping through hoops I would never have imagined it could. It's just scaring the daylights out of me.' Douglas Hofstadter's 2018 essay "The Shallowness
of Google Translate" (The Atlantic, January 2018), suggested that he's a limitationist too. Hofstadter now asks: If AI cogently solves intellectual problems, then who are you to say it's not thinking? As Hofstadter points out, these artificial brains are not constrained by the factors that limit human brains— like having to fit inside a skull. And, he emphasizes, they are improving at an astounding rate, while human intelligence isn't.

Monday, July 17, 2023, 12:00-2:32 am
Mountain View: "TECHNOLOGY: AI Mimics
Human Creativity, But Also Boosts It"
(By Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 7-16-2023))

Steve Lohr of NY Times just published a piece on whether AI is ready to invent new things. What needs to be asked, is along with mimicking human creativity, is how AI can catalyze greater creativity among its human users. Nicola Morini Bianzino outlines three ways AI will inject greater creativity into workplaces, businesses, & other human endeavors: 1. Freeing up humans' time— and mindspace; 2. Enabling more effective choices; 3. Creating fresh growth. Monday, July 17, 2023, 12:00-2:32 am
Mountain View: "Revolts break out against
harvesting content using AI" (By Sheera Frenkel
& Stuart A. Thompson, NY Times, Buffalo News, 7-16-2023)

In 20 years, Kit Loffstadt wrote fan fiction exploring alternate universes for "Star Wars" heroes & "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" villains, sharing her stories free online. But in May, Loffstadt stopped posting her creations after learning a data company had copied her stories & fed them into the AI technology underlying ChatGPT, a viral chatbot. Dismayed, she hid her writing in a locked account. Artists are locking their files to protect their work, while Reddit want to charge for access to their data.

Monday, July 17, 2023, 7:37-8:01 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 5:30 am;
Woke up @ 1:00 pm (7.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 8:01 am—
USISE = ISSUE; GUGEO = GOUGE;
SIMOWD = WISDOM; TUANUM = AUTUMN

Cartoon Answer— Hitting both good shots
and bad shots on the driving range resulted in
ISS OG WDO MN = MOOD SWINGS
30.04% of 1052 responders had trouble with this answer. Monday, July 17, 2023, 3:00-4:20 pm
Mountain View: Ann picked me up @ 3:00 pm; Drove to
Kaiser Pharmacy (555 Castro St) for Glipizide, Metformin,
Lancets & Test Strips, & 3 vials Humulin ($15) (3:20 pm);
Drove to Valero Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:41-4:06 pm;

2 Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon @ $3.21 x 2 = $6.42;
Lucerne Sliced Colby Jack Cheese 8 oz ($3.99) = Free;
Apple Strudel Bites 20 ct @ $5.99 - $2 Bakery = $3.99;
Lucerne No-Sugar Sweet Cream Coffee Creamer @ $2.82.

Monday, July 17, 2023, 3:00-4:20 pm
Mountain View: Gave Ann bag of newspapers,
Copy @ 82% of Song #40: Bill Haley singing "Rock Around the Clock" (Ann's Mom was born on same date & year as Bill Haley)

Gave Ann: Cup Fresh Watermelon;
Cherry Strudel Bites, 20 ct;
2 Rockstar Energy Drink;
2 Icelandic Skyr Yogurt. Monday, July 17, 2023, 4:20-4:30 pm
Mountain View: Al Guzman phoned saying he made mistake
on time to see "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning" movie,
at Shoreline Century 16 Cinema; not 9 am but 12:00 pm

Will pick me up at 10:30 am Saturday, July 22,
instead of 8:15 am in his July 17 email;
Will inform Rudy on the time change,
to come to my apartment @ 10:30 am.

Monday, July 17, 2023, 7:00-8:00 pm
Mountain View: "BUSINESS: Inside
the White-Hot Center of A.I. Doomerism at Anthropic"
(By Kevin Roose, NY Times, Mercury News, 7-17-2023, C7-C8)

Anthropic, a safety-focused A.I. start-up, is trying to compete with ChatGPT while preventing an A.I. apocalypse. It's been a little stressful. Despite its small size— just 160 employees— and its low profile, Anthropic is one of the world's leading A.I. research labs, and a formidable rival to giants like Google & Meta. It has raised more than $1 billion from investors including Google & Salesforce, Claude uses a messaging interface where users can submit questions or requests & receive highly detailed and relevant responses. Claude has 52 billion parameters. Many of them believe
that A.I. models are rapidly approaching a level where
they might be considered artificial general intelligence,
or "A.G.I.", the industry term for human-level machine intelligence. They fear that if they're not carefully controlled, these systems could take over and destroy us.
I came to find Anthropic's anxiety reassuring, even if it means that Claude— which you can try for yourself—
can be a little neurotic. A.I. is already kind of scary,
and it's going to get scarier. A little more fear today
might spare us a lot of pain tomorrow. Monday, July 17, 2023, 9:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: "World Orca Week:
A look at ocean's largest predator" (27 for Numbers Collection)
(By Kurt Snibbee, Mercury News, 7-16-2023, B18)

Orcas, often referred to as killer whales, are a toothed whale but are technically the largest member of the dolphin family. There are three main types of killer whales in the North Pacific: Resident, transient and offshore. There are 10 different types around the world. Orcas have from 40 to 56 interlocking teeth— each one around 3 inches long. They're used for ripping & tearing, but not for chewing. Orcas eat their food in chunks or entirely whole, eating 500 pounds of food a day. They usually hunt in groups and use echolocation to find prey. They have excellent eyesight but no sense of smell. Diving depth from 846 feet to 1483 feet. Adult male killer whales can grow to a length of 27 feet (size of a school bus), wheras female grow to 23 feet. Adult males can weigh almost twice as much as females, up to 13,300 pounds. Average life expectancy of orcas in the wild is about 30 years for males and 50 years for females. Killer whales are among the fastest swimming marine mammals & can reach speeds over 30 mph for short distances. Fastest human on land, Usain Bolt's 100-meter dash, was about 27 mph. As of Jan. 9, there were 55 orcas in captivity worldwide, 29 of which were captive-born. Corky II is oldest captive orca at 58 years old.

Tuesday, July 18, 2023, 10:30-10:35 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:30 am;
Woke up @ 2:15 pm (13 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 10:35 am—
DORPU = PROUD; LOUWD = WOULD;
KPSONE = SPOKEN; SDUJAT = ADJUST

Cartoon Answer— When audiences watched
Spielberg's 1975 film about a great white shark,
PRD WD POE AJS = JAWS DROPPED
18.31% of 874 responders had trouble with this answer. Tuesday, July 18, 2023, 4:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" Tuesday; Stayed home to work;
Listened to KNBR: SF Giants beats Cincinnatti Reds 4-2 in 10th;
Pinterest sent video of old German couple dancing East Coast Swing;
Working on #71 "At Age 72" in "Number 72"
Roy Thomson buys the Times of London (1966)

Charles Darwin: publishes last book (1881) on earthworms;
Herman Melville: dies (1891), with Billy Budd unpublished;
Ambrose Bierce: disappears on expedition to Mexico (1914);
George Bernard Shaw: play The Apple Cart (1928) written.

Tuesday, July 18, 2023, 5:00-6:00 pm
Mountain View: "How to Keep Squirrels
Out of Garden Beds and Potted Plants"
(By Lori Lovely, Yahoo News, 7-17-2023)

1. Fence them out; 3. Grow plants unappealing to squirrels (Raw garlic, raw onions, hot peppers), 6. Blast them out with noise; 7. Shine a light on the problem; 8. Stink them out (coffee grounds, soap, vinegar); 10. Live trap and relocate. Tuesday, July 18, 2023, 5:14-7:00 pm
Mountain View: For Song #41, selected Everly Brothers singing "Wake Up Little Susie"; Lyrics; After "Rock Around the Clock" video, played Fred & Ginger dancing a medley "Wake Up Little Susie"—

Wake up, little Susie, wake up
Wake up, little Susie, wake up
we've both been sound asleep, wake up, little Susie, and weep
The movie's over, it's four o'clock, and we're in trouble deep.

Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 5:37-5:43 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:10 am;
Woke up @ 2:30 pm (12 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 5:43 am am—
NEETV = EVENT; TOPIA = PATIO;
RAWIND = INWARD; SNETOF = SOFTEN

Cartoon Answer— They tried to determine
why the woman passed out but didn't have the
ENT ATI IAD SFE = FAINTEST IDEA
36.77% of 1068 responders had trouble with this answer. Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 5:10-6:50 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt 5:10 pm; Bus #40 @ 5:40 pm;
to Valero bins (Middlefield Rd); "Daily Post" all gone
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:45-6:16 pm;
Roll Cart to Jane Lane & home for copy Daily Post (6:20-6:50 pm);
Would take Bus #40 to Chef Chu's & CVS bins for "Daily Post"

2 Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon @ $2.84 x 2 = $5.68;
Lucerne Sliced Pepper Jack Cheese 8 oz ($3.99) = Free;
Cherry Strudel Bites 20 ct @ $5.99 - $2 Bakery = $3.99;
Stouffer's Swedish Meatballs & Tuna Casserole @ $3.27.

Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 10:00-10:35 pm
Mountain View: "HEALTH CARE:
AI Revolution Is Coming. But Who's Taking Its Pulse?"
(By Harriet Blair Rowan, Mercury News, 7-18-2023, A1, A5)

Stanford among sites examining the good and bad that comes with more doses of high-tech. Fei-Fei Li: "It's very obvious health and medicine is one of the key areas that
AI can make a huge contribution to." Dean Lloyd Minor says AI is already being used to help in health care, with medications, radiology, & cardiology. However, data collected from clinical trials that the FDA uses to approve drugs, participants of which have "typically been Whites of European descents" instead of from Black patients. Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 10:35-11:32 pm
Mountain View: "Creature found in a
Los Angeles area park has 486 legs" (Numbers Collection: 486)
(Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, Mercury News, 7-18-2023, B4)

Previously unknown species has been discovered lurking in parks of Los Angeles & Orange counties. It boasts 486 legs & a toothy, predator-style head. It has greenish translucence of a glow-in-the-dark toy in daylight, & weaves through the soil as elegantly as an embroiderer's needle. Millipede was spotted in April 2018 at Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park, near Lake Forest, by naturalists Cedric Lee & James Bailey, Millipedes are detritovores, breaking down dead plant matter for food and excreting nutrients that seed the soil for future growth.

Thursday, July 20, 2023, 8:32-8:37 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:10 am;
Woke up @ 12:30 pm (10 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 8:37 am—
PURET = ERUPT; CATTR = TRACT;
ROASBB = ABSORB; PETXEM = EXEMPT

Cartoon Answer— When she caught
on to blackjack's odds, she became a
ERT TRT BOB EET = BETTER BETTOR
14.33% of 942 responders had trouble with this answer. Thursday, July 20, 2023, 3:00-4:45 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt 3:00 pm; Half-hour walk
to Valero Station bins (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:34-4:00 pm;
Bus #40 @ 4:15 pm to Montecito Ave & walked home; Met woman
walking her dog; Says "I'm Carol, your upstair neighbor" & chatted.

2 Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon @ $2.84 x 2 = $5.68;
Open Nature No-Sugar Vanilla Almond Milk @ $3.49;
Land-O-Lakes Black Forest Ham @ $7.49 - $1 off = $6.49;
O Organics Super Greens Salad @ $5.99 - $3.00 = $2.99.

Thursday, July 20, 2023, 6:30-7:30 pm
Mountain View: "BUSINESS: Meta Unveils
a More Powerful A.I. and Isn't Fretting Who Uses It"
(By Mike Isaac & Cade Metz, Mercury News, 7-19-2023, C7-C8

The company said it would give outside programmers
access to the latest version of its core artificial intelligence technology. Mark Zuckerberg is doubling down on a
different tack: He's giving it away to developers
and software enthusiasts around the world free
of charge. Researchers argue that someone could
deploy Meta's A.I. without safeguards that tech
giants like Google and Microsoft often use
to suppress toxic content. Newly created
open-source models could be used,
to flood the internet with even more
spam, financial scams and disinformation. Thursday, July 20, 2023, 7:30-8:30 pm
Mountain View: "MOVIES: Was the Bay Area's
Jean Tatlock Oppenheimer's 'truest love' or the
first casualty of his ambition to build the atomic bomb?"
(By Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7-19-2023, A1, A5)

After graduating from Vassar in 1935, she became a "dues-paying member" of Community Party. Oppenheimer arrived at Berkeley in 1929, a graduate of Harvard & University of Göttingen. When he & Tatlock met in 1936, at a party, he was 32 & a star in world of science. She was 22 & about to start medical school at Stanford. Oppenheimer seemed to accept that she was despondent enough to take her own life (Jan. 1944) and was stricken by grief. 18 months later, he oversaw the detonation of first atomic bomb in Los Alamos. He called the test "Trinity", with film showing that he named it for a sonnet by Donne that she loved, "Batter my heart, three-person'd God".

Friday, July 21, 2023, 6:25-6:30 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 11:40 pm;
Woke up @ 11:00 am (11.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:30 am—
SDMTI = MIDST; NIWEH = WHINE;
NHPEHY = HYPHEN; ROVAYS = SAVORY

Cartoon Answer— They bought patches with their
new company logo for the employees' shirts, hats
DS WN EN AO = AND "SEW" ON
16.69% of 863 responders had trouble with this answer. Friday, July 21, 2023, 4:30-5:10 pm
Mountain View: Rudy came @ 4:30 pm; Drove to High St. Palo Alto,
for Daily Post, Palo Alo Weekly, Peninsula News, & Daily Journal;
Met him at Stanford Theatre (5:10 pm) to see Cary Grant movies—
"Gunga Din" (5:20-7:20 pm) & "Destination Tokyo" (7:30-9:45 pm)
Rudy didn't bring jacket and felt cold sitting in the mezzanine

Rudy wanted to see "Destination Tokyo" (1943)
about submarine warfare in WW II, since
he repaired submarines while working
for the U.S. Navy stationed in Italy.

Friday, July 21, 2023, 5:20-7:20 pm
Palo Alto: George Stevens directs "Gunga Din" (1939)
starring Cary Grant; Victor McLaglen; Douglas Fairbanks Jr.;
Sam Jaffe: Eduardo Ciannelli; Joan Fontaine; Montagu Love;
Robert Coote; Abner Biberman; Lumsden Hare; Cecil Kellaway George Regas. Film Reviews: imdb, TCM, AFI; YouTube:
Trailer; Last scene; Crossing bridge with elephant

Three British sergeants and Gunga Din, their native bhisti
(water bearer), who fight the Thuggee, an Indian murder
cult, in colonial British India. Based on the 1890 poem
of the same name by Rudyard Kipling. Friday, July 21, 2023, 7:30-9:45 pm
Palo Alto: Stanford Theatre: Delmer Daves directs
"Destination Tokyo" (1943) starring Cary Grant; John Garfield;
Alan Hale Sr.; John Ridgely; Dane Clark; Warner Anderson;
William Prince; Robert Hutton; Tom Tully; Faye Emerson;
Peter Whitney; John Forsythe; Reviews: imdb, Cary Grant,
Rotten Tomatoes; YouTube: Trailer; Submarine; Enemy Aircraft

"Destination Tokyo" was produced during the height
of World War II, the film was used as propaganda
to boost morale back home and to entice young men
to join the Submarine Service of the U.S. Navy.

Saturday, July 22, 2023, 8:55-8:59 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:10 am;
Woke up @ 9:25 am (8 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 8:59 am
OERRR = ERROR; GAMIE = IMAGE;
MRLAOF = FORMAL; PRILET = TRIPLE

Cartoon Answer— After seeing how much corn
they had grown, the farmers were grinning
ROR MAE FOA TRE = FROM EAR TO EAR
3.52% of 540 responders had trouble with this answer. Saturday, July 22, 2023, 4:30-5:10 pm
Mountain View: Rudy & Al came @ 10:30 pm; Al Guzman drove
to Valero Station bins (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post", then to
Foothill College, Al forgot 4201 Room Key to show Rudy where
he works; Wants to hire me to teach protein structure & acoustics; Rudy to set up electronics; Drove to Century Cinema 16 for movie

Saw "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning"
@ 12:00 pm; After trailers, movie began @ 12:25 pm;
Al bought tickets in advance; My movie ticket was
Auditorium 7, Seat F12; Al sat at F13, Rudy F11.

Saturday, July 22, 2023, 12:00-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Century Cinema 16; Christopher_McQuarrie directs "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part I"" (2023)
starring Tom Cruise; Hayley Atwell; Ving Rhames; Simon Pegg; Rebecca Ferguson; Vanessa Kirby; Esai Morales; Pom Klementieff; Henry Czerny; Shea Whigham; Cary Elwes; Greg Tarzan Davis; Film Reviews: imdb; Rotten Tomatoes; Official site;
YouTube: Trailer; Motorcycle Jump; The Critical Drinker.

Tom Cruise return as Ethan Hunt,
whose IMF team matches wits with
a powerful rogue AI known as "the Entity",
Filmed before ChatGPT's artificial inetelligence. Saturday, July 22, 2023, 4:30-5:10 pm
Mountain View: Instead of going to Sports Page & Grill
(431 Plymouth St, Mountain View), near Century Cinema 16
(where Al ate with Karen & me, 8-7-2021), Al Guzman drove to
Piazza Supermarket (Charleston Center) for his favorite sandwich;
Rudy ordered Quiche Lorraine for himself & Spinach Quiche for me;
They didn't accept my CalFresh Card, so Rudy paid with his
credit card. We sat outside for our late lunch.

I had just a cup of coffee this morning;
Forgot to bring my bottled water for movie,
and to drink for lunch with Glipizde & Metformin;
Ate quarter of the Half-Quiche, ate it heated when home.

Saturday, July 22, 2023, 8:00-9:00 pm
Mountain View: "MUSIC: Tony Bennett, beloved singer
who 'left my heart in San Francisco', dies at 96"
(By Charles J. Gans, AP, Mercury News, 7-22-2023, A1, A6)

Released more than 70 albums, bringing him 19 competitive Grammys— all but two of which came after he reached his 60s. Bennett and his son and manager, Danny, found creative ways to market the singer to the MTV Generation. In 2014, at age 88, Bennett broke his own record as the oldest living performer with a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart
for "Cheek to Cheek", his duets project with Lady Gaga.
A statue of the singer was erected at the Fairmont Hotel in honor of Bennett's 90th birthday. In 2001 "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" was ranked 23rd on an RIAA/NEA list
of most historically significant Songs of 20th Century. Saturday, July 22, 2023, 9:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: For Song #42, selected
Nat King Cole singing "Unforgettable" (1952);
Saddened at news of Tony Bennett dying at age 96

Honored Tony Bennett (May 10, 2023) with Song #6
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (1962)— ahead of
Song #7, Judy Garland sings "Over the Rainbow" (1939):
I left my heart in San Francisco / High on a hill, it calls to me
To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars
The morning fog may chill the air, I don't care
Tony & Judy Garland singing this song together (1963).
Judy attended a Tony Bennett show, & when he saw her in the audience, he got her up on the stage, and perform her songs.
So audience who came to listen to Tony Bennett got to hear Judy Garland instead. Wonderful story to put his ego behind.

Sunday, July 23, 2023, 5:09-5:35 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:00 am;
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 5:35 am—
SARHTH = THRASH; FSIYET = FEISTY;
NOYCTO = TYCOON; RCNIUH = URCHIN;
VGRNEO = GOVERN; SAYOTT = TOASTY

Missed Cartoon Answer— The dirt bike rider
needed to focus and didn't want to lose his
HRH FET TO UIN GOR AT = "TERRAIN" OF THOUGHT
54.74% of 612 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, July 23, 2023, 1:00-2:00 pm
Mountain View: Wake up @ 12:12 pm (9 hours sleep)
No "Daily Post" printed on Sunday; Stayed home to work;
Had "HOOTING" AT FURTHER for Jumble Cartoon answer;
Stanford Theatre has two Alfred Hitchcock movies showing
which I've seen several times already, so no need to go

Finished History Section of Number 72;
Will work on Geography Section next;
Two more weeks to finish Number 72
for Cathy's birthday on August 5.

Sunday, July 23, 2023, 3:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO: Seabrook: Modern town on
the Washington coast exudes that old-school beach town vibes"
(By Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, July 23, 2023, F7-F8)

(Seabrook is 130 miles from the Seattle Airport
or 170 miles from the Portland, Oregon Airport)
If you go, places to visit—
Joie Des Livres: The Joy of Books;
The Salty Dog; PONDR;
Magnolias Boutique; Olympic National Park;
Vista Bakeshop; Rising Tide Tavern;
Koko's Restaurant & Tequila Bar;
Fontager's Pizza Co. & Social;
The Stowaway Wine Bar; Fresh Foods;
The Arcade; The Sweet Life; Sunday, July 23, 2023, 3:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: "THE TRAVEL LIST:
The nation's most spectacular reaorts"
(By Jackie Burrell, Mercury News, July 23, 2023, F7)

1. Goldener Hirsch, Auberge Resorts, Park City, UT; 2. Stanly Ranch, Auberge Resorts, Napa; 3. Hotel Jerome, Auberge Resorts, Aspen, CO; 4. Quisisana Resort, Lovell, ME;
5. Hotel Walloon, Walloon Lake, MI; 6. Madeline Hotel and Residences, Auberge Resorts, Telluride, CO; 7. Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa, Rancho Santa Fe, CA; 8. Wylder Windham, Windham, NY; 9. Triple Creek Ranch, Darby, Montana; 10. Wauwinet, Nantucket, MA; 11. Candleberry Inn, Brewster, MA; 12. Pickering House Inn, Wolfeboro, NH;
13. Madrona, Healdsburg, CA; 14. Farmhouse Inn, Forestville, CA; 15. San Ysidro Ranch, Santa Barbara, CA.

Sunday, July 23, 2023, 4:00-4:30 pm
Mountain View: Pinterest sent video @ 2:14 pm
"He Set up a Camera to Record Himself Dancing,
But Didn't Expect 47 Million People to Fall in Love with Him"

Parov Stelar's "All Night" (2014) is not most popular song
in the world. Sven Otten is not most famous dancer, either.
YouTuber JustSomeMotion (2013) set up his camera
in his tiny loft apartment, and this video went viral. Sunday, July 23, 2023, 5:00-8:00 pm
Mountain View: Discomfort in stomach region;
Hard to concentrate for work on Number 72;
Took two tablets of Ibuprofen and take a nap

Pain went away after 3-hours nap;
Links to German dancer Sven Otten (born 1988);
& Parov Stelar's "All Night" (2014).
His dancestyle is known as Neoswing.

Monday, July 24, 2023, 8:41-8:44 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:30 am;
Woke up @ 11:10 am (8.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 8:44 am
GFOYG = FOGGY; HWONS = SHOWN;
FIHYST = SHIFTY; GRRUEB = BURGER

Cartoon Answer— After seeing how much corn
they had grown, the farmers were grinning
GY WN SI B = SWING BY
7.41% of 783 responders had trouble with this answer. Monday, July 24, 2023, 3:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Ann came @ 3:00 pm; Drove to
Valero Gas Station bins (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:17-3:32 pm
Sig Sel Apple Strudels 6 ct @ $5.99 - $2 Bakery = $2.99;
Ann returned Strudels since Jack needs to lose weight

Coca Cola No-Sugar Soda 20 oz @ $2.79 = Free;
Mott Apple Sauce No-Sugar 6 ct @ $2.99 = Free;
2 Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon @ $2.84 x 2 = $5.68;
Broccoli Cheddar Au Gratin 12 oz @ $4.99, 50% off = $2.49;

Monday, July 24, 2023, 3:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Gave Ann bag of newspapers;
copies of Song #41: Everly Brothers singing
"Wake Up Little Susie" (63%) and Song #42:
Nat King Cole singing "Unforgettable" (60%)

Coca Cola No-Sugar Soda 20 oz;
Mott Apple Sauce No-Sugar 6 ct;
Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon. Monday, July 24, 2023, 5:00-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Pinterest's email @ 2:24 pm— "Screen Scandal:
Life of Tony Curtis"; While making "Some Like It Hot" (1959),
he had affair with co-star Marilyn Monroe; Kim Novak claimed
Curtis spiked her drink (1958) & was naked when she awakened.

"Life of Tony Curtis" continued with story of his daughter
Jamie Lee Curtis of "Halloween" (1978), "scream queen",
showing her exemplary life as children's author & activist.

Monday, July 24, 2023, 8:07-9:00 pm
Mountain View: Pinterest's email @ 8:07 pm—
"Gymnast 'falls' to mat during routine.
Her next move has entire crowd screaming"
Gracie Kramer of UCLA scored a perfect 10!

Kyra Ross of UCLA scored
all 22 of perfect-10 routines:
parallel bars, balance beam,
vaulting, floor exercise. Monday, July 24, 2023, 9:00-10:17 pm
Mountain View: Pinterest's email @ 8:07 pm—
"The night Suni Lee became a legend
and claimed all-around gold"; Simone Biles
not competing at 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Women All-Around Gymnastics—
Gold: Sunisa Lee, USA;
Silver: Rebeca Andrade, Brazil;
Bronze: Angelina Melnikova, ROC.

Tuesday, July 25, 2023, 11:34-11:37 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 12:45 am;
Woke up @ 11:20 am (11.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 11:37 am
CLUKP = PLUCK; IONNO = ONION;
DIWLEM = MILDEW; ROHEYT = THEORY

Cartoon Answer— Even though he
was now taller than his father, he still
PUK OIO MLD THEO = LOOKED UP TO HIM
14.95% of 758 responders had trouble with this answer. Tuesday, July 25, 2023, 11:52 am-12:20 pm
Mountain View: Upset stomach last night, drank Oolong tea,
and went to bed without dinner; No "Daily Post" on Tuesday,
stayed home to work; Got distracted yesterday when Pinterest sent
Tony Curtis & Jamie Lee Curtis story & videos of Women Gymnasts from UCLA & 2020 Tokyo Olympics, to work on Number 72—

For Geography Section, need Latitude & Longitudes
of world cities at 72^o, #72 Highway Signposts,
#72 Subway Stations, Buildings, NYC Streets,
and Stanford Bronze Plaque for Class 1972.

Tuesday, July 25, 2023, 2:30-10:52 pm
Mountain View: Worked on Number 72: Geography Section
#72-88— 70^o Longitude 3:30 pm; 70^o Latitude 3:42 pm;
E-72 4:05 pm; U.S. Route 72 4:21 pm; CT Route 72 4:51 pm; Michigan Hwy 72 4:32; King's Hwy 5:10 pm;

New Zealand Hwy 72 5:25 pm; CA Route 72 5:52 pm;
72nd St IND Subway 6:21 pm; 72nd St IRT Subway 6:34 pm; 72nd St NYC 8:09 pm; 72nd St Residential Bldgs NYC 9:20 pm; 72 Boulevard Voltaire, Paris 9:45 pm;
72-floor Landmark Tower Abu Dhabi 10:24 pm;
Stanford Bronze Plaque 1972 10:32 pm. (8.5 hours) Tuesday, July 25, 2023, 11:20 pm-12:20 am
Mountain View: Rudy came by at 4:20 pm; Gave him Sig Sel Apple Strudels 6 ct; He is going back to Lodi for 5 days to paint his Dad's house for sale; Kim Randall email @ 1:56 pm: "I don't think they're making a decision about it [offering LINC-405 class] until August."

After sending Ann July 24 email @ 11:41 pm
on women gymnastics in 2010 Tokyo Olympics,
Ann's July 25 email @ 9:02 pm
shared her favorite gymnastic performances—
Nelli Kim on balance beam at 1976 Montreal Olympics,
Olga Korbut on balance beam at 1972 Munich Olympics.

Wednesday, July 26, 2023, 6:00-6:02 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:15 am;
Woke up @ 12:30 pm (10 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:02 am
KLUEF = FLUKE; LESLP = SPELL;
TBRITE = BITTER; FUNFIM = MUFFIN

Cartoon Answer— He was pretty sure he knew
what the hat was made from because it
LKE ELL TTE FFI = FELT LIKE FELT
5.12% of 761 responders had trouble with this answer. Wednesday, July 26, 2023, 3:40-5:43 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 3:40 pm; Half-hour walk to
Valero Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" & "Metro";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:25-4:51 pm;
Bus #40 @ 5:18 pm to Montecito Avenue & walked home 5:43 pm;
Lucerne Sliced Swiss Cheese (10 ct) 8 oz @ $3.99 = Free;

3 Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon @ $3.33 x 3 = $10.00;
CoffeeMate Peppermint Mocha Creamer ($5.99) @ $2.97;
Cinnamon Sliced Swirl Cake @ $5.99 - $2 Bakery = $3.99:
Land-O-Lake Black Forest Ham 16 oz @ $5.88 - $1 = $4.88.

Wednesday, July 26, 2023, 7:30-8:08 pm
Mountain View: Mercury News (7-26-2023, A2)
Birthdays: Born July 26— Mick Jagger (1943);
Helen Mirren (1945); Dorothy Hamill (1956);
Kevin Spacey (1959); Sandra Bullock (1964)

Born July 26: George Catlin (1796); George Bernard Shaw (1856); Serge Koussevitzky (1874); Carl Jung (1875); Aldous Huxley (1894); Gracie Allen (1895); Jason Robards (1922); Hoyt Wilhelm (1922); Stanley Kubrick (1928). Wednesday, July 26, 2023, 8:15-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Worked on Number 72: Art & Music Section
#89-96— #89 Hiroshige #72 Views of Edo Woodcut 9:00 pm;
#90 Krishna #72 Art 9:10 pm; #91 Kazuki Umigish No. 72 Painting 9:50 pm; #92 Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata BMV 72 10:34 pm;

#93 Haydn Symphony 72 10:55 pm;
#94 Beethoven Op. 72 Fidelio 11:48 pm;
#95 Johannes Brahms Op. 72 Songs 11:57 pm;
#96 Elvis Presley 1972 Madison Sq. Garden Show 1:25 am.

Thursday, July 27, 2023, 6:20-6:31 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:10 am;
Woke up @ 1:25 pm (9 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:31 am
VICLI = CIVIL; UWNDE = UNWED;
DPALED = PADDLE; NARAMT = MANTRA

Cartoon Answer— The couple proved that
earning a great credit score can be achieved
IIL UNE DLE MTA = ALL IN DUE TIME
36.83% of 1371 responders had trouble with this answer. Thursday, July 27, 2023, 3:40-5:20 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 3:40 pm; Half-hour walk to
Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:15-4:45 pm;
Bus #40 @ 5:00 pm to Montecito Ave & walked home 5:20 pm;
Wore no jacket, but it's quite windy outside today

Lucerne Sliced Swiss Cheese (10 ct) 8 oz @ $3.99 = Free;
CoffeeMate No-Sugar Hazelnut Creamer ($4.99) @ $2.97;
Open Nature No-Sugar Vanilla Almond Milk 64 oz @ $3.49;
O Organics Herbs Blend Salad @ $5.99 - $3 Reward = $2.99.

Thursday, July 27, 2023, 2:06-2:19 pm
Mountain View: KDFC 104.9 FM;
André Previn directs Los Angeles Philharmonic
playing Bedrich Smetana's "The Moldau" (1875);
CD: YouTube: Karajan; Nejc Becan; Scenic River

In poem "Yellow-Veined Leaf Sings" (10-6-2017),
honored Smetna's "The Moldau", tracing its source
as small streams in the Bohemian forest, running
through Prague's eighteen bridges to the Elbe.
(Born today: Peggy Fleming is 75; Pete Yorn is 49.) Thursday, July 27, 2023, 9:45 pm-1:48 am
Mountain View: Worked on Number 72 Sports Section: #108
Uniform #72— #97 1975 World Series; #98 All-Star Game 2001; #99 Babe Ruth is 1st with 72 Multiple Homer Games; #100 Larry Walker is 25th with .720 in slugging; #101 John Hiller is 23rd with 72 career wins in relief; (4 hours to do #97-107)

#102 Dummy Hoy is 8th (72 double plays by outfielders); #103 Kevin Bradshaw is 1st (72 pts in NCAA Basketball); #104 Wilt Chamberlain is 7th (72 pts in NBA game); #105 Brett Hull is 9th (72 pts in NHL game); #106 Jack Nicklaus wins 1980 U.S. Open; #107 Henderson steals 72nd base.

Friday, July 28, 2023, 7:15-7:20 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 5:30 am;
Woke up @ 1:25 pm (8 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:20 am
NUTB = BLUNT; MHEET = THEME;
EELOPP = PEOPLE; DUNOFE = FONDUE

Cartoon Answer— When it came to the
insects that made honey for her, the woman
BLN THE EOLE FDE = FELT "BEE-HOLDEN"
41.88% of 1158 responders had trouble with this answer. Friday, July 28, 2023, 1:13-2:28 pm
Mountain View: Worked on Number 72: Sports Section #108—
Uniforms #72 from "Best by Numbers" (2006); Carlton Fisk #72 Boston Red Sox (1971-1980); William Perry #72 Chicago Bears
(1986-1993); John Matsuzak #72 Oakland Raiders (1976-82);
Dan Dierdorf #72 St. Louis Cardinals (1990-97)

Go to Stanford Theatre to see Cary Grant & Kathryn Hepburn
movies: "Sylvia Scarlett" (1935) (5:45 pm) & "Holiday" (1938) (7:30 pm); Catch 9:20 pm Bus #522 at Palo Alto Train Depot in time for 9:34 pm Bus #40 at Showers Drive home.

Friday, July 28, 2023, 5:08-6:17 pm
Mountain View: Red Bus @ 5:08 pm to Showers Drive;
Bus #22 @ 5:28 pm to Stanford Theatre 6:17 pm;
Missed 27 minutes of "Sylvia Scarlett" (5:45 pm);
Will see beginning of movie when it starts 9:15 pm

"Daily Post" all gone at Wal-Mart bins at Showers Drive;
Got "Daily Post", "Palo Alto Weekly", & "Peninsula News"
at High St. on University Ave on way to Stanford Theatre. Friday, July 28, 2023, 10:12-11:22 pm
Mountain View: Got 10:12 pm Bus #22 at Palo Alto Train Depot;
got off at Rengstorff Ave & El camino Real @ 10:34 pm;
48-minutes walk home via Madrone Apartments (11:05 pm);
Left Stanford Theatre @ 9:42 pm for "Sylvia Scarlett"

Missed 10:24 pm Bus #40 at Showers Drive home,
since stayed longer at Stanford Theatre to see
the 27 minutes missed of "Sylvia Scarlett".

Saturday, July 29, 2023, 7:48-7:55 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:30 am;
Woke up @ 1:45 pm (9 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:55 am
OCSTU = SCOUT; HYIRA = HAIRY;
NAXPED = EXPAND; LUCTSP = SCULPT

Cartoon Answer— The boxer got
pulled over speeding after he
CT HI END UP = PUNCHED IT
31.13% of 906 responders had trouble with this answer. Saturday, July 29, 2023, 3:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Worked on Number 72: Sports Section #109-116—
Kentucky Derby; Preakness; Belmont Stake; Wimbeldon: Men's Champs; Women's Champs; U.S.Open Tennis, Golf; Boston Marathon; Ann came @ 3 pm; Drove to Valero Gas Station bins for "Daily Post"; Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:15-3:45 pm

Sig Sel Fruit Cup 12 oz @ $3.79;
O Organic White Cheddar Popcorn 4 oz ($3.99) = Free;
Lucerne Sliced Swiss Cheese (10 ct) 8 oz @ $3.99 = Free;
O Organics Baby Arugula Salad @ $5.99 - $3.00 = $2.99.

Saturday, July 29, 2023, 9:41-10:08 pm
Mountain View: Found no postage stamps with
72 francs, 0.72 euros, 72 lire, 72 marks, 72 pfennings,
72 centimes, 72 fen, 72 fils, 72 pesos, 72 yen, 72 zloty;
Only 3 Canadian stamps with 72¢ (#128)

Canada 1083 Hand-Drawn Cart (issued 5-6-1987);
Canada 1125 BattlfordPost Office (issued 6-12-1987);
Canada 1050 Mistletoe & Xmas Tree (issued 11-02-1987). Sunday, July 30, 2023, 12:00-2:00 am
Mountain View: Got up late @ 1:45 pm; No time
for breakfast when Ann came @ 3:00 pm; After shopping,
had Coffee, Watermelon, Cheddar Popcorn, Cashew nuts,
and Guayaki Yerba Mate Tropical Uprising Drink

For Dinner: O Organics Herbs Blend Salad;
Swedish Meatballs; Slice Cinnamon Cake;
Dreyers Kit Kat Ice Cream; Watermelon.

Sunday, July 30, 2023, 7:32-8:05 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:20 am;
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:05 am—
RIPTEA = PIRATE; UBATEP = UPBEAT;
GWLIEG = WIGGLE; NSAADL = SANDAL;
SFELUU = USEFUL; VIRTEH = THRIVE

Missed Cartoon Answer— The dirt bike rider
needed to focus and didn't want to lose his
PIE PT GGE SN UU THI = GET UP IN HIS GETUP
60.55% of 763 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, July 30, 2023, 1:00-2:00 pm
Mountain View: Wake up @ 2:25 pm (12 hours sleep)
No "Daily Post" printed on Sunday; Stayed home to work;
Stanford Theatre has "The Philadelphia Story" and
"The Talk of the Town" movies showing, which
I've seen several times already, so no need to go

Did #128 Canadian stamps of 72¢ in Number 72;
Will work on Collectibles Section #117-127;
One more week to finish Number 72
for Cathy's birthday (half way done).

Sunday, July 30, 2023, 3:11-4:29 pm (Late Breakfast: 4:30-6:40 pm)
Mountain View: Number 72: Collectibles Section #117-120:
#117: Seated Liberty 1872 Half Dollar; #118: Shield 1872 Nickel;
#119: National Parks 1872-1972 Medal; #120: Paris 1872 Medal

121. Marvel Value Stamp; Lizard (10:49 pm);
122. Wings: Friend or Foe: Venom (10:55 pm);
123. World on Wheels: Hudson 1911 (11:03 pm);
124. Look n' See: Cyrus McCormick (11:11 pm);
125. Scoop; Ederle Swims Channel (11:37 pm);
126. Flags of the World: Pakistan (11:44 pm);
127. Davy Crockett: "Every Shot Counts" (12:03 am). Sunday, July 30, 2023, 8:00-9:03 pm
Mountain View: "Dollversity: Barbie Dolls"
(By Jeff Goertzen, Mercury News, July 30, 2023, B13)

1959: Barbie is born March 9, 1959, $3 doll now worth $27,000; 1961: Barbie's boyfriend Ken;
1965: Astronaut Barbie;
1968: Black Barbie;
1992: Presidential Barbie;
1997: Wheelchair Barbie;
2009; Sugar Daddy Ken; 2010: Video Girl Barbie;
2016: Curvy Barbie; 2023: Down's syndrome Barbie).

Sunday, July 30, 2023, 8:00-9:03 pm
Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO: Five hikes to catch
the last of the Bay Area's glorious winter waterfalls"
(Kate Bradshaw & John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7-30-2023, F7-8)

Waterfalls remain an impressive reminder of the historic precipitation that thumped California this winter. Places to Visit: Coal Creek Waterfall, Coal Creek Open Space Preserve; Seasonal waterfall at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, Sonoma County; Hidden waterfall, Berkeley; Cascade Falls, Mill Valley; Uvas Canyon Creek County Park, Morgan Hill; (Hiked at Uvas 9-25-2011 with Connie). Sunday, July 30, 2023, 8:00-9:03 pm
Mountain View: "THE TRAVEL LIST:
America's best small towns and cities"
(By Joe Yogerst, CNN, Mercury News, July 30, 2023, F7)

1. Gloucester, Massachusetts; 2. Saranac Lake, New York;
3. New Bern, North Carolina; 4. Beaufort, South Carolina;
5. Metropolis, Illinois; 6. Mackinac Island Village, Michigan;
7. Eureka Springs, Arkansas; 8. Marfa, Texas; 9. Taos, New Mexico; 10. Whitefish, Montana; 11. Moab, Utah;
12. Friday Harbor, Washington; 13. Julian, California;
14. Volcano, Hawaii; 15. McCarthy, Alaska.

Monday, July 31, 2023, 6:30-6:35 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:30 am;
Woke up @ 1:00 pm (10.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:35 am
ROYFT = FORTY; CNKKO = KNOCK;
LEWOFL = FELLOW; RADEAP = PARADE

Cartoon Answer— After a long day of
furniture deliveries, they were ready to
FOT OK FEL AAD = TAKE (A) LOAD OFF
15.84% of 871 responders had trouble with this answer. Monday, July 31, 2023, 3:15-5:40 pm
Mountain View: Left Apt @ 3:15 pm; Half-hour walk to
Jane Lane & Valero (Middlefield Rd) for "Dail Post" (all gone);
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:00-4:43 pm
Red Bus @ 4:50 pm to Showers Dr. Wal-Mart bins for "Daily Post";
Bus #40 @ 5:27 pm to Central Expwy Stop and walked home

O Organic White Cheddar Popcorn 4 oz ($3.99) = Free;
2 Stouffer's Swedish Meatballs 12 oz @ $3.27 = $6.54;
La Terra Fina Quiche Lorraine @ $12.99, 50% off = $6.49;
Land-O-Lake Black Forest Ham 16 oz @ $5.88 - $1 = $4.88.

Monday, July 31, 2023, 1:00 pm
Mountain View: Columbia classmate Richard Hanauer phone call
woke me up; He and his wife Arlene & daughter Jody from
Furlong, PA, will visit me tomorrow after visiting Hawaii;
Chef Chu's is closed on Tuesday; Find another place to eat

Made appointment at The Foster Museum
at 2:30 pm, Tuesday, August 1 for party of 5,
to see wilderness watercolors by Tony Foster. Monday, July 31, 2023, 9:19 pm-1:45 am
Mountain View: Worked on Number 72 Books Section #130-137:
#130; Bollinger Series LXXII: Alexander Pushkin's Eugene Onegin translated by Vladimir Nabokov; #131: Time Magazine Volume 72:
July 7-Dec. 29, 1958; #132: DLB 72: French Novelists;

#133: "72 Hours Thriller"; #134: "72 Hours: City on Fire"; #135 "72 Hour Hold"; #136: 72 Letters: Ted Chiang (12:55);
#137 "72 Hours: Martyr that Would Not Die" film (1:45 am)