Haikus: June 2023

HAIKUS: June 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.

Thursday, June 1, 2023, 6:15-6:30 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:00 am;
Woke up @ 2:30 pm (11.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 6:30 am—
LISYK = SILKY; TLIWL = TWILL;
CURSPE = SPRUCE; NIHYTL = THINLY

Missed Cartoon Answer— The kids just bought
giant lollipops and planned to finish them
SIK TLL PCE TIY = LICKETY-SPLIT
14.39% of 980 responders had trouble with this answer
(I guessed "PETTILY LICKS") Thursday, June 1, 2023, 5:00-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 5:00 pm; Half-hour walk
to Valero Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping @ Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:42-5:59 pm;
Red Bus @ 6:16 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home
(Musical from Carousel: "June Is Busting Out All Over")

Sig Sel Cup Fresh Fruit 12 oz ($3.99) @ $3.23;
2 Pringles Potato Chips ($2.99) @ $1.99 x 2 = $3.98;
Welch Berry Pineapple Passion Fruit ($3.99) @ $2.47;
Spinach & Artichoke Quiche $12.99 50% off @ $6.49.
(Elvis Presley 1956 Live Performance, 13 minutes)

Thursday, June 1, 2023, 8:20-10:52 pm
Mountain View: Work on Numbers 72-74
Emily Dickinson's Poem #72 in New Poems
Edited by William H. Shurr (1993)

No heart that broke
but further went
than Immortality
from Letter 364 to Susan Dickinson Thursday, June 1, 2023, 11:00 pm-1:26 am
Mountain View: Work on Numbers 75-76
Poem 76 of Su Tung-p'o (1036-1101)
is "Prose Poem on the Red Cliff" (1082):

I felt a boundless exhilaration, as though
I were sailing on the void or riding the wind...
I was filled with a lightness, as though I had left
the world and were flying up to join the immortals.

Friday, June 2, 2023, 11:32-11:42 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:45 am;
Woke up @ 3:20 pm (11 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 11:42 am—
RUDGO = GOURD; UCNHM = MUNCH;
EEEMGR = EMERGE; STULES = TUSSLE

Missed Cartoon Answer— The 275-foot-tall sequoia
with a trunk measuring 36 feet in diameter was
ORD UN EME TSE = "TREE-MENDOUS"
32.61% of 1101 responders had trouble with this answer
(I guessed "RUDE MONSTERS") Friday, June 2, 2023, 5:00-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 5:00 pm; Half-hour walk
to Valero Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping @ Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:42-5:59 pm;
Red Bus @ 6:16 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home
(Musical from Carousel: "June Is Busting Out All Over")

Sig Sel Cup Fresh Fruit 12 oz ($3.99) @ $3.23;
2 Pringles Potato Chips ($2.99) @ $1.99 x 2 = $3.98;
Welch Berry Pineapple Passion Fruit ($3.99) @ $2.47;
Spinach & Artichoke Quiche $12.99 50% off @ $6.49.
(Elvis Presley 1956 Live Performance, 13 minutes)

Friday, June 2, 2023, 8:00-8:51 pm
Mountain View: A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway (1964 & Revised Edition 2009)

My friend said. 'That's Aleister Crowley,
the diabolist. He's supposed to be
the wickedest man in the world." Friday, June 2, 2023, 9:00-11:55 pm
Mountain View: Expatriate Paris & Hemingway's Paris
Arlen J. Hansen's "Expatriate Paris" (p. 120)

Another occasional resident of the Hôtel de Blois
was the self-proclaimed diabolist, Aleister Crowley,
who sometimes referred to himself as"The Beast 666".

Saturday, June 3, 2023, 4:30-5:00 am
Mountain View: Write web page for grandniece Sophia's
16th birthday— Rhapsody in Blue flower with 16 petals;
Lincoln on 16¢ stamp & 1909 one-cent penny;
U.S. 16¢ airmail showing Curtis Jenny

i-Phone Birthday June 3;
Happy Birthday! June 3;
On Number 16 (12 topics);
Wikipeddia: Number 16. Saturday, June 3, 2023, 5:00-5:30 am
Mountain View: Spent 7.5 hours on "16th Birthday Poem"
May 29, 8 pm-3:33 am for grandniece Sophia's birthday on June 3, using "15th Birthday Poem" as template; Wrote 14 couplets with 28 images; Unaware of time, and went to sleep after dinner @ 5:45 am

Sulfur with 16 protons
and 16 electrons in toll,
Proverbs: 16:16 "better
to get wisdom than gold".

Saturday, June 3, 2023, 7:17-7:30 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 8:30 am;
Woke up @ 2:00 pm (5.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:30 am—
NHIOR = RHINO; LSDAA = SALAD;
LABIEV = VIABLE; MADEYR = DREAMY

Cartoon Answer— The tavern installed
solar panels on the roof in order to
R SA AB RY = "RAYS" (THE) BAR
27.38% of 1216 responders had trouble with this answer Saturday, June 3, 2023, 5:00-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Ann picked me up @ 3:05 pm; Drove to
Los Altos Library to return 11 overdue books without fines; to Valero (Middlefield Rd) for Daily Post & Peninsula News;
Shopping @ Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:00-4:24 pm;
Gave Ann Apple Strudels & O Organics Spring Mix Salad

Lucerne Chocolate Milk 64 oz ($3.99) @ $2.56.
Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.99;
Hormel Garlic Mashed Potatoes $6, 50% off = $2.99:
Precious Galbani Mozzarella Sticks ($6.49) @ $3.99.

Saturday, June 3, 2023, 9:00-9:30 pm
Mountain View: "BUSINESS: AI makes
mistakes but could it destroy us?"
(By Larry Magid, Mercury News, June 2, 2023, C7-C8)

Steven A. Schwartz, a veteran attorney, used ChatGPT for his legal research, which resulted in citations to cases that never existed. Schwartz later told the court that it was the first time he used ChatGPT and "therefore was unaware of the possibility that its content could be false." When it comes to generative AI, we need warning signs, traffic lights, traffic cops, driver's education and many other safeguards. AI can power incredible medical breakthroughs. But like other technologies, including fire, cars, kitchen knives & pharmaceuticals, it can also do harm if it misused. Saturday, June 3, 2023, 9:30-10:26 pm
Mountain View: "TECHNOLOGY: What's new in robots?
An AI-powered humanoid machine that writes poems"
(By Kelvin Chang, AP, Mercury News, 5-31-2023)

Ameca can speak French, Chinese or dozens of other languages, instantly compose a poem or sketch a cat
on request. Ask for a smile, and you'll get a clenched
grin on her rubbery blue face. Ameca uses AI image
generator Stable Diffusion to draw & OpenAI's GPT-3
to come up with responses. When asked to compose a
poem, it took a few seconds to come up with a few
verses. New artificial intelligence systems are part of
buzz at this year's show at International Conference
on Robotics and Automation, or ICRA, in London.

Sunday, June 4, 2023, 5:38-5:50 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:00 am;
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 5:50 am—
TIXCEE = EXCITE; HLANYM = HYMNAL;
TINOON = NOTION; RSEJET = JESTER;
NICROI = IRONIC; AARTYS = ASTRAY

Cartoon Answer— Eventually
she would replace her wristwatch
TEHMNOTOETERNIAA = AT ONE TIME (OR) ANOTHER
53.48% of 733 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, June 4, 2023, 3:50-4:15 pm
Mountain View: Wake up @ 2:05 pm (13 hours sleep)
No "Daily Post" printed Sunday; Stayed home to work;
Rudy's June 3 email @ 12:07 am— Liked poem "Stop to Smell the Roses" (1-22-2022) & photo of squirrel kissing
a sunflower. Kurt Snibbe's "Memorial Day" article:

"I was not aware James R. Tanner was an advocate for veteran's rights & served as the commissioner for pensions and later became the commander. He is buried at our national cemetery a few yards from structure that bears his name."

Sunday, June 4, 2023, 4:15-4:40 pm
Mountain View: Returned 11 books at Los Altos Library: No time to type passages from 3 books— "Golden Moments of Paris", McAuliffe's "When Paris Sizzled" & "Paris on the Brink"

Librarian renewed these three books
another 3 weeks, now due June 24,
so I'll have time to type from them. Sunday, June 4, 2023, 4:40-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Since I had just 5.5 hours sleep,
was too tired to type passages from books
renewed, or send emails to friends as usual

Went to sleep @ 1:00 am after dinner
of 2 Gorton's Fish Fillets, Herb Blend Salad,
Pringles, Pound Cake and Reese Candy Ice Cream.

Sunday, June 4, 2023, 5:10-5:30 pm
Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO: Yosemite waterfall
adventures for families, grandkids and nature lovers"
(By Christine Junge, Mercury News, June 4, 2023, F7-F8)

Here's where to go to see the spectacle later this summer
or fall: Hiking Hetch Hetchy; Biking the Valley;
Yosemite National Park; Bike rentals;
Rush Creek Lodge and Spa; Sunday, June 4, 2023, 5:30-5:50 pm
Mountain View: Mid-Pen Open Space Views,
Summer 2023 came yesterday: Cloverdale Ranch;
Hike Schedules: June 4-August 28

Connie took me to dozens of hikes
led by Mid-Pen Open Space docents;
Too tired to go to these hikes on my own.
Arline took me on Foothill Hiking (2013, 2015)

Sunday, June 4, 2023, 6:56-7:12 pm
Mountain View: Mudra pose: Dozens photos of Einstein
in wisdom mudra; Happy to find his predecessor physicist
James Clerk Maxwell, discoverer of electromagnetism in this pose

Maxwell seated in pose; Standing in pose;
Maxwell's left hand in wisdom mudra
pose with his wife and their dog. Sunday, June 4, 2023, 7:17-9:00 pm
Mountain View: Mudra pose of famous inventors:
Since the wisdom mudra is a creative gesture,
do we see them in photos of inventors?

Can't find Alexander Graham Bell in mudra pose,
but found 3 of Samuel B. Morse (1, 2, 3), and two of
Thomas Alva Edison with phonograph & light bulb.

Monday, June 5, 2023, 5:31-5:37 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 12:50 am;
Woke up @ 1:30 pm (12.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 5:37 am—
RACYR = CARRY; RIROP = PRIOR;
DHLEUD = HUDDLE; LYWLOE = YELLOW

Cartoon Answer— The organized,
methodical and precise hospital attendant was an
RRY ROR DDLE YELO = ORDERLY ORDERLY
16.27% of 873 responders had trouble with this answer Monday, June 5, 2023, 3:45-5:40 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 3:45 pm; Gray Bus @ 4:11 pm
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping @ Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:23-4:50 pm;
Bus #40 @ 5:15 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home;
Sig Sel Scalloped Potatoes 12 oz $4.99 @ 50% off sold out

Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.99;
Breyers Reese Candy Ice Cream ($7.49) @ $5.49;
Land-O-Lakes Black Forest Ham ($7.49) @ $5.96;
Cinnamon Swirl Cake @ $5.99 - $2 off = $3.99.

Monday, June 5, 2023, 12:00-12:42 am
Mountain View: KDFC 104.9 FM: Went to bed @ 12:50 am; after
listening to Beethoven's 6th Symphony "Pastoral" Op. 68 (1808)
conducted by Kent Nagano of Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven borrowed the programmatic ideas
(a shepherd's pipe, birds singing, streams flowing, & a
thunderstorm) for his 5-movement narrative layout from
Justin Heinrich Knecht's "Le portrait musical" (1784). Monday, June 5, 2023, 8:50-9:50 pm
Mountain View: Received emails today from
niece Elisa (5:36 am); Steve Gould (5:56 am); Al Guzman
(7:28 am) likes work place change; Karen (8:28 am)

Steve's photos at Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden;
designed in 1916, with 3000 roses from 650 species;
Old Garden Roses; Rose By Any Other Name (5-29);
Elisa's photo: grandniece Sophia's 16th Birthday (6-3).

Monday, June 5, 2023, 9:50-10:50 pm
Mountain View: "COMMENTARY: What it looks
like when jobs disappear in the shadow of AI"
(By Brian Merchant, LA Times, Mercury News, June 5, 2023, C8)

CNET quietly started publishing AI-written stories in November, BuzzFeed and Insider have announced that they're trying out different forms of AI-generated content too. At the same time, all three companies have also been experimenting with laying off their staff. CNET fired 10% of its newsroom in March, & Insider followed suit in April. BuzzFeed shut down its entire Pulitzer Prize-winning news division, which was home to 60 journalists, and laid off 15% of employees companywide. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, estimated AI would replace around 8,000 of the firm's jobs in coming years. In the end, we're still getting more AI and fewer humans— even if the AI is not doing the humans' job, exactly. There's no jobs apocalypse coming; there's just a series of managers making the calls they think will best benefit their bottom line, & serve their boards. Just like they're supposed to— AI or no. Monday, June 5, 2023, 10:50-11:50 pm
Mountain View: "8 Questions: Satya Nadella:
The man who has helmed Microsft since 2014
talks AI, jobs, and the case for developing the
new technology despite growing concerns"
(By Alana Semuels, Time, June 12, 2023. p. 76).

Q: What is one unintended consequence of AI that regulators should watch out for? A: Bias. One of the key things is to ensure that when you're using these technologies, that by some unintended way, biased outputs are not causing real-world harm. Q: What is going to change in the workplace with the adoption of AI? A: AI is moving from being auto-pilot to being a co-pilot that helps us at our work. You put the human in the center, and then create this tool around them that empowers them and takes the drudgery away from work. How much time do we spend just coordinating and how much time do we spend creating— which is what gives us real joy. If we can tilt that balance toward more creativity, we will all be better off. (Video: Microsoft CEO Nadella on AI, 5-1-2023).

Tuesday, June 6, 2023, 7:16-7:27 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:10 am;
Woke up @ 2:30 pm (12 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:27 am—
FNTUI = UNFIT; RDOOE = RODEO;
GUFTOH = FOUGHT; THAROT = THROAT

Cartoon Answer— When the Carney
brothers discussed franching pizza hut, it was
UFT ODO FOGH HROT = FOOD FOR THOUGHT
26.24% of 987 responders had trouble with this answer Tuesday, June 6, 2023, 4:25-5:40 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 4:25 pm; Bus #40 @ 4:47 pm
to Showers Drive; Walk to Lam's Hair & Nails Salon
(2464 W. El Camino Real) for #1 Short Haircut ($20);
Bus #40 @ 5:30 pm to Central Xpwy Stop and walked home;
Carried no bags for newspapers or Just-For-U Safeway coupons

Last haircut here was October 25, 2022,
over seven months ago (#1 crewcut);
hair overgrown & ticklish around ears.
Haircut price went up $5 to $20 now.

Tuesday, June 6, 2023, 8:00-9:15 pm
Mountain View: "Survival of the Fittest"
(By Dan Hendrycks, Time, June 12, 2023. pp. 38-41)

The evolutionary case that humanity is already on its way to giving up its own dominance. Selfishness doesn't require malice or even sentience. Whe an AI automates a task and leaves a human jobless, this is selfish behavior without any intent. If competive pressures continue to drive AI development, we shouldn't be surprised if they act selfishly too... Future of humanity is closely intertwined with progrssion of AI. There is a disturbing realization that natural selection may have more sway over it than we do. We're still in command. It's time to take this threat seriously. Once we hand over control, we won't get it back. Tuesday, June 6, 2023, 8:00-9:15 pm
Mountain View: "Don't call it an arms race"
(By Katja Grace, Time, June 12, 2023. p. 41)

AI Machines can now write elegant prose
& useful code, ace exams, conjure exquisite
art, & predict how proteins will fold. Progress
in AI could lead to creation of superhumanly-
smart artificial "people" with goals conflicting
with humanity's interests. Think of a species that's
to homo sapiens what homo sapiens is to chimps.
Many fear AI could mean humanity's end, some
worry if researchers don't sprint forward, those
less responsible will. Our future might be in the
hands of one in China that doesn't try to avoid risks.

Wednesday, June 7, 2023, 7:27-7:32 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 12:20 am;
Woke up @ 12:25 pm (12 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:32 am—
CNUED = DUNCE; NIOGG = GOING;
FNURIA = UNFAIR; NCEWHR = WRENCH

Cartoon Answer— They opened the small lodging
establishment in the hope of attracting the
DN OI NR WC = "INN" CROWD
16.37% of 855 responders had trouble with this answer Wednesday, June 7, 2023, 3:00-4:35 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 3:00 pm; Bus #40 @ 3:33 pm
to Valero Station (Middlefield Rd) for Daily Post & Metro
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:43-4:08 pm;
Red Bus @ 4:20 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home;
in time for today's LINC-405 Zoom Sessios (6:00-7:00 pm)

Land-O-Lakes Black Forest Ham ($7.49) @ $5.96;
Lucerne Swiss Cheese @ $4.49, 2 Rewards = Free;
O Organics Spring Mix $5.99 - $3 Rewards = $2.99;
Cherry Turnover $5, 50% off @ $2.50 - $2 off = 50¢.

Wednesday, June 7, 2023, 6:00-6:30 pm
Mountain View: LINC-405 Zoom Session
Skills Workshop with William Cavada;

Google Draw: Page Setup 16:10;
Cycle (5); Timeline (6);
Grid (4); Diagram (5). Wednesday, June 7, 2023, 6:30-7:00 pm
Mountain View: LINC-405 Zoom Class
Q&A Session with Kim Randall (Gene Tognetti attended);

Both Kim And Gene got
accepted to Google Bard;
Will check Gmail if I'm in also.

Wednesday, June 7, 2023, 7:19 pm-12:18 am
Mountain View: When Eavan Boland substituted
for Robert Bly's last Poetry Workshop (6-4-2008),
she challenged our class to imitate Hemingway's

Six words short story (1923)—
For Sale. Baby Shoes. Never Worn.
Here are my attempts today. Wednesday, June 7, 2023, 7:19 pm-12:18 am
Mountain View: Don't know my attempts 15 years ago;
Today's poem: 12 stories using 6 words,
along with 13 images for illustraions.

Wisdom Portal—
Imagination, Insight,
Inspiration, Illumination.

Thursday, June 8, 2023, 5:47-6:26 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:30 am;
Woke up @ 11:33 am (8 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:26 am—
TOBOH = BOOTH; TLIEE = ELITE;
BGOTEL = GOBLET; FRAIMF = AFFIRM

Cartoon Answer— Can you think of
a word meaning "physical strength"? You
BOH ELTE GBT AIM = MIGHT BE ABLE TO
54.83% of 1355 responders had trouble with this answer Thursday, June 8, 2023, 4:30-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 4:30 pm; Half-hour walk to
to Valero Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:43-4:08 pm;
Red Bus @ 5:48 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home;

Berry Fresh Blueberries 6 oz ($3.99) @ 97¢;
Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.99;
Lucerne Swiss Cheese @ $4.49, 2 Rewards = Free;
5 Yoplait Yogurt @ 37¢ = $1.85 - 50¢ on 5 = $1.35.

Thursday, June 8, 2023, 1:00-1:50 pm
Mountain View: In my poem "Six Words Short Story"
forgot to include one of my favorite activities—
dancing— Whirling Dervishes doing Sufi Spin

Whirling Dervishes'
Sufi Spin
energize me. Thursday, June 8, 2023, 1:50-2:15 pm
Mountain View: Can't find 1967 photo by Martha Swope—
"School of American Ballet student performance Merrill Ashley"
Need to scan in this old 1967 photograph @ 300 dpi

Love dancing
with joy
in abundance.

Thursday, June 8, 2023, 6:30-7:00 pm
Mountain View: Al Guzman's June 7 email @ 5:52 am—:
"I really don't like versions of Spiderman that have been released
in the past several years. The current versions— with multiple dimensions & cartoons really ruin the original simplicity for me. Sorry I will pass on any Spiderman movies from now on."

Al Guzman's June 8 email @ 5:52 am—:
"no time for meal, but time for a movie
between 12 noon-3pm on Saturday June 10." Thursday, June 8, 2023, 8:30-9:12 pm
Mountain View: Emailed Al Guzman @ 9:04 pm—
"Get discount movie tickets for $9.50 at Foothill College
Smart Shop with Adiel Velasquez, so we don't pay $13.50
at Shoreline Century Cinema 16"; Emailed Rudy to come
to my apt @ 11:45 am if he wishes to join us for movie.

See 2.5-hour film "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3"
@ 12:35-3:20 pm at Shoreline Century Cinema 16
(1500 N. Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View).

Friday, June 9, 2023, 10:34-11:17 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:40 am;
Woke up @ 5:40 am (13 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 11:17 am—
AOLTG = GLOAT; NUSAA = SAUNA;
SOSWHO = SWOOSH; RIDLEV = DRIVEL
(Dreamt Al got me Lasonic Computer from Foothill College)

Cartoon Answer— As their billboard
business began to take off, the owners
GLA SAN SWOS DRIL = SAW DOLLAR SIGNS
55.27% of 1384 responders had trouble with this answer Friday, June 9, 2023, 7:15-9:52 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 7:15 pm; 8:12 pm Bus #40 to
Chef Chu's bins for Palo Alto Weekly; Daily Post gone (3 bins);
8:47 pm Bus #40 to Valero (Middlefield Rd) for Daily Post;
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff) 9:00-9:21 pm;
Cart's wheel not locked; Rolled cart home (9:28-9:52 pm);
Berry Fresh Blueberries 6 oz ($3.99) @ 97¢ (Sold out)

Strawberry-Watermelon Sparkling Drink @ 93¢;
Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.99;
Reser's Deviled-Egg Potato Salad @ $5 - $1 = $4.00;
Cherry Strudels Bites @ $5.99 - $2.00 bakery = $3.99.

Saturday, June 10, 2023, 6:15-6:27 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:10 am;
Woke up @ 10:35 am (8 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:27 am—
OMPOH = OOMPH; DYMDU = MUDDY;
RTIRYA = RARITY; FONDEF = OFFEND

Cartoon Answer— As their billboard
business began to take off, the owners
OO DD RAR OEN = RODE ON (THE) ROAD
14.81% of 682 responders had trouble with "RARITY" Saturday, June 10, 2023, 11:45-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Al Guzman picked me up @ 12:00 pm for
Shoreline Century Cinema 16 (1500 N. Shoreline Blvd)
Al stopped at Starbucks for coffee & sandwich; Paid $12.50 each for movies; House 12, Seats C6 & C7; "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" (12:35-3:20 pm); Directed by James Gunn

with Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista,
Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel,
Bradley Cooper, Will Poulter, Chukwudi Iwuji,
Sylvester Stallone, (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Saturday, June 10, 2023, 3:45-4:15 pm
Mountain View: Al Guzman drove me home and fixed
the color toner in my Epson ET-2720 Printer; Gave Al
4 boxes of Triscuits Crackers, Cherry Strudels Bites 20 ct,
and Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon for treating me for movie

When printing poem "Six Words Short Story",
Denmark B34 stamp was faint and illegible; Al said
I have enough color toners, but nozzles of Yellow &
Magenta were blocked, 1/2-hour to fix on his cell-phone. Saturday, June 10, 2023, 5:00-5:34 pm
Mountain View: Ann came to apt to give me ride
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:10-5:34 pm
Gave Ann Cinnamon Cake and 6 oz package Blueberries

Berry Fresh Blueberries 6 oz ($3.99) @ 97¢
Value Corner 2% Fat Milk ($4.99) @ $3.71;
4 Mango-Pineapple Drink @ 93¢ x 4 = $3.72;
Sliced Cinnamon Cake @ $5.99 - $2 bakery = $3.99.

Saturday, June 10, 2023, 10:00 pm-12:30 am
Mountain View: "BUSINESS: Safeway bamboozled nearly a million California shoppers with deceptive deals: lawsuit"
(By Ethan Baron, Mercury News, June 10, 2023, A1, A6)

Grocery giant accused of breaking state laws in pricing;
At its 243 California stores, including dozens in the Bay Area, Safeway illegally jacks up prices on food sold in the
"BOGO" and "Buy One, Get Two Free" promotions; Between March and May, Safeway also allegedly raised prices on BOGO deals. A package of Gorton's frozen fish went from $8.99 to $11.99. (I remember Safeway always raise their prices everytime when they have BOGO offers) Saturday, June 10, 2023, 10:00 pm-12:30 am
Mountain View: "BUSINESS: Energy Drinks
Are Surging. So Are Their Caffeine Levels"
(Julie Creswell, NY Times, Mercury News, 6-10-2023, C7-C8)

More than 25 years since Red Bull hit the market & introduced caffeinated energy drinks to U.S. Energy drink market attracts health-conscious customers with a wave of no-sugar,
low-calorie drinks that claim to boost energy and
replenish fluids with electrolytes; PepsiCo paid
$550 million for an 8.5% stake in Celsius, whose
revenues were $260 million this year's first quarter,
double what they were a year earlier.

Saturday, June 10, 2023, 10:00 pm-12:30 am
Mountain View: "BUSINESS: Energy Drinks
Are Surging. So Are Their Caffeine Levels"
(By Julie Creswell, NY Times, Mercury News, 6-10-2023, C7-C8)

But the eye-popping cans pack a serious punch.
A 12-ounce can of Prime Energy contains 200 mgs
of caffeine. That's roughly equivalent to two Red Bulls,
two cups of coffee or six cans of Coca-Cola. Adults are
recommended to have no more than 400 mgs of caffeine
per day. Pediatricians recommend youths ages 12 to 18
should not consume more than 100 mgs of caffeine per day & children younger than 12 should avoid caffeine. Saturday, June 10, 2023, 12:30-2:30 am
Mountain View: Safeway promoting Energy Drinks with free offers:
3/25 & 3/27: Pepsi Max Soda Zero Sugar 20 oz @ $2.79 = Free;
May 6, 8, 27: Celsius Energy Drink Watermelon, Wild Berries,
Peach Vibe 12 oz @ $2.79 = Free

Since Al Guzman came at noon today for movies,
just had coffee, Lemon Burst Yogurt, & Keto Crisp Bar;
For dinner, will have La Terra Fina Spinach & Artichoke Quiche, O Organics Spring Mix Salad, Kens Salad Dressing Lite Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette, Pringles Potato Chips, Spinach Dip, Roma Tomato, Cinnamon Swirl Cake, Breyers Reese
Candy Ice Cream, Cup Fresh Watermelon.

Sunday, June 11, 2023, 8:26-9:47 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:40 am;
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 9:47 am—
RUJEIN = INJURE; UCONKL = UNLOCK;
TOSHMO = SMOOTH; LIDAMS = DISMAL;
BLGOEB = GOBBLE; DAHWOS = SHADOW

Missed Cartoon Answer— Eventually
she would replace her wristwatch
INR NCK OT IS GOL AOW = SOCIAL "NOTWORKING"
57.74% of 665 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, June 11, 2023, 4:15-5:45 pm
Mountain View: Wake up @ 4:15 pm (12.5 hours sleep)
No "Daily Post" printed Sunday; Stayed home to work;
Rudy didn't respond to invitation to see movie with
Al & me at Shoreline Century Cinema 16 on Saturday;
Karen emailed from NYC wishing to see movie with us

Rudy always looks forward in joining
Al Guzman and me for meals & movies,
but has no Wi-Fi connection when he's in Lodi;
thus missed out, unless he's back in Sunnyvale.

Sunday, June 11, 2023, 6:00-6:42 pm
Mountain "THINGS TO DO: Oregon Travels: 12 awesome
things to do in Bend, from museums to brewery hopping"
(By Ben Davidson, Mercury News, June 11, 2023, F7-F8)

Bend is about an 8-hour drive from the Bay Area. Highlights to See: Tower Theatre; Midtown Ballroom; Hayden Homes Amphitheater; Unofficial Logging; Downtown & Old Mill District; High Desert Museum; Museum at Warm Springs; Wild Rose; Terra Kitchen; Bend Cider; Old St. Francis School; The Bite; Midtown Yacht Club; Worthy Beer. Sunday, June 11, 2023, 6:00-6:42 pm
Mountain View: "THE TRAVEL LIST: TimeOut.com's
Most underrated destinations around the world"
(By Jackie Burrell, Mercury News, June 11, 2023, F7)

1. Mongolia; 2. Lake Bacalar, Mexico; 3. Cuenca,
Ecuador; 4. Srebrenik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
5. Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico; 6. Gippsland, Australia;
7. Plymouth, England; 8. Burlington, Vermont;
9. Turku Finland; 10. Karpathos, Greece.
(No web links provided for these sites)

Sunday, June 11, 2023, 8:24-9:00 pm
Mountain View: Bend, Oregon & Bandon Beach, Oregon
are 253 miles apart; 5 hours 36 minutes drive

The Platonic Lambda Λ
"Wizard Hat" is located at
Bandon Beach, Oregon (bottom of page). Sunday, June 11, 2023, 9:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Need to work on LINC-405 assignments;
This is the 9th week of Foothill College Spring Quarter

Only one assignment done so far;
Catch up on Cavada's assignments
using students' averages in Google Sheets.

Monday, June 12, 2023, 9:06-9:11 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:10 am;
Woke up @ 12:00 pm (11 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 9:11 am—
PRAHG = GRAPH; NORHO = HONOR;
RTYEUK = TURKEY; DIDEIV = DIVIDE

Cartoon Answer— The circles had just gotten
back from vacation and were exhausted from their
RP ON TUR DI = ROUND TRIP
5.35% of 729 responders had trouble with this answer Monday, June 12, 2023, 2:45-4:40 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 2:45 pm; Half-hour walk to
Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:20-3:49 pm;
4:20 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave & walked home; Emailed
Shaikl Mercury News (6-10) "Safeway cheated shoppers"

Berry Fresh Blueberries 6 oz ($3.99) @ 97¢;
Peach Creme Sparkling Drink ($1.29) @ 93¢;
Ring Pudding Cake @ $5.99 - $2.00 bakery = $3.99;
Provolone Cheese @ $4.49, 2 Rewards = Free.

Monday, June 12, 2023, 6:00-6:40 pm
Mountain View: "BUSINESS: Hey, Alexa,
what should students learn about AI?"
(By Natasha Singer, NY Times, Mercury News, 6-12-2023, C7-C8)

Rohit Prasad, a senior Amazon executive, had an urgent message for 9th & 10th graders at Dearborn STEM Academy, a public school in Boston's Roxbury area. He observed students how to program simple tasks for Alexa, Amazon's voice-activated virtual assistant. He assured students there would be millions of new jobs in AI. A few miles away, Sally Kornbluth, MIT president was delivering a more sobering message about AI risks & regulation. Same-day events— one encouraging work in AI & the other cautioning against deploying technology too hastily. Monday, June 12, 2023, 8:05 pm-12:19 am
Mountain View: LINC-405: Assignment 3: Cycle, Timelines,
Grid in Google Drawings; Thanks to Tognetti's prompt
response (6:26 pm) to my email (6:11 pm), did this project.

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons (8:05 pm); Google Drawing: Cycle Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter (11:41 pm);
MLB Logo (9:17 pm); NFL Logo (9:23 pm); NBA Logo
(9:26 pm); NHL Logo (9:30 pm); San Francisco Giants Logo (10:04 pm); Grid: Bay Area Sports: SF Giants, SF 49ers, Golden State Warriors, San Jose Sharks (11:25 pm)
(No room for Logos of 49ers, Warriors, and Sharks
in the Grid); Timelines: 1960s-2010s (11:33 pm);
Cycle, Timelines, Grid (12:07 pm); HTML (12:19 am)

Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 6:49-7:06 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:10 am;
Woke up @ 3:50 pm (11.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:06 am—
NUHOD = HOUND; YUGNO = YOUNG;
RYTOSM = STORMY; DCATEH = DETACH

Cartoon Answer— When her friend said
he was now working as a mime, she said
UN YO SOY DTA = YOU DON'T SAY
16.11% of 950 responders had trouble with this answer. Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 5:30-6:30 pm
Mountain View: No Daily Post Tuesday; Stayed home to work;
Rudy didn't respond to see film Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3
with Al & me on Saturday 6/10 at Shoreline Century Cinema 16;
"MOVIES: Stick a Fork in It? Time for some film franchises to go away" (By Randy Myers, Mercury News, 6-8-2023, G1-G2)

Sequels: Transformers (7); Indiana Jones (4); Saw (9); James Bond (27); Mission: Impossible (7); Toy Story (4); Star Trek (12); Fast & the Furious (7); Star Wars (11); John Wick (4); Guardians of the Galaxy (3); Avengers (4); Spider-Man (4).

Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 7:00-8:45 pm
Mountain View: This is the 10th week of Foothill College
Spring Quarter 2023; Summarized 3 assignments done
so far in LINC-405 Skills Workshops (Spring 2023)

1. 4x4 Magic Square with rows & columns adding to 34;
2. Avg Students Test Scores after dropping lowest score;
3. Google Draw: Cycle, Timelines, Grid Bay Area Sports. Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 8:45-9:22 pm
Mountain View: Ann's June 12 email @ 9:51 pm
on Gregory Thomas's SF Chronicle article (June 10, 2023)—
"What it's like to kayak from Tulare Lake to San Francisco Bay"

240 miles journey on kayaks
by Brendan Borrell & Tom Fowlks
from May 27 to June 5 adventure.

Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 9:30-10:00 pm
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"
after finishing the 5 assignments on
Spring's LINC-405 that I'm far behind. Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 10:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Because I need to catch up
with my LINC-405 assignments for Spring 2023,
I've neglected completing "Rat-Year People" (4-13)

Also stopped doing "My Favorite Songs"—
Last was #21 "I Could've Danced All Night" (5-24);
Next is #22 "Shall We Dance"; 50 songs for this list.

Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 6:42-6:53 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 12:30 am;
Woke up @ 11:50 pm (11.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:53 am—
SMYES = MESSY; TNYER = ENTRY;
VITAEN = NATIVE; LITOVE = VIOLET

Cartoon Answer— After deciding to go with
granite countes, their new kitchen plans were
SS EN NTE IOT = SET IN STONE
16.29% of 878 responders had trouble with "NATIVE". Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 2:30-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 2:30 pm; Half-hour walk to
Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" & "Metro";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:05-3:24 pm
Bus #40 @ 3:48 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home
in time for LINC-405 Zoom Class & Q&A @ 6:00-7:00 pm

Ferrero Rocher Chocolates 12 ct ($6.99) @ $5.99;
Lucerne Swiss Cheese @ $4.49, 2 Rewards = Free;
Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.99;
2 Planter's Peanuts Honey Roasted @ 97¢ x 2 = $1.94.

Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 2:00-2:30 pm (KNBR)
Mountain View: "Mike Yastrzemski's homer leads
SF Giants to 8-5 comeback win over Cardinals"
(By Marc Delucchi, Sports Illustrated, 6-14-2023)

With two outs in the 9th inning, Mike Yastrzemski
blasted a game-tying home run that led the SF Giants
to a win over the Cardinals in Luis Matos' MLB debut.
Last time SF Giants swept the Cardinals was in 1998. Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 6:00-7:00 pm
Mountain View: Foothill College LINC-405 Zoom Class
Skills Workshop with William Cavada (6:00-6:30 pm)
and Q&A Session with Kim Randall (6:30-7:00 pm)

Cavada showed how to change color in the background
of Google Draw: Grid & Cycle; Showed Google Forms:
Change Fonts in Header & Texts for "Favorite Movies".
Inserted image of 1982 movie "Blade Runner".

Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 10:10-11:55 pm
Mountain View: Selected Song #22 "Shall We Dance" sang by
Deborah Kerr (dubbed by Marni Nixon) from The King and I (1956)

When the last little star has left the sky
Shall we still be together?
With our arms around each other
And shall you be my new romance?. Thursday, June 15, 2023, 12:30-2:00 am
Mountain View: Dinner of SeaPak Popcorn Shrimps,
Pringles Potato Chips, Spinach Dip

O Organics Spring Mix Salad, Kens Salad Dressing Lite Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette, Cup of 2% Fat Milk,
Cherry Turnover, Breyers Reese Candy Ice Cream,
Mandarin Orange, Half-Cup Fresh Watermelon.

Thursday, June 15, 2023, 7:20-7:26 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:30 am;
Woke up @ 1:55 pm (11.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:26 am—
EBTER = BERET; COEVI = VOICE;
SLNMOA = SALMON; TULIDE = DILUTE

Cartoon Answer— Dracula went to his
family reunion and was surrounded by his
BRE VOI SALO DLTE = BLOOD RELATIVES
24.63% of 1076 responders had trouble with this answer. Thursday, June 15, 2023, 4:15-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 4:15 pm; Bus #40 @ 4:29 pm
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:40-4:59 pm
Bus #40 @ 5:15 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home;
Summer Solstice just a week away (6/21), yet it's windy & cold

Land-O-Lakes Black Forest Ham ($7.49) @ $5.96;
Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.99;
O Organics Herb Blend @ $5.99 - $3 Rewards = $2.99;
Lucerne Mozzarella Cheese @ $4.49, 2 Rewards = Free.

Thursday, June 15, 2023, 3:42-4:00 pm
Mountain View: For Song #22 "Shall We Dance",
added Deborah Kerr singing in addition to her
dancing with Yul Brenner in The King and I

That this kind of thing can happen
Shall we dance?
Shall we dance?
Shall we dance? Thursday, June 15, 2023, 6:00-7:50 pm
Mountain View: Sitting at bench at Rengstorff Ave &
Middlefield Road waiting for Bus #40; Looking for cars
passing by with tri-colors "Red- White- Blue" in order

Flags of the World Cards (1956)—
#40: France:
#56: Luxembourg;
#76: Netherlands.

Thursday, June 15, 2023, 8:06-9:06 pm
Mountain View: For Song #23: "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads"
from 1955 movie "Kismet", sang by Ann Blyth,
Peggy Lee, and Frank Sinatra; Lyrics

Baubles, bangles, hear how they jing, jinga-linga
Baubles, bangles, all those bright, shiny beads
Sparkles, spangles, your heart will sing, singa-linga
Wearin' baubles, bangles, and beads Thursday, June 15, 2023, 10:01 pm
Mountain View: Network Solutions sent me email @ 10:01 pm
that my SSL Certificate (Xpress) for Wisdomportal.com
is valid thru 7-14-2023 and needs to be reissued.

Checked my emails January-December 2021;
none with Network Solutions on SSL Certificate;
Found Email from Network Solutions (6-10-2022)—
SSL Certificate Paid $119.98, 2 years (Expires 6-8-2024).

Friday, June 16, 2023, 6:12-6:21 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:30 am;
Woke up @ 2:00 pm (12.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:21 am—
BTEAA = ABATE; EESSN = SENSE;
ULMEMP = PUMMEL; WIOSDN = DISOWN

Cartoon Answer— For Isaac Singer,
getting into the sewing machine business
BAE SES PMEL DISO = "SEAMED" POSSIBLE
51.84% of 1362 responders had trouble with this answer. Friday, June 16, 2023, 4:00-6:15 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 4:00 pm; Bus #40 @ 4:18 pm
to Chef Chu's bins for "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly";
Bus #40 @ 4:55 pm to Valero (Middlefield Rd), Peninsula News;
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:10-5:39 pm
Red Bus @ 5:58 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home

Lucerne Chocolate Milk @ $2.99 - 25% off = $2.24;
Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.99;
Lucerne Pepper Jack Cheese @ $4.49, 2 Rewards = Free;
Spinach & Artichoke Quiche $12.99, 50% off @ $6.49.

Friday, June 16, 2023, 7:00-8:15 pm
Mountain View: "BUSINESS: Using AI
and apps for summer travel plans"
(By Larry Magid, Mercury News, June 16, 2023, C7-C8)

I can't overstate how helpful these services can be with
travel planning. You can't use them to make reservations,
but you can ask questions like "who flies nonstop between
SFO & Paris" or "what's best way to get from JFK airport
to mid-town Manhattan" or "fun things for 10-year-olds
to do at Yosemite"; Used ChatGPT, Google Bard,
Microsoft Bing to plan our route & find interesting
stops along the way. While all 3 AI systems give you
good info, ChatGPT seems to be most thorough;
its database was last updated in Sept, 2021. Friday, June 16, 2023, 7:00-8:15 pm
Mountain View: "MUSIC: The Beatles are releasing
their 'last' record. AI helped make it possible"
(Sylvia Hui & Maria Sherman, Mercury News, 6-15-2023, A2)

Artificial intelligence has been used to extract John Lennon's voice from an old demo to create "the last Beatles record", decades after the band broke up, Paul McCartney said.
Peter Jackson was "able to extricate John's voice from
a ropey little bit of cassette and a piano," McCartney
told BBC radio. "He could separate them with AI,
he'd tell the machine 'That's a voice, this is a guitar,
lose the guitar'." McCartney described AI technology
as "kind of scary but exciting," adding:
"We will just have to see where that leads."

Friday, June 16, 2023, 8:15-9:00 pm
Mountain View: For Song #23: "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads"
from 1955 movie "Kismet", sang by Peggy Lee,
add closeup photo of her singing

Rudy's June 16 email @ 7:31 am from Lodi—
"When I was stationed in Italy, I used to listen
to America Arm Forces Broadcasting stations;
I would fall asleep listening to Peggy Lee. Thursday, June 15, 2023, 9:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: For Song #24: "Ol' Man River"
sang by Paul Robeson in movie "Show Boat" (1936)
Rudy & I saw at Stanford Theatre. (Lyrics)

Ah'm tired of livin'
An' scared of dyin'
But ol' man river
He jes' keeps rollin' along!

Saturday, June 17, 2023, 6:21-6:25 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:40 am;
Woke up @ 11:30 am (10 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:25 am—
TUOAQ = QUOTA; NLAKP = PLANK;
WHROGT = GROWTH; SENORM = SERMON

Cartoon Answer— The conceited archer who
thought he was better than everyone else was
TA AN GRW RO = "ARROW-GANT"
26.69% of 858 responders had trouble with this answer. Saturday, June 17, 2023, 3:00-3:40 pm
Mountain View: Ann picked me up at 3:00 pm; Drove to
Valero bins for "Daily Post"; Gave her bag of newspapers,
2 lbs Fresh Strawberries, 6 oz Blueberries, Apple Strudels Bites;
Songs #22-24: "Shall We Dance", "Baubles", "Ol' Man River";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:10-3:26 pm

Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.99;
2 Pineapple-Mango Sparkling Drink @ $1x 2 = $2.00:
Spinach & Artichoke Quiche $12.99, 50% off @ $6.49;
Apple Strudels Bites 20 ct, $5.99 - $2.00 bakery = $3.99.

Saturday, June 17, 2023, 4:20-5:00 pm
Mountain View: For Song #25: "Amazing Grace"
Composer John Newton (1777), tune by William Walker (1835);
Sang by Mahalia Jackson; Judy Collins; Aretha Franklin; (Lyrics)

Amazing grace (how sweet the sound)
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
was blind, but now I see. Saturday, June 17, 2023, 7:00-9:00 pm
Mountain View: For Song #26: "You Light Up My Life" (1977)
sang by Debby Boone (third of four daughters of Pat Boone);
Record (Lyrics); Ballad written by Joseph Brooks

And you Light up my life
You give me hope / To carry on
You light up my days
And fill my nights / With song

Sunday, June 18, 2023, 5:54-6:44 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:10 am;
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:44 am—
TINTEK = KITTEN; GNAUIA = IGUANA;
SNIECC = SCENIC; LPUTIP = PULPIT;
PCROEP = COPPER; HUNGOE = ENOUGH

Cartoon Answer— The hen was ready to retire
after laying eggs for years because she was
KN IGN SEC PI COR NH = NO SPRING CHICKEN
40.86% of 509 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, June 18, 2023, 3:00-3:30 pm
Mountain View: Wake up @ 12:30 pm (10 hours sleep)
Today is Father's Day first celebrated on June 19, 1910;
Recall Jimmy looking for Father's Day card, and said those
showing golf, fishing and hunting didn't fit Dad's activities,
so made up his own with Dad reading the New York Times

Honoring Dad at my web site Wisdom Portal;
Fond memories of Dad visiting me in Paris (1979);
Poem on "Fatherhood" (3-27-2023), with names
Shankara and Emmelia for my children.

Sunday, June 18, 2023, 3:30-4:08 pm
Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO:
Inn-Escapable— La Pensione in San Diego's Little Italy"
(By Jackie Burrell, Mercury News, June 18, 2023, F7-F8)

Little Italy may be 6,000 miles from Rome,
but when you're staying in San Diego's Italian quarter,
it only seems fitting to stay in a hotel with a European
name— like La Pensione; If you go, visit
Maritime Museum of San Diego; James Coffee;
Frost Me Cafe & Bakery: Ironside Fish & Oyster. Sunday, June 18, 2023, 3:30-4:08 pm
Mountain View: "THE TRAVEL LIST: The nation's best
zoo rankings are topped by a California treasure"
(By Jackie Burrell, Mercury News, June 18, 2023, F7)

1. San Diego Zoo, CA; 2. Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium, Omaha; 3. Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, MO;
4. Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C.; 5. Bronx Zoo, New York City; 6. Oklahoma City Zoo, OK;
7. Cincinnati Zoo, OH (Tie); 7. Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, IL (Tie); 9. Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA.

Sunday, June 18, 2023, 4:20-5:00 pm
Mountain View: For Song #27: "Love Letters In The Sand"
Music was written by J. Fred Coots & lyrics by Nick Kenny
& Charles Kenny (1931). Sang by Pat Boone (1957); (Lyrics)

On a day like today
We passed the time away
Writing love letters in the sand. Sunday, June 18, 2023, 4:20-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Karen phoned from NYC to chat (3:20-3:30);
For Song #28: "Yesterday" (1965); sang by Paul McCartney;
Record (Lyrics); Paul McCartney's 81st birthday (6-18-1942)

Yesterday / All my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Sunday, June 18, 2023, 8:22-9:51 pm
Mountain View: For Song #29: "Silent Night"; Composed in 1818
by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in Salsburg;
Sang by Bing Crosby (1961); (Lyrics); Austria 558 stamp

Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace Sunday, June 18, 2023, 10:00-11:05 pm
Mountain View: "The AI Vacuum: New artificial intelligence:
Will Silicon Valley ride again to riches on other people's products?"
(Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 6-18-2023, A1, A6)

Much of bots' fodder is copyrighted property. Venture capitalists poured billions of dollars into generative AI startups. Law professor Eric Goldman: "We are all free to
take pieces of precedent works. What generative AI does is accelerate the process, but it's same process. It's all part of evolution of our society's storehouse of knowledge."

Monday, June 19, 2023, 6:06-6:09 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:10 am;
Woke up @ 11:50 am (10.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:09 am—
LUWOD = WOULD; BOTIR = ORBIT;
SPLATO = POSTAL; ZONREF = FROZEN

Cartoon Answer— When the expedition
reached the North Pole, everyone was
WOD ORT POL FON = ON TOP OF (THE) WORLD
18.66% of 793 responders had trouble with "POSTAL". Monday, June 19, 2023, 3:40-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Rudy comes by @ 3:40 pm; Drove to
Terra Bella Center for refunds on 36 bottles (closed Monday);
Recycled 100 plastic bags at Safeway; Shopping at Safeway
(580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:15-5:31 pm; Wal-Mart bins for "Daily Post"
(6 pm); Gave Rudy bag of free groceries & 12 apricots

Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.99;
2 Honey Wheat Bread @ $2.99 x 2 = $5.98 (free: Rudy);
Sig Café Colombian Coffee @ $9.99 (free for Rudy);
2 Sig Sel Ice Cream 1.5 qt @ $5.99 BOGO = $5.99.

Monday, June 19, 2023, 1:30-2:20 pm
Mountain View: "Technology: New A.I. Chatbot
Tutors Could Upend Student Learning"
(By Natasha Singer, NY Times, Mercury News, 6-19-2023, C7-C8)

Proponents see the tools as a way to automatically
customize academic support. They could also make
children test subjects for A.I. experiments. 6th graders
at Khan Lab School in Palo Alto, CA, began using
Khanmigo, a new tutoring bot. A chatbox in their math
software lets them converse with the bot. Khan Academy
began developing chatbot tutoring software last fall with
aim of assessing A.I.'s potential to improve learning.
System uses GPT-4, a large language model created
by OpenAI, research lab behind ChatGPT. Monday, June 19, 2023, 1:30-2:20 pm
Mountain View: "Technology: Silicon Valley
nears its 'Singularity' milestone"
(David Streitfeld, NY Times, Mercury News, 6-19-2023, C7-C8)

Frenzy over artificial intelligence may be ushering in long-awaited moment when human & machine would unite & create "singularity". Google CEO Sundar Pichar calls AI "more profound than fire or electricity or anything we have done in the past". Sam Altman, CEO at OpenAI, is biggest champion of new technology, but also says it comes with risks. What happens after the tipping point is anyone's guess.
Self-aware superhuman machine could design its own improvements faster than any group of scientists,
setting off an explosion in intelligence.

Monday, June 19, 2023, 7:17-10:17 pm
Mountain View: For Song #30: "Edelweiss"; Composed in 1959 by Rodgers & Hammerstein; Sang by Christopher Plummer in Sound of Music film (1965); (Lyrics); Bulgaria 1293 (1963) & Switzerland B138 (1948); Song sung to Edelweiss (Leontopodium nivale)—

Edelweiss, Edelweiss.
Every morning you greet me.
Small and white, clean and bright.
You look happy to meet me.
Blossom of snow, may you bloom and grow.
Bloom and grow forever.
Edelweiss, Edelweiss.
Bless my homeland forever. Monday, June 19, 2023, 10:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Rudy will come tomorrow at 3:00 pm
for trip to Terra Bella Center to return 30 water bottles
for refunds; They're open Tues-Sat (12:00 pm-4:00 pm);
Ann's 6/19 email @ 9:57 pm suggesting more songs—

"Best song ever" by Igor Stravinsky:
Krimanchuli— YouTube
which I've never heard before.

While eating strawberries I gave her,
she thought of one of her favorite songs
Beatles "Strawberry Fields Forever",
also Beatles song "Penny Lane" (1967).

Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 7:14-7:29 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:20 am;
Woke up @ 12:20 am (11 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:29 am—
LIGUT = GUILT; NOOEZ = OZONE;
VOMEER = REMOVE; DNEROV = VENDOR

Cartoon Answer— It only took her two minutes
to get to the golf course, and now she wanted a
GIL NE RO VD = LONG DRIVE
14.59% of 809 responders had trouble with this answer. Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 3:00-4:30 pm
Mountain View: Rudy comes by @ 3:00 pm; 10 minutes drive to
Terra Bella Center for $4.25 refund on 40 bottles; Rudy sent news stories he received from Pocket Watch— "How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S." (By Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 6-16-2023)

"O Sister, Where Art Thou?"
(Texas Monthly, May 2003)—
Goree Girls, 8 prison singers
from 40s disappeared without a trace.

Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 2:41-5:21 pm
Mountain View: For Song #31: "Bette Davis Eyes";
Composed in 1974 by Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon;
Sang by Kim Carnes (1981); (Lyrics);

Her hair is Harlow gold
Her lips sweet surprise
Her hands are never cold
She's got Bette Davis eyes

She'll turn her music on you
You won't have to think twice
She's pure as New York snow
She got Bette Davis eyes. Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 6:00-7:37 pm
Mountain View: For Song #32: "Garden Party";
Composed in 1972 by Ricky Nelson which
he sang; (Lyrics); Inspired Poems 1, 2 (2022)

I went to a garden party to reminisce with my old friends
A chance to share old memories & play our songs again
When I got to the garden party, they all knew my name
No one recognized me, I didn't look the same

People came from miles around, everyone was there
Yoko brought her walrus, there was magic in the air
'n' over in the corner, much to my surprise
Mr. Hughes hid in Dylan's shoes wearing his disguise

Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 7:40-7:45 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 12:40 am;
Woke up @ 1:25 pm (12.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:45 am—
RDUFA = FRAUD; VROSI = VISOR;
SUFINE = INFUSE; LUGTEL = GULLET

Cartoon Answer— The hike was going well
until the path they were following began
FRA IO INF GLT = TRAILING OFF
29.27% of 1042 responders had trouble with this answer. Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 4:10-5:35 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 4:10 pm; Half-hour walk to
Valero Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" & "Metro";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:51-5:01 pm;
Red Bus @ 5:20 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home
in time for LINC-405 Zoom Class: Cavada & Tognetti (6-7 pm)

Sig Sel Pineapple-Mango Sparkling Drink @ 89¢;
Sliced Blueberry Cake @ $5.99 - $2 bakery = $3.99;
Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.84;
Terra Cheesy Artichoke Dip @ $4.99, 50% off = $2.49.

Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 6:09-6:30 pm
Mountain View: LINC-405 Zoom Session
with Will Cavada on Google Slides Formatting;
4:3, 16:10, Custom 8.5:11— Insert Tree JPG background

Told Cavada his last week's lesson
on Google Forms with changing fonts
is not posted in Skills Workshop Recordings. Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 6:30-7:26 pm
Mountain View: LINC-405: Q&A Zoom Session
with Gene Tognetti; Told Gene of trouble doing
"Student Average Test Scores"— Where to insert formula?

Sent Gene email with formula—
"=AVERAGE(QUERY(A1:A10, "SELECT A WHERE
A <> "&MIN(A1:A10)))"— Gene put it in A8 for A2:A6.

Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 6:30-7:26 pm
Mountain View: LINC-405: Q&A Zoom Session
with Gene Tognetti; Gene asked what activities
I've been doing lately; Shared Screen in Zoom—

Song #32: Ricky Nelson singing "Garden Party" (1972);
Song #31: Kim Carnes singing "Bette Davis Eyes" (1981);
Gene liked "Yesterday" and "Fortune Teller" on my list.. Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 6:30-7:26 pm
Mountain View: LINC-405: Q&A Zoom Session
with Gene Tognetti; Told Gene of paying $2.25
to see the Rolling Stones at Cornell (10-30-1965)

Gene amazed at my fortune seeing the Rolling Stones;
He went to recent Bay Area concert where he saw
Ringo Starr performing energetically at age 82.

Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 9:39-11:08 pm
Mountain View: For Song #33: "Starman";
Composed in 1972 by David Bowie which
he sang at BBC's Top of the Pops—

There's a starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds
There's a starman waiting in the sky
He's told us not to blow it
'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile
He told me
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 11:08-11:36 pm
Mountain View: For Song #33: "Starman";
Composed in 1972 by David Bowie which
he sang at BBC's Top of the Pops—

The performance made Bowie a star.
Retrospectively, the song is considered
by music critics as one of Bowie's finest.
Lyrics describe Ziggy Stardust bringing
a message of hope to Earth's youth through
the radio, salvation by an alien 'Starman'.
Chorus inspired by "Over the Rainbow"
sung by Judy Garland, while
other influences include T. Rex
and the Supremes. (Lyrics)

Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 9:29 pm
Mountain View: Ann's June 21 email @ 9:29 pm
"Here's a song I like very much: 'I'm Putting
All My Eggs in One Basket', by Irving Berlin"

This version from Follow the
Fleet has Fred Astaire singing,
then Ginger Rogers singing,
and then both tap-dancing. Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 11:00-11:32 pm
Mountain View: After watching
"I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket", this 10-minutes
video of "Fred & Ginger— Simply The Best" came on—

Fred & Ginger dance to "Rock Around the Clock"
medley including "Jailhouse Rock",
"Hound Dog" & "Wake Up Little Susie"—
makes me want to jump up and dance!

Thursday, June 22, 2023, 7:31-7:40 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:50 am;
Woke up @ 2:40 pm (11 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:40 am—
RCOPH = PORCH; LAHAP = ALPHA;
FEDIDE = DEFIED; CYENGA = AGENCY

Cartoon Answer— For the horse that had
won its last three races, coming in last was a
OCH APA EFE GNC = CHANGE OF PACE
27.07% of 1149 responders had trouble with this answer. Thursday, June 22, 2023, 4:40-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 4:40 pm; Gray Bus @ 5:03 pm
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:24-6:05 pm;
Red Bus @ 6:15 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home;
Summer Solstice, June 21, 2023, 7:58 am PDT

Int Delight Caramel Macchiato Creamer @ $2.99;
Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.84;
Cherry Strudel Bites 20 ct @ $5.99 - $2 bakery = $3.99;
Waterfront Alaska Salmon @ $7.99, 3 rewards = Free.

Thursday, June 22, 2023, 7:50-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Emailed family & friends Summer Solstice
greetings; Song #33 "Starman" (Songs #30, #31, #32)
& Fred & Ginger dancing "Rock Around the Clock"—

Responses from Frank Peter;
Anita likes John Lennon's "Mind Games";
Karen likes Tony Bennet's "Shadow of Your Smile";
Denise— Andy Gibb's "I just want to be your everything". Thursday, June 22, 2023, 9:30-10:08 pm
Mountain View: Cavada posted LINC-405 Skills Workshop
on June 14 (6:00-6:30 pm); Lesson on Google Forms
Screen shot of Cavada's Lesson on Google Forms

Google Forms now allows different FONT usage—
Title: MOVIES; Text: What is your favorite movie?
Import Image of Movie: "Blade Runner"; Type below
in Answer Box: Film Director; Actors; Reviews: Trailer.

Friday, June 23, 2023, 7:51-8:12 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:25 am;
Woke up @ 11:00 pm (9.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 8:12 am—
TKNIH = THINK; CREMY = MERCY;
GEAULP = PLAGUE; NAOLUD = UNLOAD
(A Comics strip had someone holding poster "DIY".
Just learned Acronym DIY means "Do It Yourself")

Cartoon Answer— They culd afford an RV big
enough to live in because they saved enough
THK MEY PAE OA = TAKE-HOME PAY
49.61% of 1151 responders had trouble with this answer. Friday, June 23, 2023, 1:55-4:35 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 1:55 pm; Red Bus @ 2:19 pm
to Showers Drive; Bus #21 to San Antono Road to Chef Chu's
bins for "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly"; Bus #40 to
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Peninsula News";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:25-4:06 pm;
Red Bus @ 4:21 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home;
Lindsay Organic Sliced Black Olives, 2.25 oz @ $2.99 = Free

Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.84;
O Organics Spring Mix @ $5.99 - $3 Rewards = $2.99;
Lucerne Mozzarella Cheese @ $4.49, 2 Rewards = Free;
Waterfront Alaska Salmon @ $7.99, 3 rewards = Free.

Friday, June 23, 2023, 6:00-6:45 pm
Mountain View: MOVIES: Stanford Theatre
reopening in July with Hitchcock, Cary Grant
(By Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, June 23, 2023, B1-B2)

Stanford Theatre is set to reopen— again— in July
with a summer festival featuring the movies of director
Alfred Hitchcock & suave movie star Cary Grant.
Double features start with Grant ("Bringing Up Baby"
July 1-2, "His Girl Friday" July 8-9 and "Topper" July 15-16, "Gunga Din" July 20-21). Hitchcock starts July 22-23 with Grant, 1941's "Suspicion" and 1946's "Notorious". "To Catch a Thief" Aug. 12-13 and "North by Northwest" Aug. 19-20. Labor Day weekend, Sept. 2-3 with Hitchcock thrillers: Psycho" & "The Birds". Summer Film Schedule Friday, June 23, 2023, 7:00-8:44 pm
Mountain View: After seeing Stanford Theatre's Summer Schedule (July 1- Sept. 3, 2023), have seen all the Hitchcock movies,
but need to refresh myself on some Cary Grant films—

She Done Him Wrong (7/1); Blonde Venus & I'm No Angel (7/6); This Is the Night & Thirty-Day Princess (7/13); Topper & The Awful Truth (7/15); Destination Tokyo (American submarine war film) & Gunga Din (7/20); Holiday & Sylvia Scarlett (7/27); Penny Serenade & None but the Lonely Heart (8/3); Arsenic and Old Lace & Monkey Business (8/5); People Will Talk & Every Girl Should Be Married (8/10) (Betty Drake marries Cary Grant after film (1949-1962); To Catch a Thief & Affair to Remember (8/12); Father Goose & Indiscreet (8/17); Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest & Stanley Donen's Charade (8/19).

Saturday, June 24, 2023, 7:27-7:44 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 12:25 am;
Woke up @ 12:35 pm (12 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:44 am—
NNNAY = NANNY; DWHIT = WIDTH;
AEGGEN = ENGAGE; MARLCO = CLAMOR

Cartoon Answer— The bottom of the Grand
Canyon requires little upkeep because it's
ANN WIT ENAE CLMO = LOW-MAINTENANCE
57.13% of 1227 responders had trouble with this answer. Saturday, June 24, 2023, 3:00-3:45 pm
Mountain View: Ann picked me up at 3 pm; Drove to
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:10-3:33 pm;
Gave Ann bag of newspapers and Song #25
"Amazon Grace" to Song #33: "Starman"

Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.84;
8 Pineapple-Mango Sparkling Drink @ 89¢ x 8 = $7.12:
Lucerne Pepper Jack Cheese @ $4.49, 2 Rewards = Free;
Waterfront Alaska Salmon @ $7.99, 3 Rewards = Free.

Saturday, June 24, 2023, 6:00-7:00 pm
Mountain View: Time Magazine, July 3, 2023 issue came;
"OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Is Pushing
Past Doubts on Artificial Intelligence"
(By Edward Felsenthal, Time, July 3, 2023. pp. 42-46)

Altman's company, OpenAI, is only 7 years old. It has
fewer than 500 employees. But in the span of 6 months,
the company— through its viral product ChatGPT—
has vaulted AI into public consciousness. Few doubt
it's at the vanguard of a revolution that will, for better
or worse & probably both, change the world. ChatGPT
is almost certainly the most rapidly adopted product
in the history of technology. In two months,
ChatGPT had more than 100 million unique visitors.
Instagram took 30 months to reach that level.
"Look, if AGI goes wrong, no bunker's going to help
anyone," he says, adding later: "the scary part is just
sort of putting this lever into the world will for sure
have unpredictable consequences." Saturday, June 24, 2023, 7:00-8:00 pm
Mountain View: "Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman"
(By Edward Felsenthal, Time, June 21, 2023);

Q: What will the interface look like as the technology
integrates more deeply into our lives?
A: You'll be able to do this with two-way voice,
and it'll feel real time. To talk like two people doing conversations, & that'll be powerful. Imagine a world
where, as you are talking, it's like the Star Trek holodeck.
Q: What's coming in six months, a year?
A: We'll get images & audio & video, & models will get smarter. But the thing that people are really going to be happy about is if you tried something 10,000 times & took the best one out of 10,000 responses, it's pretty good for most questions, but not all the other ones. GPT-4 has knowledge most of the time, but you don't always get its best answer. How can we get you the best answer all the time, almost all the time? If we can figure that out, and that's like an open research nut to crack, that'll be a big deal.

Sunday, June 25, 2023, 6:37-7:07 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:00 am;
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:07 am—
TSAYFHL = FLASHY; RATEMP = TAMPER;
TBANTE = BATTEN; NIJADO = ADJOIN;
MUDPIO = PODIUM; NETETX = EXTENT

Cartoon Answer— The clock
hadn't been invented yet, but it was
FAS TMR ATT JO IUM EET = JUST A MATTER OF TIME
20.04% of 464 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, June 25, 2023, 2:00-2:15 pm
Mountain View: Wake up @ 12:25 pm (9.5 hours sleep)
No "Daily Post" printed on Sunday; Stayed home to work;
Today is my birthday, but everyday is a new birth
when we keep our mind afresh & experience wonder;
Did Google Forms: Favorite Movies yesterday for LINC-405

Have 27 songs rattling in my brain,
but it's better to focus on LINC-405
assignments, since the semester is
ending this Wednesday, June 28.

Sunday, June 25, 2023, 2:20-2:48 pm
Mountain View: Cathy's June 25 email @ 9:35 am
wished me "Happy Birthday" with poem I'd like—
David Romtvedt's "Sunday Morning Early"
from June 25, 2017 issue of "The Writer's Almanac"

Beautiful nature poem on father & daughter
kayaking "how short a time we are granted"
followed by story of George Orwell
born June 25, 1903, 120 years ago. Sunday, June 25, 2023, 2:50-3:40 pm
Mountain View: After reading poem Cathy sent
David Romtvedt's "Sunday Morning Early",
searched for more of his poems to read
David Romtvedt's web site; "No Way" (2021)

"Surprise Breakfast" (2005);
"Late Winter Ski Trip" (2005);
"Buddha with a Cell Phone" (2005);
"National Politics in Yellowstone Park, July 29, 1914" (2016).

Sunday, June 25, 2023, 4:00-4:30 pm
Mountain View: "Things To Do: Route 66,
America's 'Mother Road', readies for its centennial"
(By Erika Bolstad, Mercury News, June 25, 2023, F7-F8)"

By the 1950s, the 2,400-mile highway lured travelers with the post-World War II promise of adventure on the open road. As era of interstate highway driving dawned, Route 66 began to reflect a yearning for a time when a journey was about more than the destination. Now 8 states traversed by America's defining highway are getting it ready for its 100th anniversary, in 2026. Iconic highway has always been "the ultimate symbol of a restless nation on the move," writes Michael Wallis in "Route 66:
The Mother Road", his 1990 book. Sunday, June 25, 2023, 4:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: "The Travel List: Top 10 must-sees
along Route 66, from Santa Monica to Amarillo, Texas"
(By Jackie Burrell, Mercury News, June 25, 2023, F7)<

1. The Wigwam Motel, San Bernardino, California,
and Holbrook, Arizona; 2. Painted Desert, Arizona;
3. Mr. D's Route 66 Diner, Kingman, Arizona;
4. Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, Texas;
5. Roy's Motel and Cafe, Amboy, California;
6. Historic Seligman Sundries, Arizona;
7. Grand Canyon, Arizona;
8. Meteor Crater & Barringer Space Museum, Winslow, Arizona;
9. Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA;
10. Standin' on the Corner Park, Winslow, Arizona.

Sunday, June 25, 2023, 6:00-6:40 pm
Mountain View: Surprised I have nothing
on Route 66 in my Numbers Collection;
Add three photos of Route 66 & 1990 book by Wallis

Santa Monica 66: End of the Trail;
Route 66: Chicago, IL to Santa Monica, CA;
Mr. D's Route 66 Diner, Kingman, Arizona;
Michael Wallis 1990 book "Route 66: The Mother Road". Sunday, June 25, 2023, 6:40-7:45 pm
Mountain View: While doing "Route 66" in Numbers
included Number 25 on yesterday's baseball game—
Scoreboard at Coors Field: "Angels beat Rockies 25-1"

Of the 9 Angels starters in the lineup, 8 logged
multiple hits, runs and/or runs batted in. One starter
in lineup that did not was two-way star Shohei Ohtani,
who went on 1-for-7 with a run and a RBI.

Monday, June 26, 2023, 7:50-7:55 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:00 am;
Woke up @ 12:30 pm (11.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:55 am—
LEYID = YIELD; TROFN = FRONT;
EPDYES = SPEEDY; LIAROS = SAILOR

Cartoon Answer— The termite and the cockroach
became best buddies, which made them
IED FNT SPE SR = "PEST" FRIENDS
18.03% of 893 responders had trouble with "SAILOR". Monday, June 26, 2023, 2:50-4:35 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 2:50 pm; Half-hour walk tp
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:27-4:05 pm;
Red Bus@ 4:22 pm to Montecito Avenue and walked home
Lindsay Organic Sliced Black Olives, 2.25 oz @ $2.99 = Free

Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.84;
3 Tai Pei Shrimp Fried Rice 9 oz @ $3.33 x 3 = $10.00;
Land-O-Lakes Black Forest Ham 16 oz ($7.49) @ $5.96;
Waterfront Alaska Salmon @ $7.99, 3 Rewards = Free.

Monday, June 26, 2023, 6:30-6:58 pm
Mountain View: "HEALTH CARE: Doctors
Are Using Chatbots In An Unexpected Way"
(By Gina Kolata, NY Times, Mercury News, 6-26-2023, C7-C8)

Artificial intelligence offered a perhaps too tempting
shortcut to finding diagnoses & medical information
that may be incorrect or even fabricated, a frightening
prospect in a field like medicine. Doctors asked ChatGPT
to help them communicate with patients in a more
compassionate way. Dr. Gregory Moore, who specialized
in diagnostic radiology and neurology when he was a
practicing physician, was stunned. "I wish I would have
had this when I was in training," he said. "I have never
seen or had a coach like this." He became an evangelist,
telling his doctor friends what had occurred. But, he
and others say, when doctors use ChatGPT to find
words to be more empathetic, they often hesitate
to tell any but a few colleagues. Monday, June 26, 2023, 2:50-4:355 pm
Mountain View: On 6/24, did "Google Forms: Favorite Movies" for LINC-405; Yesterday, emailed Cavada that his June 21 Lesson
"Google Slides" of Graphic Tree Image was not posted

Will try to replicate HTML verson of Favorite Songs:
"Kim Carnes singing "Bette Davis Eyes" (1981)
in Google Slides; Slide 1: Title Slide "Favorite Songs";
Slide 2: Photos of Bette Davis & Singer Kim Carnes; Took an hour to do this slide— Imported 3 images from my folder "Favorite Songs"; Resized and placed next to each other covering "Enter Title"; Typed "Bette Davis (1908-1980)" in text box, Arial, font size 12 pixels, centered), Copy & Pasted two duplicates; Typed "Kim Carnes singing 'Bette Davies Eyes' (1981)" in one box, and "Bette Davis in Jezebel (1938) in other box; Aligned the text under the Photos. Slide 3: Lyrics to "Bette Davie Eyes"— Couldn't do this in two columns as in HTML;
Slide 4: Text about the Song.

Tuesday, June 27, 2023, 9:29-9:34 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 12:50 am;
Woke up @ 12:30 pm (11.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 9:34 am—
VOREP = PROVE; THAMC = MATCH;
GTINHK = KNIGHT; LUDOEM = MODULE

Cartoon Answer— In order to decide
which cosmetics to purchase, she'd need to
PRE MAH KNI MDUE = "MAKEUP" HER MIND
23.55% of 913 responders had trouble with this answer. Tuesday, June 27, 2023, 2:50-4:35 pm
Mountain View: No Daily Post on Tuesday; Stayed home to work;
Instead of doing "Favorite Songs", concentrate on finishing more
LINC-405 assignments, since tomorrow June 28 is the last class;
Gene Tognetti said his lesson will be on AI, not ChatGPT
Look at taped sessions of Skills Workshops that Cavada did

Since I like David Romtvedt's
poem "Sunday Morning Early",
reproduce it on Google Drawings
or Google Slides to share with others.

Tuesday, June 27, 2023, 2:30-3:36 pm
Mountain View: Karen's 6/27 email @ 7:13 am asked
"What does that mean. You are more a Taoist than a Buddhist?"

My web page on Enlightenment shows both Lao Tzu (Taoism) and Buddha (Buddhism). I've benefitted from teachings of both sages. Buddhism has more rules and rituals: 4 Noble Truths & 8-Fold Paths, burning incense, where Taoists enjoy roaming more in nature, teaching about Emptiness, Uncarved Block, Spirit of the Valley, the Babe, & Feminism. You'll see on top of my Enlightenment page is portrait of Chou Tun-Yi (1017-1073), founder of Neo-Confucianism whom I admire even more than Taoism. The Neo-Confucianists would say "We're not like the Buddhists talking about the afterlife & reincarnation, or the Taoists seeking elixirs to prolong life, we want to enjoy life here & now!" It's important whichever path you follow, stick to it, as they all will lead you to the mountaintop to enjoy 360-degrees vision. It's like digging for water, too many shallow holes
will not yield ground water as in a steep well.

Neo-Confucian Sages: Han-Yu, Ch'eng Hao, Ch'eng I,
Lu Hsiang-shan, Chu Hsi, Wang Yang Ming. Tuesday, June 27, 2023, 2:50-4:35 pm
Mountain View: Cavada's 4-26-2023 lesson—
Import text from Rumi in Google Slides;
I chose David Romtvedt's poem "Sunday Morning Early"

My daughter and I paddle red kayaks
across the lake. Pulling hard,
we slip easily through the water.
Far from either shore, it hits me
that my daughter is a young woman
and suddenly everything is a metaphor
for how short a time we are granted:

the red boats on the blue-black water,
the russet and gold of late summer's grasses,
the empty sky. We stop and listen to the stillness.
I say, "It's Sunday, and here we are
in the church of the out of doors",
then wish I'd kept quiet. That's the trick in life—
learning to leave well enough alone.

Our boats drift to where the chirring
of grasshoppers reaches us from the rocky hills.
A clap of thunder. I want to say something truer
than I love you. I want my daughter to know that,
through her, I live a life that was closed to me.
I paddle up, lean out, and touch her hand.
I start to speak then stop.

Wednesday, June 28, 2023, 7:37-7:41 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:00 am;
Woke up @ 1:15 pm (10 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 7:41 am—
CEELT = ELECT; LETFE = FLEET;
LUHODS = SHOULD; DOSTED = ODDEST

Cartoon Answer— A new all-you-can-eat
restaurant opened, and people were enjoying it
LET FLT SHU OET = TO THE FULLEST
18.02% of 949 responders had trouble with "ODDEST". Wednesday, June 28, 2023, 3:20-5:05 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 3:20 pm; Gray Bus @ 3:40 pm to
Valero Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" & "Metro"
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:48-4:24 pm
4:50 pm Red Bus to Montecito Avenue and walked home in time
for LINC-405 Zoom Skills Workshop with Gene Tognetti

Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.84;
Apple Pie Lattice 9-inch @ $9.99 - $2.00 bakery = $7.99;
Lucerne Sliced Swiss Cheese @ $4.49, 2 Rewards = Free;
4 Ken's Lite Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette @ $2.50 = $10.00.

Wednesday, June 28, 2023, 7:49-10:44 pm
Mountain View: For Song #34, selected Freddie Mercury
singing "We Are The Champions" (1977)

We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting 'til the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions
Of the world Wednesday, June 28, 2023, 10:50 pm-12:20 am
Mountain View: Ann's June 28 email @ 9:59 pm, on Pen Names :
She knew Gabriela Mistral was pen name for Lucila Godoy Alcayaga

Asked if I knew poets with pen names;
Found 14 poets with pen names I recognized—
A.E.; Gérard de Nerval; Guillaume Apollinaire; H.D.;
Hugh McDiarmid; Lewis Carroll; Maya Angelou;
Nancy Boyd (Edna St. Vincent Millay);
Nicolas Blake (Cecil Day-Lewis); Novalis;
Pablo Neruda; Paul Celan; Paul Éluard; Saint-John Perse.

Thursday, June 29, 2023, 5:48-6:23 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:20 am;
Woke up @ 11:05 am (8 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:41 am—
NUWOD = WOUND; RTLUB = BLURT;
CAYPEH = PEACHY; OLATEZ = ZEALOT

Missed Cartoon Answer— The home they viewed needed
more work than they thought, which didn't
WD BL EA ELO = "ABODE" WELL
31.48% of 1280 responders had trouble with this answer. Thursday, June 29, 2023, 1:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 1:45 pm; Gray Bus @ 3:40 pm to
Valero Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post & "Metro"
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:48-4:24 pm
3:20 pm Red Bus to Montecito Avenue and walked home
Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.84;

1.91 lb Fresh Roma Tomatoes (7) @ 98¢/lb = $1.86;
3 Mariana Marconi Almonds 6 oz @ $2.99 x 3 = $8.97;
O Organics Baby Arugula @ $5.99 - $3 Rewards = $2.99;
2 Pearl Milling Lite Syrup 24 oz, @ $2.50 = $5 - $1 = $4.00.

Thursday, June 29, 2023, 5:22-10:25 pm
Mountain View: After seeing Gene Tognetti's 6-minutes tape
on 6/28 Skills Workshop: "Adobe Firefly", did Lesson #7
for LINC-405 (Spring 2023): "Firefly: Adobe Generative AI"—

Exciting to play with Adobe Firefly,
but semester is over, so better hand in
this last assignment for LINC-405 to instructors.
Friday, June 30, 2023, 12:30-2:00 am
Mountain View: Dinner of Deviled Egg Potato Salad,
O Organics Spring Mix Salad, Kraft Asian Sesame Dressing,
Yoplait Blueberry Yogurt, Roma Tomato, Cup of 2% Fat Milk

Slice of Blueberry Cake,
Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream,
Half Cup Watermelon Chunks.

Friday, June 30, 2023, 6:15-6:34 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:30 am;
Woke up @ 1:15 pm (11 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble & Cartoon Puzzle @ 6:34am—
LAUDO = ALOUD; SREPS = PRESS;
TOMBTO = BOTTOM; PTOLEP = TOPPLE

Cartoon Answer— Asking the easy-going
fashion model to do a reshoot didn't
ALO RES BOM PPE = POSE A PROBLEM
33.82% of 887 responders had trouble with this answer. Friday, June 30, 2023, 3:45-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 3:45 pm; Bus #40 @ 4:17 pm to
Chef Chu's bins for "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly";
Shopping at Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd) 5:20-5:58 pm;
6:22 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy Stop and walked home;
Sig Sel Cup Fresh Watermelon 12 oz ($3.99) @ $2.99

Cream Cheese Danish @ $5.99 - $2.00 Bakery = $3.99;
Land-O-Lakes Black Forest Ham 16 oz ($7.49) @ $5.96;
2 Lindsay Manzanilla Olives ($2.79) @ $1.49 x 2 = $2.98;
2 McCormick Grill Mate Seasoning ($3.99) @ 99¢ = $1.98.

Friday, June 30, 2023, 8:00-9:00 pm
Mountain View: Arline's birthday today;
Last time together was March 8, 2020
at Pearl Kruss Gallery (over 3 years ago)

iPhone Birthday: June 30 (Lena Horne born 6-30-1917);
Happy Birthday!: June 30 (Events. Postmarks, Quotes);
Dates: June 30, 2000 (Blondin tightrope over Niagara). Friday, June 30, 2023, 9:15-10:00 pm
Mountain View: For Song #35, selected Doris Day singing
"Que Sera, Sera" (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) (1955)
in Hitchcock's film "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956)

"Que será, será
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see